Bill Murray's Life

Bill Murray was born William James Murray on September 21, 1950 in Wilmette, Illinois. He is the fifth of nine children to Edward and Lucille Murray. Bill and most of his siblings worked as caddies, which paid his tuition to Loyola Academy, a Jesuit school. He played sports and did some acting while in Loyola, but in his own words, he said was screwed off, as a metaphor. He enrolled at Regis University in Denver, Colorado to study pre-med but dropped out after being arrested for marijuana possession. He then joined the National Lampoon Radio Hour with fellow members Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner,and John Belushi. However, while Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, and John Belushi became the original actresses and actors in the 1975 American late-night live television sketch comedy, Saturday Night Live, he joined Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, which also premiered in 1975. After the show was cancelled, he later got the opportunity to join Saturday Night Live. He was an actor and soundtrack in Lost in Translation (2003), and acted in Groundhog Day (1993) and Ghostbusters (1984). He is still living.