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F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham

Acting October 24, 1939 (87 years old) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Movies 135

Scarface 8.2

Scarface

as Omar

1983
The Grand Budapest Hotel 8.0

The Grand Budapest Hotel

as Mr. Moustafa

2014
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 7.7

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

as Grimmel (voice)

2019
Amadeus 8.0

Amadeus

as Antonio Salieri

1984
Thir13en Ghosts 6.2

Thir13en Ghosts

as Cyrus

2001
Isle of Dogs 7.8

Isle of Dogs

as Jupiter (voice)

2018
The Phoenician Scheme 6.5

The Phoenician Scheme

as Prophet

2025
All the President's Men 7.7

All the President's Men

as Arresting Officer #1

1976
Last Action Hero 6.5

Last Action Hero

as John Practice

1993
The Name of the Rose 7.5

The Name of the Rose

as Bernardo Gui

1986
Robin Hood 5.9

Robin Hood

as Cardinal

2018
Star Trek: Insurrection 6.5

Star Trek: Insurrection

as Ad'har Ru'afo

1998
Lady and the Tramp 7.1

Lady and the Tramp

as Tony

2019
Mimic 6.1

Mimic

as Dr. Gates

1997
Inside Llewyn Davis 7.2

Inside Llewyn Davis

as Bud Grossman

2013
Finding Forrester 7.1

Finding Forrester

as Robert Crawford

2000
Serpico 7.5

Serpico

as Detective Partner (uncredited)

1973
Fresh 7.2

Fresh

as Chess Hustler

1994
Dead Man Down 6.2

Dead Man Down

as Gregor

2013
Things Heard & Seen 5.7

Things Heard & Seen

as Floyd DeBeers

2021
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 6.1

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

as Harold Leacher

1993
Muppets from Space 6.1

Muppets from Space

as Noah

1999
Mighty Aphrodite 6.7

Mighty Aphrodite

as Chorleiter

1995
The Bonfire of the Vanities 5.6

The Bonfire of the Vanities

as D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)

1990
Goltzius & the Pelican Company 6.1

Goltzius & the Pelican Company

as The Margrave

2012
The Magic Flute 6.3

The Magic Flute

as Dr. Longbow

2022
Surviving the Game 6.2

Surviving the Game

as Wolfe, Sr.

1994
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 5.2

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

as Viceroy of Peru

2004
An Innocent Man 6.1

An Innocent Man

as Virgil Cane

1989
The Prisoner of Second Avenue 6.7

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

as Taxi Driver

1975
Mobsters 6.3

Mobsters

as Arnold Rothstein

1991
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight 6.8

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight

as Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022
They Might Be Giants 6.9

They Might Be Giants

as Clyde (the usher)

1971
Looking for Richard 6.8

Looking for Richard

as Self

1996
Quiet Flows The Don 4.3

Quiet Flows The Don

as Pantaley

2006
Children of the Revolution 5.6

Children of the Revolution

as Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin

1996
The Ritz 6.0

The Ritz

as Chris

1976
Esther 6.8

Esther

as Mordechai

1999
The Sunshine Boys 6.9

The Sunshine Boys

as Mechanic

1975
Barbarossa 5.1

Barbarossa

as Siniscalco Barozzi

2009
Mother, Couch 5.6

Mother, Couch

as Marcus / Marco

2024
The Final Inquiry 4.8

The Final Inquiry

as Nathan

2007
Drums of Fire 6.1

Drums of Fire

as Osrain

1990
Dillinger and Capone 5.2

Dillinger and Capone

as Al Capone

1995
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 4.3

The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683

as Marco D'Aviano

2012
Five Moons Plaza 5.8

Five Moons Plaza

as Entita

2003
Bookends

Bookends

as Saul Cohen

2026
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die 3.0

The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die

as Braque

2013
Blood Monkey 5.5

Blood Monkey

as Professor Hamilton

2007
Journey to the Center of the Earth 4.4

Journey to the Center of the Earth

as Professor Harlech

1993
Every Act of Life 6.4

Every Act of Life

as Self

2018
Shark Swarm 5.3

Shark Swarm

as Professor Bill Girdler

2008
The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy 4.5

The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy

as Professor Henry Covington

1999
This Ordinary Thing

This Ordinary Thing

as Self (voice)

