- 2008: Starred in the screen adaptaion of "City of Ember"
- 2006: Returned to voice Garfield in the sequel "Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties"
- 2005: Co-starred with an ensemble of actress in Jim Jarmusch's "Broken Flowers"
- 2004: Cast in Jim Jarmusch's "Coffee and Cigarettes," a collection of stories that all have coffee and cigarettes in common
- 2004: Starred as an oceanographer in Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou"
- 2004: Voiced Garfield in the live action film, "Garfield" based on the comic strip
- 2003: Played an aging movie star, opposite Scarlett Johansson in Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation"; earned Academy Award and SAG nominations for Best Actor
- 2002: Appeared on stage opposite Sigourney Weaver in the Off-Off Broadway play "The Guys"
- 2001: Starred in the live-action sequences of "Osmosis Jones"
- 2000: Played Polonius in Michael Almereyda's film version of "Hamlet"
- 1999: Portrayed a ventriloquist in Tim Robbins' "Cradle Will Rock"
- 1998: Received critical acclaim as a wealthy tycoon in Wes Anderson's "Rushmore"
- 1998: Delivered another tiny gem as a low-life lawyer in "Wild Things"
- 1996: Appeared opposite an elephant in "Larger Than Life"
- 1996: Teamed with Michael Jordan and Larry Bird in the live-action film "Space Jam"
- 1994: Turned in small gem as aspiring transsexual Bunny Breckinridge in Tim Burton's "Ed Wood"
- 1994: Executive produced "Confessions of a Hit Man"
- 1993: Scored big hit with "Groundhog Day" written and directed by Ramis
- 1993: Portrayed Chicago hood to Robert De Niro's nerdy cop in John McNaughton's oddly endearing "Mad Dog and Glory"
- 1991: Re-teamed with Frank Oz as a patient who drove his therapist (Richard Dreyfuss) crazy by following him on vacation in "What About Bob?"
- 1990: First credit as producer, "Quick Change"; also starred in and co-directed with Howard Franklin
- 1989: Re-teamed with Reitman, Ramis, Aykroyd and others for the sequel "Ghostbusters II"
- 1988: First starring role in more than four years, "Scrooged"
- 1986: Played small comic role as the masochistic dental patient (first made famous by Jack Nicholson in the original Roger Corman film) in the Frank OZ directed musical "Little Shop of Horrors"
- 1984: First lead in a dramatic role, "The Razor's Edge"; also co-scripted with director John Byrum
- 1984: Became firmly established as comic star in Reitman's "Ghostbusters"; Ramis and Dan Aykroyd both co-starred and co-wrote
- 1982: Cast as Dustin Hoffman's actor roommate in Sydney Pollack's "Tootsie"
- 1981: Re-teamed with Ramis to co-star in the comedy film, "Stripes"; also re-teamed with Reitman who co-wrote and directed
- 1980: Portrayed famed writer Hunter S. Thompson in "Where the Buffalo Roam"
- 1980: Played the gopher-obsessed groundskeeper in Harold Ramis' "Caddyshack"
- 1979: First leading role in a feature film, "Meatballs"; directed by Ivan Reitman and scripted by Harold Ramis
- 1977: Joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (NBC) for the show's second season; replaced a departing Chevy Chase
- 1975: Feature acting debut, "Jungle Burger"
- Appeared on "National Lampoon Radio Hour" and in the Off Broadway production of "National Lampoon Show"
- Left college to join the improv troupe Second City in Chicago




