Murray found initial fame in ITV's soap opera "Coronation Street" (1998) as Sandy Hunter. He then starred in a series of both film and television pieces, including the comedy series "Roger-Roger" (1999), legal drama series "North Square" (2000), mini series "Other People's Children" (2000) and "Sons & Lovers" (2003), a Granada production of "The Sittaford Mystery" (2006) as Charles Burnaby, a film of the Thomas Hardy story "Under the Greenwood Tree" (2005) as Dick Dewy, plus earlier films "Nailing Vienna" (2002) as Peter, "All the King's Men" (1999) as Pvt Will Needham, and "Phoenix Blue" (2001) as Rick. He also found more permanent roles in Channel 4's "20 Things to Do Before You're 30" (2003) playing Glen and BBC One's season four of "Cutting It" (2005) as Liam Carney.