F. Murray Abraham

Acting

Born:October 24, 1939(age 86)
Birthplace:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso High School, HB Studio
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Biography

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.

Filmography (123 movies)

Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire movie poster
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10.0

Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire

2004

Scarface movie poster
8.2
8.2

Scarface

1983

as Omar

The Grand Budapest Hotel movie poster
8.0
8.0

The Grand Budapest Hotel

2014

as Mr. Moustafa

Amadeus movie poster
8.0
8.0

Amadeus

1984

as Antonio Salieri

Il Trovatore movie poster
8.0
8.0

Il Trovatore

1988

as Self - Host

Isle of Dogs movie poster
7.8
7.8

Isle of Dogs

2018

as Jupiter (voice)

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World movie poster
7.8
7.8

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

2019

as Grimmel (voice)

All the President's Men movie poster
7.7
7.7

All the President's Men

1976

as Arresting Officer #1

The Name of the Rose movie poster
7.5
7.5

The Name of the Rose

1986

as Bernardo Gui

The Making of 'Amadeus' movie poster
7.4
7.4

The Making of 'Amadeus'

2002

as Self - Salieri

Lady and the Tramp movie poster
7.2
7.2

Lady and the Tramp

2019

as Tony

Finding Forrester movie poster
7.1
7.1

Finding Forrester

2000

as Robert Crawford

They Might Be Giants movie poster
7.0
7.0

They Might Be Giants

1971

as Clyde (the usher)

Milarepa movie poster
6.9
6.9

Milarepa

2025

as Oyun

The Sunshine Boys movie poster
6.8
6.8

The Sunshine Boys

1975

as Mechanic

Looking for Richard movie poster
6.8
6.8

Looking for Richard

1996

as Self

Mighty Aphrodite movie poster
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6.7

Mighty Aphrodite

1995

as Chorleiter

Baby Face Nelson movie poster
6.7
6.7

Baby Face Nelson

1996

as Al Capone

Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' movie poster
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6.7

Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

2014

as Self

Esther movie poster
6.7
6.7

Esther

1999

as Mordechai

Cadence movie poster
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6.7

Cadence

1990

as Capt. Ramon Garcia

The Prisoner of Second Avenue movie poster
6.7
6.7

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

1975

as Taxi Driver

Try to Remember: The Fantasticks movie poster
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6.7

Try to Remember: The Fantasticks

2003

as Self

The Phoenician Scheme movie poster
6.7
6.7

The Phoenician Scheme

2025

as Prophet

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail movie poster
6.6
6.6

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

2019

as Ayatollah (archive footage)

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… movie poster
6.6
6.6

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

2009

as Self

Ticker movie poster
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6.6

Ticker

2002

as Airport Guru

Love, Marilyn movie poster
6.6
6.6

Love, Marilyn

2013

as Self

A Season of Giants movie poster
6.5
6.5

A Season of Giants

1990

as Papa Giulio II

A House Divided movie poster
6.5
6.5

A House Divided

2008

as Grandfather Wahid

A Little Game movie poster
6.5
6.5

A Little Game

2014

as Norman Wallach

The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' movie poster
6.5
6.5

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

1986

as Self

Last Action Hero movie poster
6.5
6.5

Last Action Hero

1993

as John Practice

The Magic Flute movie poster
6.4
6.4

The Magic Flute

2022

as Dr. Longbow

Star Trek: Insurrection movie poster
6.4
6.4

Star Trek: Insurrection

1998

as Ad'har Ru'afo

Every Act of Life movie poster
6.4
6.4

Every Act of Life

2018

as Self

Joshua movie poster
6.4
6.4

Joshua

2002

as Father Tardone

Thir13en Ghosts movie poster
6.3
6.3

Thir13en Ghosts

2001

as Cyrus

Mobsters movie poster
6.2
6.2

Mobsters

1991

as Arnold Rothstein

Excellent Cadavers movie poster
6.2
6.2

Excellent Cadavers

1999

as Tommaso Buscetta

Dead Man Down movie poster
6.2
6.2

Dead Man Down

2013

as Gregor

An Innocent Man movie poster
6.1
6.1

An Innocent Man

1989

as Virgil Cane

Surviving the Game movie poster
6.1
6.1

Surviving the Game

1994

as Wolfe, Sr.

Mimic movie poster
6.1
6.1

Mimic

1997

as Dr. Gates

Muppets from Space movie poster
6.0
6.0

Muppets from Space

1999

as Noah

Madman movie poster
6.0
6.0

Madman

1978

as Marco Cohen

Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers movie poster
6.0
6.0

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

2006

as Jeffrey

Vacation in Hell movie poster
6.0
6.0

Vacation in Hell

1997

as Belisario

In the Valley of the Wolves movie poster
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6.0

