F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham

84 · Born: Oct 24, 1939

Personal Details

Born Oct 24, 1939 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
  • Frederick Abraham
  • Josephine Abraham
Relatives
  • Jack Abraham (Sibling)
  • Robert Abraham (Sibling)

Biography

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.

Career

2023
Mother Couch
Mother Couch as Marco / Marcus
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Double Soul
Double Soul as Mentor
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White House Plumbers
White House Plumbers as Judge John Sirica
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2022
The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute as Dr. Longbow
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Moon Knight
Moon Knight as Khonshu (voice)
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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities as Dr. Carl Winters
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The White Lotus
The White Lotus as Bert Di Grasso
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2021
Things Heard & Seen
Things Heard & Seen as Floyd DeBeers
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2020
Okavango: River of Dreams - Director's Cut
Mythic Quest
Mythic Quest as C.W. Longbottom
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2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Grimmel (voice)
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Okavango: River of Dreams
Okavango: River of Dreams as Narrator
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Chimerica
Chimerica as Frank Sams
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2018
The Letter
The Letter as Narrator
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Robin Hood
Robin Hood as Cardinal
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The Orville
The Orville as Chairman
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2017
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm as Ayatollah
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2016
Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast as Cyril
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2015
411
411 as Information (voice)
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2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel as Old Zero Moustafa
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A Little Game
A Little Game as Norman Wallach
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2013
Dead Man Down
Dead Man Down as Gregor
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Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis as Bud Grossman
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Homeland
Homeland as Dar Adal
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2012
Day of the Siege
Day of the Siege as Marco D'Aviano
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Goltzius and The Pelican Company
Goltzius and The Pelican Company as The Margrave
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Elementary
Elementary as Daniel Gottlieb
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2011
Nature
Nature as Narrator
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2010
Nature
Nature as Narrator
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Theodore Nichols
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2009
Perestroika
Perestroika as Professor Gross
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Barbarossa
Barbarossa as Siniscalco Barozzi
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2008
A House Divided
A House Divided as Grandfather Wahid
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Carnera: The Walking Mountain
Carnera: The Walking Mountain as Leon See
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Shark Swarm
Shark Swarm as Professor Bill Girdler
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2007
L'inchiesta
L'inchiesta as Nathan
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Blood Monkey
Blood Monkey as Professor Hamilton
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2006
Tikhiy Don
Tikhiy Don as Pantaley
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Nature
Nature as Narrator (voice)
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2005
Nova
Nova as Narrator
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2004
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Viceroy of Peru
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Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
2003
Five Moons Plaza
Five Moons Plaza as Entita
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2002
Joshua
Joshua as Father Tardone
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Ticker
Ticker as Airport Guru
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2001
The Knights of the Quest
The Knights of the Quest as Delfinello da Coverzano
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Thir13en Ghosts
Thir13en Ghosts as Cyrus Kriticos
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2000
The Darkling
The Darkling as Bruno Rubin
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Finding Forrester
Finding Forrester as Robert Crawford
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1999
Muppets from Space
Muppets from Space as Noah
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The Bible Collection: Esther
The Bible Collection: Esther as Mordechai
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The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in 'for Love or Mummy'
Excellent Cadavers
Excellent Cadavers as Tommaso Buscetta
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Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark as Lot
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1998
Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Insurrection as Ad'har Ru'afo
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1997
Eruption
Eruption as President Mendoza
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Mimic
Mimic as Dr. Gates
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Einstein Revealed
Einstein Revealed as Narrator
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Color of Justice
Color of Justice as Jim Sullivan
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1996
Children of the Revolution
Children of the Revolution as Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin
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Baby Face Nelson
Baby Face Nelson as Al Capone
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Dead Man's Walk
Dead Man's Walk as Caleb Cobb
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1995
Mighty Aphrodite
Mighty Aphrodite as Chorleiter
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Dillinger and Capone
Dillinger and Capone as Al Capone
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1994
Surviving the Game
Surviving the Game as Wolfe Sr.
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Jamila
Jamila as Older Seit
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Nostradamus
Nostradamus as Scalinger
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1993
Sweet Killing
Sweet Killing as Zargo
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Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero as John Practice
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth as Professor Harlech
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1992
The First Circle
The First Circle as Stalin
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1991
By the Sword
By the Sword as Suba
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A Season of Giants
A Season of Giants as Papa Giulio II
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Eye of the Widow
Eye of the Widow as Kharoun
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Money
Money as Will Scarlet
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Mobsters
Mobsters as Arnold Rothstein
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1990
Largo Desolato
Largo Desolato as Professor Leopold Nettles
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The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl as Narrator (voice)
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1989
Slipstream
Slipstream as Cornelius
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Beyond the Stars
Beyond the Stars as Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man
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The Favorite
The Favorite as Abdul Hamid
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An Innocent Man
An Innocent Man as Virgil Cane
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1988
American Experience
American Experience as Narrator
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1986
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose as Bernardo Gui
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1984
Amadeus
Amadeus as Antonio Salieri
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1983
Scarface
Scarface as Omar
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1982
Marco Polo
Marco Polo as Jacopo
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1978
The Big Fix
The Big Fix as Eppis
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1976
The Ritz
The Ritz as Chris
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Kojak
Kojak as Eddie Gordon
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All in the Family
All in the Family as Clerk
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1975
The Sunshine Boys
The Sunshine Boys as Mechanic
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1971
They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants as Clyde (the usher)
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2018
Every Act of Life
Every Act of Life
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2017
Road to 9/11
Road to 9/11
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2013
Love, Marilyn
Love, Marilyn
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2008
Nature
2006
40 Years of Star Trek
2003
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
2002
The Making of 'Amadeus'
1995
Nile: River of Gods
1992
Oscar's Greatest Moments