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F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham

Acting

Born: October 24, 1939Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

F. Murray Abraham (born Murray Abraham; October 24, 1939) is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award, four Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. He became famous for portraying Antonio Salieri in the drama film Amadeus (1984), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor. Abraham debuted on Broadway in the 1968 play The 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 acted in Louie (2011–2014), Mythic Quest (2020–2021), Moon Knight (2022) and The White Lotus (2022), with the latter earning him nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Primetime Emmy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article F. Murray Abraham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For
Filmography
Bookends

Bookends

Saul Cohen

2026
This Ordinary Thing

This Ordinary Thing

Self (voice)

2025
Milarepa

Milarepa

Oyun

2025
The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

Prophet

2025
Mother, Couch

Mother, Couch

Marcus / Marco

2024
Double Soul

Double Soul

Mentor

2023
The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute

Dr. Longbow

2022
The Siege of Vienna

The Siege of Vienna

2022

An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

Self (archive footage)

2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight

Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022
Things Heard & Seen

Things Heard & Seen

Floyd DeBeers

2021
Lady and the Tramp

Lady and the Tramp

Tony

2019
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

Ayatollah (archive footage)

2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Grimmel (voice)

2019
The Letter

The Letter

Narrator

2018
Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Cardinal

2018
Super Cats

Super Cats

Narrator (voice)

2018
Every Act of Life

Every Act of Life

Self

2018
Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

Jupiter (voice)

2018
411

411

Information (voice)

2015
A Little Game

A Little Game

Norman Wallach

2014
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

Self

2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Mr. Moustafa

2014
The Mystery of Dante

The Mystery of Dante

Dante Alter Ego

2014
Inside Llewyn Davis

Inside Llewyn Davis

Bud Grossman

2013
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die

The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die

Braque

2013
Love, Marilyn

Love, Marilyn

Self

2013
Dead Man Down

Dead Man Down

Gregor

2013
Goltzius & the Pelican Company

Goltzius & the Pelican Company

The Margrave

2012
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683

The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683

Marco D'Aviano

2012

The Unseen World

John Henry Newman

2012
Is That Skunk?

Is That Skunk?

Narrator

2011

Nature Amazing Places Hawaii

Narrates Program One

2010
Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air

Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air

2010
In the Valley of the Wolves

In the Valley of the Wolves

Narrator

2010
Barbarossa

Barbarossa

Siniscalco Barozzi

2009
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

Self

2009
Perestroika

Perestroika

Professor Gross

2009

The Dragon Chronicles

Narrator

2009
Carnera: The Walking Mountain

Carnera: The Walking Mountain

Leon See

2008
Shark Swarm

Shark Swarm

Professor Bill Girdler

2008
Ballerina

Ballerina

Goran

2008

A House Divided

Grandfather Wahid

2008

The Beauty of Ugly

Self - Narrator (voice)

2007
Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America

Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America

Narrator

2007
Blood Monkey

Blood Monkey

Professor Hamilton

2007
Come le formiche

Come le formiche

Ruggero

2007
The Final Inquiry

The Final Inquiry

Nathan

2007
Quiet Flows The Don

Quiet Flows The Don

Pantaley

2006
The Stone Merchant

The Stone Merchant

Shahid

2006
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers

Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers

Jeffrey

2006
40 Years of Star Trek

40 Years of Star Trek

Self

2006
The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Viceroy of Peru

2004
Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire

Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire

2004
My Father

My Father

Paul Minsky

2003
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks

Try to Remember: The Fantasticks

Self

2003
Five Moons Plaza

Five Moons Plaza

Entita

2003
Ticker

Ticker

Airport Guru

2002
The Making of 'Amadeus'

The Making of 'Amadeus'

