F. Murray Abraham

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.

Known For

Birth Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Born 1939-10-24

Movies

Mother, Couch! as Marcus / Marco
2024
Milarepa as Oyun
2024
Double Soul as Mentor
2023
The Magic Flute as Dr. Longbow
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight as Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Things Heard & Seen as Floyd DeBeers
2021
2019
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail as Ayatollah (archive footage)
2019
The Letter as Narrator
2018
Robin Hood as Cardinal
2018
Super Cats as Narrator (voice)
2018
2018
Isle of Dogs as Jupiter (voice)
2018
411 as Information (voice)
2015
2014
A Little Game as Norman Wallach
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel as Old Zero Moustafa
2014
The Mystery of Dante as Dante Alter Ego
2014
2014
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2014
Inside Llewyn Davis as Bud Grossman
2013
Love, Marilyn as Self
2013
Dead Man Down as Gregor
2013
Day of the Siege as Marco D'Aviano
2012
The Unseen World as John Henry Newman
2012
Is That Skunk? as Narrator
2011
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii as Narrates Program One
2010
2010
Barbarossa as Siniscalco Barozzi
2009
Perestroika as Professor Gross
2009
The Dragon Chronicles as Narrator
2009
Shark Swarm as Professor Bill Girdler
2008
Ballerina as Goran
2008
A House Divided as Grandfather Wahid
2008
The Beauty of Ugly as Narrator
2007
Blood Monkey as Professor Hamilton
2007
Come le formiche as Ruggero
2007
The Final Inquiry as Nathan
2007
Quiet Flows The Don as Pantaley
2006
The Stone Merchant as Shahid
2006
2006
The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Viceroy of Peru
2004
My Father as Paul Minsky
2003
Five Moons Plaza as Entita
2003
Ticker as Airport Guru
2002
The Making of 'Amadeus' as Self / Salieri
2002
Joshua as Father Tardone
2002
Thir13en Ghosts as Cyrus Kriticos
2001
Knights of the Quest as Delfinello da Coverzano
2001
Finding Forrester as Robert Crawford
2000
The Darkling as Bruno Rubin
2000
Excellent Cadavers as Tommaso Buscetta
1999
1999
Esther as Mordechai
1999
Star Trek: Insurrection as Ad'har Ru'afo
1998
Vacation in Hell as Belisario
1997
Einstein Revealed as Narrator
1997
Color of Justice as Jim Sullivan
1997
Mimic as Dr. Gates
1997
Eruption as President Mendoza
1997
Children of the Revolution as Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin
1996
1996
Baby Face Nelson as Al Capone
1996
Mighty Aphrodite as Chorleiter
1995
Dillinger and Capone as Al Capone
1995
Nostradamus as Scalinger
1994
Fresh as Chess Hustler
1994
Surviving the Game as Wolfe Sr.
1994
L'Affaire as Lucien Haslans
1994
Jamila as Older Seit
1994
Sweet Killing as Zargo
1993
Journey to the Center of the Earth as Professor Harlech
1993
Last Action Hero as John Practice
1993
1993
1992
The First Circle as Stalin
1992
Eye of the Widow as Kharoun
1991
By the Sword as Suba
1991
Mobsters as Arnold Rothstein
1991
Money as Will Scarlet
1991
Drums of Fire as Osrain
1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities as D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)
1990
The Little Match Girl as Narrator (voice)
1990
Cadence as Capt. Ramon Garcia
1990
A Season of Giants as Papa Giulio II
1990
Largo Desolato as Professor Leopold Nettles
1990
An Innocent Man as Virgil Cane
1989
The Favorite as Abdul Hamid
1989
Slipstream as Cornelius
1989
Beyond the Stars as Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man
1989
Il Trovatore as Self - Host
1988
The Great San Francisco Earthquake as Self - Narrator (voice)
1988
The Third Solution as Father Carafa
1988
1987
The Name of the Rose as Bernardo Gui
1986
Amadeus as Antonio Salieri
1984
Scarface as Omar
1983
The Big Fix as Eppis
1978
Madman as Marco Cohen
1978
Sex and the Married Woman as Duke Skaggs
1977
The Ritz as Chris
1976
All the President's Men as Arresting Officer #1
1976
The Sunshine Boys as Mechanic
1975
1975
Serpico as Detective Partner (uncredited)
1973
They Might Be Giants as Clyde (the usher)
1971
F. Murray Abraham hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows