Bill Murray

Murray was born on September 21, 1950, in Evanston, Illinois, to Lucille, a mail room clerk, and Edward J. Murray, a lumber salesman. He attended an all-boys Jesuit school in Wilmette, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago.{{cite book |last=Dale |first=Alan |chapter=Murray, Bill |title=International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, vol. 3: Actors and Actresses |editor1-first=Sara |editor1-last=Pendergast |editor2-first=Tom |editor2-last=Pendergast |edition=4th |publisher=St. James Press |year=2000 |pages=873–875 |via=Gale In Context: Biography |id={{Gale|CX3406801916}} }}{{cite book |chapter=Bill Murray |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |volume=46 |publisher=Gale |year=2003 |via=Gale In Context: Biography |id={{Gale|K1609015124}} }}

Murray and his eight siblings grew up in an Irish Catholic family.{{cite news|last=Elder |first=Sean |url=http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/02/06/murray/index.html |title=Brilliant Careers: Bill Murray |website=Salon |access-date=November 12, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011090533/http://salon.com/people/bc/2001/02/06/murray/index.html |archive-date=October 11, 2008 }} His paternal grandfather was from County Cork, while his maternal ancestors were from County Galway.{{Cite news|title=Bill Murray to be inducted into Irish American Hall of Fame|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-bill-murray-irish-hall-0611-chicago-inc-20170608-story.html|first=Kim|last=Janssen|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=July 10, 2023|date=June 8, 2017|archive-date=March 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320102040/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-bill-murray-irish-hall-0611-chicago-inc-20170608-story.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Haynes|first=Kenneth|url=https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/irish-american-bill-murray-sad-that-no-one-has-claimed-him-in-ireland-69568692-237669001.amp|title=Irish-American Bill Murray says no one 'claimed' him in Ireland|date=November 9, 2009|website=IrishCentral.com|access-date=September 18, 2019|archive-date=October 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007013729/https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/irish-american-bill-murray-sad-that-no-one-has-claimed-him-in-ireland-69568692-237669001.amp|url-status=live}} Three of his siblings, John Murray, Joel Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray, are also actors. A sister, Nancy, is an Adrian Dominican nun in Michigan; she has traveled the United States in two one-woman programs, portraying Catherine of Siena and Dorothy Stang.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytribune.com/sports/acting-is-a-family-habit/article_1d879332-dc22-5869-9c93-b553a0b8bafa.html|title=Acting is a family habit|last=Kavanagh|first=Catherine|work=Royal Oak Tribune|date=May 12, 2010|access-date=December 20, 2019|archive-date=December 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220051258/https://www.dailytribune.com/sports/acting-is-a-family-habit/article_1d879332-dc22-5869-9c93-b553a0b8bafa.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2016/07/16/nun-sister-original-ghostbuster-sees-acting-preaching/ |title=Nun and sister of original 'Ghostbusters' star says acting is preaching |access-date=December 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219090843/https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2016/07/16/nun-sister-original-ghostbuster-sees-acting-preaching/ |archive-date=December 19, 2018 |url-status=dead |date=July 16, 2016 }} His brother Ed Murray died in 2020.{{Cite web |url=https://www.etonline.com/bill-murrays-brother-ed-inspiration-behind-film-caddyshack-dies-156910 |last=Seemayer |first=Zach |date=November 24, 2020 |access-date=November 24, 2020 |language=en-US |publisher=Entertainment Tonight |title=Bill Murray's Brother Ed, Inspiration Behind Film Caddyshack, Dies |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125030858/https://www.etonline.com/bill-murrays-brother-ed-inspiration-behind-film-caddyshack-dies-156910 |url-status=live }} Their father died in 1967 at the age of 46 from complications of diabetes when Bill was 17.{{cite news|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/20/magazine/the-rumpled-anarchy-of-bill-murray.html|title=The Rumpled Anarchy of Bill Murray|first=Timothy|last=White|date=November 20, 1988|access-date=June 6, 2013|archive-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113003233/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/20/magazine/the-rumpled-anarchy-of-bill-murray.html|url-status=live}}[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800022908/bio Bill Murray profile] at Yahoo! Movies {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114053816/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800022908/bio |date=January 14, 2012 }}

As a youth, Murray read children's biographies of American heroes like Kit Carson, Wild Bill Hickok and Davy Crockett. He attended St. Joseph's grade school and Loyola Academy. During his teen years, he worked as a golf caddy to fund his education at the Jesuit high school,{{cite book|last1=Murray|first1=Bill|last2=Peper|first2=George|title=Cinderella Story: My Life in Golf|year=1999|publisher=Doubleday|isbn=0-385-49571-4|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/cinderellastorym00murr}} was the lead singer of a rock band (the Dutch Masters) and took part in high school and community theater.{{cite news |title=Bill Murray is 60! Celebrate with 60 Bill Murray facts |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/sep/11/bill-murray-60th-birthday-facts |access-date=August 29, 2019 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029195147/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/sep/11/bill-murray-60th-birthday-facts |url-status=live }} One of his sisters had polio and his mother suffered several miscarriages.

After graduating from Loyola Academy, Murray attended Regis University in Denver, Colorado, taking pre-medical courses, but quickly dropped out and returned to Illinois. In 2007, Regis awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree.{{cite news| url= http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_6391555| title= Regis University dropout Bill Murray earns stripes with honorary degree| newspaper= The Denver Post| date= July 17, 2007| access-date= March 9, 2010| archive-date= November 21, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151121052650/http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_6391555| url-status= live}} On September 21, 1970, his 20th birthday, the police arrested Murray at Chicago's O'Hare Airport for trying to smuggle {{convert|10|lbs|kg|abbr=on}} of cannabis, which he had allegedly intended to sell. It was discovered after Murray joked to the passenger next to him that he had packed a bomb in his luggage. Murray was convicted and sentenced to probation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a37799/the-time-bill-murray-got-busted-for-pot/|title=The Time Bill Murray Got Busted for Pot|date=September 10, 2015|work=Esquire|access-date=October 30, 2018|archive-date=October 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031094013/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a37799/the-time-bill-murray-got-busted-for-pot/|url-status=live}}

With an invitation from his older brother Brian, Murray got his start at Chicago's The Second City, an improvisational comedy troupe, studying under Del Close.{{cite news|last=Chase|first=Chris|title=Bill Murray, A Black Sheep Now in Stripes|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 3, 1981}} In 1974, he moved to New York City and was recruited by John Belushi{{cite news |last=Carr |first=Jay |title=Bill Murray's Somber Side |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=November 20, 1988}} as a featured player on The National Lampoon Radio Hour.

In 1975, the Off-Broadway The National Lampoon Show led to his first television role as a cast member of the ABC variety show Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell. That same season, another variety show, NBC's Saturday Night, premiered. Cosell's show lasted just one season, canceled in early 1976. After working in Los Angeles with the "guerrilla video" commune TVTV on several projects, Murray rose to prominence in 1976. He officially joined the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live for the show's second season, following the departure of Chevy Chase.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/nine-lives-saturday-night-live|title=The Nine Lives of 'Saturday Night Live'|last=Crouch|first=Ian|date=October 21, 2014|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224172610/http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/nine-lives-saturday-night-live|url-status=live}} Murray was with SNL for three seasons from 1977 to 1980.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} A Rutland Weekend Television sketch Monty Python's Eric Idle brought for his appearance on SNL developed into the mockumentary All You Need Is Cash (1978). Murray appeared as "Bill Murray the K", a send-up of New York radio host Murray the K, in a segment that parodies the Maysles Brothers's documentary The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit. During the first few seasons of SNL, Murray was in a romantic relationship with fellow cast member Gilda Radner.{{cite book |last= Radner |first= Gilda |author-link= Gilda Radner |title= It's Always Something |isbn= 0671638688 |location= New York |publisher= Simon & Schuster |year= 1989 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/itsalwayssomethiradn00radn }} Murray landed his first starring role with Meatballs (1979).

File:Paul Binder with Bill Murray 1989.jpg in 1989]]In the early 1980s, he collaborated with writer-director Harold Ramis and starred in a string of box-office hits, including Caddyshack (1980) and Stripes (1981) and had a role in Tootsie (1982). He portrayed of Hunter S. Thompson in Where the Buffalo Roam (1980). Murray was the first guest on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman on February 1, 1982. He later appeared on the first episode of the Late Show with David Letterman on August 30, 1993, when the show moved to CBS. On January 31, 2012, 30 years after his first appearance with Letterman, Murray appeared again on his talk show. He appeared as Letterman's final guest when the host retired on May 20, 2015.{{cite news|first=James|last=Hibberd|url=https://time.com/3860153/david-letterman-bill-murray/|title=David Letterman's Final Guest Is Bill Murray|magazine=Time|date=May 15, 2015|access-date=May 17, 2015|archive-date=May 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517124034/http://time.com/3860153/david-letterman-bill-murray/|url-status=live}}

Murray began work on a film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel The Razor's Edge. The film, which Murray co-wrote, was his first starring role in a drama. He later agreed with Columbia Pictures to star in Ghostbusters—in a role originally written for John Belushi—to get financing for The Razor's Edge.{{cite web |first= Dan |last= Fierman |url= https://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201008/bill-murray-dan-fierman-gq-interview |title= Bill Murray Is Ready To See You Now |work= GQ |date= August 2010 |access-date= July 29, 2012 |archive-date= June 26, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120626172625/http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201008/bill-murray-dan-fierman-gq-interview |url-status= dead }} Ghostbusters became the highest-grossing film of 1984 and, at the time, the highest-grossing comedy ever.{{cite news|title='Ghostbusters' Tops Comedies|work=Variety|date=January 16, 1985|page=16}} The Razor's Edge, which was filmed before Ghostbusters was released, was a box-office flop.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

