Of the many performers to leap into films from the springboard of
the television sketch-comedy series Saturday Night Live, Bill Murray has
been among the most successful and unpredictable, forging an idiosyncratic
career allowing him to stretch from low-brow slapstick farce to intelligent
adult drama.
In
1998, Murray did some of his best work in years, playing a business tycoon
competing with an eccentric 15-year-old, in "Rushmore" and won
Best Supporting Actor from the New York Film Critics Circle.