F. Murray Abraham
Known for Acting · 171 credits
- Born
- 1939-10-24 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Frank Murray Abraham · Murray Abraham
Biography
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (37)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Blue Bloods
2010
as Leon Goodwin
Homeland
2011
as Dar Adal
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Theodore Nichols
The Good Wife
2009
as Burl Preston
Elementary
2012
as Daniel Gottlieb
NOVA
1974
as Narrator
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Ayatollah
The White Lotus
2021
as Bert Di Grasso
American Experience
1988
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Good Fight
2017
as Burl Preston
The Orville
2017
as Chairman
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Kojak
1973
as Solly Nurse / Eddie Gordon
All in the Family
1971
as Clerk
Moon Knight
2022
as Khonshu (voice)
Mythic Quest
2020
as C.W. Longbottom
Saving Grace
2007
as Matthew
Beauty and the Beast
2012
as Cyril
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
as Dr. Carl Winters
Marvel Zombies
2025
as Khonshu (voice)
Marco Polo
1982
as Jacopo
White House Plumbers
2023
as Judge John Sirica
The Hire
2001
as Airport Guru
The Andros Targets
1977
as Bobby Carr
Dead Man's Walk
1996
as Caleb Cobb
I promessi sposi
1989
as l'Innominato
Quiet Flows the Don
2006
as Panteleimon 'Panteley' Melekhov
Noah's Ark
1999
as Lot
Chimerica
2019
as Frank Sams
A.E.S. Hudson Street
1978
Dream West
1986
as President Abraham Lincoln
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
2003
as Readings (Voice)
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
2007
as Nathan
Okavango: River of Dreams
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Road to 9/11
2017
as Himself - Narrator
Movies (134)
Scarface
1983
as Omar
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as Mr. Moustafa
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019
as Grimmel (voice)
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Prophet
Amadeus
1984
as Antonio Salieri
Isle of Dogs
2018
as Jupiter (voice)
Thir13en Ghosts
2001
as Cyrus
Robin Hood
2018
as Cardinal
Last Action Hero
1993
as John Practice
The Name of the Rose
1986
as Bernardo Gui
Mimic
1997
as Dr. Gates
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013
as Bud Grossman
All the President's Men
1976
as Arresting Officer #1
Serpico
1973
as Detective Partner (uncredited)
Lady and the Tramp
2019
as Tony
The Magic Flute
2022
as Dr. Longbow
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as Harold Leacher
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)
Finding Forrester
2000
as Robert Crawford
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
as Ad'har Ru'afo
Dead Man Down
2013
as Gregor
Mobsters
1991
as Arnold Rothstein
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
as Chorleiter
Things Heard & Seen
2021
as Floyd DeBeers
Muppets from Space
1999
as Noah
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975
as Taxi Driver
Fresh
1994
as Chess Hustler
An Innocent Man
1989
as Virgil Cane
Milarepa
2025
as Oyun
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
2022
as Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cadence
1990
as Capt. Ramon Garcia
Looking for Richard
1996
as Self
Ticker
2002
as Airport Guru
Surviving the Game
1994
as Wolfe, Sr.
Quiet Flows The Don
2006
as Pantaley
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
as Viceroy of Peru
Mother, Couch
2024
as Marcus / Marco
Barbarossa
2009
as Siniscalco Barozzi
Bookends
2026
as Saul Cohen
Esther
1999
as Mordechai
Slipstream
1989
as Cornelius
They Might Be Giants
1971
as Clyde (the usher)
Every Act of Life
2018
as Self
Love, Marilyn
2013
as Self
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
2012
as Marco D'Aviano
The Sunshine Boys
1975
as Mechanic
Joshua
2002
as Father Tardone
This Ordinary Thing
2025
as Self (voice)
The Big Fix
1978
as Eppis
A Little Game
2014
as Norman Wallach
The Stone Merchant
2006
as Shahid
Excellent Cadavers
1999
as Tommaso Buscetta
The Darkling
2000
as Bruno Rubin
Goltzius & the Pelican Company
2012
as The Margrave
Children of the Revolution
1996
as Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin
Carnera: The Walking Mountain
2008
as Leon See
Dillinger and Capone
1995
as Al Capone
The Ritz
1976
as Chris
Blood Monkey
2007
as Professor Hamilton
The Final Inquiry
2007
as Nathan
Nostradamus
1994
as Scalinger
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986
as Self
The First Circle
1992
as Stalin
By the Sword
1991
as Suba
Sex and the Married Woman
1977
as Duke Skaggs
Jamila
1994
as Older Seit
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
2014
as Self
Money
1991
as Will Scarlet
The Favorite
1989
as Abdul Hamid
Shark Swarm
2008
as Professor Bill Girdler
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
2019
as Ayatollah (archive footage)
Beyond the Stars
1989
as Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man
Perestroika
2009
as Professor Gross
Five Moons Plaza
2003
as Entita
Color of Justice
1997
as Jim Sullivan
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
2006
as Jeffrey
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1993
as Professor Harlech
The Third Solution
1988
as Father Carafa
Drums of Fire
1990
as Osrain
The Making of Slipstream
1989
The Directors: Milos Forman
2000
as Self
My Father
2003
as Paul Minsky
Sweet Killing
1993
as Zargo
40 Years of Star Trek
2006
as Self
A Season of Giants
1990
as Papa Giulio II
Eruption
1997
as President Mendoza
L'Affaire
1994
as Lucien Haslans
The Mystery of Dante
2014
as Dante Alter Ego
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
as Self
Largo Desolato
1990
as Professor Leopold Nettles
The Making of 'Amadeus'
2002
as Self - Salieri
Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire
2004
The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy
1999
as Professor Henry Covington
Baby Face Nelson
1996
as Al Capone
Knights Of The Quest
2001
as Delfinello da Coverzano
411
2015
as Information (voice)
Eye of the Widow
1991
as Kharoun
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Vacation in Hell
1997
as Belisario
Madman
1978
as Marco Cohen
Out of This World
La rosa dei nomi
1987
as Self
Time Out
Double Soul
2023
as Mentor
The Siege of Vienna
2022
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die
2013
as Braque
The Letter
2018
as Narrator
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
2003
as Self
Ballerina
2008
as Goran
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
2010
as Narrates Program One
Super Cats
2018
as Narrator (voice)
The Great San Francisco Earthquake
1988
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A House Divided
2008
as Grandfather Wahid
Through an Open Window
1992
as Narrator
The Little Match Girl
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Waiting for Godot in San Quentin
1998
as Himself
Un dono semplice
2000
as Thomas Barlow
Noah's Ark
1999
as Lót
Einstein Revealed
1997
as Narrator
Il Trovatore
1988
as Self - Host
About 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 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… With 171 credits spanning from 1971 to 2026, F. Murray Abraham has appeared in 134 films and 37 TV shows.
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- Scarface (1983) — as Omar
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) — as Mr. Moustafa
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) — as Grimmel (voice)
- The Phoenician Scheme (2025) — as Prophet
- Amadeus (1984) — as Antonio Salieri
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