Disappointed over the failure of The Razor's Edge, Murray took a hiatus from acting for four years to study philosophy and history at Sorbonne University, frequent the Cinémathèque in Paris, and to spend time with his family in their Hudson River Valley home. During that time, his second son, Luke, was born. With the exception of a cameo in Little Shop of Horrors (1986), he made no film appearances, but participated in public readings in Manhattan organized by playwright-director Timothy Mayer and in a stage production of Bertolt Brecht's A Man's a Man. Murray returned to film with Scrooged (1988) and Ghostbusters II (1989).{{cite web |first=Dave |last=Kehr |author-link=Dave Kehr |title='Ghostbusters' Tired Sequel Is Missing Original's Charm |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-06-17-8902100248-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |date=June 17, 1989 |access-date=November 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190830145415/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-06-17-8902100248-story.html |archive-date=August 30, 2019 |url-status=live}}

Murray made his first and only attempt at directing when he co-directed Quick Change (1990) with producer Howard Franklin. He co-starred in Frank Oz's What About Bob? (1991) alongside Richard Dreyfuss. He starred in Harold Ramis's fantasy comedy Groundhog Day (1993). The Washington Post's Hal Hinson praised Murray's performance: "Murray is a breed unto himself, a sort of gonzo minimalist. And he's never been funnier as a comedian or more in control as an actor than he is here. It's easily his best movie."{{cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/groundhogdaypghinson_a0a7e9.htm|title= Groundhog Day|newspaper= The Washington Post|access-date= February 3, 2021|archive-date= February 9, 2013|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130209052516/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/groundhogdaypghinson_a0a7e9.htm|url-status= live}} That same year, he starred in the comedy Mad Dog and Glory alongside Robert De Niro and Uma Thurman. Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote, "The great satisfaction of Mad Dog and Glory is watching Mr. De Niro and Mr. Murray play against type with such invigorating ease."{{cite web|last=Canby|first=Vincent|title=Movie Review: Mad Dog and Glory (1993)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE7D71F30F936A35750C0A965958260|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 17, 2014|date=March 5, 1993}}

=== 1994–2009: Comedy stardom and mature roles ===

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After the success of Groundhog Day, Murray appeared in a series of well-received supporting roles in films like Tim Burton's Ed Wood (1994) and Peter Farrelly's Kingpin (1996). Also in 1996, he appeared as himself in the Looney Tunes live action comedy Space Jam with Michael Jordan. However, his starring roles in Larger than Life (1996) and The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) were not as successful with critics or audiences. He received much critical praise for his role in Wes Anderson's coming of age comedy Rushmore (1998), opposite Jason Schwartzman and Olivia Williams. Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Murray turns in a thrillingly knowing, unforced performance — an award-worthy high point in a career that continues".{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/article/1998/12/18/rushmore-4/|title= Rushmore|magazine= Entertainment Weekly|access-date= February 3, 2021|archive-date= September 30, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200930224328/https://ew.com/article/1998/12/18/rushmore-4/|url-status= live}} Murray received the Best Supporting Actor awards from the New York Film Critics Circle, the National Society of Film Critics, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (tying with Billy Bob Thornton for A Simple Plan). Murray then took on more dramatic roles in Wild Things (1998) and Cradle Will Rock (1999). Murray decided to take a turn towards more dramatic roles and experienced a resurgence in his career. In 2000, he portrayed Polonius in Michael Almereyda's Hamlet, based on the play by William Shakespeare. The film starred Ethan Hawke in the title role, as well as Kyle MacLachlan, Julia Stiles, Liev Schreiber and Sam Shepard. The film received mixed reviews. Also in 2000, he portrayed Luther Billis in a concert version of the stage musical South Pacific at Lincoln Center. The following year, Murray reunited with Wes Anderson in the family comedy-drama The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) which starred Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow and Anjelica Huston. In the film, Murray plays Raleigh St. Clair, the meek and mild-mannered neurologist, writer, and husband of Margot Tenenbaum (Paltrow).

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In 2003, he starred in his first collaboration with director Sofia Coppola in Lost in Translation opposite Scarlett Johansson. Murray plays an aging movie star on assignment in Tokyo to shoot a Suntory whiskey commercial. Feeling isolated and alone he meets an American woman, Charlotte (Johansson) with whom he sparks an unlikely friendship. Coppola explores the themes of alienation and disconnection against a backdrop of cultural displacement in Japan. The independent drama was an immense critical success and commercial success. Roger Ebert hailed Murray's performance: "Bill Murray has never been better. He doesn't play 'Bill Murray' or any other conventional idea of a movie star, but invents Bob Harris from the inside out, as a man both happy and sad with his life – stuck, but resigned to being stuck."{{cite news| author= Roger Ebert| title= Lost in Translation| work= Chicago Sun-Times| date= September 12, 2003| url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lost-in-translation-2003| accessdate= June 20, 2023| archive-date= May 11, 2019| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190511172330/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lost-in-translation-2003| url-status= live}}

Murray earned numerous accolades, including the Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, and the Independent Spirit Award, as well as Best Actor awards from several film critic organizations.{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/awards/2003/awardsandnominations.shtml |title=2003 Film Awards & Nominations |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=November 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502193917/http://www.metacritic.com/film/awards/2003/awardsandnominations.shtml |archive-date=May 2, 2008 |url-status=dead }} He was considered a favorite to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, but Sean Penn ultimately won the award for his performance in Clint Eastwood's Mystic River. In an interview included on the Lost in Translation DVD, Murray states that it is his favorite film in which he has appeared. He played himself "hiding out" in a local coffee shop in Jim Jarmusch's anthlogy film Coffee and Cigarettes (2003). He voiced Garfield in Garfield: The Movie (2004), which role he reprised in Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006). Murray later said that he only took the role because he was under the mistaken impression that the screenplay, co-written by Joel Cohen, was the work of Joel Coen.{{cite news | title = Bill Murray Is Ready To See You Now | date = August 2010 | url = https://www.gq.com/story/bill-murray-dan-fierman-gq-interview | work = GQ | access-date = May 7, 2024 | archive-date = July 20, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160720192208/http://www.gq.com/story/bill-murray-dan-fierman-gq-interview | url-status = live }}

He made his third collaboration with Anderson in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), co-written by Anderson with Noah Baumbach. Murray plays Zissou, an oceanographer-filmmaker based on Jacques Cousteau who is struggling to finish his latest documentary and has to reconcile with his son (Owen Wilson). The film also stars Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Anjelica Huston, Jeff Goldblum and Michael Gambon. The film initially received mixed reviews, although Murray's performance was praised, and was a box office bomb. In the decades since, it has developed a cult following. The following year, Murray reunited with Jim Jarmusch in Broken Flowers (2005). The film revolves around Don Johnston (Murray), who embarks on a journey to four women (Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange and Tilda Swinton), to find out who sent him a mysterious letter. Roger Ebert praised Murray: "No actor is better than Bill Murray at doing nothing at all, and being fascinating while not doing it".{{cite news| author=Roger Ebert| work=Chicago Sun-Times| url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/broken-flowers-2005| date=August 4, 2005| title= A Don Juan stuck in idle|accessdate= June 20, 2023}} He returned to the big screen for cameos in Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited (2007) and Peter Segal's Get Smart (2008). He played an important role in the post-apocalyptic film City of Ember (2008). Murray starred in the independent film Get Low (2009) alongside Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek. The film is loosely based on a true story about a Tennessee hermit in the 1930s who throws his own funeral party while still alive. Murray and Duvall received critical praise and the film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Also in 2009, Murray played himself in the zombie comedy Zombieland starring Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Jesse Eisenberg. Murray voiced Mr. Badger in Anderson's stop-motion film Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009).

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Murray starred in Roger Michell's historical comedy Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), where he played Franklin D. Roosevelt opposite Laura Linney, (Roosevelt's cousin Margaret Suckley) and Olivia Williams (Eleanor Roosevelt). The film focuses on the 1939 visit at the Roosevelts' Hyde Park home by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (Samuel West and Olivia Colman, respectively.) Murray received praise from critics; Roger Ebert wrote, "Bill Murray wouldn't be my first thought for an actor to play President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but he may have been the right choice...The role requires him to show Roosevelt as a sometimes lonely and sad man whose vacation getaway is his mother's family mansion, Springwood, near Hyde Park in upstate New York ... Murray, who has a wider range than we sometimes realize, finds the human core of this FDR and presents it tenderly."{{cite news| author=Roger Ebert| work=Chicago Sun-Times| date=December 12, 2012| title=The only thing we have to fear is Eleanor herself| url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hyde-park-on-hudson-2012| access-date=June 29, 2024| archive-date=June 29, 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629152504/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hyde-park-on-hudson-2012| url-status=live}} Murray received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination for his performance.

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Since 2010, Murray has continued to appear in Wes Anderson films, including the coming of age comedy Moonrise Kingdom (2012) which also starred Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton. The film premiered at the 65th Cannes Film Festival where it competed for the {{Lang|fr|Palme d'Or|italic=no}}. The film was a box office and critical success. In 2016, the BBC included the film in its list of greatest films of the twenty-first century. Murray made a brief comic turn in Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). The film competed at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival where it received rapturous reviews. The film received 9 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, ultimately receiving 4, for Costume Design, Production Design, Makeup/Hair and Original Score. Murray, along with the cast, won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for his ensemble work.

