--- description: Toronto Film Festival dedicates a day to the veteran actor’s career title: Sept. 5: Bill Murray Day at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt615dafc8d917eaaa/6986a21f361760f53190db93/actor_bill_murray.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Forget About the Groundhog, Sept. 5 Is 'Bill Murray Day' by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 5, 2014 4:44 AM CUT  Actor Bill Murray attends the 29th Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on April 10, 2014 in New York City. Actor Bill Murray attends the 29th Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on April 10, 2014 in New York City.Theo Wargo — WireImage/Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 5, 2014 4:44 AM CUT Bill Murray will take part in a [celebration](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-bill-murray-participate-bill-730375?utm%5Fsource=twitter "undefined") of himself on Friday, as the Toronto Film Festival announced that Sept. 5 would be commemorated as “Bill Murray Day.” Events planned for the day include screenings of his iconic movies such as _Ghostbusters_ and _Groundhog Day_ followed by the world premiere of his latest film, _St. Vincent_, according to the _Hollywood Reporter_. The tribute to the iconic comedian and actor will also feature a Bill Murray costume contest in the evening. Murray, who rarely gives interviews, will participate in a Q&A after the _St. Vincent_ premiere. The movie will be released by New York City film studio the Weinstein Co. (TWC) and also stars Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd and Naomi Watts. “Bill Murray has undeniably earned his status as an acting and comedic icon,” TWC co-chairman Harvey Weinstein told the _Reporter_. “He’s a true one-of-a-kind. Toronto’s celebration dedicated to the man is well-deserved, and we are immensely excited that he’ll be there in the flesh to celebrate with us and his huge legion of fans.” Murray will be joined by his _Ghostbusters_ director Ivan Reitman and _Scrooged_ writer Mitch Glazer, among others friends and former co-stars. \[[_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-bill-murray-participate-bill-730375?utm%5Fsource=twitter "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3271959/bill-murray-day-canada-toronto-film-festival/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3271959/bill-murray-day-canada-toronto-film-festival/"},"headline":"Forget About the Groundhog, Sept. 5 Is 'Bill Murray Day'","datePublished":"2014-09-05T04:44:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:01:31.688Z","description":"Toronto Film Festival dedicates a day to the veteran actor’s career","url":"https://time.com/3271959/bill-murray-day-canada-toronto-film-festival/","keywords":["celebrities","Ghostbusters","Bill Murray","melissa mccarthy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt615dafc8d917eaaa/6986a21f361760f53190db93/actor_bill_murray.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt615dafc8d917eaaa/6986a21f361760f53190db93/actor_bill_murray.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"29th Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony - Inside","caption":"29th Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony - Inside","creditText":"Theo Wargo — WireImage/Getty Images","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/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3271959/bill-murray-day-canada-toronto-film-festival/","name":"Forget About the Groundhog, Sept. 5 Is 'Bill Murray Day'"}}]}] ```