All About Bill Murray’s 6 Sons, Including the One Who Followed in His Footsteps
All About Bill Murray’s 6 Sons, Including the One Who Followed in His Footsteps
Giovana GelhorenSat, November 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM UTC
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Bill Murray at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2025, in Cannes, France.Credit: Getty ImagesTHE GIST -
Bill Murray welcomed his two oldest sons, Homer and Luke, with his first wife, Margaret Kelly.
Murray was married to his second wife, Jennifer Butler, from 1997 to 2008.
Together, Murray and Butler welcomed four sons: Caleb, Jackson, Cooper, and Lincoln.
From movies like Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day, and even his tenure on Saturday Night Live, Bill Murray is a living legend in the comedy world. But while his comedy career is certainly impressive, fans of his might not know he’s also a proud dad to six sons.
Murray welcomed his two oldest sons, Homer and Luke, with his first wife, Margaret Kelly. Murray and Kelly were married from 1981 to 1996. Soon after, Murray married his second wife, Jennifer Butler, in 1997. The couple welcomed four sons together, Caleb, Jackson, Cooper, and Lincoln, before splitting in 2008.
In 2012, Murray looked back at their divorce and highlighted how it changed his relationships with their sons. “As much as the divorce was very hard, the fallout of it has been really great,” he told Esquire. “I ended up much closer to my guys than I ever would have been.”
Over the years, Murray has also been candid about the ups and downs of parenthood. “People only talk about what a joyous experience it is, but there is terror: Your life, as you know it, is over,” he told Rolling Stone in 2003. “It’s over the day that child is born. It’s over, and something completely new starts.”
Below, find out everything there is to know about Bill Murray’s six sons, and how he’s supported them in their careers.
Homer Murray
Luke Murray, Bill Murray and Homer Murray at the 2023 US Open on September 3, 2023, in New York City.Credit: Gotham/GC Images
Murray first became a father when he welcomed his first son, Homer Murray, with Kelly on March 3, 1982.
Instead of following his dad’s footsteps in the entertainment industry, Homer has built a career as a chef and restaurateur in New York City. In September 2016, Homer and his business partner Syd Silver turned their old restaurant River Styx into a brand new eatery called 21 Greenpoint.
At the opening, Murray not only attended, but served as a bartender and helped out whenever he could. “[My dad] has been very supportive of me,” Homer told The New York Post at the time. “He didn’t do this because I asked him to. He didn’t do this because he thought it would drum up business. He did this because he wanted to. That’s the beauty of it.”
According to The New York Post, Murray also delivered a speech during the opening. “I am so happy . . . that he has not continued in the family business,” Murray joked to the guests. “Instead he has taken the joy of the family — to have a drink, to have a meal and have friends together — and made it his life’s work.”
In May 2020, they collaborated once again when Homer and his dad teamed up in the Nacho Challenge to raise money for the Restaurant Employees Relief Fund. Per People, The Food Network live-streamed the event on Facebook.
In September 2026, 21 Greenpoint celebrated its 10th anniversary. “We celebrated ten years at the end of the block this past Sunday,” the restaurant wrote on Instagram. “Thank you to all our friends who showed up in the rain to party with us. We are so happy to be a part of the Greenpoint community. Next ten years starts on Wednesday!”
On the personal side, Homer married his wife, Katie Murray, in March 2026. “Lucky,” Katie wrote on Instagram alongside pictures from their courthouse union. In June, the couple celebrated in a bigger party with friends and family. “Wedding pt II - more cakes, more friends! So much love,” the couple wrote in a joint post on Instagram.
Luke Murray
Bill Murray and Luke Murray at Madison Square Garden on March 10, 2016, in New York, New YorkCredit: Mitchell Layton/Getty Images
Much like Homer, Murray’s second son, Luke Murray, born on April 1, 1985, built a career entirely away from the spotlight.
Luke’s career is centered on college basketball, working his way up from assistant coaching positions to becoming a head coach. After graduating from Fairfield University in 2007, he began his career at Quinnipiac University before holding coaching positions at Post University, the University of Arizona, Wagner College, Towson University, and the University of Rhode Island.
