F. Murray Abraham

Acting

F. Murray Abraham

Born October 24, 1939Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA170 credits

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

Filmography

Bookends
2026Bookends
as Saul CohenMovie
This Ordinary Thing
2025This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)Movie
Marvel Zombies
2025Marvel Zombies
as Khonshu (voice)TV
Milarepa
2025Milarepa
as OyunMovie
Mother, Couch
2024Mother, Couch
as Marcus / MarcoMovie
Double Soul
2023Double Soul
as MentorMovie
White House Plumbers
2023White House Plumbers
as Judge John SiricaTV
The Magic Flute
2022The Magic Flute
as Dr. LongbowMovie
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2022An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
as Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
Moon Knight
2022Moon Knight
as Khonshu (voice)TV
The White Lotus
2021The White Lotus
as Bert Di GrassoTV
Things Heard & Seen
2021Things Heard & Seen
as Floyd DeBeersMovie
Mythic Quest
2020Mythic Quest
as C.W. LongbottomTV
Okavango: River of Dreams
2019Okavango: River of Dreams
as Narrator (voice)TV
Chimerica
2019Chimerica
as Frank SamsTV
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
2019Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
as Ayatollah (archive footage)Movie
The Letter
2018The Letter
as NarratorMovie
Robin Hood
2018Robin Hood
as CardinalMovie
Super Cats
2018Super Cats
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Isle of Dogs
2018Isle of Dogs
as Jupiter (voice)Movie
The Orville
2017The Orville
as ChairmanTV
Road to 9/11
2017Road to 9/11
as Himself - NarratorTV
The Good Fight
2017The Good Fight
as Burl PrestonTV
411
2015411
as Information (voice)Movie
A Little Game
2014A Little Game
as Norman WallachMovie
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014The Grand Budapest Hotel
as Mr. MoustafaMovie
The Mystery of Dante
2014The Mystery of Dante
as Dante Alter EgoMovie
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013Inside Llewyn Davis
as Bud GrossmanMovie
Love, Marilyn
2013Love, Marilyn
as SelfMovie
Dead Man Down
2013Dead Man Down
as GregorMovie
Elementary
2012Elementary
as Daniel GottliebTV
T
2012The Unseen World
as John Henry NewmanMovie
Homeland
2011Homeland
as Dar AdalTV
Is That Skunk?
2011Is That Skunk?
as NarratorMovie
Blue Bloods
2010Blue Bloods
as Leon GoodwinTV
N
2010Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
as Narrates Program OneMovie
Barbarossa
2009Barbarossa
as Siniscalco BarozziMovie
The Good Wife
2009The Good Wife
as Burl PrestonTV
Perestroika
2009Perestroika
as Professor GrossMovie
Shark Swarm
2008Shark Swarm
as Professor Bill GirdlerMovie
A
2008A House Divided
as Grandfather WahidMovie
Ballerina
2008Ballerina
as GoranMovie
T
2007The Beauty of Ugly
as Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
Blood Monkey
2007Blood Monkey
as Professor HamiltonMovie
Saving Grace
2007Saving Grace
as MatthewTV
Come le formiche
2007Come le formiche
as RuggeroMovie
The Final Inquiry
2007The Final Inquiry
as NathanMovie
Quiet Flows The Don
2006Quiet Flows The Don
as PantaleyMovie
Quiet Flows the Don
2006Quiet Flows the Don
as Panteleimon 'Panteley' MelekhovTV
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Viceroy of PeruMovie
My Father
2003My Father
as Paul MinskyMovie
Five Moons Plaza
2003Five Moons Plaza
as EntitaMovie
Ticker
2002Ticker
as Airport GuruMovie
The Making of 'Amadeus'
2002The Making of 'Amadeus'
as Self - SalieriMovie
Joshua
2002Joshua
as Father TardoneMovie
Thir13en Ghosts
2001Thir13en Ghosts
as CyrusMovie
The Hire
2001The Hire
as Airport GuruTV
Knights Of The Quest
