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F. Murray Abraham

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'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.

Known for

Bookends
Bookends
2026 • Saul Cohen
This Ordinary Thing
This Ordinary Thing
2025 • Self (voice)
Milarepa
Milarepa
2025 • Oyun
The Phoenician Scheme
The Phoenician Scheme
2025 • Prophet
Mother, Couch
Mother, Couch
2024 • Marcus / Marco
Double Soul
Double Soul
2023 • Mentor
The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute
2022 • Dr. Longbow
The Siege of Vienna
The Siege of Vienna
2022

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Bookends
Bookends
2026 • Saul Cohen
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This Ordinary Thing
This Ordinary Thing
2025 • Self (voice)
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Milarepa
Milarepa
2025 • Oyun
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Mother, Couch
Mother, Couch
2024 • Marcus / Marco
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Double Soul
Double Soul
2023 • Mentor
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The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute
2022 • Dr. Longbow
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
2022 • Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Things Heard & Seen
Things Heard & Seen
2021 • Floyd DeBeers
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Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
2019 • Ayatollah (archive footage)
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The Letter
The Letter
2018 • Narrator
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Robin Hood
Robin Hood
2018 • Cardinal
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Super Cats
Super Cats
2018 • Narrator (voice)
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Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
2018 • Jupiter (voice)
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411
411
2015 • Information (voice)
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A Little Game
A Little Game
2014 • Norman Wallach
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The Mystery of Dante
The Mystery of Dante
2014 • Dante Alter Ego
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Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis
2013 • Bud Grossman
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The Unseen World
2012 • John Henry Newman
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Is That Skunk?
Is That Skunk?
2011 • Narrator
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Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
2010 • Narrates Program One
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Barbarossa
Barbarossa
2009 • Siniscalco Barozzi
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Perestroika
Perestroika
2009 • Professor Gross
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Shark Swarm
Shark Swarm
2008 • Professor Bill Girdler
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A House Divided
2008 • Grandfather Wahid
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Ballerina
Ballerina
2008 • Goran
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The Beauty of Ugly
2007 • Self - Narrator (voice)
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Blood Monkey
Blood Monkey
2007 • Professor Hamilton
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004 • Viceroy of Peru
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My Father
My Father
2003 • Paul Minsky
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Ticker
Ticker
2002 • Airport Guru
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The Making of 'Amadeus'
The Making of 'Amadeus'
2002 • Self - Salieri
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Joshua
Joshua
2002 • Father Tardone
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Knights Of The Quest
Knights Of The Quest
2001 • Delfinello da Coverzano
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Un dono semplice
Un dono semplice
2000 • Thomas Barlow
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Finding Forrester
Finding Forrester
2000 • Robert Crawford
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The Darkling
The Darkling
2000 • Bruno Rubin
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Excellent Cadavers
Excellent Cadavers
1999 • Tommaso Buscetta
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Esther
Esther
1999 • Mordechai
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Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998 • Ad'har Ru'afo
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Vacation in Hell
Vacation in Hell
1997 • Belisario
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Color of Justice
Color of Justice
1997 • Jim Sullivan
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Mimic
Mimic
1997 • Dr. Gates
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Eruption
Eruption
1997 • President Mendoza
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Children of the Revolution
Children of the Revolution
1996 • Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin
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Puma: Lion of the Andes
Puma: Lion of the Andes
1996 • Narrator (voice)
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Baby Face Nelson
Baby Face Nelson
1996 • Al Capone
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Mighty Aphrodite
Mighty Aphrodite
1995 • Chorleiter
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Nostradamus
Nostradamus
1994 • Scalinger
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Fresh
Fresh
1994 • Chess Hustler
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Surviving the Game
Surviving the Game
1994 • Wolfe, Sr.
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L'Affaire
L'Affaire
1994 • Lucien Haslans
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Jamila
Jamila
1994 • Older Seit
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Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero
1993 • John Practice
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Mobsters
Mobsters
1991 • Arnold Rothstein
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Money
Money
1991 • Will Scarlet
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990 • D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)
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The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl
1990 • Narrator (voice)
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Cadence
Cadence
1990 • Capt. Ramon Garcia
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A Season of Giants
A Season of Giants
1990 • Papa Giulio II
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Performance Pieces
Performance Pieces
1990 • Jack Narwhal
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Largo Desolato
1990 • Professor Leopold Nettles
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An Innocent Man
An Innocent Man
1989 • Virgil Cane
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The Favorite
The Favorite
1989 • Abdul Hamid
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Slipstream
Slipstream
1989 • Cornelius
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Beyond the Stars
Beyond the Stars
1989 • Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man
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Il Trovatore
Il Trovatore
1988 • Self - Host
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The Great San Francisco Earthquake
The Great San Francisco Earthquake
1988 • Self - Narrator (voice)
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The Third Solution
The Third Solution
1988 • Father Carafa
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The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose
1986 • Bernardo Gui
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Amadeus
Amadeus
1984 • Antonio Salieri
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Scarface
Scarface
1983 • Omar
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The Big Fix
The Big Fix
1978 • Eppis
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Madman
Madman
1978 • Marco Cohen
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The Ritz
The Ritz
1976 • Chris
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All the President's Men
All the President's Men
1976 • Arresting Officer #1
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Serpico
Serpico
1973 • Detective Partner (uncredited)
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They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants
1971 • Clyde (the usher)
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Time Out
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