Pub landlord

Al Murray
Murray as "The Pub Landlord" in 2011
Born	(1968-05-10) 10 May 1968 (age 49) Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, England
Medium	Stand-up, television, radio
Nationality	British
Alma mater	St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Years active	1994–present
Genres	Parody, Political satire, Surreal humour, Character comedy, Musical comedy, Observational comedy, Blue comedy
Subject(s)	British culture, British politics, French culture, Gender stereotypes, Family, Human interaction, World history, Current events
Spouse	Katherine Perry (1995–2000) (divorced); Amber Hargreaves (2002–08) (separated)
Children	3
Notable works and roles	The Pub Landlord; Al Murray's Happy Hour; Time Gentlemen Please; Multiple Personality Disorder; Fact Hunt; etc
Website	www.thepublandlord.com

Alastair James Hay "Al" Murray (born 10 May 1968), is an English comedian and TV personality well known for his stand-up persona and quick repartee.

His best-known character is "The Pub Landlord", a xenophobic publican. In 2003, Murray was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. In 2007, he was voted the 16th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups.

Murray was born at 44 High Street South, Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, only son of Lieut-Col. Ingram Bernard Hay Murray (a great-great-great-great-grandson of John, 3rd Duke of Atholl, who married Charlotte, Baroness Strange), by his wife Juliet Anne Thackeray, née Ritchie (a great-great-granddaughter of the celebrated novelist William Makepeace Thackeray). His grandfather, the former British ambassador Sir Ralph Murray, was from Scottish aristocracy and married into the Kuenberg family, Imperial Counts, of the Holy Roman Empire. His patrilineal great-great-grandfather, Dr George Murray, was Bishop of Rochester, while Sir Edward Leigh MP is his third cousin. Al Murray is in remainder both to English and Scottish peerage titles, including the barony of Strange and the dukedom of Atholl.