Brian Murray
Birth Place: Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
Ambassador Cruise Line And PEEL Entertainment Group Unveil Winner of Playwriting Challenge (Dec 6, 2025)
Photos: Danny Burstein, Gray Coleman and Donna McKechnie Honored at Gingold Gala (Dec 2, 2025)
Danny Burstein, Gray Coleman, and Donna McKechnie to be Honored at Gingold Theatrical Group Gala (Nov 6, 2025)
BIO
Brian Murray was a Tony-nominated actor known for his commanding stage presence and rich voice. Born in Ireland in 1937, Murray began his acting career in Dublin before moving to London and eventually settling in New York City.
Murray made his Broadway debut in 1961 in the play "A Man For All Seasons," but it was his performance in the 1973 production of "The Play About the Baby" that earned him his first Tony nomination. He went on to receive two more Tony nominations for his work in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" in 1968 and "The Crucible" in 2002.
In addition to his work on stage, Murray appeared in numerous films and television shows throughout his career. He had a recurring role on the hit TV series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and appeared in films such as "The Insider" and "Rounders."
Murray was also a prolific voice actor, lending his distinctive voice to a number of animated films and TV shows. He provided the voice of the villainous Captain Hook in the animated series "Peter Pan and the Pirates" and voiced the character of the villainous Ratigan in Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective."
Throughout his career, Murray remained a fixture in the New York theater scene, appearing in productions both on and off-Broadway. He was a regular performer at the Irish Repertory Theatre and appeared in numerous productions at the Manhattan Theatre Club.
Murray's most recent work included a 2018 production of "The Emperor Jones" at the Irish Repertory Theatre and a 2017 production of "The Dead, 1904" at the American Irish Historical Society. He passed away in August 2018 at the age of 80, leaving behind a rich legacy of stage, screen, and voice work.
Photos
(Front Row) Dale Rieling (music director),Dylan Boyd, Brian Murray, Michael Montel (director); (Second Row) Justin Fischer(associate music director), Barbara Marineau, Gordon Stanley, Ben Gunderson, Madeleine Doherty, Analisa Leming, Wilson Bridges
From: Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of York's A TIME FOR SINGING, as Part of Musicals In Mufti
Dylan Boyd, Brian Murray; (Second Row) Barbara Marineau, Gordon Stanley, Ben Gunderson, Madeleine Doherty, Analisa Leming; (Back Row) Joseph Kolinsky, Sara Killough, Gus Halper, Steve French, Preston Truman Boyd, Glenn Seven Allen
From: Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of York's A TIME FOR SINGING, as Part of Musicals In Mufti
STAGE CREDITS
Productions
Movies
[ 1975 ] Charles of the Pits #1
[ 1980 ] Lou Loomis
[ 1981 ] Brian Stills
[ 1983 ] Kamp Komfort Clerk
[ 1984 ] Piedmont
[ 1984 ] Reverend
[ 1985 ] Colonel Tolliver Brian Doyle Murray
[ 1986 ] Shaw
[ 1986 ] Voit Zerbe
[ 1988 ] Earl Cross Brian Doyle Murray
[ 1988 ] writer
[ 1989 ] Coach Evans
[ 1989 ] Frank Shirley Brian Doyle Murray
[ 1989 ] Jones Brian Doyle Murray
[ 1989 ] Psychiatrist Brian Doyle Murray
[ 1990 ] Johnny's Father
[ 1991 ] Brian
[ 1991 ] Jack Ruby
[ 1992 ] Noah Vanderhoff
[ 1993 ] Buster
[ 1994 ] Skunk Brian-Doyle Murray
[ 1995 ] Harry
[ 1996 ] Johnny
[ 1996 ] Red Savage
[ 1996 ] Walt
[ 1997 ] Handyman
[ 1998 ] Old Beagle
[ 1999 ] Cousin Edgar
[ 1999 ] Grumpy Senior Brian Doyle Murray
[ 2000 ] Priest
[ 2000 ] Tow Truck Driver
[ 2001 ] Vicki's Father
