BILL MURRAY''S FIRST APPEARANCE IN COLLABORATION WITH WES ANDERSON WAS IN RUSHMORE (1998). IN FACT BILL MURRAY HAS BEEN IN ALL THE DIRECTORS FILMS APART FROM BOTTLE ROCKET. HE PLAYED THE CHARACTER RALEIGH ST CLAIR IN THE FILM 'THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS' (2001). WHERE HE PLAYED A PARODY OF BRITISH NEUROLOGIST OLIVER SACKS. HIS INSPIRING LEAD PERFORMANCE CAME IN 'THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU, WHERE HE PLAYED AN OCEANOGRAPHER IN THE MIDST OF PROFESSIONAL STAGNATION TO FILM THE DISCOVER OF THE FABLED 'JAGUAR SHARK.'