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F. Murray Abraham

ActorBorn October 24, 1939 (85 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Name of the Rose
  • Loaded Weapon 1
  • The Bonfire of the Vanities
  • Cadence
  • Slipstream
  • Nostradamus
  • Noah's Ark (1999)
  • Dead Man's Walk
  • The Bible Collection: Esther
  • Blood Monkey
  • Dillinger and Capone
  • Color of Justice
  • ALL'S NOT FAIR in LOVE and WAR

Known For

  • Amadeus
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Scarface
  • Homeland
  • The Name of the Rose
  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
  • Moon Knight
  • Last Action Hero
  • Finding Forrester
  • The White Lotus
  • Star Trek: Insurrection
  • Thir13en Ghosts
  • Mighty Aphrodite
  • Robin Hood
  • Mimic
  • Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
  • Mythic Quest
  • An Innocent Man

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    Milarepa · as Oyun
    2025
    The Phoenician Scheme · as Prophet
    2023
    Mother Couch · as Marcus / Marco
    2023
    Double Soul · as Mentor
    2023
    White House Plumbers (TV Series) · as Judge John Sirica
    2022
    The Magic Flute · as Dr. Longbow
    2022
    Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (TV Series) · as Dr. Carl Winters
    2022
    Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight · as Khonshu (voice) (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    2022
    Moon Knight (TV Series) · as Khonshu (voice)
    2021
    The White Lotus (TV Series) · as Bert Di Grasso
    2021
    Things Heard & Seen · as Floyd Debeers
    2020
    Mythic Quest (TV Series) · as C.w. Longbottom
    2020
    2019
    2019
    Okavango: River of Dreams (TV Series) · as Vypravěč
    2019
    Chimerica (TV Series) · as Frank Sams
    2019
    Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail · as Ayatollah (archive Footage)
    2019
    2018
    Robin Hood · as Cardinal
    2018
    Isle of Dogs · as Jupiter (voice)
    2017
    The Orville (TV Series) · as Chairman
    2017
    The Good Fight (TV Series) · as Burl Preston
    2016
    2015
    2015
    ALL'S NOT FAIR in LOVE and WAR · as Information (voice)
    2014
    A Little Game · as Norman Wallach
    2014
    The Grand Budapest Hotel · as Mr. Moustafa
    2014
    The Mystery of Dante · as Dante Alter Ego
    2013
    Inside Llewyn Davis · as Bud Grossman
    2013
    2013
    Inside Amy Schumer (TV Series) · as Diplomat
    2013
    Dead Man Down · as Gregor
    2013
    Do No Harm (TV Series) · as Cozar
    2012
    2012
    Beauty and the Beast (2012) (TV Series) · as Cyril
    2012
    2012
    Elementary (TV Series) · as Daniel Gottlieb
    2012
    2011
    Homeland (TV Series) · as Dar Adal
    2010
    Blue Bloods (TV Series) · as Leon Goodwin
    2010
    Louie (2010) (TV Series) · as Jonathan
    2010
    2009
    Sword of War · as Siniscalco Barozzi
    2009
    The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Burl Preston
    2009
    Bored to Death (TV Series) · as Professor Richard Hawkes
    2009
    Perestroika · as Professor Gross
    2008
    2008
    Ballerina · as Goran
    2008
    Shark Swarm · as Professor Bill Girdler
    2008
    A House Divided · as Grandfather Wahid
    2007
    Saving Grace (2007) (TV Series) · as Matthew
    2007
    L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII (TV Series) · as Nathan
    2006
    The Final Inquiry · as Nathan
    2006
    Blood Monkey · as Professor Hamilton
    2006
    Quiet Flows The Don · as Pantaley
    2006
