- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 10, 1968
- Place of Birth
- Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Al Murray
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…
Filmography
movieAl Murray: All You Need Is Guv
2026 · The Pub Landlord
tvSpitting Image Presents: The Rest Is Bullshit
2025
tvTaskmasterclass
2024 · Self
tvAl Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the British Empire?
2023 · Himself
movieSpike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
2022 · Self - Comedian and Writer
tvAl Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War?
2021 · Himself
tvRhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
2021 · Self - Guest
tvInside the Spitfire Factory
2020 · Narrator
tvAl Murray's Great British Pub Quiz
2019 · Host, Writer
tvSix Nations Sin Bin
2019 · Self
movieThe London Studios: Home of the Stars
2018 · Self
tvAl Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English?
2018 · Self - Presenter
tvRichard Osman's House of Games
2017 · Self
The Mask
movieThe Mask
2017
tvPaul Hollywood's Big Continental Road Trip
2017 · Self
movieShakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016 · Bottom
tvInsert Name Here
2016 · Self - Panelist
tvTaskmaster
2015 · Self
movieAl Murray's Great British Spy Movies
2014 · Himself
movieAl Murray, The Pub Landlord: One Man, One Guvnor
2014 · The Pub Landlord
movieAl Murray's Great British War Movies
2014 · Himself
tvAlan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014 · Self
movieAl Murray, The Pub Landlord: The Only Way Is Epic
2012 · The Pub Landlord, Writer
tvGadget Man
2012
movieWhatever Happened to Harry Hill?
2012 · Alan Hill
movieStephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets
2012 · Self
movieA Night with the Stars
2011 · Self
movieCatherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011 · Self
tvCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Self - Participant
tvOK! TV
2011
That Sunday Night Show
tvThat Sunday Night Show
2011
movieAl Murray, The Pub Landlord: Barrel of Fun Live
2010 · Pub Landlord, Writer
Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford
tvComedy Rocks with Jason Manford
2010
movieAl Murray, The Pub Landlord - Beautiful British Tour
2009 · The Pub Landlord
movieAl Murray - Late Lock In Live
2009 · Himself
tvHorrible Histories
2009
tvAl Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder
2009 · Various Characters
movieAl Murray, The Pub Landlord: Late Lock In
2009
tvCelebrity Juice
2008 · Self
movieAl Murray, The Pub Landlord - Live At The Palladium
2007 · Self, Writer
Another Audience with Al Murray
movieAnother Audience with Al Murray
2007
tvBritish Film Forever
2007
Al Murray's Happy Hour
tvAl Murray's Happy Hour
2007 · The Pub Landlord
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
movieThe Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006 · Self
tvThe One Show
2006 · Self, Self - Guest
movieAl Murray, The Pub Landlord - Giving It Both Barrels
2006 · The Pub Landlord, Writer
tvSoccer Aid
2006
tvThe Apprentice: You're Fired!
2006
tvThe F Word
2005 · Self
Top of the Pops Reloaded
tvTop of the Pops Reloaded
2005 · Self
tvMock the Week
2005 · Self
movieAn Audience with Al Murray
2005 · The Pub Landlord, Writer
movieAl Murray, The Pub Landlord: "...And A Glass of White Wine for the Lady!"
2004 · The Pub Landlord, Writer
tvThe Paul O'Grady Show
2004
tvHell's Kitchen
2004 · Self
movieAl Murray, The Pub Landlord - My Gaff, My Rules
2003 · The Pub Landlord, Writer, Executive Producer
tvQI
2003 · Self
tvComic Relief Does Fame Academy
2003
tvHarry Hill's TV Burp
2002
tvTop Gear
2002 · Self
tvDick and Dom in da Bungalow
2002 · Self
tvAnt & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002 · Self
Live Floor Show
tvLive Floor Show
2002
tvTime Gentlemen Please
2000 · The Pub Landlord
tvHarry Hill
1997 · Alan Hill
Fisted
movieFisted
1996 · Music
tvThe Frank Skinner Show
1995 · Self
tvSoccer AM
1995 · Self
Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies
tvHarry Hill's Fruit Fancies
1994 · Various
tvHave I Got News for You
1990 · Self - Host
tvThe Bill
1984
tvAn Audience with...
1978 · The Pub Landlord, Self
tvHave I Got a Bit More News for You
— · Himself - Presenter