- Nominated for Best Actor Oscar for LOST IN TRANSLATION (2004)
- Celebrated Sofia Coppola's achievement as the first American woman to be nominated for a Best Director Oscar by joking he and other crew members wanted to quit her while shooting LOST IN TRANSLATION because they lacked confidence in Coppola's leadership. (March 2, 2004)
- His apparent jokes about firing his agent and his personal trainer committing suicide at the Golden Globe Awards have turned out to be true -- His agent Rick Kurtzman did part company with Murray two months ago, and his personal trainer Raphael Picaud took his own life in July. (February 7, 2004)
- Opened his Golden Globes acceptance speech by saying, in trademark deadpan, that he'd recently canned his agents and suffered the loss of his personal trainer -- He wasn't kidding but got a big laugh. (January 30, 2004)
- Flew halfway around the world to collect his Best Actor award at Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony in Hollywood at a cost of $180,000 - He boarded a plane in Italy, where is currently filming THE LIFE AQUATIC, and headed to Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, America to pick-up his wife, before flying onto Los Angeles for the glitzy bash. (January 29, 2004)
- Hates discussing his private life.
- Says has no desire to win an Oscar, because awards mean nothing to him.
- George Clooney had a wild time when he met Bill Murray for the first time at last month's Venice Film Festival -- George says, He always makes me laugh. I hadn't met him before but I saw him in a bar and went over. You can not go - it's Bill Murray. And he was like, 'Well, look who's coming now!' I said, 'Yeah, yeah, bring it on!' But we had a great night. I ended up in a wheelchair that I stole from the Cipriani Hotel at seven in the morning, flying around the lobby, screaming at him. He cracks me up. (October 6, 2003)
- Murray modifies his trademark passive-aggressive style into played-straight comic bewilderment in Sofia Coppola's LOST IN TRANSLATION. (September 13, 2003)
- Said work on LOST IN TRANSLATION was tough -- The movie was filmed in Japan and Murray never did get used to the time difference. (September 12, 2003)
- Murray says reports about his having a beef with Lucy Liu on the set of the first CHARLIE'S ANGELS movie is baloney -- Murray said it was only a misunderstanding about a scene they were going to do. (September 5, 2003)
- Murray's romantic comedy LOST IN TRANSLATION, directed by Sofia Coppola, became the most talked about movie so far at the Venice Film Festival when it made its debut Sunday -- Critics and the public alike were won over by the film, which is about two people who stumble across each other in Japan and has slightly melancholic touches. (September 1, 2003)
- Murray, along with five of his brothers, opened Murray Bros. Caddyshack, a golf-themed restaurant in St. Augustine, Florida. The place offers sand-wedges (instead of sandwiches), Murray family photos and golf memorabilia. (7 June 2001)
- Broke Robert DeNiro's nose during the filming of MAD DOG AND GLORY (1993).
- Co-owner of the St. Paul Saints, a minor league baseball team in St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Hit by the groundhog twice on the Groundhog Day set in 1992.
- Ranked #82 in Empire (UK) magazine's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list.
- Related through marriage to guitar player, lyricist and singer Chris Luxem.
- Was considered for the lead role in BATMAN (1989).
- In CADDYSHACK (1980) he improvised the Cinderella story sequence from two lines of stage direction.
- An argument between he and Lucy Liu shut down filming of CHARLIE'S ANGELS (2000) for a day.
- In the animated comedy LE CHAÎNON MANQUANT (1979), the voice of a fire-breathing dragon whose fire comes out of the wrong end is an uncredited Murray.
- Both him and Adam Sandler were considered for the role of Azrael in DOGMA (1999).
- Was considered for the role of Forrest in FORREST GUMP (1994).
- Got into a fistfight backstage with Chevy Chase when Chase hosted Saturday Night Live (1975) on February 18, 1978,
- He and Chevy Chase improvise the entire scene in CADDYSHACK (1980) where Chevy's golf ball lands in Bill Murray's house
- In rehearsal for GHOSTBUSTERS (1984), Bill Murray (Venkman) teased Czech supermodel Slavitza Jovan (Gozer) about her pronunciation of the line Choose and Perish, which sounded to him like Jews and Berries(!) and he'd say There are no Jews & Berries here!
- Agreed to omit his name from the opening credits to prevent audiences expecting a Bill Murray movie along the lines of MEATBALLS or CADDYSHACK (TOOTSIE (1982)).
- Bitten by the groundhog twice during the filming of GROUNDHOG DAY (1993).
- Considered for the role of Larry Flynt in THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1996).
- He has been Honorary Grand Marshalls for the Groundhog Day celebrations in Punxatawney, PA.
- In one of the early scenes of Phil at the piano teacher's house, when he is fumblingly playing Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paginini, is actually Bill Murray playing. He does not read music, but he learned that much of the song by ear (GROUNDHOG DAY).
- Was considered and tested for the role of Sulley in MONSTERS, INC. (2001), but the director, Pete Docter, said that when the filmmakers decided to offer it to him they were unable to make contact with him, and took that to mean no.
- When Bill Murray first read the script of RUSHMORE (1998), he thought it was so fantastic that he said he wanted to do it so badly he would do it for free.
- Nominated for Best Male Performance at MTV Movie Awards for LOST IN TRANSLATION (2004)
- Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at Screen Actors Guild Awards for LOST IN TRANSLATION (2004)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture at Golden Globe Awards for RUSHMORE (1999)
- Nominated for Best Comedic Performance at MTV Movie Awards for GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)
- Nominated for Best Comedic Performance at MTV Movie Awards for WHAT ABOUT BOB? (1992)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for GHOST BUSTERS (1985)
- Nominated for Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Program at Emmy Awards for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1979)
Quotes- "If you walk up to some random person on the street, grab them by the shoulder, and say 'Did you just see what I saw?!'....you'll find that no one wants to talk to you."
- "I'm a nut, but not just a nut."
Awards- Jacksonville Festival Award: Lifetime Achievement Award (2004)
- AARP Awards: Best Actor, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2004)
- BAFTA Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2004)
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2004)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2004)
- Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2004)
- Independent Spirit Awards: Best Male Lead, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2004)
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2004)
- National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actor, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2004)
- Online Film Critics Society Awards: Best Actor, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2004)
- U.S. Comedy Arts Festival: Best Performance in a Comedy Film, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2004)
- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actor, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003)
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003)
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle: best actor, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003)
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle: Best Actor, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003)
- Seattle Film Critics Awards: Best Actor, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003)
- Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003)
- Toronto Film Critics Association Awards: Best Performance - Male, LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003)
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Supporting Actor - Action, CHARLIE'S ANGELS (2001)
- American Comedy Awards: Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, RUSHMORE (1999)
- Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical, RUSHMORE (1999)
- Independent Spirit Awards: Best Supporting Male, RUSHMORE (1999)
- Lone Star Film & Television Awards: Best Supporting Actor, RUSHMORE (1999)
- National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actor, RUSHMORE (1999)
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actor, RUSHMORE (1998)
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Supporting Actor, RUSHMORE (1998)
- Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Man of the Year (1985)
- Emmy Awards: Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1977)
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