Editing Bill Murray (section)

=== 2000s ===
Murray decided to take a turn towards more dramatic roles and experienced a resurgence in his career. In 2000, he portrayed [[Polonius]] in [[Michael Almereyda]]'s ''[[Hamlet (2000 movie)|Hamlet]]'', based on the [[Hamlet|play]] by [[William Shakespeare]]. The film starred [[Ethan Hawke]] in the title role, as well as [[Kyle MacLachlan]], [[Julia Stiles]], [[Liev Schreiber]] and [[Sam Shepard]]. The film received mixed reviews. The following year, Murray reunited with Wes Anderson in the family comedy-drama ''[[The Royal Tenenbaums]]'' (2001) which starred [[Gene Hackman]], [[Owen Wilson]], [[Luke Wilson]], [[Ben Stiller]], [[Gwyneth Paltrow]] and [[Anjelica Huston]]. In the film, Murray plays Raleigh St. Clair, the meek and mild-mannered neurologist, writer, and husband of Margot Tenenbaum (Paltrow).
[[File:Bill Murray-2 Get Low TIFF09.jpg|thumb|Murray at the ''Get Low'' premiere at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] in 2009|left]]

In 2003, he starred in his first collaboration with director [[Sofia Coppola]] in ''[[Lost in Translation (film)|Lost in Translation]]'' opposite [[Scarlett Johansson]]. Murray plays an aging movie star on assignment in [[Tokyo]] to shoot a [[Suntory]] whiskey commercial. Feeling isolated and alone he meets an American woman, Charlotte (Johansson) with whom he sparks an unlikely friendship. Coppola explores the themes of [[Social alienation|alienation]] and [[Emotional detachment|disconnection]] against a backdrop of cultural displacement in [[Japan]]. The independent drama was an immense critical success and commercial success. [[Roger Ebert]] hailed Murray's performance: "Bill Murray has never been better. He doesn't play 'Bill Murray' or any other conventional idea of a movie star, but invents Bob Harris from the inside out, as a man both happy and sad with his life – stuck, but resigned to being stuck."<ref>{{cite news| author= [[Roger Ebert]]| title= Lost in Translation| work= [[Chicago Sun-Times]]| date= September 12, 2003| url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lost-in-translation-2003| accessdate= June 20, 2023| archive-date= May 11, 2019| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190511172330/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lost-in-translation-2003| url-status= live}}</ref> Murray earned numerous accolades, including the [[Golden Globe Award]], [[BAFTA Award]], and the [[Independent Spirit Award]], as well as Best Actor awards from several film critic organizations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/awards/2003/awardsandnominations.shtml |title=2003 Film Awards & Nominations |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=November 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502193917/http://www.metacritic.com/film/awards/2003/awardsandnominations.shtml |archive-date=May 2, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was considered a favorite to win the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]], but [[Sean Penn]] ultimately won the award for his performance in [[Clint Eastwood]]'s ''[[Mystic River (film)|Mystic River]]''. In an interview included on the ''Lost in Translation'' DVD, Murray states that it is his favorite film in which he has appeared. He played himself "hiding out" in a local coffee shop in [[Jim Jarmusch]]'s ''[[Coffee and Cigarettes]]'' (2003). He [[Voice acting|voiced]] [[Garfield]] in ''[[Garfield: The Movie]]'' (2004), which role he reprised in ''[[Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties]]'' (2006). Murray later said that he only took the role because he was under the mistaken impression that the screenplay, co-written by [[Joel Cohen (writer)|Joel Cohen]], was the work of [[Coen Brothers|Joel Coen]].<ref name="gq">{{cite news | title = Bill Murray Is Ready To See You Now | date = August 2010 | url = https://www.gq.com/story/bill-murray-dan-fierman-gq-interview | work = GQ | access-date = May 7, 2024 | archive-date = July 20, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160720192208/http://www.gq.com/story/bill-murray-dan-fierman-gq-interview | url-status = live }}</ref>

He made his third collaboration with Anderson in ''[[The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou]]'' (2004), co-written by Anderson with [[Noah Baumbach]]. Murray plays Zissou, an oceanographer-filmmaker based on [[Jacques Cousteau]] who is struggling to finish his latest documentary and has to reconcile with his son ([[Owen Wilson]]). The film also stars [[Cate Blanchett]], [[Willem Dafoe]], [[Anjelica Huston]], [[Jeff Goldblum]] and [[Michael Gambon]]. The film initially received mixed reviews, although Murray's performance was praised, and was a [[box office bomb]]. In the decades since, it has developed a [[cult following]]. The following year, Murray reunited with Jim Jarmusch in ''[[Broken Flowers]]'' (2005). The film revolves around Don Johnston (Murray), who embarks on a journey to four women ([[Sharon Stone]], [[Frances Conroy]], [[Jessica Lange]] and [[Tilda Swinton]]), to find out who sent him a mysterious letter. Roger Ebert praised Murray: "No actor is better than Bill Murray at doing nothing at all, and being fascinating while not doing it".<ref>{{cite news| author=Roger Ebert| work=Chicago Sun-Times| url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/broken-flowers-2005| date=August 4, 2005| title= A Don Juan stuck in idle|accessdate= June 20, 2023}}</ref> That same year, Murray announced that he was taking a hiatus from acting as he had not had the time to relax since his new breakthrough in the late 1990s.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

He returned to the big screen for [[Cameo appearance|cameos]] in Anderson's ''[[The Darjeeling Limited]]'' (2007) and [[Peter Segal]]'s ''[[Get Smart (film)|Get Smart]]'' (2008). He played an important role in the [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic]] film ''[[City of Ember]]'' (2008). Murray starred in the independent film ''[[Get Low (film)|Get Low]]'' (2009) alongside [[Robert Duvall]] and [[Sissy Spacek]]. The film is loosely based on a true story about a Tennessee hermit in the 1930s who throws his own funeral party while still alive. Murray and Duvall received critical praise and the film won the [[Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature]]. Also in 2009, Murray played himself in the [[zombie comedy]] ''[[Zombieland]]'' starring [[Woody Harrelson]], [[Emma Stone]] and [[Jesse Eisenberg]]. Murray voiced Mr. Badger in Anderson's [[stop-motion]] film ''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)|Fantastic Mr. Fox]]'' (2009).