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F. Murray Abraham

Born
October 24, 1939
F. Murray Abraham (born Murray Abraham; October 24, 1939) is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he came to prominence for his acclaimed leading role as Antonio Salieri in the drama film Amadeus (1984) for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama as well as a BAFTA Award nomination. Abraham made his Broadway debut in the 1968 play Man in the Glass Booth. He received the Obie Award for Outstanding Performance for his roles in Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (1984) and William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (2011). He returned to Broadway in the revival of Terrence McNally's comedy It's Only a Play (2014) receiving a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play nomination. He has appeared in many roles, both leading and supporting, in films such as All the President's Men (1976), Scarface (1983), The Name of the Rose (1986), Last Action Hero (1993), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Dillinger and Capone (1995), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Finding Forrester (2000), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018) and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). He was a regular cast member on the Showtime drama series Homeland (2012–2018), which earned him two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He also starred in Mythic Quest (2020–2021), Moon Knight (2022), and The White Lotus (2022) with the latter earning him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series.
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Known For
Scarface
(1983)
Omar
Inside Llewyn Davis
(2013)
Bud Grossman
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
(2019)
Grimmel (voice)
Thir13en Ghosts
(2001)
Cyrus Kriticos
Surviving the Game
(1994)
Wolfe Sr.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014)
Mr. Moustafa
Robin Hood
(2018)
Cardinal
Amadeus
(1984)
Antonio Salieri
Isle of Dogs
(2018)
Jupiter (voice)
Fresh
(1994)
Chess Hustler
The Name of the Rose
(1986)
Bernardo Gui
Lady and the Tramp
(2019)
Tony
Star Trek: Insurrection
(1998)
Ad'har Ru'afo
The Magic Flute
(2022)
Dr. Longbow
Last Action Hero
(1993)
John Practice
Mighty Aphrodite
(1995)
Chorleiter
Full Filmography
Acting
They Might Be Giants
(1971)
Clyde (the usher)
Serpico
(1973)
Detective Partner (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
(1975)
Taxi Driver
The Sunshine Boys
(1975)
Mechanic
The Ritz
(1976)
Chris
All the President's Men
(1976)
Arresting Officer #1
Sex and the Married Woman
(1977)
Duke Skaggs
The Big Fix
(1978)
Eppis
Madman
(1978)
Marco Cohen
Scarface
(1983)
Omar
Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier
(1984)
Goldstein
Amadeus
(1984)
Antonio Salieri
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
(1986)
Self
The Name of the Rose
(1986)
Bernardo Gui
La rosa dei nomi
(1987)
Self
The Great San Francisco Earthquake
(1988)
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Third Solution
(1988)
Father Carafa
Il Trovatore
(1988)
Self - Host
The Favorite
(1989)
Abdul Hamid
Slipstream
(1989)
Cornelius
Beyond the Stars
(1989)
Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man
An Innocent Man
(1989)
Virgil Cane
A Season of Giants
(1990)
Papa Giulio II
Largo Desolato
(1990)
Professor Leopold Nettles
The Bonfire of the Vanities
(1990)
D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)
The Little Match Girl
(1990)
Narrator (voice)
Cadence
(1990)
Capt. Ramon Garcia
Drums of Fire
(1990)
Osrain
By the Sword
(1991)
Suba
Mobsters
(1991)
Arnold Rothstein
Money
(1991)
Will Scarlet
Eye of the Widow
(1991)
Kharoun
The First Circle
(1992)
Stalin
Through an Open Window
(1992)
Narrator
Last Action Hero
(1993)
John Practice
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
(1993)
Harold Leacher
Journey to the Center of the Earth
(1993)
Professor Harlech
Sweet Killing
(1993)
Zargo
L'Affaire
(1994)
Lucien Haslans
Nostradamus
(1994)
Scalinger
Surviving the Game
(1994)
Wolfe Sr.
Jamila
(1994)
Older Seit
Fresh
(1994)
Chess Hustler
Dillinger and Capone
(1995)
Al Capone
Mighty Aphrodite
(1995)
Chorleiter
Baby Face Nelson
(1996)
Al Capone
Looking for Richard
(1996)
Self
Children of the Revolution
(1996)
Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin
Einstein Revealed
(1997)
Narrator
Mimic
(1997)
Dr. Gates
Eruption
(1997)
President Mendoza
Color of Justice
(1997)
Jim Sullivan
Vacation in Hell
(1997)
Belisario
Waiting for Godot in San Quentin
(1998)
Himself
Star Trek: Insurrection
(1998)
Ad'har Ru'afo
Excellent Cadavers
(1999)
Tommaso Buscetta
Esther
(1999)
Mordechai
Muppets from Space
(1999)
Noah
The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy
(1999)
Prof. Covington
Finding Forrester
(2000)
Robert Crawford
The Darkling
(2000)
Bruno Rubin
Thir13en Ghosts
(2001)
Cyrus Kriticos
Knights of the Quest
(2001)
Delfinello da Coverzano
Joshua
(2002)
Father Tardone
The Making of 'Amadeus'
(2002)
Self / Salieri
Ticker
(2002)
Airport Guru
My Father
(2003)
Paul Minsky
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
(2003)
Self
Five Moons Plaza
(2003)
Entita
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
(2004)
Jeffrey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
(2004)
Viceroy of Peru
Le nom de la rose : Le documentaire
(2004)
Quiet Flows The Don
(2006)
Pantaley
40 Years of Star Trek
(2006)
Self
The Stone Merchant
(2006)
Shahid
The Beauty of Ugly
(2007)
Narrator
Blood Monkey
(2007)
Professor Hamilton
Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America
(2007)
Narrator
The Final Inquiry
(2007)
Nathan
Come le formiche
(2007)
Ruggero
Ballerina
(2008)
Goran
Shark Swarm
(2008)
Professor Bill Girdler
Carnera: The Walking Mountain
(2008)
Leon See
A House Divided
(2008)
Grandfather Wahid
The Dragon Chronicles
(2009)
Narrator
Perestroika
(2009)
Professor Gross
Barbarossa
(2009)
Siniscalco Barozzi
Miloš Forman - What Doesn't Kill You…
(2009)
Self
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
(2010)
Narrates Program One
Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air
(2010)
In the Valley of the Wolves
(2010)
Narrator
Is That Skunk?
(2011)
Narrator
Day of the Siege
(2012)
Marco D'Aviano
The Unseen World
(2012)
John Henry Newman
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die
(2013)
Braque
Dead Man Down
(2013)
Gregor
Inside Llewyn Davis
(2013)
Bud Grossman
Love, Marilyn
(2013)
Self
A Little Game
(2014)
Norman Wallach
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
(2014)
Self
The Mystery of Dante
(2014)
Dante Alter Ego
Goltzius & the Pelican Company
(2014)
The Margrave
The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014)
Mr. Moustafa
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
411
(2015)
Information (voice)
The Letter
(2018)
Narrator
Super Cats
(2018)
Narrator (voice)
Robin Hood
(2018)
Cardinal
Every Act of Life
(2018)
Self
Isle of Dogs
(2018)
Jupiter (voice)
Lady and the Tramp
(2019)
Tony
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
(2019)
Ayatollah (archive footage)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
(2019)
Grimmel (voice)
Things Heard & Seen
(2021)
Floyd DeBeers
The Magic Flute
(2022)
Dr. Longbow
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
(2022)
Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Siege of Vienna
(2022)
Double Soul
(2023)
Mentor
Mother, Couch
(2024)
Marcus / Marco
Milarepa
(2024)
Oyun
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