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F. Murray Abraham

Character Actor | * 10/24/1939 (84) | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
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 came to prominence for his portrayal of Antonio Salieri in the drama film Amadeus (1984) for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor. Abraham made his Broadway debut 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), ... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Documentaries

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Awards & Nominations for F. Murray Abraham

Academy Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Academy Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
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Movies with F. Murray Abraham as Actor(112)

as Marco / Marcus2023 Mother, Couch
as Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
as Dr. Longbow2022 The Magic Flute
as Floyd DeBeers2021 Things Heard & Seen
as Tony2019 Lady and the Tramp
as Ayatollah (archive footage)2019 Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
as Cardinal2018 Robin Hood
as Jupiter (voice)2018 Isle of Dogs
as himself2018 Every Act of Life
as Information (voice)2015 411
as Norman Wallach2014 A Little Game
as Old Zero Moustafa2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Dante Alter Ego2014 The Mystery of Dante
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Gregor2013 Dead Man Down
as Bud Grossman2013 Inside Llewyn Davis
as himself2013 Love, Marilyn
as John Henry Newman2012 The Unseen World
as The Margrave2012 Goltzius & the Pelican Company
as Marco D'Aviano2012 Day of the Siege
as Narrator2011 Is That Skunk?
as Narrates Program One2010 Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
as Siniscalco Barozzi2009 Barbarossa
as Professor Gross2009 Perestroika
as Narrator2009 The Dragon Chronicles
as Grandfather Wahid2008 A House Divided
as Professor Bill Girdler2008 Shark Swarm
as Nathan2007 The Final Inquiry
as Ruggero2007 Come le formiche
as Professor Hamilton2007 Blood Monkey
as Shahid2006 The Stone Merchant
as himself2006 40 Years of Star Trek
as Pantaley2006 Quiet Flows The Don
as Paul Minsky2004 My Father
as Viceroy of Peru2004 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Entita2003 Five Moons Plaza
as Airport Guru2002 Ticker
as Himself - Salieri2002 The Making of 'Amadeus'
as Father Tardone2002 Joshua
as Delfinello da Coverzano2001 Knights of the Quest
as Cyrus Kriticos2001 Thir13en Ghosts
as Bruno Rubin2000 The Darkling
as Robert Crawford2000 Finding Forrester
as Noah1999 Muppets from Space
as Tommaso Buscetta1999 Excellent Cadavers
as Mordechai1999 Esther
as Ad'har Ru'afo1998 Star Trek: Insurrection
as President Mendoza1997 Eruption
as Dr. Gates1997 Mimic
as Narrator1997 Einstein Revealed
as Belisario1997 Vacation in Hell
as Jim Sullivan1997 Color of Justice
as Al Capone1996 Baby Face Nelson
as himself1996 Looking for Richard
as Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin1996 Children of the Revolution
as Chorleiter1995 Mighty Aphrodite
as Al Capone1995 Dillinger and Capone
as Older Seit1994 Jamila
as Wolfe Sr.1994 Surviving the Game
as Chess Hustler1994 Fresh
as Scalinger1994 Nostradamus
as Lucien Haslans1994 L'affaire
as Professor Harlech1993 Journey to the Center of the Earth
as John Practice1993 Last Action Hero
as Zargo1993 Sweet Killing
as Stalin1992 The First Circle
as Kharoun1991 Eye of the Widow
as Will Scarlet1991 Money
as Arnold Rothstein1991 Mobsters
as Suba1991 By the Sword
as Papa Giulio II1991 A Season of Giants
as Capt. Ramon Garcia1990 Cadence
as Narrator (voice)1990 The Little Match Girl
as Osrain1990 Drums of Fire
as Professor Leopold Nettles1990 Largo Desolato
as D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man1989 Beyond the Stars
as Virgil Cane1989 An Innocent Man
as Abdul Hamid1989 The Favorite
as Cornelius1989 Slipstream
as Self - Host1988 Il Trovatore
as Father Carafa1988 The Third Solution
as himself1987 La rosa dei nomi
as Bernardo Gui1986 The Name of the Rose
as Antonio Salieri1984 Amadeus
as Omar1983 Scarface
as Marco Cohen1978 Madman
as Eppis1978 The Big Fix
as Duke Skaggs1977 Sex and the Married Woman
as Chris1976 The Ritz
as Arresting Officer #11976 All the President's Men
as Mechanic1975 The Sunshine Boys
as Detective Partner (uncredited)1973 Serpico
as Clyde (the usher)1971 They Might Be Giants

TV Shows/Series with F. Murray Abraham as Actor(26)

as Khonshu (voice)2022 Moon Knight
as Bert Di Grasso2021 The White Lotus
as C.W. Longbottom2020 Mythic Quest
as Frank Sams2019 Chimerica
as Chairman2017 The Orville
as Himself - Narrator2017 Road to 9/11
as Burl Preston2017 The Good Fight
as Daniel Gottlieb2012 Elementary
as Dar Adal2011 Homeland
as Leon Goodwin2010 Blue Bloods
as Ayatollah2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Lot1999 Noah's Ark
as Caleb Cobb1996 Dead Man's Walk
as l'Innominato1989 I promessi sposi
as Narrator1988 American Experience
as Narrator (voice)1982 Nature
as Jacopo1982 Marco Polo
as Bobby Carr1977 The Andros Targets
as Narrator1974 NOVA
as Solly Nurse1973 Kojak
as Eddie Gordon1973 Kojak
as Clerk1971 All in the Family

Full Name: Murray Abraham
Born: Tuesday, 10/24 1939 (October) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 84 years + 156 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso High School, HB Studio
Employer: Brooklyn College
Other names for F. Murray Abraham (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Frank Murray Abraham"
"Murray Abraham"
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F. Murray Abraham frequently works together with these people:
Renzo Martinelli (11x, Crew)
Wes Anderson (8x, Crew)
Louis Nero (8x, Crew)
Lynn Marocola (8x, Actress)
Larry David (7x, Actor)
James Nuciforo (7x, Cast)
Seth MacFarlane (6x, Actor)
Al Pacino (6x, Actor)
Giancarlo Giannini (6x, Actor)
Rob McElhenney (6x, Actor)
Niko Goršič (6x, Cast)
Harvey Keitel (5x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3226, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/04/2024