Murray, along with Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville, Jean Dujardin and Bob Balaban, starred in George Clooney's ensemble World War II drama The Monuments Men (2014). The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a modest box office success. Murray starred in the coming of age film St. Vincent (2014) alongside Melissa McCarthy and Naomi Watts. Murray played Vincent, a retired, grumpy, alcoholic Vietnam War veteran, and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance. Peter Bradshaw's mixed review praised Murray: "[He] knows how to shine as the bleary, cynical companion to a younger person dragooned by fate into being both his pupil and his accomplice, and who puts Murray back in touch with his own innocence."{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/04/st-vincent-review-bill-murray|title= St Vincent review – Bill Murray props up comedy slush|newspaper= The Guardian|date= December 4, 2014|last1= Bradshaw|first1= Peter}} He starred as a music manager in Barry Levinson's comedy film Rock the Kasbah (2015). Also that year, he starred in a Sofia Coppola directed the musical holiday special for Netflix called A Very Murray Christmas alongside Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Chris Rock, Michael Cera, Rashida Jones, George Clooney, and Miley Cyrus. It was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.{{cite web|url= https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/very-murray-christmas|title= A Very Murray Christmas|website= Emmys|accessdate= June 4, 2025}}

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He voiced Baloo in Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book (2016).{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Bill-Murray-Sing-Jungle-Book-Best-Song-68764.html|title=Bill Murray Will Sing The Jungle Book's Best Song|date=December 19, 2014|website=Cinemablend.com|access-date=April 16, 2016|archive-date=April 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409212227/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Bill-Murray-Sing-Jungle-Book-Best-Song-68764.html|url-status=live}} Murray received praise for his comic performance with Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly describing him at "his wry, what-me-worry comic-relief best".{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/article/2016/04/12/jungle-book-ew-review/|title= The Jungle Book: EW review|magazine= Entertainment Weekly|accessdate= June 20, 2023|archive-date= June 20, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230620122955/https://ew.com/article/2016/04/12/jungle-book-ew-review/|url-status= live}} The film was an immense financial hit, and earned a 95% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_jungle_book_2016/ | title=The Jungle Book (2016) | website=Rotten Tomatoes | access-date=December 19, 2017 | archive-date=April 26, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426025211/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_jungle_book_2016 | url-status=live }} Murray was nominated for Favorite Animated Movie Voice at the People's Choice Awards; he lost to Ellen DeGeneres who reprised her role in Finding Dory (2016). There had been speculation that Murray might return to the Ghostbusters franchise{{Cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/38625/anubis-the-barkless-dog-fends-off-paranormal-activity/|title=Anubis the Barkless Dog Fends Off Paranormal Activity|date=October 18, 2012|website=Dread Central}} for a rumored Ghostbusters 3.{{cite web|url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20949|title=Fans Convince Murray to Do Third 'Ghostbusters'?|website=Bloody-disgusting.com|date=July 20, 2010}} Murray once stated, "I'd do it only if my character was killed off in the first reel,"{{cite web |url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14322 |title=Bill Murray Talks Ghostbusters 3 on Letterman |website=ShockTilYouDrop.com |date=March 1, 2010 |access-date=March 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406154834/http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14322 |archive-date=April 6, 2010 |url-status=dead }} and also, "You know, maybe I should just do it. Maybe it'd be fun to do." Eventually, he appeared in both the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot as Martin Heiss, a cynical ghost debunker, which was released on July 15, 2016,{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/08/09/bill-murray-new-ghostbusters-movie/31378093/ | title=Bill Murray to appear in new 'Ghostbusters' | work=USA Today | date=August 9, 2015 | access-date=August 9, 2015 | author=Truitt, Brian | archive-date=September 19, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919123355/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/08/09/bill-murray-new-ghostbusters-movie/31378093/ | url-status=live }} and 2021's Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

In 2018, Murray returned to Saturday Night Live portraying Donald Trump's White House's Chief strategist Steve Bannon alongside Fred Armisen as journalist and author Michael Wolff.{{cite web|url= https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/14/16890036/snl-bill-murray-bannon|title= Saturday Night Live veterans Bill Murray and Fred Armisen came back to play Steve Bannon and Michael Wolff|website= Vox|date= January 14, 2018|access-date= September 23, 2020|archive-date= October 22, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211022094844/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/14/16890036/snl-bill-murray-bannon|url-status= live}} That year he was also part of Wes Anderson's ensemble cast of the animated film Isle of Dogs, which premiered at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/festivals/berlin-film-festival-wes-anderson-bill-murry-isle-of-dogs-1202700960/|title=Berlin Opening Night: Wes Anderson, Tilda Swinton, Greta Gerwig Celebrate 'Isle of Dogs'|last1=Meza|first1=Ed|date=February 15, 2018|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=January 29, 2020|archive-date=March 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302104111/http://variety.com/2018/film/festivals/berlin-film-festival-wes-anderson-bill-murry-isle-of-dogs-1202700960/|url-status=live}} He also briefly reprised his role as himself in Zombieland: Double Tap (2018). Murray was part of the ensemble cast of Jim Jarmusch's zombie-comedy The Dead Don't Die (2019) alongside Adam Driver, and Selena Gomez.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/bill-murray-tilda-swinton-star-jim-jarmusch-zombie-comedy-1127036|title=Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton to Star in Jim Jarmusch's Zombie Comedy 'The Dead Don't Die'|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Mia|last=Galuppo|date=July 13, 2018|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713231137/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/bill-murray-tilda-swinton-star-jim-jarmusch-zombie-comedy-1127036|url-status=live}} The film received mixed reviews. However John Nungent of Empire praised its lead performances: "Murray and Driver are two of Jarmusch's favourite muses — the De Niro and DiCaprio to his Scorsese, if you like — and few actors capture that lacksadasical sense of humour quite as well as them, both faces almost Buster Keaton-esque in their deadpan resolve."{{cite web|url= https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/the-dead-don-t-die/|title= The Dead Don't Die Review|website= Empire|date= December 2021|accessdate= June 20, 2023|archive-date= June 20, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230620122955/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/the-dead-don-t-die/|url-status= live}}

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Murray reprised his role in Groundhog Day for an ad which aired during the 2020 Super Bowl. In it, he steals the groundhog and drives him to various places in the orange Jeep Gladiator.{{Cite news|title=Super Bowl 2020: Jeep Gladiator celebrates Groundhog Day with Bill Murray and Punxsutawney Phil|url=https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/jeep-gladiator-super-bowl-commercial-groundhog-day-bill-murray/|last=Szymkowski|first=Sean|date=February 2, 2020|publisher=CNET|access-date=February 3, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203020224/https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/jeep-gladiator-super-bowl-commercial-groundhog-day-bill-murray/|url-status=live}} Murray reunited with Sofia Coppola for the comedy-drama On the Rocks (2020) opposite Rashida Jones.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/apple-a24-partner-on-first-film-sofia-coppola-bill-murray-reunion-on-the-rocks-1202535587/|title=Sofia Coppola And Bill Murray To Reteam For 'On The Rocks', Apple & A24's First Film|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=January 15, 2019|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=May 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517134002/https://deadline.com/2019/01/apple-a24-partner-on-first-film-sofia-coppola-bill-murray-reunion-on-the-rocks-1202535587/|url-status=live}} The film premiered at the 58th New York Film Festival where it received positive reviews, with many critics praising Murray's performance. David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "Murray has seldom been better."{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/on-the-rocks-film-review-nyff-2020|title= 'On the Rocks': Film Review {{!}} NYFF 2020|website= The Hollywood Reporter|date= September 23, 2020|access-date= September 23, 2020|archive-date= September 23, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200923092448/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/on-the-rocks-film-review-nyff-2020|url-status= live}} It had a limited theatrical release on October 2, 2020, by A24, followed by a digital streaming release on October 23, 2020, on Apple TV+.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movies/sofia-coppola-on-the-rocks-photos/|title=Bill Murray, Rashida Jones romp through NYC in Sofia Coppola's On the Rocks photos|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Joey|last=Nolfi|date=August 13, 2020|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=July 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725122804/https://ew.com/movies/sofia-coppola-on-the-rocks-photos/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/A24/status/1301595825148030977|title=Starring Rashida Jones, Bill Murray, and the illustrious New York City Statue of liberty⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Sofia Coppola's ON THE ROCKS — In Select Theaters around the world October 2 and on Apple TV+ October 23.⁣⁣⁣⁣|via=Twitter|date=September 3, 2020|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903190036/https://twitter.com/A24/status/1301595825148030977|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sofia-coppola-on-the-rocks-new-york-film-festival-1234751155/|title= Sofia Coppola's 'On the Rocks' to Premiere at New York Film Festival|website= Variety|date= August 27, 2020|accessdate= June 20, 2023|archive-date= June 20, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230620120355/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sofia-coppola-on-the-rocks-new-york-film-festival-1234751155/|url-status= live}} He received some critical acclaim as well as nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor.{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/awards/golden-globes/golden-globes-2021-nominations/|title= See the full list of 2021 Golden Globe nominees|magazine= Entertainment Weekly|access-date= February 3, 2021|archive-date= February 3, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210203125541/https://ew.com/awards/golden-globes/golden-globes-2021-nominations/|url-status= live}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/awards/critics-choice-nominations-2021-mank-netflix-1234902895/ |title=Critics Choice Awards: 'Mank' Leads With 12 Nominations, Netflix Makes History With Four Best Picture Nominees |last=Davis |first=Clayton |date=February 8, 2021 |work=Variety |access-date=June 20, 2023 |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208211947/https://variety.com/2021/film/awards/critics-choice-nominations-2021-mank-netflix-1234902895/ |url-status=live }}

Murray appeared in a small role in The French Dispatch (2021), reuniting him with Wes Anderson for the 9th time.{{cite web|url=https://theplaylist.net/wes-anderson-christoph-waltz-french-dispatch-20190415/|title=Wes Anderson Says Christoph Waltz Has Small Role In 'The French Dispatch' & Reveals More Details Including Possible Late-2019 Release|website=The Playlist|first=Charles|last=Barfield|date=April 15, 2019|access-date=April 15, 2019|archive-date=April 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415211508/https://theplaylist.net/wes-anderson-christoph-waltz-french-dispatch-20190415/|url-status=live}} It was set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 2020, and get a wide release on July 24, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival was cancelled and the film was pulled from the schedule on April 3, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-2020-lineup-includes-wes-andersons-french-dispatch-1296386|title=Cannes 2020 Lineup Unveiled|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Scott|last=Roxborough|date=June 3, 2020|access-date=June 3, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603202546/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-2020-lineup-includes-wes-andersons-french-dispatch-1296386|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/wes-andersons-the-french-dispatch-gets-july-2020-release/|title=Wes Anderson's 'The French Dispatch' Gets July 2020 Release|website=The Wrap|first=Brian|last=Welk|date=January 29, 2020|access-date=January 29, 2020|archive-date=January 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129195042/https://www.thewrap.com/wes-andersons-the-french-dispatch-gets-july-2020-release/|url-status=live}} The film was rescheduled for release on October 16, 2020, before being pulled from the schedule again on July 23, 2020.{{cite web|last=Welk|first=Brian|date=April 3, 2020|title='Black Widow' Moves to November as Other MCU Films Shift Back to 2021, 2022|url=https://www.thewrap.com/black-widow-moves-to-november-as-other-mcu-films-shift-back-to-2021-2022/|access-date=April 3, 2020|website=The Wrap|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412172914/https://www.thewrap.com/black-widow-moves-to-november-as-other-mcu-films-shift-back-to-2021-2022/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/mulan-avatar-star-wars-release-date-changes-disney-coroanvirus-1202993719/|title='Mulan' Off The Calendar; Disney Also Delays 'Avatar' & 'Star Wars' Movies By One Year As Studio Adjusts To Pandemic|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=July 23, 2020|access-date=July 23, 2020|archive-date=July 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723210913/https://deadline.com/2020/07/mulan-avatar-star-wars-release-date-changes-disney-coroanvirus-1202993719/|url-status=live}} It ultimately premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and was released on October 22, 2021.