[ 2002 ] Ernie
[ 2002 ] Tomato Face
[ 2003 ] Dr. Ambos
[ 2003 ] Phil
[ 2005 ] Clement C. Haydes
[ 2007 ] Boss
[ 2007 ] Uncle Morty
[ 2009 ] Janitor
[ 2010 ] Billy Berg
[ 2012 ] Harvey Miken
[ 2012 ] Monsignor Ratliffe
[ 2013 ] Earl Stein
[ 2016 ] Stagehand
[ 2018 ] Bruce the 1st
TV Shows
Sergeant Bill Hampton
Stuart Franklin
Agnes Delrooney
Burt Kovak
Salty, Bidder #2, Luke
Gus Borden, Ted Bains
Jack
Grandpa Leo
Bob Kruger
Finn McBride
Jacob, Giant Peanut Butter Cup, Utiliton
Larry Rogen, Tommy Tate
Mel Sanger
Flying Dutchman, The Flying Dutchman, Dutchbomb
Mr. Faulkner, Ernest
Mr. Pesky
Mr. Ehlert
George Huntzinger
Mr. Savitsky, George Savitsky, Savitsky
Awards and Nominations
Brian Murray, Gaslight
Brian Murray, The Crucible
winner
Brian Murray, The Play About the Baby
Brian Murray, The Play About the Baby
winner
Brian Murray, Uncle Vanya
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Brian Murray
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Brian Murray
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Brian Murray, The Little Foxes
Brian Murray , The Little Foxes
Brian Murray, The Little Foxes
Brian Murray, A Small Family Business
Brian Murray, Da
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Brian Murray, Ashes
Brian Murray, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Videos
WORLD'S BIGGEST GHOST HUNT: PENNHURST ASYLUM to Air on A&E on October 30
by Kaitlin Milligan - 2019-10-02 14:32:38
STAGE TUBE: MTC Celebrates Lynne Meadow With Nathan Lane, Christine Baranski and More
by Kelsey Denette - 2012-06-25 15:37:32
News
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 6, 2025
Ambassador Cruise Line and PEEL Entertainment Group have announced the winner of the Ambassador PEEL Playwriting Challenge 2025. Designed to chart a course for new playwrights, the challenge has offered a unique platform for budding talent to make waves in the world of theatre.
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Dec 2, 2025
xGingold Theatrical Group celebrated their 20th Anniversary with a Gala, honoring Tony Award winner Danny Burstein, Gray Coleman, and Tony Award winner Donna McKechnie with the Golden Shamrock Award. See photos!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 6, 2025
Gingold Theatrical Group will host a one-night-only gala fundraiser, which will honor Tony Award winner Danny Burstein, Gray Coleman, and Tony Award winner Donna McKechnie with the Golden Shamrock Award.
by Robert Diamond - Dec 16, 2024
All of us here at BroadwayWorld wanted to pay tribute to Tom, and to our strong partnership, by taking a look back with this photo gallery below.
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Sep 25, 2024
Gingold Theatrical Group recently held its 2024 Golden Shamrock Gala. The evening honored Broadway composing team Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty with the Golden Shamrock Award for their tireless work as supporters of human rights and their artistic excellence in musical theater writing. Check out photos from inside the event here!
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Sep 25, 2024
See photos from inside the Gingold Theatrical Group 2024 Golden Shamrock Gala. The evening honored Broadway composing team Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty with the Golden Shamrock Award for their tireless work as supporters of human rights and their artistic excellence in musical theater writing.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 12, 2024
Gingold Theatrical Group has revealed performers for the 2024 Golden Shamrock Gala. See who is performing and learn how to purchase tickets.
