Joel Murray is an American actor and director who has had prominent roles in television series such as Mad Men, Grand, Love & War, and Dharma and Greg as well as appearing in films such as God Bless America and Monsters University. Joel, one of nine siblings, is the younger brother of actors Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, and John Murray.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Extended Family (2023)
Guest starring as Danny Walsh
- Episode 1x12: The Consequences of Being Irish (Mar 19, 2024)
White House Plumbers (2023)
Starring as Don
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: The Writer's Wife (May 22, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: Please Destroy This, Huh? (May 8, 2023)
Chicago Party Aunt (2021)
Guest starring as Additional Voices
- Episode 2x02: St. Patrick's Day (Dec 30, 2022)
Heels (2021)
Guest starring as Eddie Earl
(12 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: High Flying (Sep 15, 2023)
- Episode 2x07: The Things That Matter (Sep 8, 2023)
- Episode 2x05: Who the Hell Is the Condamned? (Aug 25, 2023)
- Episode 2x04: Heavy Heads (Aug 18, 2023)
- Episode 2x03: Discord (Aug 11, 2023)
- Episode 2x02: The Journey Is the Obstacle (Aug 4, 2023)
- Episode 2x01: Ten-Bell Salute (Jul 28, 2023)
- Episode 1x08: Double Turn (Oct 10, 2021)
- Episode 1x07: The Big Bad Fish Man (Oct 3, 2021)
- Episode 1x06: House Show (Sep 19, 2021)
- Episode 1x04: Cutting Promos (Sep 5, 2021)
- Episode 1x03: Cheap Heat (Aug 29, 2021)
Bob ♥ Abishola (2019)
Guest starring as Max
(3 episodes)
- Episode 5x09: Sad Cupcakes (Apr 1, 2024)
- Episode 4x22: Uncharted Waters of Mediocrity (May 22, 2023)
- Episode 4x02: Bibles to Brothels (Sep 26, 2022)
The Conners (2018)
Guest starring as Jim Daniels
- Episode 2x20: Bridge Over Troubled Conners (May 5, 2020)
Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters (2018)
Guest starring as Colonel Douglas
- Episode 1x06: The Patsy (Aug 15, 2018)
The Leftovers (2014)
Guest starring as George Brevity
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x02: Don't Be Ridiculous (Apr 23, 2017)
- Episode 2x06: Lens (Nov 8, 2015)
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011)
Guest starring as Medical Examiner
- Episode 1x09: Smother (Apr 13, 2011)
Shameless (2011)
Guest starring as Eddie Jackson
(9 episodes)
- Episode 1x12: Father Frank, Full of Grace (Mar 27, 2011)
- Episode 1x11: Daddyz Girl (Mar 20, 2011)
- Episode 1x10: Nana Gallagher Had an Affair (Mar 13, 2011)
- Episode 1x09: But at Last Came a Knock (Mar 6, 2011)
- Episode 1x06: Killer Carl (Feb 13, 2011)
- Episode 1x05: Three Boys (Feb 6, 2011)
- Episode 1x04: Casey Casden (Jan 30, 2011)
- Episode 1x02: Frank the Plank (Jan 16, 2011)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 9, 2011)
Mike & Molly (2010)
Guest starring as Dr. Jeffries
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x01: Cops on the Rocks (Jan 6, 2016)
- Episode 5x15: Pie Fight (Mar 23, 2015)
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Guest starring as Doug
- Episode 10x20: The Recollection Dissipation (Apr 6, 2017)
Mad Men (2007)
Guest starring as Fred Rumsen
(15 episodes)
- Episode 7x04: The Monolith (May 4, 2014)
- Episode 7x01: Time Zones (Apr 13, 2014)
