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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
Scarface Omar 1983
The Name of the Rose Bernardo Gui 1986
Star Trek: Insurrection Ad'har Ru'afo 1998
Amadeus Antonio Salieri 1984
Finding Forrester Robert Crawford 2000
Esther Mordechai 1999
Five Moons Plaza Entita 2003
A House Divided Grandfather Wahid 2008
Mimic Dr. Gates 1997
The Darkling Bruno Rubin 2000
Slipstream Cornelius 1989
Mighty Aphrodite Chorleiter 1995
Perestroika Professor Gross 2009
The Bonfire of the Vanities D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited) 1990
Last Action Hero John Practice 1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 Harold Leacher 1993
Children of the Revolution Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin 1996
Carnera: The Walking Mountain Leon See 2008
Double Soul Mentor 2023
An Innocent Man Virgil Cane 1989
The Big Fix Eppis 1978
Blood Monkey Professor Hamilton 2007
By the Sword Suba 1991
The Stone Merchant Shahid 2006
Knights of the Quest Delfinello da Coverzano 2001
The Ritz Chris 1976
Barbarossa Siniscalco Barozzi 2009
The Bridge of San Luis Rey Viceroy of Peru 2004
The Sunshine Boys Mechanic 1975
Surviving the Game Wolfe Sr. 1994
The Little Match Girl Narrator (voice) 1990
Nostradamus Scalinger 1994
Joshua Father Tardone 2002
Excellent Cadavers Tommaso Buscetta 1999
The Prisoner of Second Avenue Taxi Driver 1975
Sweet Killing Zargo 1993
The Favorite Abdul Hamid 1989
Dillinger and Capone Al Capone 1995
Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier Goldstein 1984
Einstein Revealed Narrator 1997
Through an Open Window Narrator 1992
Inside Llewyn Davis Bud Grossman 2013
Shark Swarm Professor Bill Girdler 2008
Dead Man Down Gregor 2013
Love, Marilyn Self 2013
The Grand Budapest Hotel Mr. Moustafa 2014
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers Jeffrey 2006
Quiet Flows The Don Pantaley 2006
Mother, Couch Marcus / Marco 2024
Goltzius & the Pelican Company The Margrave 2014
Madman Marco Cohen 1978
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 Marco D'Aviano 2012
Money Will Scarlet 1991
Largo Desolato Professor Leopold Nettles 1990
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die Braque 2013
Is That Skunk? Narrator 2011
Baby Face Nelson Al Capone 1996
The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy Professor Henry Covington 1999
Journey to the Center of the Earth Professor Harlech 1993
The Mystery of Dante Dante Alter Ego 2014
Muppets from Space Noah 1999
Thir13en Ghosts Cyrus Kriticos 2001
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) 2022
They Might Be Giants Clyde (the usher) 1971
Mobsters Arnold Rothstein 1991
A Season of Giants Papa Giulio II 1990
Cadence Capt. Ramon Garcia 1990
Sex and the Married Woman Duke Skaggs 1977
Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America Narrator 2007
The Letter Narrator 2018
Eye of the Widow Kharoun 1991
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Self 2014
Eruption President Mendoza 1997
Drums of Fire Osrain 1990
A Little Game Norman Wallach 2014
The First Circle Stalin 1992
The Siege of Vienna 2022
My Father Paul Minsky 2003
Milarepa Oyun 2025
Color of Justice Jim Sullivan 1997
Serpico Detective Partner (uncredited) 1973
All the President's Men Arresting Officer #1 1976
Super Cats Narrator (voice) 2018
Le nom de la rose : Le documentaire 2004
Ticker Airport Guru 2002
Waiting for Godot in San Quentin Himself 1998
L'Affaire Lucien Haslans 1994
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii Narrates Program One 2010
Isle of Dogs Jupiter (voice) 2018
Un dono semplice 主演 2000
Beyond the Stars Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man 1989
Fresh Chess Hustler 1994
Looking for Richard Self 1996
The Final Inquiry Nathan 2007
The Third Solution Father Carafa 1988
Jamila Older Seit 1994
The Making of 'Amadeus' Self - Salieri 2002
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… Self 2009
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks Self 2003
Vacation in Hell Belisario 1997
Every Act of Life Self 2018
Robin Hood Cardinal 2018
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Grimmel (voice) 2019
40 Years of Star Trek Self 2006
Come le formiche Ruggero 2007
And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014
Lady and the Tramp Tony 2019
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail Ayatollah (archive footage) 2019
411 Information (voice) 2015
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
Il Trovatore Self - Host 1988
Ballerina Goran 2008
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' Self 1986
La rosa dei nomi Self 1987
The Great San Francisco Earthquake Self - Narrator (voice) 1988
The Magic Flute Dr. Longbow 2022
Things Heard & Seen Floyd DeBeers 2021
The Unseen World John Henry Newman 2012
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise Herman Melville 1985
Beauty and the Beast Cyril 2012
Bookends Saul Cohen 1970
Dead Lawyers 1970
Series Cast Year
Homeland Dar Adal 2011
All in the Family Clerk 1971
Kojak Solly Nurse 1973
A.E.S. Hudson Street 1978
Nature Narrator (voice) 1982
The Andros Targets Bobby Carr 1977
Elementary Daniel Gottlieb 2012
NOVA Narrator 1974
Dead Man's Walk Caleb Cobb 1996
Blue Bloods Leon Goodwin 2010
White House Plumbers Judge John Sirica 2023
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Theodore Nichols 2001
The Good Wife Burl Preston 2009
Dream West President Abraham Lincoln 1986
Beauty and the Beast Cyril 2012
The Hire Airport Guru 2001
Moon Knight Khonshu (voice) 2022
Kojak Eddie Gordon 1973
I promessi sposi l'Innominato 1989
Noah's Ark Lot 1999
American Experience Self - Narrator (voice) 1988
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
The White Lotus Bert Di Grasso 2021
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities Dr. Carl Winters 2022
Mythic Quest C.W. Longbottom 2020
Marco Polo Jacopo 1982
Okavango: River of Dreams vypravěč 2019
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
The Orville Chairman 2017
Curb Your Enthusiasm Ayatollah 2000
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self 2014
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