F. Murray Abraham
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-10-24
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Cast
Scarface
1983
8.20
The Name of the Rose
1986
7.50
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
6.44
Amadeus
1984
8.02
Finding Forrester
2000
7.10
Esther
1999
6.90
Five Moons Plaza
2003
5.50
Mimic
1997
6.10
A House Divided
2008
6.50
The Darkling
2000
4.80
Slipstream
1989
4.50
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
6.70
Perestroika
2009
3.80
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
5.60
Last Action Hero
1993
6.47
Children of the Revolution
1996
5.60
Carnera: The Walking Mountain
2008
6.00
Double Soul
2023
5.70
An Innocent Man
1989
6.10
The Big Fix
1978
5.60
Blood Monkey
2007
5.58
By the Sword
1991
6.00
The Stone Merchant
2006
4.40
Knights of the Quest
2001
4.50
The Ritz
1976
6.10
Barbarossa
2009
5.20
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
5.10
The Sunshine Boys
1975
6.80
Surviving the Game
1994
6.20
The Little Match Girl
1990
0.00
Nostradamus
1994
5.70
Joshua
2002
6.40
Excellent Cadavers
1999
6.10
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975
6.70
Sweet Killing
1993
4.20
The Favorite
1989
4.70
Dillinger and Capone
1995
5.40
Einstein Revealed
1997
4.50
Through an Open Window
1992
0.00
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013
7.19
Shark Swarm
2008
5.40
Dead Man Down
2013
6.16
Love, Marilyn
2013
6.65
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
8.04
Quiet Flows The Don
2006
3.80
Mother, Couch
2024
5.20
Goltzius & the Pelican Company
2014
6.10
Madman
1978
6.00
Money
1991
6.20
Largo Desolato
1990
0.00
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die
2013
4.00
Is That Skunk?
2011
0.00
Baby Face Nelson
1996
6.70
The Mystery of Dante
2014
5.20
Muppets from Space
1999
6.07
Thir13en Ghosts
2001
6.27
They Might Be Giants
1971
6.90
Mobsters
1991
6.20
A Season of Giants
1990
6.50
Cadence
1990
6.70
Sex and the Married Woman
1977
1.00
The Letter
2018
0.00
Eye of the Widow
1991
3.30
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2014
6.70
Eruption
1997
1.00
Drums of Fire
1990
6.50
A Little Game
2014
6.50
The First Circle
1992
4.80
The Siege of Vienna
2022
0.00
My Father
2003
6.00
Milarepa
2025
0.00
Color of Justice
1997
5.50
Serpico
1973
7.50
All the President's Men
1976
7.65
Super Cats
2018
0.00
Le nom de la rose : Le documentaire
2004
10.00
Ticker
2002
6.61
Waiting for Godot in San Quentin
1998
0.00
L'Affaire
1994
3.00
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
2010
0.00
Isle of Dogs
2018
7.85
Un dono semplice
2000
0.00
Beyond the Stars
1989
5.20
The Third Solution
1988
5.00
Fresh
1994
7.20
Looking for Richard
1996
6.80
The Final Inquiry
2007
4.70
Jamila
1994
0.00
The Making of 'Amadeus'
2002
7.40
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
2003
6.70
Vacation in Hell
1997
6.00
Every Act of Life
2018
7.00
Robin Hood
2018
5.91
40 Years of Star Trek
2006
4.30
Come le formiche
2007
0.00
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
7.00
Lady and the Tramp
2019
7.20
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
2019
6.60
411
2015
0.00
Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air
2010
0.00
In the Valley of the Wolves
2010
6.00
The Dragon Chronicles
2009
0.00
The Beauty of Ugly
2007
0.00
Il Trovatore
1988
8.00
Ballerina
2008
0.00
La rosa dei nomi
1987
7.50
The Magic Flute
2022
6.50
Things Heard & Seen
2021
5.70
The Unseen World
2012
0.00
Beauty and the Beast
2012
0.00
Bookends
0.00
Dead Lawyers
0.00
The Directors: Milos Forman
2000
0.00
