Bill Murray is an American actor and comedian. Murray has received a BAFTA Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Independent Spirit Awards as well as nominations for a Academy Award and three Actor Awards. In 2016, he received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Murray started his career as a cast member and writer on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for which he earned the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1977. He transitioned to film where he gained stardom in comedy films and became known for his collaborations with filmmakers such as Harold Ramis, Sofia Coppola, Wes Anderson, and Jim Jarmusch. He starred in the science-fiction comedy Ghostbusters (1984) for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. He made his first collaboration with director Wes Anderson in the coming-of-age film Rushmore (1998) for which he received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male as well as a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.
He starred in his first collaboration with Sofia Coppola playing an aging actor in the romantic dramedy Lost in Translation (2003) for which he received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, in addition to nominations for the Academy Award, the Actor Award, and the Critics' Choice Movie Award, all for Best Actor. He received further Golden Globe-nominations for his performances as Franklin D. Roosevelt in the historical film Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), a retired war veteran in the comedy St. Vincent (2014), and a caring father in On the Rocks (2020).
On television, he starred in the HBO limited series Olive Kitteridge (2014) for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. He starred in the Netflix special A Very Murray Christmas (2015) for which he was nominated as a producer for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.
Major Awards Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2004 Best Actor Lost in Translation
Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2004 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Lost in Translation 2015 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture The Grand Budapest Hotel 2016 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie A Very Murray Christmas
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 2004 Best Actor in a Leading Role Lost in Translation
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2004 Best Actor Lost in Translation 2005 Best Cast The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2015 Best Actor in a Comedy St. Vincent 2021 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks Critics' Choice Television Awards 2015 Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries Olive Kitteridge
Emmy Award Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1977 Outstanding Writing for a Variety SeriesSaturday Night Live 1979 Outstanding Variety Series 2015 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Olive Kitteridge 2016 Outstanding Television Movie (as a producer) A Very Murray Christmas
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1985 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Ghostbusters 1999 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Rushmore 2004Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Lost in Translation 2013 Hyde Park on Hudson 2015 St. Vincent Best Supporting Actor – Television Olive Kitteridge 2021 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture On the Rocks
Critics Awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards 2020 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation 2012 Best Cast The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Moonrise Kingdom Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1998 Best Supporting Actor Rushmore 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation 2020 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks Columbus Film Critics Association 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation 2012 Best Ensemble Moonrise Kingdom 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2020 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation 2010 Best Supporting Actor Get Low 2020 On the Rocks Denver Film Critics Society 2020 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2009 Best Ensemble Zombieland 2012 Best Actor Hyde Park on Hudson 2014 Best Ensemble The Grand Budapest Hotel Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2014 Best Ensemble The Grand Budapest Hotel 2020 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks Greater Western New York Film Critics Association 2020 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2010 Best Supporting Actor Get Low 2020 On the Rocks Iowa Film Critics Association 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation 2020 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks Irish Film and Television Awards 2003 Best International Actor Lost in Translation Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1998 Best Supporting Actor Wild Things Rushmore 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation London Film Critics Circle Awards 2003 Actor of the Year Lost in Translation Music City Film Critics Association 2020 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks National Society of Film Critics Awards 1998 Best Supporting Actor Rushmore 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1998 Best Supporting Actor Rushmore 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation New York Film Critics Online Awards 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation North Carolina Film Critics Association 2020 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks North Texas Film Critics Association 2020 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks Online Film and Television Association Film 1998 Best Supporting Actor Rushmore Best Comedy/Musical Actor 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation Best Music, Adapted Song Lost in Translation Online Film and Television Association Television 2014 Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries Oliver Kitteridge Online Film Critics Society Awards 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation 2020 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks Phoenix Film Critics Society 2001 Best Cast The Royal Tenenbaums 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation 2012 Best CastMoonrise Kingdom 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2014 Best Ensemble The Grand Budapest Hotel 2020 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks Best Comedic Performance San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation Seattle Film Critics Awards 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 2020 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks Southeastern Film Critics Association 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation 2012 Best Ensemble Moonrise Kingdom St. Louis Film Critics Association 2020 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation 2014 Best Ensemble The Grand Budapest Hotel 2020 Best Supporting Actor On the Rocks
Miscellaneous Awards Organizations Year Category Work Result American Comedy Awards 1998 Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Rushmore Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000 Favorite Supporting Actor – Action Charlie's Angels Genie Awards 1979 Best Performance by a Foreign Actor Meatballs Gotham Independent Film Awards 2012 Best Ensemble Performance Moonrise Kingdom Independent Spirit Awards 1999 Best Supporting Male Rushmore 2004 Best Male Lead Lost in Translation 2011 Best Supporting Male Get Low International Cinephile Society Awards 2003 Best Actor Lost in Translation MTV Movie Awards 1991 Best Comedic Performance What About Bob? 1993 Groundhog Day 2003 Best Performance - Male Lost in Translation 2009 Best WTF Moment Zombieland Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2017 Most Wanted Pet The Jungle Book People's Choice Awards 2016 Favorite Animated Movie Voice Razzie Awards 2024 Worst Supporting Actor Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2021 On the Rocks Maltin Modern Master Award Satellite Awards 1998Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Rushmore 1999 Cradle Will Rock 2003 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Lost in Translation 2004 Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2005 Broken Flowers 2010 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Get Low 2020 On the Rocks Saturn Awards 1988 Best Actor Scrooged 1993 Groundhog Day Scream Awards 2009 Best EnsembleZombieland Best Cameo
Honorary awards Organizations Year Accolade Result John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2016 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
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