--- title: Bill Murray to Voice Baloo in The Jungle Book description: The actor joins Christopher Walken, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson and others for the 2015 film canonical: https://time.com/3074721/bill-murray-baloo-jungle-book/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-02T18:59:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:28:44.325Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Bill Murray to Voice Baloo in The Jungle Book og:description: The actor joins Christopher Walken, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson and others for the 2015 film og:url: https://time.com/3074721/bill-murray-baloo-jungle-book/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf945c203367eaaf9/69869e3a35ba6f576cc03470/bill-murray.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 86th Annual Academy Awards - People Magazine Press Room og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bill Murray to Voice Baloo in The Jungle Book twitter:description: The actor joins Christopher Walken, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson and others for the 2015 film twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf945c203367eaaf9/69869e3a35ba6f576cc03470/bill-murray.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bill Murray to Voice Baloo in Disney's _The Jungle Book_  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Aug 2, 2014 6:59 PM UTC  Actor Bill Murray poses in the press room at the 86th annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California. Actor Bill Murray poses in the press room at the 86th annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California.Jason LaVeris—WireImage  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Aug 2, 2014 6:59 PM UTC _The Jungle Book_ [has found its Baloo](http://www.deadline.com/2014/08/bill-murray-baloo-the-jungle-book-disney/). Disney announced that Bill Murray will voice the beloved bear in its upcoming adaptation of the classic Rudyard Kipling story, Deadline reports. The announcement follows last week’s news that [Christopher Walken and _Breaking Bad_‘s Giancarlo Esposito](http://time.com/3048493/christopher-walken-jungle-book/) will provide the voices for ape ruler King Louie and wolf leader Akela, respectively. Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong’o, Ben Kingsley and Idris Elba are also on board for the film, a mixture of CGI and live-action footage that will hit theaters on Oct. 9, 2015\. While those stars will voice some of the story’s beloved characters, 10-year-old Neel Sethi, who plays Mowgli, will be the only actor to appear on screen. \[[_Deadline_](http://www.deadline.com/2014/08/bill-murray-baloo-the-jungle-book-disney/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3074721/bill-murray-baloo-jungle-book/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3074721/bill-murray-baloo-jungle-book/"},"headline":"Bill Murray to Voice Baloo in Disney's The Jungle Book","datePublished":"2014-08-02T18:59:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:28:44.325Z","description":"The actor joins Christopher Walken, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson and others for the 2015 film","url":"https://time.com/3074721/bill-murray-baloo-jungle-book/","keywords":["movies","Bill Murray"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf945c203367eaaf9/69869e3a35ba6f576cc03470/bill-murray.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf945c203367eaaf9/69869e3a35ba6f576cc03470/bill-murray.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"86th Annual Academy Awards - People Magazine Press Room","caption":"86th Annual Academy Awards - People Magazine Press Room","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—WireImage","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3074721/bill-murray-baloo-jungle-book/","name":"Bill Murray to Voice Baloo in Disney's The Jungle Book"}}]}] ```