F. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article F. Murray Abraham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Antonio Salieri
Robert Crawford
Mordechai
Grandfather Wahid
Dr. Gates
Bruno Rubin
Cornelius
Professor Gross
D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)
John Practice
Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin
Virgil Cane
Professor Hamilton
Delfinello da Coverzano
Siniscalco Barozzi
Narrator (voice)
Scalinger
Father Tardone
Tommaso Buscetta
Abdul Hamid
Professor Bill Girdler
Marcus / Marco
Marco Cohen
Will Scarlet
Professor Leopold Nettles
Dante Alter Ego
Cyrus Kriticos
Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clyde (the usher)
Arnold Rothstein
Papa Giulio II
Capt. Ramon Garcia
Narrator
President Mendoza
Norman Wallach
Paul Minsky
Jim Sullivan
Detective Partner (uncredited)
Arresting Officer #1
Narrator (voice)
Airport Guru
Lucien Haslans
Narrates Program One
Jupiter (voice)
Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man
Chess Hustler
Father Carafa
Older Seit
Cardinal
Self (archive footage)
Ayatollah (archive footage)
Information (voice)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Self - Host
Self - Narrator (voice)
Dr. Longbow
Floyd DeBeers
John Henry Newman
Saul Cohen