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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 24, 1939
Place of Birth:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | White House Plumbers | Judge John Sirica |
| 2022 | Moon Knight | Khonshu (voice) |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | Dr. Carl Winters |
| 2021 | The White Lotus | Bert Di Grasso |
| 2020 | Mythic Quest | C.W. Longbottom |
| 2019 | Chimerica | Frank Sams |
| 2019 | Okavango: River of Dreams | vypravěč |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Burl Preston |
| 2017 | Road to 9/11 | Himself - Narrator |
| 2017 | The Orville | Chairman |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2012 | Elementary | Daniel Gottlieb |
| 2012 | Beauty and the Beast | Cyril |
| 2011 | Homeland | Dar Adal |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Leon Goodwin |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Burl Preston |
| 2007 | L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII | Nathan |
| 2006 | Quiet Flows the Don | Pantaley |
| 2003 | Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites | Readings (Voice) |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Theodore Nichols |
| 2001 | The Hire | Airport Guru |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Ayatollah |
| 1999 | Noah's Ark | Lot |
| 1996 | Dead Man's Walk | Caleb Cobb |
| 1989 | I promessi sposi | l'Innominato |
| 1988 | American Experience | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1986 | Dream West | President Abraham Lincoln |
| 1982 | Nature | Narrator (voice) |
| 1982 | Marco Polo | Jacopo |
| 1978 | A.E.S. Hudson Street | |
| 1977 | The Andros Targets | Bobby Carr |
| 1974 | NOVA | Narrator |
| 1973 | Kojak | Solly Nurse |
| 1973 | Kojak | Eddie Gordon |
| 1971 | All in the Family | Clerk |