- Episode 5x11: The Other Woman (May 27, 2012)
- Episode 4x11: Chinese Wall (Oct 3, 2010)
- Episode 4x04: The Rejected (Aug 15, 2010)
- Episode 4x02: Christmas Comes But Once a Year (Aug 1, 2010)
- Episode 2x09: Six Month Leave (Sep 28, 2008)
- Episode 2x06: Maidenform (Aug 31, 2008)
- Episode 2x05: The New Girl (Aug 24, 2008)
- Episode 2x03: The Benefactor (Aug 10, 2008)
- Episode 2x02: Flight 1 (Aug 3, 2008)
- Episode 2x01: For Those Who Think Young (Jul 27, 2008)
- Episode 1x11: Indian Summer (Oct 4, 2007)
- Episode 1x08: The Hobo Code (Sep 6, 2007)
- Episode 1x06: Babylon (Aug 23, 2007)
Criminal Minds (2005)
Guest starring as Attorney General
- Episode 4x03: Minimal Loss (Oct 8, 2008) [Co-Star]
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
Guest starring as Andrew Kane
- Episode 8x07: Frank's Back in Business (Nov 29, 2012)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Guest starring as ICE Agent Martin Fields
- Episode 14x19: Beautiful Dreamer (Apr 12, 2018)
Joan of Arcadia (2003)
Guest starring as Balloon Sculptor God
- Episode 1x21: Vanity, Thy Name Is Human (May 7, 2004)
Two and a Half Men (2003)
Guest starring as Petey
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x24: Baseball with Better Steroids (May 18, 2009)
- Episode 4x22: Mr. McGlue's Feedbag (Apr 30, 2007)
Guest starring as Doug
- Episode 9x01: Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt (Sep 19, 2011)
Guest starring as Nick
- Episode 10x11: Give Santa a Tail-Hole (Dec 13, 2012)
Dharma & Greg (1997)
Starring as Peter "Pete" Cavanaugh
(48 episodes)
- Episode 4x01: Mother and Daughter Reunion (Oct 10, 2000)
- Episode 3x24: Be My Baby (May 16, 2000)
- Episode 3x23: Hell to the Chief (May 9, 2000)
- Episode 3x22: Your Place or Mine (May 2, 2000)
- Episode 3x20: Talkin' About My Regeneration (Mar 28, 2000)
- Episode 3x19: The Best Laid Plans (Mar 14, 2000)
- Episode 3x17: The Spy Who Said He Loved Me (Feb 22, 2000)
- Episode 3x16: Weekend at Larry's (Feb 15, 2000)
- Episode 3x15: The Trouble with Troubadour (Feb 8, 2000)
- Episode 3x14: Good Cop, Bad Daughter (Jan 25, 2000)
- Episode 3x12: Looking for the Goodbars (Dec 14, 1999)
- Episode 3x11: Lawyers, Beer and Money (Nov 30, 1999)
- Episode 3x10: Thanksgiving Until It Hurts (Nov 23, 1999)
- Episode 3x09: Law and Disorder (Nov 16, 1999)
- Episode 3x08: Tie-Dying the Knot (Nov 9, 1999)
- Episode 3x07: Fairway to Heaven (Nov 2, 1999)
- Episode 3x06: The Very Grateful Dead (Oct 26, 1999)
- Episode 3x05: I Did It for You, Kitty (Oct 19, 1999)
- Episode 3x04: Play Lady Play (Oct 12, 1999)
- Episode 3x03: Dharma's Inferno (Oct 5, 1999)
- Episode 3x01: One Flew Over the Lawyer's Desk (Sep 21, 1999)
- Episode 2x24: The Dating Game (May 26, 1999)
- Episode 2x23: A Girl Can Dream, Can't She? (May 19, 1999)
- Episode 2x22: Bed, Bath and Beyond (May 12, 1999)
- Episode 2x21: It Never Happened One Night (May 5, 1999)
- Episode 2x19: Everybody Must Get Stones (Mar 3, 1999)
- Episode 2x18: See Dharma Run Amok (Feb 24, 1999)
- Episode 2x17: Run, Dharma, Run (Feb 17, 1999)
- Episode 2x16: See Dharma Run (Feb 10, 1999)
- Episode 2x15: Dharma and the Horse She Rode in On (Feb 3, 1999)
- Episode 2x14: Dharma and Greg on a Hot Tin Roof (Jan 20, 1999)
- Episode 2x12: Are You Ready for Some Football? (Dec 16, 1998)