In the Valley of the Wolves

2010

as Narrator

My Father movie poster
6.0
6.0

My Father

2003

as Paul Minsky

Goltzius & the Pelican Company movie poster
6.0
6.0

Goltzius & the Pelican Company

2014

as The Margrave

Carnera: The Walking Mountain movie poster
5.9
5.9

Carnera: The Walking Mountain

2008

as Leon See

The Ritz movie poster
5.9
5.9

The Ritz

1976

as Chris

Robin Hood movie poster
5.9
5.9

Robin Hood

2018

as Cardinal

By the Sword movie poster
5.9
5.9

By the Sword

1991

as Suba

Drums of Fire movie poster
5.9
5.9

Drums of Fire

1990

as Osrain

The Big Fix movie poster
5.7
5.7

The Big Fix

1978

as Eppis

Things Heard & Seen movie poster
5.7
5.7

Things Heard & Seen

2021

as Floyd DeBeers

La rosa dei nomi movie poster
5.7
5.7

La rosa dei nomi

1987

as Self

Nostradamus movie poster
5.7
5.7

Nostradamus

1994

as Scalinger

Blood Monkey movie poster
5.6
5.6

Blood Monkey

2007

as Professor Hamilton

Mother, Couch movie poster
5.5
5.5

Mother, Couch

2024

as Marcus / Marco

Five Moons Plaza movie poster
5.5
5.5

Five Moons Plaza

2003

as Entita

Children of the Revolution movie poster
5.5
5.5

Children of the Revolution

1996

as Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin

Dillinger and Capone movie poster
5.4
5.4

Dillinger and Capone

1995

as Al Capone

Barbarossa movie poster
5.3
5.3

Barbarossa

2009

as Siniscalco Barozzi

Shark Swarm movie poster
5.3
5.3

Shark Swarm

2008

as Professor Bill Girdler

Double Soul movie poster
5.3
5.3

Double Soul

2023

as Mentor

The Mystery of Dante movie poster
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5.2

The Mystery of Dante

2014

as Dante Alter Ego

The Bridge of San Luis Rey movie poster
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5.1

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

2004

as Viceroy of Peru

Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier movie poster
5.0
5.0

Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier

1984

as Goldstein

Beyond the Stars movie poster
4.9
4.9

Beyond the Stars

1989

as Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man

Money movie poster
4.9
4.9

Money

1991

as Will Scarlet

The First Circle movie poster
4.8
4.8

The First Circle

1992

as Stalin

Color of Justice movie poster
4.8
4.8

Color of Justice

1997

as Jim Sullivan

The Darkling movie poster
4.8
4.8

The Darkling

2000

as Bruno Rubin

Knights Of The Quest movie poster
4.6
4.6

Knights Of The Quest

2001

as Delfinello da Coverzano

The Final Inquiry movie poster
4.6
4.6

The Final Inquiry

2007

as Nathan

Einstein Revealed movie poster
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4.5

Einstein Revealed

1997

as Narrator

The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 movie poster
4.3
4.3

The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683

2012

as Marco D'Aviano

40 Years of Star Trek movie poster
4.3
4.3

40 Years of Star Trek

2006

as Self

Slipstream movie poster
4.3
4.3

Slipstream

1989

as Cornelius

The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy movie poster
4.2
4.2

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

1999

as Professor Henry Covington

The Favorite movie poster
4.1
4.1

The Favorite

1989

as Abdul Hamid

The Stone Merchant movie poster
4.1
4.1

The Stone Merchant

2006

as Shahid

The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die movie poster
4.0
4.0

The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die

2013

as Braque

Sweet Killing movie poster
4.0
4.0

Sweet Killing

1993

as Zargo

Journey to the Center of the Earth movie poster
3.8
3.8

Journey to the Center of the Earth

1993

as Professor Harlech

Quiet Flows The Don movie poster
3.8
3.8

Quiet Flows The Don

2006

as Pantaley

Perestroika movie poster
3.8
3.8

Perestroika

2009

as Professor Gross

Eye of the Widow movie poster
3.0
3.0

Eye of the Widow

1991

as Kharoun

The Third Solution movie poster
3.0
3.0

The Third Solution

1988

as Father Carafa

L'Affaire movie poster
2.8
2.8

L'Affaire

1994

as Lucien Haslans

Sex and the Married Woman movie poster
2.3
2.3

Sex and the Married Woman

1977

as Duke Skaggs

Eruption movie poster
1.0
1.0

Eruption

1997

as President Mendoza

Beauty and the Beast movie poster

Beauty and the Beast

2012

as Cyril

Through an Open Window movie poster

Through an Open Window

1992

as Narrator

Nature Amazing Places Hawaii movie poster

Nature Amazing Places Hawaii

2010

as Narrates Program One

Jamila movie poster

Jamila

1994

as Older Seit

Come le formiche movie poster

Come le formiche

2007

as Ruggero

411 movie poster

411

2015

as Information (voice)

Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air movie poster

Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air

2010

The Dragon Chronicles movie poster

The Dragon Chronicles

2009

as Narrator

The Beauty of Ugly movie poster

The Beauty of Ugly

2007

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Ballerina movie poster

Ballerina

2008

as Goran

Largo Desolato movie poster

Largo Desolato

1990

as Professor Leopold Nettles

The Great San Francisco Earthquake movie poster

The Great San Francisco Earthquake

1988

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Little Match Girl movie poster

The Little Match Girl

1990

as Narrator (voice)

Is That Skunk? movie poster

Is That Skunk?

2011

as Narrator

The Siege of Vienna movie poster

The Siege of Vienna

2022

The Directors: Milos Forman movie poster

The Directors: Milos Forman

2000

as Self

Super Cats movie poster

Super Cats

2018

as Narrator (voice)

Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America movie poster

Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America

2007

as Narrator

The Letter movie poster

The Letter

2018

as Narrator

Out of This World movie poster

Out of This World

TBA

Waiting for Godot in San Quentin movie poster

Waiting for Godot in San Quentin

1998

as Himself

Un dono semplice movie poster

Un dono semplice

2000

as 主演

Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise movie poster

Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise

1985

as Herman Melville

Bookends movie poster

Bookends

TBA

as Saul Cohen

Dead Lawyers movie poster

Dead Lawyers

TBA

The Making of Slipstream movie poster

The Making of Slipstream

1989

Performance Pieces movie poster

Performance Pieces

1990

as Jack Narwhal

The Unseen World movie poster

The Unseen World

2012

as John Henry Newman

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