Actor
F. Murray Abraham
Born October 24, 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
101 films
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.
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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.
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101 films as actor- TBAOut of This World
- TBATime Out
- TBASharklandNarrator
- 2026BookendsSaul Cohen
- 2025MilarepaOyun
- 2025The Phoenician SchemeProphet
- 2024Mother, CouchMarcus / Marco
- 2023Double SoulMentor
- 2022The Magic FluteDr. Longbow
- 2022The Siege of Vienna
- 2021Things Heard & SeenFloyd DeBeers
- 2019Lady and the TrampTony
- 2019How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden WorldGrimmel (voice)
- 2018The LetterNarrator
- 2018Robin HoodCardinal
- 2018Isle of DogsJupiter (voice)
- 2015411Information (voice)
- 2014A Little GameNorman Wallach
- 2014The Grand Budapest HotelMr. Moustafa
- 2013Inside Llewyn DavisBud Grossman
- 2013The Gambler Who Wouldn't DieBraque
- 2013Dead Man DownGregor
- 2012Goltzius & the Pelican CompanyThe Margrave
- 2012The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683Marco D'Aviano
- 2012The Unseen WorldJohn Henry Newman
- 2009BarbarossaSiniscalco Barozzi
- 2009PerestroikaProfessor Gross
- 2008Carnera: The Walking MountainLeon See
- 2008Shark SwarmProfessor Bill Girdler
- 2008Language of the EnemyGrandfather Wahid
- 2008BallerinaGoran
- 2007Blood MonkeyProfessor Hamilton
- 2007Come le formicheRuggero
- 2007The Final InquiryNathan
- 2006Quiet Flows The DonPantaley
- 2006The Stone MerchantShahid
- 2006Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed PeppersJeffrey
- 2004The Bridge of San Luis ReyViceroy of Peru
- 2004Dead Lawyers
- 2003My FatherPaul Minsky
- 2003Five Moons PlazaEntita
- 2002TickerAirport Guru
- 2002JoshuaFather Tardone
- 2001Thir13en GhostsCyrus
- 2001Knights of the QuestDelfinello da Coverzano
- 2000Un dono sempliceThomas Barlow
- 2000Finding ForresterRobert Crawford
- 2000The DarklingBruno Rubin
- 1999Excellent CadaversTommaso Buscetta
- 1999Muppets from SpaceNoah
- 1999EstherMordechai
- 1999The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or MummyProfessor Henry Covington
- 1998Star Trek: InsurrectionAd'har Ru'afo
- 1997Vacation in HellBelisario
- 1997Color of JusticeJim Sullivan
- 1997MimicDr. Gates
- 1997EruptionPresident Mendoza
- 1996Children of the RevolutionJosef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin
- 1996Baby Face NelsonAl Capone
- 1995Mighty AphroditeChorleiter
- 1995Dillinger and CaponeAl Capone
- 1994Stato d'emergenza - Il caso DozierGoldstein
- 1994NostradamusScalinger
- 1994FreshChess Hustler
- 1994Surviving the GameWolfe, Sr.
- 1994L'AffaireLucien Haslans
- 1994JamilaOlder Seit
- 1993Sweet KillingZargo
- 1993Journey to the Center of the EarthProfessor Harlech
- 1993Last Action HeroJohn Practice
- 1993National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1Harold Leacher
- 1992Through an Open WindowNarrator
- 1992The First CircleStalin
- 1991Eye of the WidowKharoun
- 1991By the SwordSuba
- 1991MobstersArnold Rothstein
- 1991MoneyWill Scarlet
- 1990The Bonfire of the VanitiesD.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)
- 1990Drums of FireOsrain
- 1990The Little Match GirlNarrator (voice)
- 1990CadenceCapt. Ramon Garcia
- 1990A Season of GiantsPapa Giulio II
- 1990Performance PiecesJack Narwhal
- 1990Largo DesolatoProfessor Leopold Nettles
- 1989The Making of Slipstream
- 1989An Innocent ManVirgil Cane
- 1989The FavoriteAbdul Hamid
- 1989SlipstreamCornelius
- 1989Beyond the StarsDr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man
- 1988The Third SolutionFather Carafa
- 1986The Name of the RoseBernardo Gui
- 1984AmadeusAntonio Salieri
- 1983ScarfaceOmar
- 1978The Big FixEppis
- 1978MadmanMarco Cohen
- 1976The RitzChris
- 1976All the President's MenArresting Officer #1
- 1975The Sunshine BoysMechanic
- 1975The Prisoner of Second AvenueTaxi Driver
- 1973SerpicoDetective Partner (uncredited)
- 1971They Might Be GiantsClyde (the usher)