2025
The Big Fix 5.9

The Big Fix

as Eppis

1978
Cadence 6.7

Cadence

as Capt. Ramon Garcia

1990
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' 6.7

Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

as Self

2014
Carnera: The Walking Mountain 5.9

Carnera: The Walking Mountain

as Leon See

2008
Love, Marilyn 6.5

Love, Marilyn

as Self

2013
The Stone Merchant 4.1

The Stone Merchant

as Shahid

2006
Color of Justice 5.2

Color of Justice

as Jim Sullivan

1997
Nostradamus 5.8

Nostradamus

as Scalinger

1994
Joshua 6.5

Joshua

as Father Tardone

2002
A Little Game 6.5

A Little Game

as Norman Wallach

2014
The Mystery of Dante 5.2

The Mystery of Dante

as Dante Alter Ego

2014
Ticker 6.7

Ticker

as Airport Guru

2002
Double Soul 5.2

Double Soul

as Mentor

2023
Knights of the Quest 4.9

Knights of the Quest

as Delfinello da Coverzano

2001
Eye of the Widow 3.4

Eye of the Widow

as Kharoun

1991
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' 6.7

The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

as Self

1986
Milarepa 7.3

Milarepa

as Oyun

2025
Excellent Cadavers 6.3

Excellent Cadavers

as Tommaso Buscetta

1999
La rosa dei nomi 5.8

La rosa dei nomi

as Self

1987
Baby Face Nelson 6.8

Baby Face Nelson

as Al Capone

1996
Beyond the Stars 5.1

Beyond the Stars

as Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man

1989
The Making of 'Amadeus' 7.6

The Making of 'Amadeus'

as Self - Salieri

2002
Slipstream 4.3

Slipstream

as Cornelius

1989
The Little Match Girl 7.0

The Little Match Girl

as Narrator (voice)

1990
A Season of Giants 7.7

A Season of Giants

as Papa Giulio II

1990
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose 2.0

An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Sex and the Married Woman 4.0

Sex and the Married Woman

as Duke Skaggs

1977
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers 8.0

Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers

as Jeffrey

2006
The Favorite 4.6

The Favorite

as Abdul Hamid

1989
Language of the Enemy 7.3

Language of the Enemy

as Grandfather Wahid

2008
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail 6.6

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

as Ayatollah (archive footage)

2019
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks 6.8

Try to Remember: The Fantasticks

as Self

2003
My Father 6.7

My Father

as Paul Minsky

2003
Il Trovatore 7.5

Il Trovatore

as Self - Host

1988
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… 6.5

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

as Self

2009
The Third Solution 4.7

The Third Solution

as Father Carafa

1988
Vacation in Hell 7.5

Vacation in Hell

as Belisario

1997
40 Years of Star Trek 3.8

40 Years of Star Trek

as Self

2006
The Directors: Milos Forman

The Directors: Milos Forman

as Self

2000
Through an Open Window

Through an Open Window

as Narrator

1992
Out of This World

Out of This World

By the Sword 6.1

By the Sword

as Suba

1991
Sweet Killing 4.7

Sweet Killing

as Zargo

1993
Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire 10.0

Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire

2004
Time Out

Time Out

Ballerina

Ballerina

as Goran

2008
The Great San Francisco Earthquake

The Great San Francisco Earthquake

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1988
Money 5.5

Money

as Will Scarlet

1991
The Siege of Vienna

The Siege of Vienna

2022
Madman 8.0

Madman

as Marco Cohen

1978
Puma: Lion of the Andes 9.0

Puma: Lion of the Andes

as Narrator (voice)

1996
L'Affaire 3.6

L'Affaire

as Lucien Haslans

1994
Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier 7.0

Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier

as Goldstein

1994
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise 7.0

Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise

as Herman Melville

1985
Amadeus: The Making of a Masterpiece

Amadeus: The Making of a Masterpiece

as Himself

2025
Largo Desolato 8.0

Largo Desolato

as Professor Leopold Nettles

1990
The Darkling 5.0

The Darkling

as Bruno Rubin

2000
The Letter

The Letter

as Narrator

2018
The First Circle 5.0

The First Circle

as Stalin

1992
The Making of Slipstream

The Making of Slipstream

1989
411

411

as Information (voice)