Murray reprised his role as Peter Venkman in Jason Reitman's Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021).{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/01/hanging-with-bill-murray-on-the-set-of-ghostbusters-afterlife|title=Exclusive: Hanging With Bill Murray on the Set of Ghostbusters: Afterlife|website=Vanity Fair|first=Anthony|last=Breznican|date=January 23, 2020|access-date=July 7, 2020|archive-date=February 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223000350/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/01/hanging-with-bill-murray-on-the-set-of-ghostbusters-afterlife|url-status=live}} Fellow Ghostbusters cast members also reprised their roles including Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts. The film was a critical and commercial success. In October 2021, Murray joined the cast of the superhero film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.{{Cite news |last=Heidmann |first=Patrick |date=October 26, 2021 |title=Leute erkennen mich, wenn ich die Party crashe |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/stil/trends-nischen/warum-bill-murray-einen-marvel-film-gedreht-hat-17600425.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026222857/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/stil/trends-nischen/warum-bill-murray-einen-marvel-film-gedreht-hat-17600425.html |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |access-date=October 26, 2021 |website=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung}} He appeared in Peter Farrelly's biographical war comedy-drama film The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022) alongside Zac Efron and Russell Crowe. It debuted at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival where it received mixed reviews. It later debuted on Apple TV+. In 2024, he starred opposite Naomi Watts in the comedy The Friend which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-friend-review-naomi-watts-1235041033/|title= ‘The Friend’ Review: Naomi Watts and a Charismatic Great Dane Are the Year’s Most Delightful Scene Partners|website= IndieWire|accessdate= June 1, 2025}} In 2025, he reunited with Wes Anderson in a minor role in the comedy The Phoenician Scheme, his tenth collaboration with the director.{{cite web|url= https://www.npr.org/2025/05/29/nx-s1-5409020/a-gazillionaire-becomes-conflicted-in-wes-andersons-the-phoenician-scheme|title= A gazillionaire becomes conflicted in Wes Anderson's 'The Phoenician Scheme'|website= NPR|accessdate= June 1, 2025}} Also in 2025, he returned to Saturday Night Live for their the 50th Anniversary Special where he ranked his favorite "Weekend Update" anchors.{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/bill-murray-snl-50-roasts-weekend-update-white-anchors-1236310411/|title= ‘SNL50’ Weekend Update: Bill Murray Roasts the Show’s White Anchors, Bobby Moynihan’s Drunk Uncle Yells ‘Not My Captain America’ Over Anthony Mackie|website= Variety|accessdate= June 4, 2025}}

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Murray is a partner with his brothers in Murray Bros. Caddy Shack, a restaurant with two locations. In 2001, they opened a location at the World Golf Village near St. Augustine, Florida.{{Cite news|url=https://wgntv.com/2018/04/17/bill-murrays-caddyshack-restaurant-opens-today-in-rosemont/|title=Bill Murray and brothers open 'Caddyshack' restaurant today in Rosemont|date=April 17, 2018|publisher=WGN-TV|access-date=November 27, 2018|archive-date=November 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127193457/https://wgntv.com/2018/04/17/bill-murrays-caddyshack-restaurant-opens-today-in-rosemont/|url-status=live}} The second location opened in 2018, inside the Crowne Plaza Rosemont Hotel near the O'Hare International Airport.{{Cite news|url=https://chicago.eater.com/2018/4/18/17251822/bill-murray-bros-caddyshack-restaurant-chicago-rosemont-photos-images-food-menu|title=Tour Bill Murray and Brothers' New Restaurant, a Space Jammed With 'Caddyshack' Jokes|work=Eater Chicago|access-date=November 27, 2018}} In 1978, Murray appeared in two at-bats{{cite web|url= https://mynorthwest.com/15193/before-bill-murray-was-a-star-he-played-baseball-in-grays-harbor/|title= Before Bill Murray was a star, he played baseball in Grays Harbor|website= MYNorthwest|date= February 23, 2015|access-date= December 31, 2020|archive-date= November 19, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201119072238/https://mynorthwest.com/15193/before-bill-murray-was-a-star-he-played-baseball-in-grays-harbor/|url-status= live}} for the Grays Harbor Loggers Minor League Baseball team, credited with one hit and a lifetime batting average of .500.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/bill-murray-snl-40th-anniversary-grays-harbor-loggers-1978-021515|title=Bill Murray's Baseball Summer: An Oral History|work=Fox Sports|date=February 16, 2015|access-date=September 25, 2016|archive-date=October 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027152112/http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/bill-murray-snl-40th-anniversary-grays-harbor-loggers-1978-021515|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=murray004wil |title=Murray's Baseball Reference page |website=Baseball Reference |access-date=March 27, 2018 |archive-date=September 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928230312/http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=murray004wil |url-status=live }}

He founded and was part-owner of the St. Paul Saints, a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. Bill occasionally traveled to Saint Paul, Minnesota to watch the team's games.{{cite web |url=http://saintsbaseball.com/about/ownership/ |title=St. Paul Saints ownership |website=Saintsbaseball.com |access-date=July 29, 2012 |archive-date=September 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920050115/http://saintsbaseball.com/about/ownership/ |url-status=live }} Murray sold his interest in the Saints in 2023.{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Brooks |title=After 30 years, St. Paul Saints founders sell team to new ownership group |url=https://www.startribune.com/st-paul-saints-sold-diamond-baseball-holdings-goldklang-chs-stadium-minor-league-twins/600259121/ |website=Star Tribune |date=March 15, 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023 |archive-date=September 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902160117/https://www.startribune.com/st-paul-saints-sold-diamond-baseball-holdings-goldklang-chs-stadium-minor-league-twins/600259121/ |url-status=live }} As part of the Goldklang Group, he owns or owned part of the Charleston RiverDogs,{{cite news|last=Chandler |first=Rick |url=http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/06/22/yep-heres-bill-murray-and-the-miller-high-life-guy-at-a-home-run-derby-on-an-aircraft-carrier/ |title=Yep, here's Bill Murray and the Miller High Life guy at a home run derby on an aircraft carrier |date=June 22, 2012 |website=Offthebench.nbcsports.com |access-date=December 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823145329/http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/06/22/yep-heres-bill-murray-and-the-miller-high-life-guy-at-a-home-run-derby-on-an-aircraft-carrier/ |archive-date=August 23, 2012 }} the Hudson Valley Renegades,{{cite news|last=Hill|first=Lauren|url=http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/bill-murray-partied-here/Content?oid=1368793|title=Bill Murray Partied Here|date=June 3, 2009|website=Styleweekly.com|access-date=December 7, 2012|archive-date=May 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525043653/http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/bill-murray-partied-here/Content?oid=1368793|url-status=live}} and the Brockton Rox.{{cite news|last=Levensen|first=Michael|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1151694491.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+26%2C+2006&author=Michael+Levenson&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=A+whiff+of+scandal+bruises+Brockton%2C+team%3B+Rox+official+accused+of+misusing+funds&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131140608/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1151694491.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+26,+2006&author=Michael+Levenson&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=A+whiff+of+scandal+bruises+Brockton,+team;+Rox+official+accused+of+misusing+funds&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|title=A whiff of scandal bruises Brockton, team; Rox official accused of misusing funds|date=October 26, 2006|newspaper=Boston Globe|access-date=December 7, 2012}} He has invested in a number of other minor league teams in the past, including the Utica Blue Sox,{{cite news|last=Kravitz|first=Bob|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xdMbAAAAIBAJ&pg=6787,5072250|title=Yes, Utica. It's Not The Big Apple, But Brett Doesn't Take Managing Lightly|date=August 11, 1985|newspaper=Pittsburgh Press|access-date=December 7, 2012|archive-date=November 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116204455/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xdMbAAAAIBAJ&pg=6787%2C5072250|url-status=live}} the Fort Myers Miracle, the Salt Lake Sting (APSL), the Catskill Cougars,{{cite news|last= Waddell|first= Ted|url= http://www.sc-democrat.com/archives/2000/sports/09September/05/cougars.htm|title= What's Next for Cougars?|date= September 5, 2000|publisher= Sullivan County Democrat|access-date= July 16, 2013|archive-date= September 24, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924094712/http://www.sc-democrat.com/archives/2000/sports/09September/05/cougars.htm|url-status= live}} and the Salt Lake City Trappers.{{cite news| last= Benson |first= Lee|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/98157/STUNG-ONCE-BY-PRO-SOCCER-SL-TRIES-AGAIN.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519050443/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/98157/STUNG-ONCE-BY-PRO-SOCCER-SL-TRIES-AGAIN.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 19, 2018|title=Stung Once By Pro Soccer, S.L. Tries Again |date= April 21, 1990| website= Deseret News|access-date=December 7, 2012}} In 2012 he was inducted into the South Atlantic League Hall of Fame for his ownership and investment activities in the league.{{cite web|last1=Haglund|first1=David|title=Bill Murray Inducted into South Atlantic League Hall of Fame|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/06/20/bill_murray_south_atlantic_league_hall_of_fame_induction_speech_watch_video_.html|website=Slate|date=June 20, 2012|access-date=April 14, 2017|archive-date=April 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415105154/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/06/20/bill_murray_south_atlantic_league_hall_of_fame_induction_speech_watch_video_.html|url-status=live}}

