F. Murray Abraham
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 24, 1939
- Birthplace
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography
- Presenting Geraldine Page
Presenting Geraldine Page TBA
Actor
Sharkland TBA
as Narrator
- Time Out
Time Out TBA
Actor
Out of This World TBA
Actor
Bookends 2026
as Saul Cohen
This Ordinary Thing 2025
as Self (voice)
Milarepa 2025
as Oyun
The Phoenician Scheme 2025
as Prophet
Amadeus: The Making of a Masterpiece 2025
as Himself
Mother, Couch 2024
as Marcus / Marco
Double Soul 2023
as Mentor
The Magic Flute 2022
as Dr. Longbow
The Siege of Vienna 2022
Actor
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight 2022
as Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Things Heard & Seen 2021
as Floyd DeBeers
Lady and the Tramp 2019
as Tony
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail 2019
as Ayatollah (archive footage)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 2019
as Grimmel (voice)
The Letter 2018
as Narrator
Robin Hood 2018
as Cardinal
Super Cats 2018
as Narrator (voice)
Every Act of Life 2018
as Self
Isle of Dogs 2018
as Jupiter (voice)
411 2015
as Information (voice)
A Little Game 2014
as Norman Wallach
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' 2014
as Self
The Mystery of Dante 2014
as Dante Alter Ego
The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014
as Mr. Moustafa
Inside Llewyn Davis 2013
as Bud Grossman
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die 2013
as Braque
Love, Marilyn 2013
as Self
Dead Man Down 2013
as Gregor
Goltzius & the Pelican Company 2012
as The Margrave
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 2012
as Marco D'Aviano
- The Unseen World
The Unseen World 2012
as John Henry Newman
Is That Skunk? 2011
as Narrator
- Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii 2010
as Narrates Program One
Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air 2010
Actor
In the Valley of the Wolves 2010
as Narrator
Barbarossa 2009
as Siniscalco Barozzi
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… 2009
as Self
Perestroika 2009
as Professor Gross
The Dragon Chronicles 2009
as Narrator
Carnera: The Walking Mountain 2008
as Leon See
Shark Swarm 2008
as Professor Bill Girdler
Ballerina 2008
as Goran
Language of the Enemy 2008
as Grandfather Wahid
- The Beauty of Ugly
The Beauty of Ugly 2007
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America 2007
as Narrator
Blood Monkey 2007
as Professor Hamilton
Come le formiche 2007
as Ruggero
The Final Inquiry 2007
as Nathan
Quiet Flows The Don 2006
as Pantaley
The Stone Merchant 2006
as Shahid
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers 2006
as Jeffrey
40 Years of Star Trek 2006
as Self
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 2004
as Viceroy of Peru
Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire 2004
Actor
- Dead Lawyers
Dead Lawyers 2004
Actor
My Father 2003
as Paul Minsky
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks 2003
as Self
Five Moons Plaza 2003
as Entita
Ticker 2002
as Airport Guru
The Making of 'Amadeus' 2002
as Self - Salieri
Joshua 2002
as Father Tardone
Thir13en Ghosts 2001
as Cyrus
Knights of the Quest 2001
as Delfinello da Coverzano
Un dono semplice 2000
as Thomas Barlow
Finding Forrester 2000
as Robert Crawford
The Darkling 2000
as Bruno Rubin
The Directors: Milos Forman 2000
as Self
Excellent Cadavers 1999
as Tommaso Buscetta
Muppets from Space 1999
as Noah
Esther 1999
as Mordechai
The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy 1999
as Professor Henry Covington
Star Trek: Insurrection 1998
as Ad'har Ru'afo
Waiting for Godot in San Quentin 1998
as Himself
Vacation in Hell 1997
as Belisario
- Einstein Revealed
Einstein Revealed 1997
as Narrator
Color of Justice 1997
as Jim Sullivan
Mimic 1997
as Dr. Gates
Eruption 1997
as President Mendoza
Children of the Revolution 1996
as Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin
Puma: Lion of the Andes 1996
as Narrator (voice)
Looking for Richard 1996
as Self
Baby Face Nelson 1996
as Al Capone
Mighty Aphrodite 1995
as Chorleiter
Dillinger and Capone 1995
as Al Capone
Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier 1994
as Goldstein
Nostradamus 1994
as Scalinger
Fresh 1994
as Chess Hustler
Surviving the Game 1994
as Wolfe, Sr.
L'Affaire 1994
as Lucien Haslans
Jamila 1994
as Older Seit
- Sweet Killing
Sweet Killing 1993
as Zargo
Journey to the Center of the Earth 1993
as Professor Harlech
Last Action Hero 1993
as John Practice
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 1993
as Harold Leacher
Through an Open Window 1992
as Narrator
The First Circle 1992
as Stalin
Eye of the Widow 1991
as Kharoun
By the Sword 1991
as Suba
Mobsters 1991
as Arnold Rothstein
Money 1991
as Will Scarlet
Drums of Fire 1990
as Osrain
The Bonfire of the Vanities 1990
as D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)
The Little Match Girl 1990
as Narrator (voice)
Cadence 1990
as Capt. Ramon Garcia
A Season of Giants 1990
as Papa Giulio II
Performance Pieces 1990
as Jack Narwhal
- Largo Desolato
Largo Desolato 1990
as Professor Leopold Nettles
The Making of Slipstream 1989
Actor
An Innocent Man 1989
as Virgil Cane
The Favorite 1989
as Abdul Hamid
Slipstream 1989
as Cornelius
Beyond the Stars 1989
as Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man
Il Trovatore 1988
as Self - Host
The Great San Francisco Earthquake 1988
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Third Solution 1988
as Father Carafa
La rosa dei nomi 1987
as Self
- The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' 1986
as Self
The Name of the Rose 1986
as Bernardo Gui
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise 1985
as Herman Melville
Amadeus 1984
as Antonio Salieri
Scarface 1983
as Omar
The Big Fix 1978
as Eppis
Madman 1978
as Marco Cohen
Sex and the Married Woman 1977
as Duke Skaggs
The Ritz 1976
as Chris
All the President's Men 1976
as Arresting Officer #1
The Sunshine Boys 1975
as Mechanic
The Prisoner of Second Avenue 1975
as Taxi Driver
Serpico 1973
as Detective Partner (uncredited)
They Might Be Giants 1971
as Clyde (the usher)
Credits from TMDB.