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 26, 2024
Gingold Theatrical Group has announced that their 2024 Golden Shamrock Gala will be held on Monday September 23 at 6pm at Robert Restaurant atop the Museum of Arts & Design. The evening will honor Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty with the Golden Shamrock Award for their tireless work as supporters of human rights and their artistic excellence in musical theater writing.
by Gil Kaan - Feb 2, 2024
Luke Yankee’s Marilyn, Mom & Me world premieres February 16, 2024, at the International City Theatre. Written by Luke, he also directs the cast of Laura Gardner, Alisha Soper, Jacquelin Lorraine Schofield, Brian Rohan and Noah Wagner.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 4, 2023
Get all the details about the upcoming Gingold Theatrical Group 2023 Golden Shamrock Gala, where Dr. Wilma Bulkin Siegel, Dr. Brian R. Saltzman, and Ethan E. Litwin will be honored. Mark your calendars for October 29, 2023, and join us at Robert Restaurant for an unforgettable evening of celebration.
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 28, 2023
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE will present the third show of its 2023-2024 season, a transfer of the world premiere production from North Coast Rep of the irresistible comedy, THE ANGEL NEXT DOOR, written by Paul Slade Smith, adapted from Play at the Castle by Ferenc Molnár, and directed by Laguna Playhouse Artistic Director David Ellenstein.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 5, 2023
Producer Laura Elrick is thrilled to announce that acclaimed Meisner Teacher and Director Steven Ditmyer will be directing Al Tapper's Bettinger's Luggage, scheduled to open September 19th, 2023 at AMT Theater.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 25, 2022
Wagner College Theatre has announced that the winner of the 2022 Stanley Drama Award is Luke Yankee for his play Marilyn, Mom and Me.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 2, 2022
Leopoldstadt marks the 19th production of a Tom Stoppard play to open on Broadway since Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead opened 55 years ago. Stoppard has won four Best Play Tony Awards, more than any other playwright in history. What are the 18 other productions of Tom Stoppard plays to open on Broadway? Let's take a look back!
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Dec 14, 2021
Gingold Theatrical Group presented the next presentation of the 2021 - '22 Season of Project Shaw, a special series of evenings offering some of Shaw's greatest works and those of his contemporaries, presented monthly at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2537 Broadway at 95th Street).
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 10, 2021
Gingold Theatrical Group will present the next presentation of the 2021 – ‘22 Season of Project Shaw, a special series of evenings offering some of Shaw’s greatest works and those of his contemporaries, presented monthly at Symphony Space’s Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2537 Broadway at 95th Street).
by Robert Diamond - Sep 9, 2021
ELIZABETH IRELAND McCANN, the iconoclastic Broadway producer who won nine Tony Awards during a 60-year career in theater, died after a bout with cancer on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, according to her longtime associate and friend, Kristen Luciani. She was 90 years old.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 24, 2021
The Public Theater will begin performances of the 2021 Free Shakespeare in the Park production of MERRY WIVES on Tuesday, July 6 at The Delacorte Theater. The all-Black staging of the delightful comedy will officially open on Tuesday, July 27 and was recently extended by three weeks to now end on Saturday, September 18.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 3, 2021
The Public Theater announced today that Free Shakespeare in the Park will return this summer with the delightful comedy MERRY WIVES, adapted by award-winning Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Associate Artistic Director and Resident Director Saheem Ali.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 1, 2020
Today's Theater Stories features the Brooks Atkinson Theatre! Learn about the man for whom the theatre is named, how the theatre became a television studio for years, record-breaking hits like Waitress and more!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Brian Murray has appeared on Broadway in 14 shows.
Brian Murray has not appeared in the West End.
Outstanding Featured Actor (The Lortels) for Gaslight, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Crucible, Performance (Obie Awards) for The Play About the Baby, Outstanding Lead Actor (The Lortels) for The Play About the Baby, Outstanding Featured Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Uncle Vanya, Sustained excellence of performance (Obie Awards), Outstanding Body of Work (The Lortels), Outstanding Featured Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Little Foxes, Best Featured Actor - Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Little Foxes, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Little Foxes, Outstanding Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for A Small Family Business, Outstanding Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Da, Performance (Obie Awards) for Ashes and Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Brian Murray has won several prestigious awards, including the Performance Obie Award for The Play About the Baby, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Award) for Uncle Vanya, and the Sustained Excellence of Performance Obie Award. He also received the Outstanding Body of Work award from The Lortels, the Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Award) for The Little Foxes, and the Performance Obie Award for Ashes.
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