On his birthday in 2016, Murray, along with his brother Joel, launched an apparel brand called William Murray Golf.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/09/bill-murray-golf-clothing-line |title=Bill Murray Has a New Golf-Clothing Line |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=September 21, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2021 |archive-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625081348/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/09/bill-murray-golf-clothing-line |url-status=live }} In 2017, Murray recorded a studio album entitled New Worlds featuring singing and literary recitations with classical musicians.{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Rachel |date=October 2, 2017 |title=Bill Murray And Jan Vogler Take Us To 'New Worlds' On Their New Theatrical Album |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/10/02/554286600/bill-murray-and-jan-vogler-take-us-to-new-worlds-on-their-new-theatrical-album}} The album was released on vinyl, CD and digital through Verve Records. In 2022, Murray recited poetry and sang with the cellist Jan Vogler, in a recorded production of New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization, which was released in cinemas.{{cite web |url= https://www.nme.com/en_asia/features/film-interviews/bill-murray-jan-vogler-interview-3186385 |title= Bill Murray: "You have a short life, this is yours, live it" |year= 2022 |access-date= April 5, 2022 |work= NME, London, United Kingdom |archive-date= September 19, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240919123350/https://www.nme.com/features/film-interviews/bill-murray-jan-vogler-interview-3185872 |url-status= live }}

Murray's popularity has been such that he holds an iconic status in American popular culture. Murray's eccentric style of comedy, both on-screen and in his personal life, has caused him to be seen as a folk hero to many making him a significant meme in various media including books and the Internet.{{cite news |author=Kurutz, Steven |date=November 30, 2015 |title=The Peculiar Ascent of Bill Murray to Secular Saint |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/fashion/mens-style/the-peculiar-ascent-of-bill-murray-to-secular-saint.html}}{{cite news |author=Burnett III, Zaron |date=October 13, 2014 |title=Why the Internet is obsessed with Bill Murray |work=The Daily Dot |url=https://www.dailydot.com/via/bill-murray-holy-fool-internet/}} In 2016 he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the Kennedy Center. Roger Ebert writes that "The Murray persona has become familiar without becoming tiring: The world is too much with him, he is a little smarter than everyone else, he has a detached melancholy, he is deeply suspicious of joy, he sees sincerity as a weapon that can be used against him, and yet he conceals emotional needs. He is Hamlet in a sitcom world."{{cite news| last=Ebert| first=Roger| author-link=Roger Ebert| title=The shadow of his smile| work=Chicago Sun Times| date=January 30, 2005| url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-groundhog-day-1993}}

File:CrossroadsGuitarFestival2007.jpg and Murray kicking off the Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2007]]

Being very detached from the Hollywood scene, Murray does not have an agent or manager and reportedly only fields offers for scripts and roles using a personal telephone number with a voice mailbox that he checks infrequently.{{cite web |title=How we work: Bill Murray, actor |url=http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2005/02/how_we_work_bil.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107192513/http://rodcorp.typepad.com/rodcorp/2005/02/how_we_work_bil.html |archive-date=January 7, 2008 |access-date=January 11, 2008 |website=Rodcorp.typepad.com}} This practice has reportedly prevented him from participating in films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Monsters, Inc., The Squid and the Whale, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Little Miss Sunshine.{{cite news |last=Heritage |first=Stuart |date=September 10, 2010 |title=Bill Murray is 60! Celebrate with 60 Bill Murray facts |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/sep/11/bill-murray-60th-birthday-facts |access-date=May 12, 2015 |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029195147/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/sep/11/bill-murray-60th-birthday-facts |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Evans |first=Bradford |date=February 17, 2011 |title=The Lost Roles of Bill Murray |url=http://splitsider.com/2011/02/the-lost-roles-of-bill-murray/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520115025/http://splitsider.com/2011/02/the-lost-roles-of-bill-murray |archive-date=May 20, 2015 |access-date=May 25, 2015}}{{cite web |last=Farr |first=John |date=November 11, 2014 |title=Bill Murray and the Roles That Got Away |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-farr/bill-murray-and-the-roles_b_5850434.html |access-date=May 25, 2015 |website=HuffPost |orig-year=September 19, 2014 |archive-date=January 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160111082612/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-farr/bill-murray-and-the-roles_b_5850434.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Locke |first=Greg W. |date=August 26, 2011 |title=The Top 25 Roles Bill Murray Didn't Take |url=http://www.zecatalist.com/lists/the-top-25-roles-bob-murray-didnt-take/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619014025/http://www.zecatalist.com/lists/the-top-25-roles-bob-murray-didnt-take/ |archive-date=June 19, 2015 |access-date=May 25, 2015}} When asked about this practice, however, Murray seemed content with his inaccessibility, stating, "It's not that hard. If you have a good script that's what gets you involved. People say they can't find me. Well, if you can write a good script, that's a lot harder than finding someone. I don't worry about it; it's not my problem."{{Cite web|title=Bill Murray: 'I'm not one of those guys'|url=https://the-talks.com/interview/bill-murray/|website=The Talks|date=August 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219081429/https://the-talks.com/interview/bill-murray/|archive-date=February 19, 2016}}

Murray has homes in Los Angeles; Rancho Santa Fe, California;{{cite web |date=August 5, 2016 |title=Celebrities That Live in San Diego North County – YNC |url=https://yournorthcounty.com/celebrities-that-live-in-san-diego-north-county/ |access-date=October 7, 2018 |website=Yournorthcounty.com |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140231/https://yournorthcounty.com/celebrities-that-live-in-san-diego-north-county/ |url-status=dead }} Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts;{{cite web |title=Under (one) Hot Tin Roof |url=http://www.mvmagazine.com/2006/july/hot_tin_roof.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513075025/http://www.mvmagazine.com/2006/july/hot_tin_roof.php |archive-date=May 13, 2007 |access-date=January 11, 2008 |publisher=Martha's Vineyard Magazine}} Charleston, South Carolina; and Palisades, New York.{{cite web |title=Bill Murray: Funny, crazy and sweet |url=http://www.mondostars.com/entertainment/billmurray.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105044447/http://www.mondostars.com/entertainment/billmurray.html |archive-date=November 5, 2007 |access-date=January 11, 2008 |publisher=MondoStars}} Between 2008 and 2013, Murray maintained a residence in the Lower Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village.{{cite web |date=May 23, 2013 |title=Rent for Bill Murray's former Village pad drops by $2K |url=http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/05/23/bill-murray-lowers-asking-price-at-the-villager/ |access-date=May 24, 2013 |publisher=The Real Deal |archive-date=June 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607175828/http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/05/23/bill-murray-lowers-asking-price-at-the-villager/ |url-status=live }}

In 2007, Murray was pulled over by Swedish police on suspicion of driving a golf cart under the influence of alcohol.

Murray has experienced symptoms of depression.{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/bill-murray-interview-new-worlds-b2012289.html | title=Bill Murray interview: 'We are afraid to die and afraid to kill' | website=Independent.co.uk | date=April 29, 2022 | access-date=July 20, 2024 | archive-date=September 19, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919123516/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/bill-murray-interview-new-worlds-b2012289.html | url-status=live }} He has claimed that art and music have helped ease past depressive episodes.{{cite web | url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bill-murray-hunter-s-thompson-john-prine-battle-depression/ | title=Bill Murray on how John Prine helped him battle depression | date=May 6, 2022 | access-date=July 20, 2024 | archive-date=September 19, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919123349/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bill-murray-hunter-s-thompson-john-prine-battle-depression/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/566386-the-amazing-painting-that-saved-bill-murray-from-committing-suicide/ | title=The amazing painting that saved Bill Murray from committing suicide | date=August 4, 2021 | access-date=July 20, 2024 | archive-date=December 7, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207065931/https://thehill.com/changing-america/566386-the-amazing-painting-that-saved-bill-murray-from-committing-suicide/ | url-status=live }}

He is a student of the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff.{{Cite web |title=The Philosophy of Bill Murray: The Intellectual Foundations of His Comedic Persona {{!}} Open Culture |url=https://www.openculture.com/2016/06/the-philosophy-of-bill-murray-the-intellectual-foundations-of-his-comedic-persona.html |access-date=December 4, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204024758/https://www.openculture.com/2016/06/the-philosophy-of-bill-murray-the-intellectual-foundations-of-his-comedic-persona.html |url-status=live }}

Murray is the godfather to Wes Anderson's daughter, Freya.{{cite web|last=Bergeson|first=Samantha|title=Wes Anderson Stands by Bill Murray Amid Misconduct Claims: 'He Is Really Part of My Family'|date=June 12, 2023|website=IndieWire|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/wes-anderson-bill-murray-misconduct-claims-1234873835/|accessdate=July 2, 2023|archive-date=July 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702171747/https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/wes-anderson-bill-murray-misconduct-claims-1234873835/|url-status=live}}

During the filming of Stripes, Murray married Margaret Kelly on January 25, 1981. Later, they remarried in Chicago for their families. Margaret gave birth to two sons, Homer and Luke. Following Murray's affair with Jennifer Butler, the couple divorced in 1996.{{cite news|last=Martin|first=Annie|title=Bill Murray says he is single but not lonely|date=October 10, 2014|work=United Press International|url=http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2014/10/10/Bill-Murray-says-he-is-single-but-not-lonely/2591412954407/|access-date=January 5, 2017|archive-date=June 22, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180622005157/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2014/10/10/Bill-Murray-says-he-is-single-but-not-lonely/2591412954407/|url-status=live|quote=Murray married Margaret Kelly in January 1981, and has two sons, Homer and Luke, by his first wife. The marriage ended in 1996 after the actor had an affair with Jennifer Butler, and he wed his mistress in 1997. He and Butler have four sons, Caleb, Jackson, Cooper and Lincoln, and divorced in 2008.}}

