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Like so many others, Bill Murray's tremendous career was launched in SNL's early days. Born in the town of Wilmette, Illinois in 1950, Bill Murray was the fifth of nine children. As a child, Murray was precocious, unpredictable, and difficult: Both the Boy Scouts and Little League kicked him out. His misbehavior culminated with an arrest for marijuana possession at the age of 20.

Realizing that he needed direction in life, he followed in the footsteps of his older brother, Brian Doyle-Murray, by becoming a performer with Chicago's Second City sketch/improv group. From there, he moved to New York where he became a featured player on the "National Lampoon Radio Hour" alongside other soon-to-be SNL cast members Gilda Radner, John Belushi, and, once again, his older brother.

After spending a year on the failed "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell," Bill Murray joined SNL for its second season. On SNL, characters like the lovably slimy Nick the lounge singer soon made him an audience favorite. His laid back, acerbic wit connected with audiences and in a few years, he decided to make the leap to the big screen.

Classics like "Caddyshack," "Ghostbusters," "Tootsie," and newer films like "Lost in Translation" and "The Royal Tennenbaums" have earned Murray a reputation as a brilliant comic and dramatic actor, along with an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
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