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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
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
(2019)
Grimmel (voice)
Thir13en Ghosts
(2001)
Cyrus Kriticos
Inside Llewyn Davis
(2013)
Bud Grossman
Isle of Dogs
(2018)
Jupiter (voice)
Robin Hood
(2018)
Cardinal
The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014)
Old Zero Moustafa
Amadeus
(1984)
Antonio Salieri
Surviving the Game
(1994)
Wolfe Sr.
The Magic Flute
(2022)
Dr. Longbow
Mimic
(1997)
Dr. Gates
Serpico
(1973)
Detective Partner (uncredited)
Last Action Hero
(1993)
John Practice
The Name of the Rose
(1986)
Bernardo Gui
Dead Man Down
(2013)
Gregor
Finding Forrester
(2000)
Robert Crawford
Full Filmography
Acting
They Might Be Giants
(1971)
Clyde (the usher)
Serpico
(1973)
Detective Partner (uncredited)
The Sunshine Boys
(1975)
Mechanic
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
(1975)
Taxi Driver
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
Amadeus
(1984)
Antonio Salieri
Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier
(1984)
Goldstein
The Name of the Rose
(1986)
Bernardo Gui
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
(1986)
Self
La rosa dei nomi
(1987)
Self
The Third Solution
(1988)
Father Carafa
Il Trovatore
(1988)
Self - Host
The Great San Francisco Earthquake
(1988)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Slipstream
(1989)
Cornelius
An Innocent Man
(1989)
Virgil Cane
The Favorite
(1989)
Abdul Hamid
Beyond the Stars
(1989)
Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man
The Bonfire of the Vanities
(1990)
D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)
Largo Desolato
(1990)
Professor Leopold Nettles
Drums of Fire
(1990)
Osrain
A Season of Giants
(1990)
Papa Giulio II
The Little Match Girl
(1990)
Narrator (voice)
Cadence
(1990)
Capt. Ramon Garcia
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
Sweet Killing
(1993)
Zargo
Journey to the Center of the Earth
(1993)
Professor Harlech
Surviving the Game
(1994)
Wolfe Sr.
Nostradamus
(1994)
Scalinger
L'Affaire
(1994)
Lucien Haslans
Fresh
(1994)
Chess Hustler
Jamila
(1994)
Older Seit
Mighty Aphrodite
(1995)
Chorleiter
Dillinger and Capone
(1995)
Al Capone
Children of the Revolution
(1996)
Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin
Baby Face Nelson
(1996)
Al Capone
Looking for Richard
(1996)
Self
Mimic
(1997)
Dr. Gates
Einstein Revealed
(1997)
Narrator
Eruption
(1997)
President Mendoza
Color of Justice
(1997)
Jim Sullivan
Vacation in Hell
(1997)
Belisario
Star Trek: Insurrection
(1998)
Ad'har Ru'afo
Esther
(1999)
Mordechai
Excellent Cadavers
(1999)
Tommaso Buscetta
The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy
(1999)
Prof. Covington
Muppets from Space
(1999)
Noah
Finding Forrester
(2000)
Robert Crawford
The Darkling
(2000)
Bruno Rubin
Knights of the Quest
(2001)
Delfinello da Coverzano
Thir13en Ghosts
(2001)
Cyrus Kriticos
Joshua
(2002)
Father Tardone
Ticker
(2002)
Airport Guru
The Making of 'Amadeus'
(2002)
Self / Salieri
Five Moons Plaza
(2003)
Entita
My Father
(2003)
Paul Minsky
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
(2003)
Self
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
(2004)
Viceroy of Peru
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
(2004)
Jeffrey
Le nom de la rose : Le documentaire
(2004)
The Stone Merchant
(2006)
Shahid
Quiet Flows The Don
(2006)
Pantaley
40 Years of Star Trek
(2006)
Self
Blood Monkey
(2007)
Professor Hamilton
The Final Inquiry
(2007)
Nathan
Come le formiche
(2007)
Ruggero
The Beauty of Ugly
(2007)
Narrator
Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America
(2007)
Narrator
A House Divided
(2008)
Grandfather Wahid
Carnera: The Walking Mountain
(2008)
Leon See
Shark Swarm
(2008)
Professor Bill Girdler
Ballerina
(2008)
Goran
Perestroika
(2009)
Professor Gross
Barbarossa
(2009)
Siniscalco Barozzi
Miloš Forman - What Doesn't Kill You…
(2009)
Self
The Dragon Chronicles
(2009)
Narrator
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
Inside Llewyn Davis
(2013)
Bud Grossman
Dead Man Down
(2013)
Gregor
Love, Marilyn
(2013)
Self
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die
(2013)
Braque
The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014)
Old Zero Moustafa
Goltzius & the Pelican Company
(2014)
The Margrave
The Mystery of Dante
(2014)
Dante Alter Ego
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
(2014)
Self
A Little Game
(2014)
Norman Wallach
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014)
Self / Mr. Moustafa
411
(2015)
Information (voice)
Isle of Dogs
(2018)
Jupiter (voice)
Every Act of Life
(2018)
Self
Robin Hood
(2018)
Cardinal
The Letter
(2018)
Narrator
Super Cats
(2018)
Narrator (voice)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
(2019)
Grimmel (voice)
Lady and the Tramp
(2019)
Tony
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
(2019)
Ayatollah (archive footage)
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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