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Al Murray (b. 1968)

Alias:
Alastair James Hay Murray

Birthplace:
Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Born:
May 10, 1968

Biography from TheMovieDB

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

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Executive Producer:
2003  Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - My Gaff, My Rules

Music:
1996  Fisted
2003  Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - My Gaff, My Rules

Writer:
1996  Fisted
2003  Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - My Gaff, My Rules
2004  Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: "...And A Glass Of White Wine For The Lady!"
2004  Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: "...And A Glass of White Wine for the Lady!"
2005  An Audience with Al Murray
2006  Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Giving It Both Barrels
2007  Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Live At The Palladium
2010  Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: Barrel of Fun Live
2012  Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: The Only Way Is Epic

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TV Performances

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TV Production

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

Writer:
2018  Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English?
2019  Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz

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