--- title: Bill Murray Has a BlackBerry description: After a lifetime of eschewing cellphones, Murray told Variety that he has purchased a smartphone: A BlackBerry. canonical: https://time.com/3507625/bill-murray-blackberry/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-14T19:24:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:48.160Z og:title: Bill Murray Has a BlackBerry og:description: After a lifetime of eschewing cellphones, Murray told Variety that he has purchased a smartphone: A BlackBerry. og:url: https://time.com/3507625/bill-murray-blackberry/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt443a5084ddae1513/698760d5a988ca53946a9d4e/463195323.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "The Monuments Men" - Los Angeles Photo Call og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bill Murray Has a BlackBerry twitter:description: After a lifetime of eschewing cellphones, Murray told Variety that he has purchased a smartphone: A BlackBerry. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt443a5084ddae1513/698760d5a988ca53946a9d4e/463195323.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bill Murray Just Bought His First Cellphone, and It's a BlackBerry by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 14, 2014 7:24 PM UTC  Actor Bill Murray attends a photo call for "The Monuments Men" Actor Bill Murray attends a photo call for "The Monuments Men"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 14, 2014 7:24 PM UTC Public service announcement to Bill Murray fans: If the actor [crashes your bachelor party](http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/bill-murray-crashes-bachelor-party-gives-awesome-speec-1581953280) or [engagement shoot](http://time.com/2864357/bill-murray-crashed-an-engagement-photo-shoot-because-hes-bill-murray/), make sure to ask for his BBM after. After a lifetime of eschewing cellphones, Murray told [_Variety_](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/bill-murray-st-vincent-1201328900/) that he has purchased a smartphone: A BlackBerry. Because obviously. “I got it to communicate with my sons, because they will not answer a phone call, but they will answer a text,” he said begrudgingly. “I mean I have done it, but I have no interest in it. The kids’ school stuff is all email, and they send thousands of emails. It’s complete overload.” But don’t worry, the actor also has his very own [800 number](http://online.wsj.com/articles/how-bill-murray-was-wooed-by-a-hollywood-no-name-1412097815) which he sporadically checks. Who you gonna call? Bill Murray, duh. \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/bill-murray-st-vincent-1201328900/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3507625/bill-murray-blackberry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3507625/bill-murray-blackberry/"},"headline":"Bill Murray Just Bought His First Cellphone, and It's a BlackBerry","datePublished":"2014-10-14T19:24:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:48.160Z","description":"Who you gonna BBM?","url":"https://time.com/3507625/bill-murray-blackberry/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","celebrities","Technology","Bill Murray","Blackberry","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt443a5084ddae1513/698760d5a988ca53946a9d4e/463195323.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt443a5084ddae1513/698760d5a988ca53946a9d4e/463195323.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"The Monuments Men\" - Los Angeles Photo Call","caption":"\"The Monuments Men\" - Los Angeles Photo Call","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3507625/bill-murray-blackberry/","name":"Bill Murray Just Bought His First Cellphone, and It's a BlackBerry"}}]}] ```