Al Murray
Born: 1968-05-10 in Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Alastair James Hay Murray (born 10 May 1968) is an English comedian. After graduating from the University of Oxford, Murray's comedy career began by working with Harry Hill for BBC Radio 4. He regularly performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, before launching his "Pub Landlord" persona. This led to the Sky One sitcom Time Gentlemen Please and the chat show Al Murray's Happy Hour for ITV. In 2003, Murray was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, and in 2007 he was voted the 16th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups. He continues to perform as a stand-up and is a regular on British TV and radio. Murray's principal character in performance is an English publican with conservative values and an animosity towards Germans and the French; he challenges audience members to name any country before producing some plausible instance of Britain bettering it. The character has a great love of the British 1970s rock band Queen, often getting musician(s) on his show to perform one of Queen's tunes in their own style. He has described his persona as a "know-all know-nothing blowhard who knows the answer to every question even though he hasn't been asked any of them". Description above from the Wikipedia article Al Murray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
2023
2021
- Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains as Self - Guest
- Al Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War? as Himself
2020
- Inside the Spitfire Factory as Narrator
2019
- Six Nations Sin Bin as Self
- Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz as Host
2018
- The London Studios: Home of the Stars as Self
- Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English? as Self - Presenter
2017
2016
- Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Bottom
- Insert Name Here as Self - Panelist
2015
- Taskmaster as Self
2014
- Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled as Self
- Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies as Himself
- Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: One Man, One Guvnor as The Pub Landlord
- Al Murray's Great British War Movies as Himself
2012
- Gadget Man
- Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: The Only Way Is Epic as The Pub Landlord
- Whatever Happened to Harry Hill? as Alan Hill
- Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets as Self
2011
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- OK! TV
- Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties as Self
- A Night with the Stars as Self
- That Sunday Night Show
2010
2009
- Horrible Histories
- Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder as Various Characters
- Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Beautiful British Tour as The Pub Landlord
2008
- Celebrity Juice as Self
2007
- Al Murray's Happy Hour as The Pub Landlord
- Another Audience with Al Murray
- Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Live At The Palladium as Self
2006
- The One Show as Self
- The Apprentice: You're Fired!
- Soccer Aid
- The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall as Self
- Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Giving It Both Barrels as The Pub Landlord
2005
- Mock the Week as Self
- The F Word as Self
- Top of the Pops Reloaded as Self
- An Audience with Al Murray as The Pub Landlord
2004
- The Paul O'Grady Show
- Hell's Kitchen as Self
- Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: "...And A Glass of White Wine for the Lady!" as The Pub Landlord
- Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: "...And A Glass Of White Wine For The Lady!" as The Pub Landlord
2003
- QI as Self
- Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
- Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - My Gaff, My Rules as The Pub Landlord
2002
- Top Gear as Self
- Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- Harry Hill's TV Burp
- Dick and Dom in da Bungalow as Self
- Live Floor Show
2000
- Time Gentlemen Please as The Pub Landlord
1997
- Harry Hill as Alan Hill
1996
- Fisted ... (Music)
1995
- Soccer AM as Self
- The Frank Skinner Show as Self
1994
- Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies as Various
1990
- Have I Got News for You as Self - Host
1984
1978
- An Audience with... as The Pub Landlord