
Al Murray
Acting
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
TV Shows(47)

Spitting Image Presents: The Rest Is Bullshit
2025

Taskmasterclass
Self
2024

Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the British Empire?
Himself
2023

Al Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War?
Himself
2021

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
Self - Guest
2021

Inside the Spitfire Factory
Narrator
2020

Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz
Host
2019

Six Nations Sin Bin
Self
2019

Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English?
Self - Presenter
2018

Richard Osman's House of Games
Self
2017

Paul Hollywood's Big Continental Road Trip
Self
2017

Insert Name Here
Self - Panelist
2016

Taskmaster
Self
2015

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self
2014

Gadget Man
2012

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011

OK! TV
2011
That Sunday Night Show
2011
Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford
2010

Horrible Histories
2009

Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder
Various Characters
2009

Celebrity Juice
Self
2008
Al Murray's Happy Hour
The Pub Landlord
2007

The One Show
Self
2006

Soccer Aid
2006

The Apprentice: You're Fired!
2006

The F Word
Self
2005
Top of the Pops Reloaded
Self
2005

Mock the Week
Self
2005

The Paul O'Grady Show
2004

Hell's Kitchen
Self
2004

QI
Self
2003

Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
2003

Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002

Top Gear
Self
2002

Dick and Dom in da Bungalow
Self
2002

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
2002
Live Floor Show
2002

Time Gentlemen Please
The Pub Landlord
2000

Harry Hill
Alan Hill
1997

The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995

Soccer AM
Self
1995
Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies
Various
1994

Have I Got News for You
Self - Host
1990

The Bill
1984

An Audience with...
The Pub Landlord
1978

Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Himself - Presenter
Movies(21)

The London Studios: Home of the Stars
Self
2018
The Mask
2017

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Bottom
2016

Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies
Himself
2014

Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: One Man, One Guvnor
The Pub Landlord
2014

Al Murray's Great British War Movies
Himself
2014

Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: The Only Way Is Epic
The Pub Landlord
2012

Whatever Happened to Harry Hill?
Alan Hill
2012

Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets
Self
2012

A Night with the Stars
Self
2011

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Self
2011

Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: Barrel of Fun Live
Pub Landlord
2010

Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Beautiful British Tour
The Pub Landlord
2009

Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: Late Lock In
2009

Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Live At The Palladium
Self
2007
Another Audience with Al Murray
2007
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
Self
2006

Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Giving It Both Barrels
The Pub Landlord
2006

An Audience with Al Murray
The Pub Landlord
2005

Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: "...And A Glass of White Wine for the Lady!"
The Pub Landlord
2004

Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - My Gaff, My Rules
The Pub Landlord
2003