
Joel Murray
Highest Rated: 95% The Artist (2011)
Lowest Rated: 20% Holiday Hell (2019)
Birthday: Apr 17, 1963
Birthplace: Wilmette, Illinois, USA
The younger brother of actor-comedian Bill Murray, Joel Murray was a regular presence on television and in the occasional feature beginning in the late 1980s, playing hapless sidekicks and overgrown adolescents on series like "Dharma & Greg" (ABC, 1997-2002) and "Still Standing" (CBS, 2002-06) until gaining a stellar showcase for his dramatic talents on "Mad Men" (AMC, 2007-15). Murray's hangdog visage and understated delivery, which had served him well in comic roles, underscored the sadness of his character, Freddy Rumsen, whose yeoman talents could not help him overcome a powerful alcohol addiction. The critical praise generated by "Mad Men" helped Murray land more nuanced parts on "Shameless" (Showtime, 2011- ) and his first feature lead in the black comedy "God Bless America." These and other turns helped to mint Joel Murray as a burgeoning dramatic actor on par with his older brother's successful second-act career.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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20% | No Score Yet | Holiday Hell | Chris (Character) | - | 2019 |
40% | 64% | The Last Word | Joe Mueller (Character) | $1.8M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 17% | The Bill Murray Experience | Himself (Character) | - | 2017 |
63% | 68% | Killing Reagan | Edwin Meese (Character) | - | 2016 |
57% | 31% | Mr. Pig | Gringo (Character) | - | 2016 |
64% | 60% | Sophie and the Rising Sun | Sheriff Cooper (Character) | $30.3K | 2016 |
67% | 48% | Bloodsucking Bastards | Ted (Character) | - | 2015 |
82% | 54% | Lamb | Wilson (Character) | $3.1K | 2015 |
24% | 18% | 7 Minutes | Uncle Pete (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Listing Agent | Noel Brown (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 63% | Party Central | Don (Voice) | - | 2014 |
80% | 81% | Monsters University | Don Carlton (Voice) | $268.5M | 2013 |
66% | 68% | God Bless America | Frank (Character) | $122K | 2011 |
95% | 87% | The Artist | Policeman Fire (Character) | $44.7M | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ballhawks | Executive Producer | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Mending Fences | Sam Bridgewater (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tiffany Problem | Mr. Reynolds (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 25 Years Of Improv Comedy | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
55% | 45% | Hatchet | Shapiro (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Encino Woman | Mr. Jones (Character) | - | 1996 |
59% | 63% | One Crazy Summer | George Calamari (Character) | $13.4M | 1986 |
TV
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93% | 42% | The Conners | Jim (Guest Star) | 2020 |
93% | 88% | Lodge 49 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2019 |
92% | 95% | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Bus Driver No. 1 (Guest Star) | 2017 |
91% | 89% | The Leftovers | George Brevity (Guest Star) | 2017 2015 |
81% | 82% | The Big Bang Theory |
Doug (Guest Star), Director |
2017 2008 |
No Score Yet | 58% | 2 Broke Girls | Director | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 59% | Mike & Molly | Dr. Jeffries (Guest Star) | 2015-2016 |
58% | 59% | The McCarthys | Ray (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 78% | Last Man Standing | Director | 2014 |
94% | 96% | Mad Men | Fred Rumsen (Guest Star) | 2014 2012 2010 2007-2008 |
65% | 65% | Two and a Half Men | Petey (Guest Star) | 2011-2013 2009 2007 |
72% | 89% | Desperate Housewives | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 66% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
42% | 24% | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
81% | 79% | Shameless USA | Eddie Jackson (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Still Standing |
Unknown (Guest Star), Director |
2003-2006 |
96% | 57% | Joan of Arcadia | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Malcolm in the Middle | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
79% | No Score Yet | John Doe | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dharma & Greg |
Pete Cavanaugh (Character), Unknown (Guest Star), Director |
1997-2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baby Blues | Carl Bitterman (Voice) | 2002 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 80% | The Nanny | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
17% | No Score Yet | Partners | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love & War | Ray Litvak (Character) | 1992-1995 |
80% | No Score Yet | Grand | Norris Weldon (Character) | 1990 |
QUOTES FROM Joel Murray CHARACTERS
Frank says: I really hate this country.
Roxy says: That's why we're moving to France.
Roxy says: Come on Frank, let's dance.
Frank says: I don't dance.
Roxy says: Come on , I'll lead.
Office Staff says: I doubt that.
Frank says: I don't care, I'm just glad he's dead.
Roxy says: This is more fun than killing yourself, right?
Frank says: I don't know. Yeah I guess.
Frank says: You're one pretty girl.
Don says: Want to join Oozma Kappa?
Squishy says: We've got cake.
Don says: Just think of us as brothers that share the same mom/wife! Wait, that's worse...
Don says: Just think of us as brothers that share the same mom wife! Wait, that's worse.
Frank says: Yeah that's a fuckin' tragady
Frank says: Yeah that's a fuckin' tragedy.
Frank says: Why have a civilization if we are no longer interested in being civilized
Frank says: Why have a civilization if we are no longer interested in being civilized.
Frank says: What's wrong with Glee?
Roxy says: It stereotypes and homogenizes homosexuals. Plus, it ruined Rocky Horror forever.
Frank says: I hate guys that buy hundred thousand dollar cars and then drive them 10 miles slower than the speed limit. MAO!
Roxy says: Wow! Look at all these people.
Frank says: Yeah. I wish I had an AK-47.
Frank says: I only kill people who deserve to die.
