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Birthday: Oct 24, 1939
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

F. Murray Abraham

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Amadeus Antonio Salieri 1984
Blood Monkey Professor Hamilton 2007
By the Sword Suba 1991
The Favorite Abdul Hamid 1989
Einstein Revealed Narrator 1997
Goltzius & the Pelican Company The Margrave 2014
Day of the Siege Marco D'Aviano 2012
Largo Desolato Professor Leopold Nettles 1990
The Mystery of Dante Dante Alter Ego 2014
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii Narrates Program One 2010
A Season of Giants Papa Giulio II 1990
The Darkling Bruno Rubin 2000
Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air 2010
In the Valley of the Wolves Narrator 2010
The Dragon Chronicles Narrator 2009
The Beauty of Ugly Narrator 2007
The Great San Francisco Earthquake Self - Narrator (voice) 1988
The Unseen World John Henry Newman 2012
The Little Match Girl Narrator (voice) 1990
Is That Skunk? Narrator 2011
The Siege of Vienna 2022
Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America Narrator 2007
The Letter Narrator 2018
Super Cats Narrator (voice) 2018
The Name of the Rose Bernardo Gui 1986
Perestroika Professor Gross 2009
An Innocent Man Virgil Cane 1989
The Bridge of San Luis Rey Viceroy of Peru 2004
Nostradamus Scalinger 1994
Joshua Father Tardone 2002
Excellent Cadavers Tommaso Buscetta 1999
Sweet Killing Zargo 1993
The Grand Budapest Hotel Old Zero Moustafa 2014
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers Jeffrey 2004
Color of Justice Jim Sullivan 1997
My Father Paul Minsky 2003
Dillinger and Capone Al Capone 1995
L'Affaire Lucien Haslans 1994
The Third Solution Father Carafa 1988
Vacation in Hell Belisario 1997
Every Act of Life Self 2018
Come le formiche Ruggero 2007
411 Information (voice) 2015
Ballerina Goran 2008
The Magic Flute Dr. Longbow 2022
Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier Goldstein 1984
Milarepa Oyun 2024
Finding Forrester Robert Crawford 2000
Esther Mordechai 1999
A House Divided Grandfather Wahid 2008
Children of the Revolution Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin 1996
Quiet Flows The Don Pantaley 2006
Madman Marco Cohen 1978
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die 2013
The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy Prof. Covington 1999
A Little Game Norman Wallach 2014
Ticker Airport Guru 2002
Miloš Forman - What Doesn't Kill You… Self 2009
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Grimmel (voice) 2019
Five Moons Plaza Entita 2003
Mighty Aphrodite Chorleiter 1995
Last Action Hero John Practice 1993
The Stone Merchant Shahid 2006
Shark Swarm Professor Bill Girdler 2008
Baby Face Nelson Al Capone 1996
Eye of the Widow Kharoun 1991
The First Circle Stalin 1992
The Making of 'Amadeus' Self / Salieri 2002
Jamila Older Seit 1994
Le nom de la rose : Le documentaire 2004
Through an Open Window Narrator 1992
The Making of The Grand Budapest Hotel Self / Mr. Moustafa 2014
The Big Fix Eppis 1978
The Ritz Chris 1976
Eruption President Mendoza 1997
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks Self 2003
Carnera: The Walking Mountain Leon See 2008
Barbarossa Siniscalco Barozzi 2009
Surviving the Game Wolfe Sr. 1994
Drums of Fire Osrain 1990
Beyond the Stars Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man 1989
40 Years of Star Trek Self 2006
Scarface Omar 1983
Knights of the Quest Delfinello da Coverzano 2001
The Sunshine Boys Mechanic 1975
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' Self 1986
Double Soul Mentor 2023
Mimic Dr. Gates 1997
Slipstream Cornelius 1989
Money Will Scarlet 1991
Thir13en Ghosts Cyrus Kriticos 2001
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Self 2014
Robin Hood Cardinal 2018
Star Trek: Insurrection Ad'har Ru'afo 1998
Muppets from Space Noah 1999
Journey to the Center of the Earth Professor Harlech 1993
The Final Inquiry Nathan 2007
Things Heard & Seen Floyd DeBeers 2021
Dead Man Down Gregor 2013
Mobsters Arnold Rothstein 1991
They Might Be Giants Clyde (the usher) 1971
Il Trovatore Self - Host 1988
Sex and the Married Woman Duke Skaggs 1977
La rosa dei nomi Self 1987
Mother, Couch! Marcus / Marco 2023
Love, Marilyn Self 2013
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail Ayatollah (archive footage) 2019
The Prisoner of Second Avenue Taxi Driver 1975
All the President's Men Arresting Officer #1 1976
Looking for Richard Self 1996
Lady and the Tramp Tony 2019
Cadence Capt. Ramon Garcia 1990
Isle of Dogs Jupiter (voice) 2018
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 Harold Leacher 1993
And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) 2022
Inside Llewyn Davis Bud Grossman 2013
Fresh Chess Hustler 1994
Serpico Detective Partner (uncredited) 1973
The Bonfire of the Vanities D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited) 1990
Series Cast Year
Marco Polo Jacopo 1982
Nature Narrator (voice) 1982
All in the Family Clerk 1971
Kojak Solly Nurse 1973
A.E.S. Hudson Street 1978
The Andros Targets Bobby Carr 1977
Elementary Daniel Gottlieb 2012
NOVA Narrator 1974
Homeland Dar Adal 2011
Blue Bloods Leon Goodwin 2010
Dead Man's Walk Caleb Cobb 1996
The Hire Airport Guru 2001
Dream West President Abraham Lincoln 1986
Beauty and the Beast Cyril 2012
I promessi sposi l'Innominato 1989
American Experience Narrator 1988
Noah's Ark Lot 1999
The Good Fight Burl Preston 2017
Road to 9/11 Himself - Narrator 2017
Quiet Flows the Don Pantaley 2006
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII Nathan 2007
Chimerica Frank Sams 2019
Mythic Quest C.W. Longbottom 2020
The Orville Chairman 2017
Curb Your Enthusiasm Ayatollah 2000
Moon Knight Khonshu (voice) 2022
Kojak Eddie Gordon 1973
The White Lotus Bert Di Grasso 2021
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities Dr. Carl Winters 2022
Okavango: River of Dreams vypravěč 2019
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Theodore Nichols 2001
White House Plumbers Judge John Sirica 2023
The Good Wife Burl Preston 2009
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