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My Take
What I find compelling about Murray Head is his refusal to be just one thing. Born in London in 1946, he carved out parallel careers as actor, singer, and screenwriter, never letting one eclipse the other. Most people remember the chart-topping voice, but his turn as Bob Elkin in Sunday Bloody Sunday showed real dramatic nerve. I admire performers who keep both feet in different worlds rather than chasing the safer single lane. There is something quietly stubborn and honest about a career like his, and I respect the willingness to stay creatively restless across decades instead of settling.
Overview
Murray Seafield St George Head (born 5 March 1946) is an English actor and singer. Head has appeared in a number of films, including a starring role as the character Bob Elkin in the BAFTA award-winning and Oscar-nominated 1971 film Sunday Bloody Sunday.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Murray Head
- Name (Japanese)
- マレー・ヘッド
- Reading
- まれー・へっど
- Born
- March 5, 1946 (age 80)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dog
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / singer / screenwriter / stage actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.murrayhead.online/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%83%E3%83%89
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.