In 1997, he married Butler. Together, they have four sons: Caleb, Jackson, Cooper, and Lincoln.{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2015/09/22/Bill-Murray-skipped-Emmys-to-attend-son-Lukes-wedding/8801442934062/|title=Bill Murray skipped Emmys to attend son Luke's wedding|first=Annie|last=Martin|work=United Press International|date=September 22, 2015|access-date=May 12, 2020|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726231524/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2015/09/22/Bill-Murray-skipped-Emmys-to-attend-son-Lukes-wedding/8801442934062/|url-status=bot: unknown|quote=Luke Murray is Murray's youngest son by first wife Margaret Kelly. The actor is also father to 33-year-old son Homer with Kelly, and 22-year-old son Caleb, 19-year-old son Jackson, 18-year-old son Cooper and 14-year-old son Lincoln with second wife Jennifer Butler.}} Butler filed for divorce on May 12, 2008, accusing Murray of domestic violence, infidelity, and addictions to sex, marijuana, and alcohol.{{cite news |url=http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2008/may/29/bill_murray_sued_divorce42566/ |work=The Post and Courier |title=Bill Murray sued for divorce |location=Charleston, South Carolina |date=May 29, 2008 |access-date=March 9, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100324181037/http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2008/may/29/bill_murray_sued_divorce42566/ |archive-date=March 24, 2010 |url-status=dead}} Their divorce was finalized on June 13, 2008.{{cite news|title=Bill Murray's divorce is finalized|date=June 26, 2008|newspaper=USA Today|url= http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-06-26-murraydivorce_N.htm|access-date=October 8, 2015|archive-date=May 12, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200512203233/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-06-26-murraydivorce_N.htm|url-status=dead}}

Butler died on January 19, 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/features/jennifer-murray-movie-costume-designer-overalls-collector-and-bills-ex-wife-has-died/article_1ac3143c-5f1c-11eb-8442-2f1d9438e469.html |title=Jennifer Murray, movie costume designer, overalls collector and Bill's ex-wife, has died |last=Oyer |first=Kalyn |work=The Post and Courier |date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=July 14, 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127001013/https://www.postandcourier.com/features/jennifer-murray-movie-costume-designer-overalls-collector-and-bills-ex-wife-has-died/article_1ac3143c-5f1c-11eb-8442-2f1d9438e469.html |archive-date=January 27, 2021 }}

File:Bill Murray Fighting Illini 2005.jpg team at the 2005 Final Four in St. Louis]]

Murray is a fan of several Chicago professional sports teams, especially the Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bears, and the Chicago Bulls.{{cite web |title=9 Things We Love About Bill Murray |website=Back9network.com |url=http://www.back9network.com/article/9-things-we-love-about-bill-murray/ |access-date=September 21, 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925094359/http://www.back9network.com/article/9-things-we-love-about-bill-murray/ |archive-date=September 25, 2014 }} He was once a guest color commentator for a Cubs game during the 1980s.{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/watch-chicago-cubs-fan-bill-murray-fill-in-for-harry-ca-1798285254 |title=Watch Chicago Cubs fan Bill Murray fill in for Harry Caray in 1987 |first=Mark |last=Vanderbilt |website=The A.V. Club |date=October 9, 2015 |access-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710195942/https://www.avclub.com/watch-chicago-cubs-fan-bill-murray-fill-in-for-harry-ca-1798285254 |url-status=live }} He was in attendance, along with fellow Cubs fans John Cusack, Eddie Vedder, and Bonnie Hunt, during the Cubs' historic Game Seven victory during the 2016 World Series. Murray is an avid Quinnipiac University basketball fan, where his son served as head of basketball operations, and he is a regular fixture at home games. He cheered courtside for the Illinois Fighting Illini's game against the 2004–2005 Arizona Wildcats in the Regional Final game in Chicago. He is a fixture at home games of those teams when in his native Chicago. After traveling to Florida during the Cubs' playoff run to help "inspire" the team (Murray joked with Cubs slugger Aramis Ramírez he was very ill and needed two home runs to give him the hope to live),{{cite news| last=Keller| first=Tom| title=Murray visits with Cubs prior to finale | publisher=Major League Baseball| date=September 27, 2007| url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article_entertainment.jsp?ymd=20070927&content_id=2234194&vkey=entertainment&fext=.jsp| access-date=November 12, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012173906/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article_entertainment.jsp?ymd=20070927&content_id=2234194&vkey=entertainment&fext=.jsp| archive-date=October 12, 2007| url-status=live}} he was invited to the champagne party in the Cubs' clubhouse when the team clinched the NL Central in late September 2007, along with fellow actors John Cusack, Bernie Mac, James Belushi, and former Cubs player Ron Santo. Murray appears in Santo's documentary, This Old Cub. In 2006, Murray became the sixth recipient of Baseball Reliquary's annual Hilda Award, established in 2001 "to recognize distinguished service to the game by a fan".{{Cite web|title=Hilda Award|url=https://baseballreliquary.org/hilda-award-recipients/|access-date=March 20, 2023|website=Baseball Reliquary|archive-date=March 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320103541/https://baseballreliquary.org/hilda-award-recipients/|url-status=live}} He sang "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during a 2016 World Series game at Wrigley Field.{{cite news|last1=McCluskey|first1=Megan|title=Bill Murray Is Singing 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' at the World Series|url=https://time.com/4549552/bill-murray-cubs-world-series-take-me-out-to-the-ballgame/|access-date=November 18, 2016|magazine=Time|archive-date=November 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119060307/http://time.com/4549552/bill-murray-cubs-world-series-take-me-out-to-the-ballgame/|url-status=live}}

As a Chicago native, Murray appeared at the 50th annual Chicago Air & Water Show in August 2008. He performed a tandem jump with the U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights.{{cite news | url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-07-22/news/0807210434_1_brady-bunch-jump-chicago-air | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817162901/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-07-22/news/0807210434_1_brady-bunch-jump-chicago-air | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 17, 2010 | title=Bill Murray to parachute at Chicago Air & Water Show | date=July 21, 2008 | access-date=July 21, 2008 | newspaper=Chicago Tribune}} He was the MC for Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival on July 28, 2007, where he dressed in various guises of Clapton as he appeared through the years. He served as MC again in 2010 and once more in 2019.

Murray's son, Luke, is an assistant coach for the UConn Huskies men's basketball team. Murray has attended several of their games, such as during their championship run in the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.{{cite web |last1=Dye |first1=Natasha |title=Bill Murray Cheers on Son Luke During March Madness Championship Win: 'He's Worked Very Hard' |url=https://people.com/sports/bill-murray-cheers-on-son-luke-during-march-madness-championship-win/ |website=People |access-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-date=September 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919123347/https://people.com/sports/bill-murray-cheers-on-son-luke-during-march-madness-championship-win/ |url-status=live }}

Murray has been known for his mood swings, leading Dan Aykroyd to refer to him as "The Murricane".{{cite magazine|last=Labrecque|first=Jeff|title=Bill Murray: Curious case of Hollywood's white whale|date=August 27, 2013|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url=http://ew.com/article/2013/08/27/bill-murray-curious-case-hollywoods-white-whale/|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=March 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321131138/http://ew.com/article/2013/08/27/bill-murray-curious-case-hollywoods-white-whale/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Freeman|first=Betsie|title=Everything you've ever wanted to know about Bill Murray|date=September 27, 2018|newspaper=Omaha World-Herald|url=https://www.omaha.com/go/everything-you-ve-ever-wanted-to-know-about-bill-murray/article_c56ae9a7-4d21-5904-a677-d9681b16e8f0.html|access-date=July 4, 2019|archive-date=September 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919123857/https://omaha.com/go/everything-you-ve-ever-wanted-to-know-about-bill-murray/article_c56ae9a7-4d21-5904-a677-d9681b16e8f0.html|url-status=live}} Murray has said of his reputation: "I remember a friend said to me a while back: 'You have a reputation.' And I said: 'What?' And he said: 'Yeah, you have a reputation of being difficult to work with.' But I only got that reputation from people I didn't like working with, or people who didn't know how to work, or what work is. Jim, Wes and Sofia, they know what it is to work, and they understand how you're supposed to treat people."{{cite magazine|author=Bang Showbiz|title=Bill Murray thinks his reputation is unfair|date=June 1, 2018|magazine=Contactmusic.com|url=http://www.contactmusic.net/bill-murray/news/bill-murray-thinks-his-reputation-is-unfair_6108842|access-date=June 1, 2019|archive-date=June 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601161513/http://www.contactmusic.net/bill-murray/news/bill-murray-thinks-his-reputation-is-unfair_6108842|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Bill Murray thinks his reputation is unfair|date=June 1, 2018|newspaper=Sioux City Journal|url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/movies/bill-murray-thinks-his-reputation-is-unfair/article_e5fe3c73-46f2-5f5e-a694-d0edff5bc214.html|access-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702093112/https://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/movies/bill-murray-thinks-his-reputation-is-unfair/article_e5fe3c73-46f2-5f5e-a694-d0edff5bc214.html|archive-date=July 2, 2018}}{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Bill Murray thinks his reputation is unfair|date=June 1, 2018|newspaper=Globe Gazette|url=https://globegazette.com/entertainment/movies/bill-murray-thinks-his-reputation-is-unfair/article_97559f67-fe28-5a44-a9ba-cfc71ccce92e.html|access-date=June 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630052838/https://globegazette.com/entertainment/movies/bill-murray-thinks-his-reputation-is-unfair/article_97559f67-fe28-5a44-a9ba-cfc71ccce92e.html|archive-date=June 30, 2018}} In the book Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, Chevy Chase recalls being confronted by Murray shortly before an SNL broadcast in 1978, in which Chase had returned to guest host.{{cite web|last=Read |first=Max |title=He's Not Chevy, He's an Asshole: A History of Chevy Chase's Horrific Behavior |date=April 5, 2012 |publisher=Gawker |url=http://gawker.com/5899097/hes-not-chevy-hes-an-asshole-a-history-of-chevy-chases-horrific-behavior |access-date=May 30, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526085644/http://gawker.com/5899097/hes-not-chevy-hes-an-asshole-a-history-of-chevy-chases-horrific-behavior |archive-date=May 26, 2015 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/bill-murray-chevy-chase-backstage-fight-saturday-night-live-painful |title=Bill Murray and Chevy Chase's backstage fight at 'SNL' was 'painful' to watch, show alums say |publisher=Fox News |date=June 18, 2021 |access-date=June 18, 2021 |first=Melissa |last=Roberto |archive-date=June 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618141119/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/bill-murray-chevy-chase-backstage-fight-saturday-night-live-painful |url-status=live }} Murray later said of the incident, "It was an Oedipal thing, a rupture. Because we all felt mad he had left us, and somehow I was the anointed avenging angel, who had to speak for everyone. But Chevy and I are friends now. It's all fine."{{cite magazine|last=de Semlyen|first=Nick|title=Bill Murray On Fighting Chevy Chase|date=May 18, 2012|magazine=Empire|url=http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=34011|access-date=May 30, 2015|archive-date=May 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530224330/http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=34011|url-status=live}} The two went on to star together in Caddyshack, which was shot the following year.

