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William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian, known for his deadpan delivery in roles ranging from studio comedies to independent dramas. He has frequently collaborated with directors Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis, Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, and Jim Jarmusch. He has earned numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two Independent Spirit Awards, as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. In 2016, Murray was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Murray rose to fame on The National Lampoon Radio Hour (1973–1974) before becoming a national presence on Saturday Night Live from 1977 to 1980, where he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. He then established his stardom acting in a string of successful comedy films such as Meatballs (1979), Caddyshack (1980), Stripes (1981), Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), What About Bob? (1991), and Groundhog Day (1993). He also took on supporting roles in Tootsie (1982), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Ed Wood (1994), Kingpin (1996), and Osmosis Jones (2001). His only directorial credit is Quick Change (1990), which he co-directed with Howard Franklin. He started his longterm collaboration with director Wes Anderson in 1998 with Rushmore earning an Independent Spirit Award. He would continue to appear in many of his films including The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018), and The French Dispatch (2021). He also starred in Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation (2003) earning him Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Other notable roles include in Broken Flowers (2005), Get Low (2009), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), St. Vincent (2014), and On the Rocks (2020). For his television role in HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2014), he earned his second Primetime Emmy Award. He is also known for voicing Garfield in the family comedy film Garfield: The Movie (2004) and its sequel Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006), and Baloo in the live action adaptation of Disney's The Jungle Book (2016). Murray reprised his role as Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and appeared as Lord Krylar in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023).

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“I don't know what my fans are going to think. It's definitely not what they're used to from me.”
— On his starring role in the drama The Razor's Edge, as quoted in Stills Magazine (1984)
“I think that the online world has actually brought books back. People are reading because they're reading the damn screen. That's more reading than people used to do.”
— Interview with Jessica Lee Jernigan (May 1999)
“Melancholic and lovable is the trick, right? You've got to be able to show that you have these feelings. In the game of life, you get these feelings and how you deal with those feelings. What you do when you are trying to deal with a melancholy. A melancholy can be sweet. It's not a mean thing, but it's something that happens in life — like autumn.”
— Interview with Thomas Chau
“"I suppose we should never be horrified by what we see in the mirror. Or maybe we should never wish to be content with what we see in the mirror."”
— Entertainment Weekly (9 February 2025)

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Notable quotes

“I don't know what my fans are going to think. It's definitely not what they're used to from me.”
— On his starring role in the drama The Razor's Edge, as quoted in Stills Magazine (1984)
“I think that the online world has actually brought books back. People are reading because they're reading the damn screen. That's more reading than people used to do.”
— Interview with Jessica Lee Jernigan (May 1999)
“Melancholic and lovable is the trick, right? You've got to be able to show that you have these feelings. In the game of life, you get these feelings and how you deal with those feelings. What you do when you are trying to deal with a melancholy. A melancholy can be sweet. It's not a mean thing, but it's something that happens in life — like autumn.”
— Interview with Thomas Chau
“"I suppose we should never be horrified by what we see in the mirror. Or maybe we should never wish to be content with what we see in the mirror."”
— Entertainment Weekly (9 February 2025)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian, known for his deadpan delivery in roles ranging from studio comedies to independent dramas.

Net worth: $180 million (reported)

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