Best Known For: Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II, Frank Cross in Scrooged, Phil Connors in Groundhog Day, and Baloo in Disney's The Jungle Book (2016)
What do all of these characters mentioned above have in common? They speak in a monotone and sarcastic voice, and they are all characters who can be placed in a category known as "lovable jerks". It is this aspect of the characters Bill Murray portrays that keeps me laughing until I cannot breathe. I first became exposed to the character through Ghostbusters and the live action adaptation of Garfield. Speaking of Garfield, the original voice actor for Garfield (the late Lorenzo Music) portrayed the animated version of Peter Venkman (Bill Murray's Ghostbusters character), and Bill Murray portrayed the live action version of Garfield. However unlike some of the actors on this list who have a wide range of characters to portray, Murray unfortunately portrays the same character each time. That is not a bad aspect of the actor, though. Murray is simply putting his actual personality into the character, making the role his own.
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