In 2015, he joined Xavier University’s coaching staff, helping the team reach three consecutive NCAA tournaments, including the Elite Eight in 2017. He later worked at the University of Louisville before joining the University of Connecticut (UConn) in 2021. During his five seasons there, he helped the Huskies win back-to-back NCAA national championships in 2023 and 2024.
In March 2026, Murray was named the head men’s basketball coach at Boston College, marking his first head coaching job at the Division I level. “In Luke Murray, we have found a leader who does not just understand the modern landscape of college basketball - he has helped define it,” Boston College’s Director of Athletics Blake James said in the announcement. “His role in building a national championship-caliber program, his sophisticated offensive vision, and his relentless pursuit of excellence make him the perfect fit to lead our student-athletes.”
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Luke Murray and Bill Murray in March 2023.Credit: @coachlukemurray
Throughout his career, Murray has attended games and supported his son. “I’m very proud of this boy, he’s a wonderful kid and he’s worked very hard,” Murray said of Luke at an NCAA Men’s Championship game in March 2023, per People.
“As I’ve kind of grown and climbed the ladder in college basketball, so to speak, I think he has a greater appreciation for it,” Luke said of his father to USA Today in 2017. “And at this point, he’s as big a supporter as anyone.”
On the personal side, Luke married his wife, Kara Cassidy, in September 2015. Murray attended the event instead of the 2015 Emmys, where he took home a win for his role in the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge. Luke and his wife have since welcomed three children.
Caleb Murray
Murray’s first child with Butler, a costume designer he met on the set of his film Scrooged, was their son, Caleb “Cal” Murray. He was born on January 11, 1993.
Caleb has lived a very private life, and his personal and professional life is unknown. In April 2016, however, Murray talked about Caleb and his two older siblings in a sweet story for Esquire.
“I became a fan [of Adele] when I was driving my sons to school,” he told the outlet. “I had Adele on, and I look in the rearview mirror, and all three of my sons are in the back singing. And I’m thinking, ‘What the hell touched these guys?’ So I started singing it myself after I dropped them off.”
Caleb also made headlines in June 2020 when he was arrested during a George Floyd vigil at Five Corners in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. According to the MV Times, he was accused of throwing a rock through a pickup truck window and subsequently charged with disorderly conduct, assault and battery on police officers, and threatening to commit arson.
Eventually, the court found insufficient probable cause for the property-destruction and terroristic-threat charges. In October 2020, Caleb received one year of pretrial probation.
Jackson Murray
Much like Caleb, Jackson Murray, Murray’s second son with Butler, has lived a life away from the spotlight. He was born on October 6, 1995.
Per Page Six, Jackson is a Clemson University graduate and used to have a public Instagram account featuring pictures with his girlfriend, marine biologist Elena Mpougas. His social media account is now private.
Cooper Murray
Bill Murray and his kids at the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, on October 23, 2016.Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Murray’s fifth son and third with Butler, Cooper Murray, was born on January 27, 1997.
Unlike his older siblings, Cooper has dipped his toes into acting. In 2012, he had a small role as an Indian Chief Khahki Scout in his father’s movie Moonrise Kingdom. Almost a decade later, he co-starred with his dad once again in four episodes of the TV series The Now. Per IMDb, Cooper also starred as Tostig in two episodes of Vikings: Valhalla in 2024. The latter project was his first without his father.
Lincoln Murray
Murray and Butler welcomed their last child together, Lincoln Murray, on May 5, 2005.
Lincoln’s life has been very private, with the only exception being a 2012 interview of Murray’s for Esquire. In it, Lincoln interrupts questions to give his dad updates on a Chicago Cubs game, which his dad is a die-hard fan of. “Hey, Dad. Bryan LaHair hit a grand slam,” Lincoln says in one update.
In another moment, Murray asked his youngest to change. “You’re going to have to get dressed nicely. And you need a shower. That’s an order,” he said, to which Lincoln responded with a simple, “Yes, sir.”
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