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

Most Famous Work

Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz
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Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English?
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Fisted
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Fisted

(1996) Music
An Audience with Al Murray
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Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: "...And A Glass of White Wine for the Lady!"
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Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Giving It Both Barrels
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Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: "...And A Glass Of White Wine For The Lady!"
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Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - My Gaff, My Rules
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Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Himself
2021 Himself
Self - Guest
2020 Narrator
2019 Host
Self
2018 Self
Self - Presenter
2017 Self - Contestant
Self
2016 Bottom
Self - Panelist
2015 Self
2014 Himself
The Pub Landlord
Himself
Self
2012 The Pub Landlord
N/A
Himself
2011 Self
Self
Self - Participant
N/A
N/A
2010 Pub Landlord
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2009 The Pub Landlord
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Various Characters
2008 Self
2007 Self
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The Pub Landlord
2006 Self
Self
Self - Guest
The Pub Landlord
N/A
N/A
2005 Self
Self
Self
The Pub Landlord
2004 The Pub Landlord
The Pub Landlord
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Self
2003 The Pub Landlord
Self
N/A
2002 N/A
Self
Self
N/A
2000 The Pub Landlord
1997 Alan Hill
1995 Self
Self
1994 Various
1990 Self - Host
1984 N/A
1978 The Pub Landlord
Self
Himself - Presenter
Alan Hill
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2018 Presenter
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2003 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
1996 Music
Year Role Movie/Tv

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