    And Quiet Flows the Don (2006) (TV Series) · as Pantaley
    2006
    The Stone Merchant · as Shahid
    2004
    The Bridge of San Luis Rey · as Viceroy Of Peru
    2004
    2004
    2003
    Pompeii: The Last Day · as Narrator
    2003
    My Father · as Paul Minsky
    2003
    Five Moons Plaza · as Entita
    2003
    2002
    Ticker · as Airport Guru
    2002
    Joshua · as Father Tardone
    2001
    Thir13en Ghosts · as Cyrus Kriticos
    2001
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Theodore Nichols
    2001
    The Hire (TV Series) · as Airport Guru
    2001
    The Knights of the Quest · as Delfinello Da Coverzano
    2000
    A Simple Gift · as 主演
    2000
    Finding Forrester · as Robert Crawford
    2000
    Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series) · as Ayatollah
    2000
    The Darkling · as Bruno Rubin
    1999
    Excellent Cadavers · as Tommaso Buscetta
    1999
    1999
    1999
    Noah's Ark (1999) (TV Series) · as Lot
    1999
    1998
    Star Trek: Insurrection · as Ad'har Ru'afo
    1997
    Color of Justice · as Jim Sullivan
    1997
    Mimic · as Dr. Gates
    1997
    Eruption · as President Mendoza
    1996
    Children of the Revolution · as Josef 'uncle Joe' Stalin
    1996
    Einstein Revealed · as Narrator
    1996
    Dead Man's Walk (TV Series) · as Caleb Cobb
    1996
    Baby Face Nelson · as Al Capone
    1995
    Mighty Aphrodite · as Chorleiter
    1995
    1995
    The Way West · as Cast
    1995
    Jamila · as Older Seit
    1994
    Nostradamus · as Scalinger
    1994
    Fresh · as Chess Hustler
    1994
    Surviving the Game · as Wolfe Sr.
    1994
    L'affaire · as Lucien Haslans
    1993
    Last Action Hero · as John Practice
    1993
    Sweet Killing · as Zargo
    1993
    Journey to the Center of the Earth · as Professor Harlech
    1993
    Loaded Weapon 1 · as Harold Leacher
    1991
    The First Circle · as Stalin
    1991
    By the Sword · as Suba
    1991
    Eye of the Widow · as Kharoun
    1991
    Mobsters · as Arnold Rothstein
    1991
    Money · as Will Scarlet
    1990
    The Bonfire of the Vanities · as D.a. Abe Weiss (uncredited)
    1990
    1990
    The Little Match Girl · as Narrator (voice)
    1990
    Cadence · as Capt. Ramon Garcia
    1990
    A Season of Giants (TV Series) · as Julius Ii
    1989
    I promessi sposi (TV Series) · as L'innominato
    1989
    An Innocent Man · as Virgil Cane
    1989
    The Favorite · as Abdul Hamid
    1989
    Slipstream · as Cornelius
    1989
    Beyond the Stars · as Dr. Harry Bertram - The Whale Man
    1988
    The Third Solution · as Father Carafa
    1986
    1986
    Dream West (TV Series) · as President Abraham Lincoln
    1984
    Amadeus · as Antonio Salieri
    1983
    Scarface · as Omar
    1982
    Marco Polo (TV Series) · as Jacopo
    1982
    Nature (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
    1978
    The Big Fix · as Eppis
    1978
    Madman · as Marco Cohen
    1977
    Sex and the Married Woman · as Duke Skaggs
    1977
    1977
    The Andros Targets (TV Series) · as Bobby Carr
    1976
    The Ritz · as Chris
    1976
    All the President's Men · as Arresting Officer #1
    1975
    The Sunshine Boys · as Mechanic
    1975
    1974
    NOVA (TV Series) · as Narrator
    1973
    Serpico · as Detective Partner (uncredited)
    1973
    Kojak (TV Series) · as Solly Nurse
    1971
    They Might Be Giants · as Clyde (the Usher)
    1971
    All in the Family (TV Series) · as Clerk
    Barbarossa (TV Series) · as Siniscalco Barozzi

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