2001Knights Of The Quest
as Delfinello da CoverzanoMovie
Un dono semplice
2000Un dono semplice
as Thomas BarlowMovie
Finding Forrester
2000Finding Forrester
as Robert CrawfordMovie
The Darkling
2000The Darkling
as Bruno RubinMovie
Excellent Cadavers
1999Excellent Cadavers
as Tommaso BuscettaMovie
Noah's Ark
1999Noah's Ark
as LótMovie
Esther
1999Esther
as MordechaiMovie
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998Star Trek: Insurrection
as Ad'har Ru'afoMovie
Vacation in Hell
1997Vacation in Hell
as BelisarioMovie
E
1997Einstein Revealed
as NarratorMovie
Color of Justice
1997Color of Justice
as Jim SullivanMovie
Mimic
1997Mimic
as Dr. GatesMovie
Eruption
1997Eruption
as President MendozaMovie
Children of the Revolution
1996Children of the Revolution
as Josef 'Uncle Joe' StalinMovie
Puma: Lion of the Andes
1996Puma: Lion of the Andes
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Dead Man's Walk
1996Dead Man's Walk
as Caleb CobbTV
Baby Face Nelson
1996Baby Face Nelson
as Al CaponeMovie
Mighty Aphrodite
1995Mighty Aphrodite
as ChorleiterMovie
Dillinger and Capone
1995Dillinger and Capone
as Al CaponeMovie
Nostradamus
1994Nostradamus
as ScalingerMovie
Fresh
1994Fresh
as Chess HustlerMovie
Surviving the Game
1994Surviving the Game
as Wolfe, Sr.Movie
L'Affaire
1994L'Affaire
as Lucien HaslansMovie
Jamila
1994Jamila
as Older SeitMovie
S
1993Sweet Killing
as ZargoMovie
Last Action Hero
1993Last Action Hero
as John PracticeMovie
The First Circle
1992The First Circle
as StalinMovie
Eye of the Widow
1991Eye of the Widow
as KharounMovie
By the Sword
1991By the Sword
as SubaMovie
Mobsters
1991Mobsters
as Arnold RothsteinMovie
Money
1991Money
as Will ScarletMovie
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990The Bonfire of the Vanities
as D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)Movie
Drums of Fire
1990Drums of Fire
as OsrainMovie
The Little Match Girl
1990The Little Match Girl
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Cadence
1990Cadence
as Capt. Ramon GarciaMovie
A Season of Giants
1990A Season of Giants
as Papa Giulio IIMovie
Performance Pieces
1990Performance Pieces
as Jack NarwhalMovie
L
1990Largo Desolato
as Professor Leopold NettlesMovie
I promessi sposi
1989I promessi sposi
as l'InnominatoTV
An Innocent Man
1989An Innocent Man
as Virgil CaneMovie
The Favorite
1989The Favorite
as Abdul HamidMovie
Slipstream
1989Slipstream
as CorneliusMovie
Beyond the Stars
1989Beyond the Stars
as Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale ManMovie
Il Trovatore
1988Il Trovatore
as Self - HostMovie
The Great San Francisco Earthquake
1988The Great San Francisco Earthquake
as Self - Narrator (voice)Movie
American Experience
1988American Experience
as Self - Narrator (voice)TV
The Third Solution
1988The Third Solution
as Father CarafaMovie
The Name of the Rose
1986The Name of the Rose
as Bernardo GuiMovie
Dream West
1986Dream West
as President Abraham LincolnTV
Amadeus
1984Amadeus
as Antonio SalieriMovie
Scarface
1983Scarface
as OmarMovie
Marco Polo
1982Marco Polo
as JacopoTV
Nature
1982Nature
as Narrator (voice)TV
The Big Fix
1978The Big Fix
as EppisMovie
Madman
1978Madman
as Marco CohenMovie
The Andros Targets
1977The Andros Targets
as Bobby CarrTV
The Ritz
1976The Ritz
as ChrisMovie
All the President's Men
1976All the President's Men
as Arresting Officer #1Movie
The Sunshine Boys
1975The Sunshine Boys
as MechanicMovie
NOVA
1974NOVA
as NarratorTV
Serpico
1973Serpico
as Detective Partner (uncredited)Movie
Kojak
1973Kojak
as Solly NurseTV
They Might Be Giants
1971They Might Be Giants
as Clyde (the usher)Movie