Al Murray
Known for: Acting
Born: May 10, 1968
Place of birth: Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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
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Filmography
25 movies · 49 TV shows, newest first
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Al Murray: All You Need Is Guv
2026
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Spitting Image Presents: The Rest Is Bullshit
2025
7.0
Taskmasterclass
2024
1.0
Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the British Empire?
2023
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Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
2022
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Al Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War?
2021
7.0
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
2021
8.0
Inside the Spitfire Factory
2020
8.0
Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz
2019
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Six Nations Sin Bin
2019
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The London Studios: Home of the Stars
2018
8.0
Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English?
2018
6.1
Richard Osman's House of Games
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The Mask
2017
5.8
Paul Hollywood's Big Continental Road Trip
2017
7.4
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
6.8
Insert Name Here
2016
8.3
Taskmaster
2015
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Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies
2014
6.0
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: One Man, One Guvnor
2014
4.0
Al Murray's Great British War Movies
2014
7.1
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
6.0
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: The Only Way Is Epic
2012
7.0
Gadget Man
2012
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Whatever Happened to Harry Hill?
2012
6.8
Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets
2012
8.0
A Night with the Stars
2011
10.0
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011
6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
5.7
OK! TV
2011NR
That Sunday Night Show
2011
6.0
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: Barrel of Fun Live
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Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford
2010
8.5
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Beautiful British Tour
2009
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Al Murray - Late Lock In Live
2009
8.0
Horrible Histories
2009
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Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder
2009
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Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: Late Lock In
2009
6.7
Celebrity Juice
2008
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Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Live At The Palladium
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Another Audience with Al Murray
2007
5.5
British Film Forever
20076.7
Al Murray's Happy Hour
20075.3
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006
4.4
The One Show
2006
6.0
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Giving It Both Barrels
2006
7.4
Soccer Aid
2006
6.2
The Apprentice: You're Fired!
2006
6.2
The F Word
2005
8.0
Top of the Pops Reloaded
2005
7.1
Mock the Week
2005
10.0
An Audience with Al Murray
2005
4.0
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: "...And A Glass of White Wine for the Lady!"
2004
5.1
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
6.2
Hell's Kitchen
2004
5.1
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - My Gaff, My Rules
2003
7.9
QI
2003
8.0
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
2003
6.3
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002
7.6
Top Gear
2002
7.6
Dick and Dom in da Bungalow
2002
6.1
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002NR
Live Floor Show
2002
6.7
Time Gentlemen Please
2000
7.7
Harry Hill
1997NR
Fisted
1996
7.5
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
6.3
Soccer AM
1995NR
Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies
1994
7.2
Have I Got News for You
1990
6.0
The Word
1990
6.8
The Bill
1984
5.3
An Audience with...
1978
7.2
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
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