Al Murray

Quick Facts

Full Name	Al Murray
Occupation	Comedian
Date Of Birth	May 10, 1968(1968-05-10)
Age	56
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Taurus

Al Murray Biography

Al Murray is one of the most popular and richest Comedian who was born on May 10, 1968 in England, England, United Kingdom. English comedian known for his satirical and character driven comedy. He is best known for his character “Pub Landlord”, stereotypical, right-wing, British patriot.

He appeared as a contestant in the first series of Hell’s Kitchen, Gordon Ramsay‘s cookery based reality show on ITV,

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.

The character first appeared in 1994 during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, in the show “Pub Internationale”, with Harry Hill and Matthew Bradstock-Smith (who played “Little Alan” as well as the keyboards in Hill’s Edinburgh, radio and TV shows). The show featured the “Pub Band”, with Murray playing the drums and compering. After trying out a character deemed not to have worked, at the opening show Murray suggested saying that the compere had not made it to the show and that the barman in the venue, the Pleasance Cabaret Bar, had offered to fill in. At the Edinburgh Festival, Murray came up with “The Pub Landlord”.

He and his former wife Amber Hargreaves have two daughters. His father was Lieutenant Colonel Ingram Bernard Hay Murray.

Al Murray Net Worth

Al Murray is one of the richest Comedian from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Al Murray 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He earned a degree in Modern History from Oxford before winning the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1999. He made his first television appearances on Harry Hill‘s TV show playing his big brother Alan.

He was once named the 16th greatest stand-up comedian in the UK and his chat show, Al Murray’s Happy Hour won a British Comedy Award and was nominated for a National Television Award.

Alastair James Hay Murray (born 10 May 1968) is an English comedian, actor, musician and writer. His comedy is often hard-edged social and political satire. In 2003 he 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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Al Murray height 6 ft 3 in Al weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Al Murray Dating?

According to our records, Al Murray married to Amber Hargreaves , Katherine Perry. As of December 1, 2023, Al Murray’s is not dating anyone.

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Murray, together with Stephen Fry, supported Paul Chambers’s High Court appeals after Chambers had been arrested for contravening the Communications Act 2003 when a joke tweet was regarded by police as “menacing” and a terrorist threat. An appeal against Chambers’s conviction was successful.

Facts & Trivia

Al Ranked on the list of most popular Comedian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Al Murray celebrates birthday on May 10 of every year.

In late 2010, Murray made a documentary on German culture for BBC Four Al Murray’s German Adventure in which he presented a different side of the German nation from the one portrayed by “The Pub Landlord” character.

Is Al Murray related to David Cameron?

So, David Cameron is related to William Makepeace Thackeray and the Prime Minister and Al Murray are 6th cousins!

What did Al Murray study at Oxford?

Murray was educated at Bedford School, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he read Modern History. He later said of his time at school: “When I was nine I was sent to boarding school, which I despised.

Who is Al Murray's wife?

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Is Al Murray still married?

Al has been married twice, and currently separated from his second wife. He was married to Katherine Perry from 1995–2000 and to Amber Hargreaves from 2002 until their separation in 2008. The couple have two daughters together, Scarlett and Willow.

What is a pub landlord?

Alternative titles for this job include Pub landlord, licensee, manager of licensed premises. Publicans manage licensed premises like pubs and bars.