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Bill Murray (56)
Born today in 1950 in Wilmette, Illinois. Nominated for an Academy Award (Best Actor for Sophia Coppola’s Lost in Translation). Also nominated for a Golden Globe for his work in Ghostbusters (dir. Ivan Reitman) and Rushmore (dir. Wes Anderson) and took home the award for Best Actor in 2004 for Lost In Translation. Murray was nominated for an Emmy twice, and won once in 1977 for his work on Saturday Night Live. Other classic work includes Caddyshack (dir. Harold Ramis), Stripes (dir. Ivan Reitman), Groundhog Day (dir. Harold Ramis) The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (dir. Wes Anderson) and Broken Flowers (dir. Jim Jarmusch)
Filmstar Factoid: Murray was bitten twice by his rodent “costar” during the filming of Groundhog Day.
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