Roxy says: So you can kill a teenager, just not fuck one?
Frank says: Yeah.
Frank says: [after finishing shooting practice] You did a good job.
Roxy says: I have a good coach. That and I was pretending the targets were the cast of Glee.
Frank says: Are you A.D.D. 'Juno'
Roxy says: Yes. I have A.D.D. And don't you ever call me fucking 'Juno' again.
Frank says: That's one of the problems of your generation. You can't enjoy anything unless it was recorded. You were there. You lived it. Isn't that enough of an experience? I mean, next time you want to remember something, instead of taking out your cell phone, why don't you take a picture of it with your brain camera? I mean, when I was your age, nobody tweeted, yet we managed to have experiences. You know, a phone was attached to a wall back at the house. It didn't have a camera.
Frank says: (after shooting teddy bears for target practice) You did a good job.
Frank says: [after shooting teddy bears for target practice] You did a good job.
Roxy says: Thanks. I had a great teacher. (pause) That, and I pretended they were the cast of Glee.
Roxy says: Thanks. I had a great teacher. [pause] That, and I pretended they were the cast of Glee.
Frank says: What's wrong with Glee?
Roxy says: They stereotype and homogenize homosexuals. Plus they've ruined Rocky Horror forEVER!!
Roxy says: They stereotype and homogenize homosexuals. Plus they've ruined Rocky Horror forEVER!
Chloe says: If you want the car just take it. My parents bought me the wrong one anyways.
Frank says: Yeah, that's a fucking shame.
Frank says: I know it's not normal to want to kill people but I am no longer normal.
Frank says: I would defend their freedom of speech if I thought it was in jeopardy. I would defend their freedom of speech to tell uninspired, bigoted, blowjob, gay-bashing, racist and rape jokes all under the guise of being edgy, but that's not the edge. That's what sells. They couldn't possibly pander any harder or be more commercially mainstream, because this is the "Oh no, you didn't say that!" generation, where a shocking comment has more weight than the truth. No one has any shame anymore, and we're supposed to celebrate it. I saw a woman throw a used tampon at another woman last night on network television, a network that bills itself as "Today's Woman's Channel". Kids beat each other blind and post it on Youtube. I mean, do you remember when eating rats and maggots on Survivor was shocking? It all seems so quaint now. I'm sure the girls from "2 Girls 1 Cup" are gonna have their own dating show on VH-1 any day now. I mean, why have a civilization anymore if we no longer are interested in being civilized?
Frank says: I would defend their freedom of speech if I thought it was in jeopardy. I would defend their freedom of speech to tell uninspired, bigoted, blowjob, gay-bashing, racist and rape jokes all under the guise of being edgy, but that's not the edge. That's what sells. They couldn't possibly pander any harder or be more commercially mainstream, because this is the 'Oh no, you didn't say that!' generation, where a shocking comment has more weight than the truth. No one has any shame anymore, and we're supposed to celebrate it. I saw a woman throw a used tampon at another woman last night on network television, a network that bills itself as 'Today's Woman's Channel'. Kids beat each other blind and post it on Youtube. I mean, do you remember when eating rats and maggots on Survivor was shocking? It all seems so quaint now. I'm sure the girls from '2 Girls 1 Cup' are gonna have their own dating show on VH-1 any day now. I mean, why have a civilization anymore if we no longer are interested in being civilized?
Roxy says: Who you're killing next? Do you take requests? Because I was thinking maybe some Kardashians, my gym coach. People who give high fives. Really, any jock. Twihards. People who talk about punk rock. Who else really rips my cock off?
Frank says: Get off the bed!
Roxy says: Oh, Mormons and other religious assholes who won't let gay people be married. And adult women who call their tits the girls.
Frank's Boss says: Frank: [On the air] My name is Frank. That's not important. The important question is: who are you? America has become a cruel and vicious place. We reward the shallowest, the dumbest, the meanest and the loudest. We no longer have any common sense of decency. No sense of shame. There is no right and wrong. The worst qualities in people are looked up to and celebrated. Lying and spreading fear is fine as long as you make money doing it. We've become a nation of slogan-saying, bile-spewing hatemongers. We've lost our kindness. We've lost our soul. What have we become? We take the weakest in our society, we hold them up to be ridiculed, laughed at for our sport and entertainment. Laughed at to the point, where they would literally rather kill themselves than live with us anymore.
Frank says: [On the air] My name is Frank. That's not important. The important question is: who are you? America has become a cruel and vicious place. We reward the shallowest, the dumbest, the meanest and the loudest. We no longer have any common sense of decency. No sense of shame. There is no right and wrong. The worst qualities in people are looked up to and celebrated. Lying and spreading fear is fine as long as you make money doing it. We've become a nation of slogan-saying, bile-spewing hatemongers. We've lost our kindness. We've lost our soul. What have we become? We take the weakest in our society, we hold them up to be ridiculed, laughed at for our sport and entertainment. Laughed at to the point, where they would literally rather kill themselves than live with us anymore.
Frank says: Why have a civilization anymore if we no longer are interested in being civilized?
Frank says: I hate when people use the word actually. Like, are you actually putting that gun to your head.
Frank says: [I hate] People who say namaste.
Roxy says: What's that?
Frank says: It's an indian greeting the hippies stole.
Frank says: I hate my neighbors. The constant cacophony of stupidity that pours from their apartment is absolutely soul crushing
Frank says: I hate my neighbors. The constant cacophony of stupidity that pours from their apartment is absolutely soul crushing.
Frank says: Are you really goin' to take up both of those parking spaces?