Over his career, Murray has gotten into combative disagreements and feuds with several actors including Sean Young,{{cite web|last=Brew|first=Simon|title=14 Co-stars Who Really Didn't Get Along|date=September 27, 2013|publisher=Den of Geek|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/co-stars/198892/14-co-stars-who-really-didnt-get-along|access-date=May 29, 2016|archive-date=June 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623070622/http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/co-stars/198892/14-co-stars-who-really-didnt-get-along|url-status=live}} Nick Nolte,{{cite news|last=Yahr|first=Emily|title=Bill Murray has missed out on a lot of big movies — here's every strange reason why|date=September 16, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/09/16/bill-murray-has-missed-out-on-a-lot-of-big-movies-heres-every-strange-reason-why/|accessdate=January 1, 2024}} Seth Green,{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=October 14, 2022 |title=Seth Green Says Bill Murray 'Picked Me Up by My Ankles' and 'Dropped Me in the Trash' at Age 9: 'I Was Horrified and Just Cried' |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/seth-green-bill-murray-harassment-snl-cried-1235404081/ |access-date=October 16, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015214432/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/seth-green-bill-murray-harassment-snl-cried-1235404081/ |url-status=live }} Rob Schneider,{{cite magazine|last=Gardner|first=Chris|title=Rob Schneider Claims Bill Murray "Absolutely Hated" Members of 'SNL' Cast Including Adam Sandler, Chris Farley|date=October 13, 2022|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rob-schneider-bill-murray-hating-saturday-night-live-cast-adam-sandler-chris-farley-1235240957/|accessdate=December 15, 2024}} Geena Davis,{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=October 10, 2022 |title=Geena Davis Details 'Bad' Audition With Bill Murray, Who Allegedly Screamed at Her on Set: 'I Should've Walked Out or Defended Myself' |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/geena-davis-bill-murray-bad-audition-walked-out-1235398239/ |access-date=October 16, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=March 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309080932/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/geena-davis-bill-murray-bad-audition-walked-out-1235398239/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Tapp |first=Tom |date=October 14, 2022 |title=Bill Murray Faces Avalanche Of New Accusations |url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/bill-murray-accusations-seth-green-geena-davis-rob-schneider-1235145645/ |access-date=October 16, 2022 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=October 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016063756/https://deadline.com/2022/10/bill-murray-accusations-seth-green-geena-davis-rob-schneider-1235145645/ |url-status=live }} Lucy Liu,{{cite web|title=Famous co-stars who absolutely hated each other|date=November 4, 2014|website=News.com.au|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/famous-costars-who-absolutely-hated-each-other/story-e6frfmvr-1227112569514|access-date=May 28, 2015|archive-date=May 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530121120/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/famous-costars-who-absolutely-hated-each-other/story-e6frfmvr-1227112569514|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Steven|title=Bill Murray Explains That His Feud With Lucy Liu Never Even Occurred|date=September 11, 2003|website=Contactmusic.com|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/bill-murray/news/bill-clears-up-charlie.s-angels-feud-with-lucy|access-date=May 28, 2015|archive-date=May 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526202909/http://www.contactmusic.com/bill-murray/news/bill-clears-up-charlie.s-angels-feud-with-lucy|url-status=live}} Anjelica Huston,{{cite web|last=Goldman|first=Andrew|title=In Conversation: Anjelica Huston On growing up in Hollywood, the cost of beating Oprah at the Oscars, and why Jack Nicholson doesn't act anymore.|date=May 1, 2019|website=Vulture.com|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/anjelica-huston-in-conversation.html|access-date=June 19, 2019|archive-date=September 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919124402/https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/anjelica-huston-in-conversation.html|url-status=live}} Richard Dreyfuss,{{cite magazine|last=Meyers|first=Kate|title=A Bill Murray filmography|date=March 19, 1993|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1993/03/19/bill-murray-filmography|access-date=May 28, 2015|archive-date=June 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629083919/https://ew.com/article/1993/03/19/bill-murray-filmography/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Rabin|first=Nathan|title=Richard Dreyfuss|date=October 8, 2009|newspaper=The A.V. Club|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/richard-dreyfuss-33769|access-date=May 28, 2015|archive-date=June 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622011409/http://www.avclub.com/article/richard-dreyfuss-33769|url-status=live}} as well as with film director McG,{{cite web|last=Reynolds|first=Simon|title=McG: 'Bill Murray headbutted me'|date=June 1, 2009|website=Digital Spy|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a157734/mcg-bill-murray-headbutted-me/|access-date=July 8, 2019|archive-date=September 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919124405/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a157734/mcg-bill-murray-headbutted-me/|url-status=live}} and producer Laura Ziskin.{{cite news|last2=Goldstein|first2=Patrick|last1=Horn|first1=John|title=Film sets loose, but barbarian behavior rare, insiders say|date=October 3, 2003|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-sets1003-story.html|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=September 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919123906/https://playlist.stnvideo.com/player/data/index.php?cmd=loadInitial&session=V9ZdwVXyiMvN1LkN&instance=198037453&version=7.33.0-A&age=240919&ESG_key=WczsESEJ&type=FULL&EXTREF=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2003/10/03/film-sets-loose-but-barbarian-behavior-rare-insiders-say/&REF=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2003/10/03/film-sets-loose-but-barbarian-behavior-rare-insiders-say/&ogSet=1|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Brownfield|first=Paul|title=What about Bill? (Page 2 of 4)|date=February 29, 2004|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/feb/29/entertainment/ca-brownfield29/2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027103901/http://articles.latimes.com/2004/feb/29/entertainment/ca-brownfield29/2|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2012|access-date=January 4, 2017}}{{cite news|last2=Goldstein|first2=Patrick|last1=Horn|first1=John|title=Even on loose sets, barbarian behavior rare|date=October 5, 2003|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/10/05/even-on-loose-sets-barbarian-behavior-rare/|access-date=January 4, 2017|archive-date=September 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919123858/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/10/05/even-on-loose-sets-barbarian-behavior-rare/|url-status=live}}

Murray has said in interviews that he and film director Richard Donner did not get along well while filming Scrooged.{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Zane|title='Scrooged" a wonderful parody of a holiday classic|date=December 15, 2012|newspaper=Tulsa World|url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/communities/wagoner/entertainment/scrooged-a-wonderful-parody-of-a-holiday-classic/article_8e2d9896-6177-5502-8b6b-72316ae90b6c.html|access-date=October 10, 2018|archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726231509/https://tulsaworld.com/communities/wagoner/entertainment/scrooged-a-wonderful-parody-of-a-holiday-classic/article_8e2d9896-6177-5502-8b6b-72316ae90b6c.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=BILL MURRAY, "QUICK CHANGE" ARTIST|date=July 13, 1990|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/bill-murray-quick-change-artist|access-date=July 12, 2015|archive-date=June 29, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190629083637/https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/bill-murray-quick-change-artist|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Mullins|first=Jenna|title=NEWS/ 56 Facts You May Not Know About Your Favorite Holiday Films|date=December 18, 2014|publisher=E! News|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/607359/56-facts-you-may-not-know-about-your-favorite-holiday-films|access-date=June 17, 2015|archive-date=June 29, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190629083930/https://www.eonline.com/news/607359/56-facts-you-may-not-know-about-your-favorite-holiday-films|url-status=live}} Donner said of Murray: "He's superbly creative, but occasionally difficult – as difficult as any actor."{{cite news|last=Puskar|first=Susan|title=Bill Murray is a creep in the role of 'Scrooge'|date=December 18, 1988|newspaper=The Blade|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19881218&id=2FBPAAAAIBAJ&pg=6934,519903|access-date=June 17, 2015|archive-date=September 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919124022/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19881218&id=2FBPAAAAIBAJ&pg=6934,519903|url-status=live}} Murray also had a falling out with film director and longtime collaborator Harold Ramis during the production of Groundhog Day. According to screenwriter Danny Rubin, "They were like two brothers who weren't getting along." They had creative differences which ultimatley ended their fruitful film collaboration in 1993.{{cite web |last1=Boone |first1=Brian |title=How Harold Ramis and Bill Murray Ended Their Feud and Other Things We Learned in This Memoir |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/06/how-harold-ramis-and-bill-murray-ended-their-feud.html |website=Vulture |date=June 5, 2018 |access-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-date=July 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715103151/https://www.vulture.com/2018/06/how-harold-ramis-and-bill-murray-ended-their-feud.html |url-status=live }} Murray eventually reconciled with Ramis just before his death in February 2014 and honored him at the 86th Academy Awards.{{cite web|last=Wakeman|first=Gregory|title=How Groundhog Day Ruined Bill Murray And Harold Ramis' Partnership|date=September 23, 2014|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/new/How-Groundhog-Day-Ruined-Bill-Murray-Harold-Ramis-Partnership-67345.html|access-date=May 28, 2015|archive-date=September 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910161117/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/How-Groundhog-Day-Ruined-Bill-Murray-Harold-Ramis-Partnership-67345.html|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine | last=Friend | first=Tad | url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/04/19/040419fa_fact3?currentPage=7 | title=Annals of Hollywood: Comedy First | magazine=The New Yorker | date=January 7, 2009 | access-date=May 28, 2015 | archive-date=March 2, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302045836/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/04/19/040419fa_fact3?currentPage=7 | url-status=live }}{{cite news | last=Heisler | first=Steve | url=https://www.avclub.com/harold-ramis-1798216819 | title=Harold Ramis | newspaper=A.V. Club | access-date=May 28, 2015 | archive-date=September 26, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926163145/http://www.avclub.com/articles/harold-ramis,29410/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Lang|first=Brent|title=Harold Ramis and Bill Murray: Inside The 'Groundhog Day' Duo's Decade-Long Feud|date=February 25, 2014|website=TheWrap|url=http://www.thewrap.com/harold-ramis-bill-murray-inside-groundhog-day-duos-decade-long-feud/|access-date=May 28, 2015}} Lost in Translation director Sofia Coppola that Scarlett Johansson and Murray did not get along during filming but despite this, she's stated that he was a lot of fun to work with on the production.{{cite news|last=Stern|first=Marlow|title=Sofia Coppola Discusses 'Lost in Translation' on Its 10th Anniversary|date=September 12, 2013|newspaper=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/sofia-coppola-discusses-lost-in-translation-on-its-10th-anniversary|access-date=June 29, 2018|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114021809/https://www.thedailybeast.com/sofia-coppola-discusses-lost-in-translation-on-its-10th-anniversary|url-status=live}} Johansson elaborated saying that Murray was in a "hard place" and that they have reconciled."{{cite web|url= https://ew.com/scarlett-johansson-bill-murray-lost-in-translation-hard-place-11736242|title= Scarlett Johansson says Bill Murray was 'in a hard place' filming Lost in Translation: 'Life has humbled him'|website= Entertainment Weekly|accessdate= June 1, 2025}}