Self - Salieri

2002
Joshua

Joshua

Father Tardone

2002
Thir13en Ghosts

Thir13en Ghosts

Cyrus

2001
Knights Of The Quest

Knights Of The Quest

Delfinello da Coverzano

2001
Un dono semplice

Un dono semplice

Thomas Barlow

2000
Finding Forrester

Finding Forrester

Robert Crawford

2000
The Darkling

The Darkling

Bruno Rubin

2000
The Directors: Milos Forman

The Directors: Milos Forman

Self

2000
Excellent Cadavers

Excellent Cadavers

Tommaso Buscetta

1999
Muppets from Space

Muppets from Space

Noah

1999
Esther

Esther

Mordechai

1999
The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy

The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy

Professor Henry Covington

1999
Star Trek: Insurrection

Star Trek: Insurrection

Ad'har Ru'afo

1998
Waiting for Godot in San Quentin

Waiting for Godot in San Quentin

Himself

1998
Vacation in Hell

Vacation in Hell

Belisario

1997

Einstein Revealed

Narrator

1997
Color of Justice

Color of Justice

Jim Sullivan

1997
Mimic

Mimic

Dr. Gates

1997
Eruption

Eruption

President Mendoza

1997
Children of the Revolution

Children of the Revolution

Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin

1996
Puma: Lion of the Andes

Puma: Lion of the Andes

Narrator (voice)

1996
Looking for Richard

Looking for Richard

Self

1996
Baby Face Nelson

Baby Face Nelson

Al Capone

1996
Mighty Aphrodite

Mighty Aphrodite

Chorleiter

1995
Dillinger and Capone

Dillinger and Capone

Al Capone

1995
Nostradamus

Nostradamus

Scalinger

1994
Fresh

Fresh

Chess Hustler

1994
Surviving the Game

Surviving the Game

Wolfe, Sr.

1994
L'Affaire

L'Affaire

Lucien Haslans

1994
Jamila

Jamila

Older Seit

1994

Sweet Killing

Zargo

1993
Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Professor Harlech

1993
Last Action Hero

Last Action Hero

John Practice

1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

Harold Leacher

1993
Through an Open Window

Through an Open Window

Narrator

1992
The First Circle

The First Circle

Stalin

1992
Eye of the Widow

Eye of the Widow

Kharoun

1991
By the Sword

By the Sword

Suba

1991
Mobsters

Mobsters

Arnold Rothstein

1991
Money

Money

Will Scarlet

1991
Drums of Fire

Drums of Fire

Osrain

1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities

The Bonfire of the Vanities

D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)

1990
The Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl

Narrator (voice)

1990
Cadence

Cadence

Capt. Ramon Garcia

1990
A Season of Giants

A Season of Giants

Papa Giulio II

1990
Performance Pieces

Performance Pieces

Jack Narwhal

1990

Largo Desolato

Professor Leopold Nettles

1990
The Making of Slipstream

The Making of Slipstream

1989
An Innocent Man

An Innocent Man

Virgil Cane

1989
The Favorite

The Favorite

Abdul Hamid

1989
Slipstream

Slipstream

Cornelius

1989
Beyond the Stars

Beyond the Stars

Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man

1989
Il Trovatore

Il Trovatore

Self - Host

1988
The Great San Francisco Earthquake

The Great San Francisco Earthquake

Self - Narrator (voice)

1988
The Third Solution

The Third Solution

Father Carafa

1988
La rosa dei nomi

La rosa dei nomi

Self

1987

The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

Self

1986
The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

Bernardo Gui

1986
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise

Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise

Herman Melville

1985
Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier

Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier

Goldstein

1984
Amadeus

Amadeus

Antonio Salieri

1984
Scarface

Scarface

Omar

1983
The Big Fix

The Big Fix

Eppis

1978
Madman

Madman

Marco Cohen

1978
Sex and the Married Woman

Sex and the Married Woman

Duke Skaggs

1977
The Ritz

The Ritz

Chris

1976
All the President's Men

All the President's Men

Arresting Officer #1

1976
The Sunshine Boys

The Sunshine Boys

Mechanic

1975
The Prisoner of Second Avenue

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Taxi Driver

1975
Serpico

Serpico

Detective Partner (uncredited)

1973
They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants

Clyde (the usher)

1971