- Episode 2x11: The House That Dharma Built (Dec 9, 1998)
- Episode 2x10: Yes, We Have No Bananas (or Anything Else for That Matter) (Nov 25, 1998)
- Episode 2x09: Brought to You in DharmaVision (Nov 18, 1998)
- Episode 2x08: Like, Dharma's Totally Got a Date (Nov 11, 1998)
- Episode 2x07: Valet Girl (Nov 4, 1998)
- Episode 2x06: A Closet Full of Hell (Oct 28, 1998)
- Episode 1x20: The Cat's Out of the Bag (Apr 1, 1998)
- Episode 1x12: Haus Arrest (Dec 17, 1997)
- Episode 1x11: Instant Dharma (Dec 10, 1997)
- Episode 1x07: Indian Summer (Nov 5, 1997)
- Episode 1x06: Yoga and Boo, Boo (Oct 29, 1997)
- Episode 1x05: The Ex-Files (Oct 22, 1997)
- Episode 1x04: And Then There's the Wedding (Oct 15, 1997)
- Episode 1x03: Shower the People You Love with Love (Oct 8, 1997)
- Episode 1x02: And the In-Laws Meet (Sep 1, 1997)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 24, 1997)
Pacific Station (1991)
Starring as Capt. Ken Epstein
(13 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: One for the Road ()
- Episode 1x12: The Last Angry Detective ()
- Episode 1x11: Whose Dad is It Anyway? (Jul 13, 1992)
- Episode 1x10: My Favorite Dad (Jan 3, 1992)
- Episode 1x09: Operation! (Dec 27, 1991)
- Episode 1x08: Bob's Son (Dec 20, 1991)
- Episode 1x07: Waiting for the Other Gumshoe to Drop (Oct 27, 1991)
- Episode 1x06: Miata Es Su Ata (Oct 20, 1991)
- Episode 1x05: Friend of the Devil (Oct 13, 1991)
- Episode 1x04: Love and Death (Oct 6, 1991)
- Episode 1x03: A Man's Best Friend (Sep 29, 1991)
- Episode 1x02: Magnificent Obession (Sep 22, 1991)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 15, 1991)
Grand (1990)
Starring as Norris Weldon
(26 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: The End of the World as We Know It ()
- Episode 2x12: The Well (Dec 27, 1990)
- Episode 2x11: Wolf Boy (1) (Dec 20, 1990)
- Episode 2x10: The Mother Load (Dec 13, 1990)
- Episode 2x09: One Way Out (Dec 6, 1990)
- Episode 2x08: Lady Luck (Nov 29, 1990)
- Episode 2x07: Roamers and Rumors (Nov 22, 1990)
- Episode 2x06: Norris' Romance (Nov 15, 1990)
- Episode 2x05: Desmond's Mother (Nov 1, 1990)
- Episode 2x04: The Return of Yale Pinhaus (Oct 25, 1990)
- Episode 2x03: The Healing (Oct 18, 1990)
- Episode 2x02: The Chickens Come Home to Roost (Oct 11, 1990)
- Episode 2x01: Janice Steals Home (Oct 4, 1990)
- Episode 1x13: Blow Off (Apr 12, 1990)
- Episode 1x12: Czech, Please (Apr 5, 1990)
- Episode 1x11: Trigonometry Made Easy (Mar 29, 1990)
- Episode 1x10: An Obtuse Triangle (Mar 22, 1990)
- Episode 1x09: Carnagie Hell (Mar 15, 1990)
- Episode 1x08: The Bald, the Blond, and the Dead (Mar 8, 1990)
- Episode 1x07: Deer Hunter (Mar 1, 1990)
- Episode 1x06: Legends of Sport (Feb 22, 1990)
- Episode 1x05: Faded Genes (Feb 15, 1990)
- Episode 1x04: A Boy and His Dad (Feb 8, 1990)
- Episode 1x03: Sex, Lies, and Cable TV (Feb 1, 1990)
- Episode 1x02: The Pretty Good Mother (Jan 25, 1990)
- Episode 1x01: A Tale of One City (Jan 18, 1990)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Guest starring as Joel Murray
- Episode 1990-08-15: Harry Anderson, Joel Murray (Aug 15, 1990)
Crew Credits
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 1x09: The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization (Mar 17, 2008)