In April 2022, production of Being Mortal was suspended after Murray was accused of unspecified "inappropriate behavior" with the woman receiving a private settlement of $100,000 from Murray.{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=April 21, 2022 |title='Being Mortal' Production Suspended Due To Complaint Against Bill Murray For Inappropriate Behavior |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/being-mortal-bill-murray-1235007590/ |access-date=April 22, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421235245/https://deadline.com/2022/04/being-mortal-bill-murray-1235007590/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=October 11, 2022 |title=Report reveals details of Bill Murray's 'inappropriate' on-set behavior |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/11/bill-murray-settlement-inappropriate-behavior-being-mortal |access-date=October 11, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |first=Adrian|last=Horton|date=October 11, 2022 |title=Report reveals details of Bill Murray's 'inappropriate' on-set behavior |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/11/bill-murray-settlement-inappropriate-behavior-being-mortal |access-date=October 17, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{cite news |last=Carras |first=Christi |date=October 11, 2022 |title=Report reveals Bill Murray kissed, straddled 'much younger' woman on 'Being Mortal' set |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-10-11/bill-murray-kissed-straddled-being-mortal-movie |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618085004/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-10-11/bill-murray-kissed-straddled-being-mortal-movie |archive-date=June 18, 2023 |access-date=June 18, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite news |last1=Haring |first1=Bruce |title=Bill Murray Speaks Out On 'Being Mortal' Production Suspension: "I Did Something I Thought Was Funny, And It Wasn't Taken That Way" |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/bill-murray-being-mortal-production-suspension-speaks-out-1235013728/ |access-date=June 18, 2023 |work=Deadline |date=April 30, 2022 |archive-date=May 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520000243/https://deadline.com/2022/04/bill-murray-being-mortal-production-suspension-speaks-out-1235013728/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Hollywood's "list of excuses is endless": Enabling bad behavior, from Bill Murray to Jeff Garlin |url=https://www.salon.com/2023/06/07/it-down-maureen-ryan-hollywood/ |access-date=June 18, 2023 |work=Salon |date=June 7, 2023 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Wes Anderson plans to work with Bill Murray despite misconduct allegations, calls him 'family' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-06-13/wes-anderson-bill-murray-misconduct-allegations-asteroid-city |access-date=June 18, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 14, 2023 |archive-date=June 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618040952/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-06-13/wes-anderson-bill-murray-misconduct-allegations-asteroid-city |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Fu |first1=Eddie |title=Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen to star in Aziz Ansari film Good Fortune |url=https://consequence.net/2023/04/aziz-ansari-good-fortune-keanu-reeves-seth-rogen/ |website=Consequence |access-date=June 18, 2023 |date=April 18, 2023 |archive-date=June 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618085011/https://consequence.net/2023/04/aziz-ansari-good-fortune-keanu-reeves-seth-rogen/ |url-status=live }} In 2025, Murray elaborated what happened saying, "I was wearing a mask, and I gave her a kiss, and she was wearing a mask ... (It was) something that I had done to someone else before. I thought it was funny, and every time it happened, it was funny ... (I don't) go too many days or weeks without thinking of what happened in Being Mortal.[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bill-murray-addresses-being-mortal-misconduct-controversy-1236182686/ Bill Murray Says ‘Being Mortal’ Misconduct Was “Light” and Is “Still Funny,” Slams Disney for Film’s Cancellation ] Murray has been defended by longtime collaborator Wes Anderson amid the misconduct claims.{{cite news|last=Segarra|first=Edward|title=Wes Anderson says he will continue working with Bill Murray despite misconduct allegations|date=June 13, 2023|newspaper=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/06/13/wes-anderson-defends-bill-murray-amid-misconduct-allegations/70318564007/|accessdate=July 2, 2023|archive-date=September 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919124402/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/06/13/wes-anderson-defends-bill-murray-amid-misconduct-allegations/70318564007/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Bergeson|first=Samantha|title=Wes Anderson Stands by Bill Murray Amid Misconduct Claims: 'He Is Really Part of My Family'|date=June 12, 2023|website=IndieWire|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/wes-anderson-bill-murray-misconduct-claims-1234873835/|accessdate=July 2, 2023|archive-date=July 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702171747/https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/wes-anderson-bill-murray-misconduct-claims-1234873835/|url-status=live}} Johansson also defended him saying that his experiences during Covid 19 and the misconduct allegation have both "changed" and "humbled him" and that "[they] have led up to him being held accountable for that kind of behavior".{{cite web|url= https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/scarlett-johansson-says-life-humbled-192952624.html|title= Scarlett Johansson Says ‘Life Has Humbled’ Bill Murray After Misconduct Allegations and COVID-19|website= Yahoo News|accessdate= June 4, 2025}}

Murray stated in a 1984 interview: "I'm definitely a religious person, but it doesn't have much to do with Catholicism anymore. I don't think about Catholicism as much."{{cite book |last=Schnakenberg |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTfqBQAAQBAJ&q=bill%20murray%20no%20longer%20identifies%20catholic&pg=PT306 |title=The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray: A Critical Appreciation of the World's Finest Actor |publisher=Quirk Books |year=2015 |isbn=9781594748226 |access-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-date=September 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919123519/https://books.google.com/books?id=LTfqBQAAQBAJ&q=bill%20murray%20no%20longer%20identifies%20catholic&pg=PT306#v=snippet&q=bill%20murray%20no%20longer%20identifies%20catholic&f=false |url-status=live }}

In a 2014 interview, Murray expressed affection for the Traditional Latin Mass and expressed concerns about some of the changes within the Mass of Paul VI: "I'm not sure all those changes were right. I tend to disagree with what they call the new Mass. I think we lost something by losing the Latin. Now if you go to a Catholic Mass even just in Harlem it can be in Spanish, it can be in Ethiopian, it can be in any number of languages. The shape of it, the pictures, are the same but the words aren't the same."{{Cite web |date=November 20, 2014 |title=The gospel according to Bill Murray: impending apocalypse, seatbelt safety and his favourite saint – interview |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/20/gospel-bill-murray-new-film-st-vincent-interview |access-date=November 17, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=September 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919123521/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/nov/20/gospel-bill-murray-new-film-st-vincent-interview |url-status=live }}

Murray donated $1,000 to former Governor of Nebraska Bob Kerrey's successful election to the United States Senate in 1988.{{cite web |title=Bill Murray's Federal Campaign Contribution Report |url=http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Bill_Murray.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922231524/http://newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Bill_Murray.php |archive-date=September 22, 2012 |access-date=July 29, 2012 |website=Newsmeat.com}}

During the 2000 presidential campaign, Murray supported Green Party candidate Ralph Nader.{{cite news |last=Chen |first=David W. |date=October 15, 2000 |title=THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE GREEN PARTY; In Nader Supporters' Math, Gore Equals Bush |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E4DD113FF936A25753C1A9669C8B63 |access-date=January 11, 2008 |archive-date=September 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919123929/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/15/us/the-2000-campaign-the-green-party-in-nader-supporters-math-gore-equals-bush.html |url-status=live }}

In a 2018 interview, Murray sarcastically praised the Trump tax cuts, opining them to be a "great thing for the corporations".{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Benjamin |date=2018-02-14 |title=Bill Murray calls GOP tax cuts 'fantastic,' chides daily 'clash of clans' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/bill-murray-calls-gop-tax-cuts-fantastic-chides-daily-clash-of-clans |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Fox News |language=en-US |archive-date=December 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204025612/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/bill-murray-calls-gop-tax-cuts-fantastic-chides-daily-clash-of-clans |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Hunter |first=Heather |date=February 13, 2018 |title=Bill Murray Rips the Identity Politics of the Left |url=https://www.lifezette.com/2018/02/bill-murray-rips-identity-politics-left/ |access-date=November 6, 2022 |website=LifeZette |language=en |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929234549/https://www.lifezette.com/2018/02/bill-murray-rips-identity-politics-left/ |url-status=live }}

In 1987, he donated money to help build the Nathalie Salmon House, which provides affordable housing for low-income seniors. Michael and Lilo Salmon, the founders of Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly (HOME), said Murray performed "miracles" for them.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

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Murray has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two Independent Spirit Awards. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Sofia Coppola's romance Lost in Translation (2003). In 2015, Murray was inducted into the Caddie Hall of Fame.{{Cite magazine |date=2015-09-16 |title=Bill Murray Is Being Inducted Into a Hall of Fame You Didn't Even Know Existed |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/09/bill-murray-hall-of-fame |access-date=2023-11-02 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |archive-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531232433/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/09/bill-murray-hall-of-fame |url-status=live }} He and fellow actor Martin Sheen were inducted into the Irish-American Hall of Fame in 2017.{{Cite web |title=Irish American Hall Fame {{!}} Irish in America {{!}} Chicago |url=https://iahof.org/inductees-2017/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Irish American Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2017-06-08 |title=Bill Murray to be inducted into Irish American Hall of Fame |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-bill-murray-irish-hall-0611-chicago-inc-20170608-story.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Chicago Tribune |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609074320/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-bill-murray-irish-hall-0611-chicago-inc-20170608-story.html |url-status=live }}

• The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man, a film about several urban legends surrounding Bill Murray.

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