Acting · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA · Born October 24, 1939
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.
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as Saul Cohen
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as Self (voice)
TVMarvel Zombies
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as Khonshu (voice)
MovieMilarepa
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as Oyun
MovieThe Phoenician Scheme
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as Prophet
MovieAmadeus: The Making of a Masterpiece
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as Himself
MovieMother, Couch
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as Marcus / Marco
MovieDouble Soul
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as Mentor
TVWhite House Plumbers
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as Judge John Sirica
TVGuillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
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as Dr. Carl Winters
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2022
as Dr. Longbow
MovieThe Siege of Vienna
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An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
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as Self (archive footage)
MovieMarvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
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as Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
TVMoon Knight
2022
as Khonshu (voice)
TVThe White Lotus
2021
as Bert Di Grasso
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as Floyd DeBeers
TVMythic Quest
2020
as C.W. Longbottom
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2019
as Tony
TVOkavango: River of Dreams
2019
as Narrator (voice)
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2019
as Frank Sams
MovieSalman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
2019
as Ayatollah (archive footage)
MovieHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019
as Grimmel (voice)
MovieThe Letter
2018
as Narrator
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2018
as Cardinal
MovieSuper Cats
2018
as Narrator (voice)
MovieEvery Act of Life
2018
as Self
MovieIsle of Dogs
2018
as Jupiter (voice)
TVThe Orville
2017
as Chairman
TVRoad to 9/11
2017
as Himself - Narrator
TVThe Good Fight
2017
as Burl Preston
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Movie411
2015
as Information (voice)
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2014
as Norman Wallach
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2014
as Self
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2014
as Mr. Moustafa
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2014
as Self
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2014
as Dante Alter Ego
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2013
as Bud Grossman
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2013
as Braque
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as Self
MovieDead Man Down
2013
as Gregor
MovieGoltzius & the Pelican Company
2012
as The Margrave
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as Marco D'Aviano
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as Cyril
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2012
as Daniel Gottlieb
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as John Henry Newman
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2011
as Dar Adal
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as Narrator
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2010
as Leon Goodwin
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2010
as Narrates Program One
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2010
as Narrator
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2009
as Siniscalco Barozzi
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as Self
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2009
as Burl Preston
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2009
as Professor Richard Hawkes
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2009
as Professor Gross
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2009
as Narrator
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2008
as Leon See
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2008
as Professor Bill Girdler
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2008
as Grandfather Wahid
MovieBallerina
2008
as Goran
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2007
as Self - Narrator (voice)
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2007
as Narrator
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2007
as Professor Hamilton
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2007
as Matthew
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2007
as Ruggero
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2007
as Nathan
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as Nathan
MovieQuiet Flows The Don
2006
as Pantaley
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2006
as Panteleimon 'Panteley' Melekhov
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2006
as Shahid
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2006
as Jeffrey
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2006
as Self
MovieThe Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
as Viceroy of Peru
MovieLe Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire
2004
MovieMy Father
2003
as Paul Minsky
MovieTry to Remember: The Fantasticks
2003
as Self
TVKingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
2003
as Readings (Voice)
MovieFive Moons Plaza
2003
as Entita
MovieTicker
2002
as Airport Guru
MovieThe Making of 'Amadeus'
2002
as Self - Salieri
MovieJoshua
2002
as Father Tardone
MovieThir13en Ghosts
2001
as Cyrus
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Theodore Nichols
TVThe Hire
2001
as Airport Guru
MovieKnights Of The Quest
2001
as Delfinello da Coverzano
MovieUn dono semplice
2000
as Thomas Barlow
MovieFinding Forrester
2000
as Robert Crawford
TVCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Ayatollah
MovieThe Darkling
2000
as Bruno Rubin
MovieThe Directors: Milos Forman
2000
as Self
MovieExcellent Cadavers
1999
as Tommaso Buscetta
MovieMuppets from Space
1999
as Noah
TVNoah's Ark
1999
as Lot
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1999
as Lót
MovieEsther
1999
as Mordechai
MovieThe All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy
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as Professor Henry Covington
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1998
as Ad'har Ru'afo
MovieWaiting for Godot in San Quentin
1998
as Himself
MovieVacation in Hell
1997
as Belisario
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1997
as Narrator
MovieColor of Justice
1997
as Jim Sullivan
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1997
as Dr. Gates
MovieEruption
1997
as President Mendoza
MovieChildren of the Revolution
1996
as Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin
MoviePuma: Lion of the Andes
1996
as Narrator (voice)
MovieLooking for Richard
1996
as Self
TVDead Man's Walk
1996
as Caleb Cobb
MovieBaby Face Nelson
1996
as Al Capone
MovieMighty Aphrodite
1995
as Chorleiter
MovieDillinger and Capone
1995
as Al Capone
MovieNostradamus
1994
as Scalinger
MovieFresh
1994
as Chess Hustler
MovieSurviving the Game
1994
as Wolfe, Sr.
MovieL'Affaire
1994
as Lucien Haslans
MovieJamila
1994
as Older Seit
Sweet Killing
1993
as Zargo
MovieJourney to the Center of the Earth
1993
as Professor Harlech
MovieLast Action Hero
1993
as John Practice
MovieNational Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as Harold Leacher
MovieThrough an Open Window
1992
as Narrator
MovieThe First Circle
1992
as Stalin
MovieEye of the Widow
1991
as Kharoun
MovieBy the Sword
1991
as Suba
MovieMobsters
1991
as Arnold Rothstein
MovieMoney
1991
as Will Scarlet
MovieThe Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)
MovieDrums of Fire
1990
as Osrain
MovieThe Little Match Girl
1990
as Narrator (voice)
MovieCadence
1990
as Capt. Ramon Garcia
MovieA Season of Giants
1990
as Papa Giulio II
MoviePerformance Pieces
1990
as Jack Narwhal
Largo Desolato
1990
as Professor Leopold Nettles
TVI promessi sposi
1989
as l'Innominato
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1989
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1989
as Virgil Cane
MovieThe Favorite
1989
as Abdul Hamid
MovieSlipstream
1989
as Cornelius
MovieBeyond the Stars
1989
as Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man
MovieIl Trovatore
1988
as Self - Host
MovieThe Great San Francisco Earthquake
1988
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Third Solution
1988
as Father Carafa
MovieLa rosa dei nomi
1987
as Self
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1986
as Self
MovieThe Name of the Rose
1986
as Bernardo Gui
TVDream West
1986
as President Abraham Lincoln
MovieHerman Melville: Damned in Paradise
1985
as Herman Melville
MovieStato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier
1984
as Goldstein
MovieAmadeus
1984
as Antonio Salieri
MovieScarface
1983
as Omar
TVMarco Polo
1982
as Jacopo
TVNature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Big Fix
1978
as Eppis
TVA.E.S. Hudson Street
1978
MovieMadman
1978
as Marco Cohen
MovieSex and the Married Woman
1977
as Duke Skaggs
TVThe Andros Targets
1977
as Bobby Carr
MovieThe Ritz
1976
as Chris
MovieAll the President's Men
1976
as Arresting Officer #1
MovieThe Sunshine Boys
1975
as Mechanic
MovieThe Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975
as Taxi Driver
TVNOVA
1974
as Narrator
MovieSerpico
1973
as Detective Partner (uncredited)
TVKojak
1973
as Solly Nurse
MovieThey Might Be Giants
1971
as Clyde (the usher)
TVAll in the Family
1971
as Clerk
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MovieOut of This World
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as Narrator
