Al Murray
Date of birth: 1968-05-10
Place of birth: Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Alastair James Hay Murray
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
Movie Credits
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006-10-31
The rebirth of Amnesty International's legendary SECRET POLICEMAN'S BALL at the Royal Albert Hall on
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - My Gaff, My Rules
2003-11-23
Recorded live in London's Playhouse Theatre, My Gaff, My Rules sees Al Murray's Perrier Award-winnin
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: "...And A Glass of White Wine for the Lady!"
2004-11-22
Comedian Al Murray is back with a second instalment of the 'Pub Landlord' live show, in which outrag
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Beautiful British Tour
2009-11-16
The multi-award winning Al Murray – The Pub Landlord brings a brand new live show to DVD, direct fro
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Giving It Both Barrels
2006-05-29
Al Murray returns as the hilarious, irreverent and hugely entertaining Pub Landlord. One of the most
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: Barrel of Fun Live
2010-11-22
Al Murray The Pub Landlord is back on the road to roll out his Barrel of Fun, a brand new stand-up s
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Live At The Palladium
2007-11-19
On the Al Murray: The Pub Landlord - Live At The Palladium DVD, the award winning comedian raises th
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011-12-17
Sketch-show sensation Catherine Tate tells the story of the decade in which she became a household n
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: The Only Way Is Epic
2012-11-26
Broken Britain may be staring into the bottom of an empty pint glass, but don't lose hope Al Murray
An Audience with Al Murray
2005-03-19
In his guise as the pub landlord Al Murray follows the standard format of answering questions from a
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: One Man, One Guvnor
2014-11-24
Britain's loved Pub Landlord is back and celebrating his two decades at the lager top, by serving up
Another Audience with Al Murray
2007-10-27
The Pub Landlord, aka comedian Al Murray, performs for a second time in front of an audience of cele
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016-04-23
From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the l
Al Murray's Great British War Movies
2014-08-25
Comedian and history buff Al Murray is joined by historian Dan Snow, writer Natalie Haynes and broad
Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies
2014-12-29
Comedian and history buff Al Murray is joined by former director of MI5 Dame Stella Rimington, polit
A Night with the Stars
2011-12-18
For one night only, Professor Brian Cox goes unplugged in a specially recorded programme from the le
Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets
2012-06-28
Gadget aficionado Stephen Fry chooses and presents his 100 all-time favourite contraptions, from the
The London Studios: Home of the Stars
2018-12-28
The end of an era as the studios where ITV filmed its many shows for 45 years closes its doors for t
Whatever Happened to Harry Hill?
2012-08-23
As Channel 4 celebrates its 30th birthday the Harry Hill gang look back at the series, work out wher
The Mask
2017-07-12
Sharif Persaud takes us on a journey along a coastal path and into his personal experience of autism