F. Murray Abraham

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

166

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-10-24 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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 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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Blue Bloods

    Blue Bloods

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Marvel Zombies

    Marvel Zombies

  • The Good Wife

    The Good Wife

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm

    Curb Your Enthusiasm

  • Elementary

    Elementary

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The White Lotus

    The White Lotus

  • NOVA

    NOVA

  • Homeland

    Homeland

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • The Good Fight

    The Good Fight

  • Nature

    Nature

  • Mythic Quest

    Mythic Quest

  • The Orville

    The Orville

  • Scarface

    Scarface

  • Moon Knight

    Moon Knight

  • The Phoenician Scheme

    The Phoenician Scheme

  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

    How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

  • All in the Family

    All in the Family

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

  • Thir13en Ghosts

    Thir13en Ghosts

  • Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

    Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

  • Milarepa

    Milarepa

  • Dead Man Down

    Dead Man Down

  • Last Action Hero

    Last Action Hero

  • Robin Hood

    Robin Hood

  • Isle of Dogs

    Isle of Dogs

  • Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight

    Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight

  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey

  • The Magic Flute

    The Magic Flute

  • Lady and the Tramp

    Lady and the Tramp

  • Amadeus

    Amadeus

  • Children of the Revolution

    Children of the Revolution

  • Serpico

    Serpico

  • Finding Forrester

    Finding Forrester

  • The Beauty of Ugly

    The Beauty of Ugly

  • Il Trovatore

    Il Trovatore

  • The Making of 'Amadeus'

    The Making of 'Amadeus'

  • Things Heard & Seen

    Things Heard & Seen

  • Muppets from Space

    Muppets from Space

  • Star Trek: Insurrection

    Star Trek: Insurrection

  • Ticker

    Ticker

  • Love, Marilyn

    Love, Marilyn

  • Dead Man's Walk

    Dead Man's Walk

  • Marco Polo

    Marco Polo

  • Through an Open Window

    Through an Open Window

  • Drums of Fire

    Drums of Fire

  • Blood Monkey

    Blood Monkey

  • The Name of the Rose

    The Name of the Rose

  • Mobsters

    Mobsters

  • White House Plumbers

    White House Plumbers

  • Mighty Aphrodite

    Mighty Aphrodite

  • The Bonfire of the Vanities

    The Bonfire of the Vanities

  • The Final Inquiry

    The Final Inquiry

  • Double Soul

    Double Soul

  • Madman

    Madman

  • The Prisoner of Second Avenue

    The Prisoner of Second Avenue

  • Mimic

    Mimic

  • By the Sword

    By the Sword

  • Beyond the Stars

    Beyond the Stars

  • Inside Llewyn Davis

    Inside Llewyn Davis

  • A House Divided

    A House Divided

  • National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

    National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

  • Esther

    Esther

  • Color of Justice

    Color of Justice

  • Journey to the Center of the Earth

    Journey to the Center of the Earth

  • The Sunshine Boys

    The Sunshine Boys

  • Jamila

    Jamila

  • The Hire

    The Hire

  • The Big Fix

    The Big Fix

  • The Ritz

    The Ritz

  • Shark Swarm

    Shark Swarm

  • Slipstream

    Slipstream

  • Quiet Flows The Don

    Quiet Flows The Don

  • Five Moons Plaza

    Five Moons Plaza

  • All the President's Men

    All the President's Men

  • The First Circle

    The First Circle

  • Joshua

    Joshua

  • Barbarossa

    Barbarossa

  • Surviving the Game

    Surviving the Game

  • Largo Desolato

    Largo Desolato

  • An Innocent Man

    An Innocent Man

  • Fresh

    Fresh

  • The Darkling

    The Darkling

  • I promessi sposi

    I promessi sposi

  • My Father

    My Father

  • 40 Years of Star Trek

    40 Years of Star Trek

  • Mother, Couch

    Mother, Couch

  • Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air

    Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air

  • Cadence

    Cadence

  • The Andros Targets

    The Andros Targets

  • They Might Be Giants

    They Might Be Giants

  • Carnera: The Walking Mountain

    Carnera: The Walking Mountain

  • The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683

    The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683

  • Einstein Revealed

    Einstein Revealed

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

  • Noah's Ark

    Noah's Ark

  • Money

    Money

  • Perestroika

    Perestroika

  • The Favorite

    The Favorite

  • Nostradamus

    Nostradamus

  • The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die

    The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die

  • Excellent Cadavers

    Excellent Cadavers

  • Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise

    Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise

  • The Third Solution

    The Third Solution

  • Waiting for Godot in San Quentin

    Waiting for Godot in San Quentin

  • Looking for Richard

    Looking for Richard

  • The Making of Slipstream

    The Making of Slipstream

  • Goltzius & the Pelican Company

    Goltzius & the Pelican Company

  • 411

    411

  • L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII

    L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII

  • Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire

    Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire

  • Quiet Flows the Don

    Quiet Flows the Don

  • Out of This World

    Out of This World

  • Eye of the Widow

    Eye of the Widow

  • Ballerina

    Ballerina

  • A Little Game

    A Little Game

  • Bookends

    Bookends

  • Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

    Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

  • Baby Face Nelson

    Baby Face Nelson

  • Chimerica

    Chimerica

  • A.E.S. Hudson Street

    A.E.S. Hudson Street

  • Un dono semplice

    Un dono semplice

  • Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

    Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

  • Okavango: River of Dreams

    Okavango: River of Dreams

  • Dream West

    Dream West

  • Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites

    Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites

  • Road to 9/11

    Road to 9/11

  • Nature Amazing Places Hawaii

    Nature Amazing Places Hawaii

  • The Stone Merchant

    The Stone Merchant

  • The Directors: Milos Forman

    The Directors: Milos Forman

  • Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

    Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

  • Sweet Killing

    Sweet Killing

  • Knights of the Quest

    Knights of the Quest

  • La rosa dei nomi

    La rosa dei nomi

  • Dillinger and Capone

    Dillinger and Capone

  • Try to Remember: The Fantasticks

    Try to Remember: The Fantasticks

  • The Mystery of Dante

    The Mystery of Dante

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

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

  • Eruption

    Eruption

  • Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier

    Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier

  • Every Act of Life

    Every Act of Life

  • Super Cats

    Super Cats

  • The Siege of Vienna

    The Siege of Vienna

  • Dead Lawyers

    Dead Lawyers

  • Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America

    Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America

  • L'Affaire

    L'Affaire

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

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

  • A Season of Giants

    A Season of Giants

  • Performance Pieces

    Performance Pieces

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

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

  • Vacation in Hell

    Vacation in Hell

  • Sex and the Married Woman

    Sex and the Married Woman

  • The Letter

    The Letter

  • The Little Match Girl

    The Little Match Girl

  • The Unseen World

    The Unseen World

  • Come le formiche

    Come le formiche

  • The Great San Francisco Earthquake

    The Great San Francisco Earthquake

  • In the Valley of the Wolves

    In the Valley of the Wolves

  • The Dragon Chronicles

    The Dragon Chronicles

  • Is That Skunk?

    Is That Skunk?