2015
Perestroika 3.8

Perestroika

as Professor Gross

2009
Dead Lawyers

Dead Lawyers

2004
Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America

Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America

as Narrator

2007
Eruption 5.0

Eruption

as President Mendoza

1997
Super Cats

Super Cats

as Narrator (voice)

2018
In the Valley of the Wolves 7.0

In the Valley of the Wolves

as Narrator

2010
The Beauty of Ugly

The Beauty of Ugly

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2007
Un dono semplice 7.0

Un dono semplice

as Thomas Barlow

2000
Come le formiche 3.0

Come le formiche

as Ruggero

2007
Waiting for Godot in San Quentin

Waiting for Godot in San Quentin

as Himself

1998
Is That Skunk?

Is That Skunk?

as Narrator

2011
Sharkland

Sharkland

as Narrator

Nature Amazing Places Hawaii

Nature Amazing Places Hawaii

as Narrates Program One

2010
Jamila 9.0

Jamila

as Older Seit

1994
Performance Pieces 9.0

Performance Pieces

as Jack Narwhal

1990
The Dragon Chronicles

The Dragon Chronicles

as Narrator

2009
Einstein Revealed 6.0

Einstein Revealed

as Narrator

1997
Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air

Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air

2010
The Unseen World

The Unseen World

as John Henry Newman

2012
Presenting Geraldine Page

Presenting Geraldine Page

TV Shows 40

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Theodore Nichols

2001
Blue Bloods 7.8

Blue Bloods

as Leon Goodwin

2010
Homeland 7.6

Homeland

as Dar Adal

2011
The Good Wife 7.6

The Good Wife

as Burl Preston

2009
NOVA 7.1

NOVA

as Narrator

1974
Elementary 7.6

Elementary

as Daniel Gottlieb

2012
Curb Your Enthusiasm 8.1

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Ayatollah

2000
Nature 7.9

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

1982
The White Lotus 7.6

The White Lotus

as Bert Di Grasso

2021
American Experience 6.5

American Experience

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1988
The Good Fight 7.5

The Good Fight

as Burl Preston

2017
The Orville 7.6

The Orville

as Chairman

2017
All in the Family 7.8

All in the Family

as Clerk

1971
Moon Knight 7.6

Moon Knight

as Khonshu (voice)

2022
Beauty and the Beast 7.4

Beauty and the Beast

as Cyril

2012
Kojak 7.3

Kojak

as Solly Nurse

1973
Kojak 7.3

Kojak

as Eddie Gordon

1973
Mythic Quest 7.2

Mythic Quest

as C.W. Longbottom

2020
Saving Grace 7.4

Saving Grace

as Matthew

2007
Marvel Zombies 7.3

Marvel Zombies

as Khonshu (voice)

2025
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities 7.4

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

as Dr. Carl Winters

2022
Bored to Death 7.2

Bored to Death

as Professor Richard Hawkes

2009
White House Plumbers 6.2

White House Plumbers

as Judge John Sirica

2023
The Hire 7.7

The Hire

as Airport Guru

2001
Marco Polo 6.8

Marco Polo

as Jacopo

1982
Road to 9/11 8.4

Road to 9/11

as Self - Narrator

2017
Noah's Ark 4.5

Noah's Ark

as Lot

1999
The Andros Targets 7.0

The Andros Targets

as Bobby Carr

1977
Quiet Flows the Don 7.5

Quiet Flows the Don

as Panteleimon 'Panteley' Melekhov

2006
Dead Man's Walk 6.0

Dead Man's Walk

as Caleb Cobb

1996
I promessi sposi 7.1

I promessi sposi

as l'Innominato

1989
A.E.S. Hudson Street 7.2

A.E.S. Hudson Street

1978
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII 5.0

L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII

as Nathan

2007
Chimerica 5.7

Chimerica

as Frank Sams

2019
Dream West 6.0

Dream West

as President Abraham Lincoln

1986
Okavango: River of Dreams 8.2

Okavango: River of Dreams

as Narrator (voice)

2019
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites 8.0

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites

as Readings (Voice)

2003
A Season of Giants 6.0

A Season of Giants

as Papa Giulio II

1990

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