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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.
Acted in 132
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
Milarepa
Oyun
- 2024
- 2023
Double Soul
Mentor
- 2022
The Siege of Vienna
Movie
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Chimerica
Frank Sams · 4 episodes
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
Ayatollah (archive footage)
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015
411
Information (voice)
- 2014
A Little Game
Norman Wallach
- 2013
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die
Braque
- 2012
Goltzius & the Pelican Company
The Margrave
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
Marco D'Aviano
- 2011
- 2010
Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air
Movie
2000s
- 2009
Barbarossa
Siniscalco Barozzi
Perestroika
Professor Gross
- 2008
Carnera: The Walking Mountain
Leon See
Shark Swarm
Professor Bill Girdler
Language of the Enemy
Grandfather Wahid
- 2007
Come le formiche
Ruggero
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
Nathan · 2 episodes
- 2006
Quiet Flows The Don
Pantaley
Quiet Flows the Don
Panteleimon 'Panteley' Melekhov · 7 episodes
The Stone Merchant
Shahid
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
Jeffrey
- 2004
Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire
Movie
- 2003
My Father
Paul Minsky
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
Readings (Voice) · 4 episodes
Five Moons Plaza
Entita
- 2002
- 2001
Knights of the Quest
Delfinello da Coverzano
- 2000
Un dono semplice
Thomas Barlow
1990s
- 1999
Noah's Ark
Lot · 2 episodes
The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy
Professor Henry Covington
- 1998
- 1997
Vacation in Hell
Belisario
Color of Justice
Jim Sullivan
- 1996
Children of the Revolution
Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin
Baby Face Nelson
Al Capone
- 1995
- 1994
Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier
Goldstein
Jamila
Older Seit
- 1993
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Professor Harlech
- 1992
The First Circle
Stalin
- 1991
Eye of the Widow
Kharoun
By the Sword
Suba
Money
Will Scarlet
- 1990
Drums of Fire
Osrain
A Season of Giants
Papa Giulio II
A Season of Giants
Papa Giulio II · 3 episodes
Performance Pieces
Jack Narwhal
1980s
- 1989
I promessi sposi
l'Innominato · 5 episodes
The Making of Slipstream
Movie
The Favorite
Abdul Hamid
- 1988
The Third Solution
Father Carafa
- 1986
Dream West
President Abraham Lincoln · 3 episodes
- 1985
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
Herman Melville
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
1970s
- 1978
The Big Fix
Eppis
A.E.S. Hudson Street
TV
Madman
Marco Cohen
- 1977
Sex and the Married Woman
Duke Skaggs
The Andros Targets
Bobby Carr · 1 episode
- 1976
The Ritz
Chris
- 1975
- 1973
- 1971
They Might Be Giants
Clyde (the usher)
No release date
Out of This World
Movie
Appearances32
2020s
- 2025
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
Amadeus: The Making of a Masterpiece
Himself
- 2022
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2019
Okavango: River of Dreams
Narrator (voice) · 4 episodes
- 2018
The Letter
Narrator
Super Cats
Narrator (voice)
Every Act of Life
Self
- 2017
Road to 9/11
Self - Narrator · 3 episodes
- 2014
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Self
- 2013
Love, Marilyn
Self
- 2011
Is That Skunk?
Narrator
- 2010
In the Valley of the Wolves
Narrator
2000s
- 2009
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Self
The Dragon Chronicles
Narrator
- 2007
Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America
Narrator
- 2006
40 Years of Star Trek
Self
- 2003
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
Self
- 2002
The Making of 'Amadeus'
Self - Salieri
- 2000
The Directors: Milos Forman
Self
1990s
- 1998
Waiting for Godot in San Quentin
Himself
- 1996
Puma: Lion of the Andes
Narrator (voice)
Looking for Richard
Self
- 1992
Through an Open Window
Narrator
- 1990
The Little Match Girl
Narrator (voice)
1980s
- 1988
The Great San Francisco Earthquake
Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1987
La rosa dei nomi
Self
- 1982
1970s
- 1974
No release date
Sharkland
Narrator