Biography
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.
Filmography
all 169
Movies 133
TV Shows 36
self 31
Narrator 7
Voice 5
Mother, Couch (2024)
Double Soul (2023)
White House Plumbers (2023)
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
The Magic Flute (2022)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight (2022)
Moon Knight (2022)
The White Lotus (2021)
Things Heard & Seen (2021)
Mythic Quest (2020)
Chimerica (2019)
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail (2019)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
The Letter (2018)
Robin Hood (2018)
Super Cats (2018)
Isle of Dogs (2018)
The Orville (2017)
Road to 9/11 (2017)
The Good Fight (2017)
411 (2015)
A Little Game (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Mystery of Dante (2014)
Goltzius & the Pelican Company (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Love, Marilyn (2013)
Day of the Siege (2012)
Elementary (2012)
The Unseen World (2012)
Homeland (2011)
Is That Skunk? (2011)
Blue Bloods (2010)
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii (2010)
Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air (2010)
In the Valley of the Wolves (2010)
Barbarossa (2009)
The Good Wife (2009)
Perestroika (2009)
The Dragon Chronicles (2009)
Silence of the Bees (2008)
Superfish (2008)
Shark Swarm (2008)
A House Divided (2008)
The Beauty of Ugly (2007)
Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America (2007)
Blood Monkey (2007)
Come le formiche (2007)
Quiet Flows The Don (2006)
Quiet Flows the Don (2006)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004)
Le nom de la rose : Le documentaire (2004)
My Father (2003)
Five Moons Plaza (2003)
Ticker (2002)
Joshua (2002)
Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
The Hire (2001)
Knights of the Quest (2001)
Finding Forrester (2000)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
The Darkling (2000)
Excellent Cadavers (1999)
Esther (1999)
The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy (1999)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Vacation in Hell (1997)
Einstein Revealed (1997)
Color of Justice (1997)
Mimic (1997)
Eruption (1997)
Dead Man's Walk (1996)
Baby Face Nelson (1996)
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Dillinger and Capone (1995)
Nile: River of Gods (1995)
Nostradamus (1994)
Fresh (1994)
Surviving the Game (1994)
L'Affaire (1994)
Jamila (1994)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993)
Last Action Hero (1993)
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
The First Circle (1992)
Eye of the Widow (1991)
Mobsters (1991)
Money (1991)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Cadence (1990)
A Season of Giants (1990)
A Season of Giants (1990)
Largo Desolato (1990)
I promessi sposi (1989)
An Innocent Man (1989)
The Favorite (1989)
Slipstream (1989)
Beyond the Stars (1989)
Il Trovatore (1988)
The Great San Francisco Earthquake (1988)
American Experience (1988)
The Third Solution (1988)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Dream West (1986)
Amadeus (1984)
Marco Polo (1982)
Nature (1982)
Madman (1978)
Sex and the Married Woman (1977)
The Andros Targets (1977)
The Ritz (1976)
All the President's Men (1976)
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
NOVA (1974)
Serpico (1973)
Kojak (1973)
They Might Be Giants (1971)
The Autopsy
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
PBS Nature - American Eagle
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1939-10-24 (85 years old)
Birth NameMurray Abraham
Birth PlacePittsburgh, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsFrank Murray Abraham, Murray Abraham, F. 머레이 아브라함, Ф. Мъри Ейбрахам
AwardsGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Academy Award for Best Actor
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