F. Murray Abraham
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Theodore Nichols
2001
Series
Blue Bloods
Leon Goodwin
2010
Series
Homeland
Dar Adal
2011
Series
NOVA
Narrator
1974
Series
The Good Wife
Burl Preston
2009
Series
The White Lotus
Bert Di Grasso
2021
Series
Elementary
Daniel Gottlieb
2012
Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Ayatollah
2000
Series
Nature
Narrator (voice)
1982
Series
American Experience
Self - Narrator (voice)
1988
Series
All in the Family
Clerk
1971
Series
The Orville
Chairman
2017
Series
The Good Fight
Burl Preston
2017
Series
Moon Knight
Khonshu (voice)
2022
Film
Scarface
Omar
1983
Film
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mr. Moustafa
2014
Series
Marvel Zombies
Khonshu (voice)
2025
Series
Beauty and the Beast
Cyril
2012
Series
Mythic Quest
C.W. Longbottom
2020
Film
Isle of Dogs
Jupiter (voice)
2018
Film
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Grimmel (voice)
2019
Series
Saving Grace
Matthew
2007
Series
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Dr. Carl Winters
2022
Series
Kojak
Solly Nurse
1973
Series
Kojak
Eddie Gordon
1973
Film
Robin Hood
Cardinal
2018
Film
Amadeus
Antonio Salieri
1984
Film
Star Trek: Insurrection
Ad'har Ru'afo
1998
Film
The Phoenician Scheme
Prophet
2025
Film
Last Action Hero
John Practice
1993
Film
Thir13en Ghosts
Cyrus
2001
Series
White House Plumbers
Judge John Sirica
2023
Film
The Name of the Rose
Bernardo Gui
1986
Series
Bored to Death
Professor Richard Hawkes
2009
Film
Finding Forrester
Robert Crawford
2000
Film
Lady and the Tramp
Tony
2019
Film
Dead Man Down
Gregor
2013
Film
Inside Llewyn Davis
Bud Grossman
2013
Film
Things Heard & Seen
Floyd DeBeers
2021
Series
The Hire
Airport Guru
2001
Film
All the President's Men
Arresting Officer #1
1976
Film
Mimic
Dr. Gates
1997
Film
Serpico
Detective Partner (uncredited)
1973
Series
Marco Polo
Jacopo
1982
Film
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Harold Leacher
1993
Film
An Innocent Man
Virgil Cane
1989
Film
The Bonfire of the Vanities
D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)
1990
Film
Mighty Aphrodite
Chorleiter
1995
Film
Fresh
Chess Hustler
1994
Film
Surviving the Game
Wolfe, Sr.
1994
Film
The Magic Flute
Dr. Longbow
2022
Film
Muppets from Space
Noah
1999
Film
Bookends
Saul Cohen
2026
Series
Quiet Flows the Don
Panteleimon 'Panteley' Melekhov
2006
Film
Mother, Couch
Marcus / Marco
2024
Series
Noah's Ark
Lot
1999
Series
Dead Man's Walk
Caleb Cobb
1996
Film
Il Trovatore
Self - Host
1988
Film
Mobsters
Arnold Rothstein
1991
Series
Chimerica
Frank Sams
2019
Film
The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
Marco D'Aviano
2012
Series
I promessi sposi
l'Innominato
1989
Film
Looking for Richard
Self
1996
Series
The Andros Targets
Bobby Carr
1977
Film
The Final Inquiry
Nathan
2007
Film
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Self (archive footage)
2022
Series
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
Nathan
2007
Film
Love, Marilyn
Self
2013
Film
Esther
Mordechai
1999
Film
Cadence
Capt. Ramon Garcia
1990
Film
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Taxi Driver
1975
Film
The Big Fix
Eppis
1978
Film
They Might Be Giants
Clyde (the usher)
1971
Film
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Film
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
2025
Film
Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Self
2014
Film
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Viceroy of Peru
2004
Series
Okavango: River of Dreams
Narrator (voice)
2019
Film
Blood Monkey
Professor Hamilton
2007
Film
Shark Swarm
Professor Bill Girdler
2008
Series
Road to 9/11
Himself - Narrator
2017
Film
The Ritz
Chris
1976
Film
Drums of Fire
Osrain
1990
Film
Goltzius & the Pelican Company
The Margrave
2012
Film
The Sunshine Boys
Mechanic
1975
Film
The Darkling
Bruno Rubin
2000
Film
Language of the Enemy
Grandfather Wahid
2008
Film
Dillinger and Capone
Al Capone
1995
Film
Nostradamus
Scalinger
1994
Film
Excellent Cadavers
Tommaso Buscetta
1999
Film
Milarepa
Oyun
2025
Film
Barbarossa
Siniscalco Barozzi
2009
Film
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Professor Harlech
1993
Film
L'Affaire
Lucien Haslans
1994
Film
Beyond the Stars
Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man
1989
Film
Children of the Revolution
Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin
1996
Film
Slipstream
Cornelius
1989
Film
By the Sword
Suba
1991
Series
A.E.S. Hudson Street
1978
Series
Dream West
President Abraham Lincoln
1986
Film
Knights of the Quest
Delfinello da Coverzano
2001
Film
A Little Game
Norman Wallach
2014
Film
Eruption
President Mendoza
1997
Series
Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
Readings (Voice)
2003
Film
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
Ayatollah (archive footage)
2019
Sweet Killing
Zargo
1993
Film
Baby Face Nelson
Al Capone
1996
Film
Quiet Flows The Don
Pantaley
2006
Film
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Self
2009
Film
The Stone Merchant
Shahid
2006
Time Out
Film
Performance Pieces
Jack Narwhal
1990
Film
Every Act of Life
Self
2018
Film
Ticker
Airport Guru
2002
Film
Carnera: The Walking Mountain
Leon See
2008
Film
Double Soul
Mentor
2023
Film
The First Circle
Stalin
1992
Film
Sex and the Married Woman
Duke Skaggs
1977
Film
Color of Justice
Jim Sullivan
1997
Film
40 Years of Star Trek
Self
2006
Film
Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire
2004
Film
My Father
Paul Minsky
2003
Film
The Making of 'Amadeus'
Self - Salieri
2002
Film
The Mystery of Dante
Dante Alter Ego
2014
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
Self
1986
Film
Five Moons Plaza
Entita
2003
Film
The Directors: Milos Forman
Self
2000
Film
Try to Remember: The Fantasticks
Self
2003
Film
Joshua
Father Tardone
2002
Film
Eye of the Widow
Kharoun
1991
Film
The Favorite
Abdul Hamid
1989
Film
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
Herman Melville
1985
Film
The Third Solution
Father Carafa
1988
Film
Noah's Ark
Lót
1999
Film
Money
Will Scarlet
1991
Film
Madman
Marco Cohen
1978
Film
The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy
Professor Henry Covington
1999
Film
Out of This World
Film
A Season of Giants
Papa Giulio II
1990
Film
La rosa dei nomi
Self
1987
Film
The Making of Slipstream
1989
Film
Super Cats
Narrator (voice)
2018
Film
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
Jeffrey
2006
Film
Amadeus: The Making of a Masterpiece
Himself
2025
Film
Waiting for Godot in San Quentin
Himself
1998
Film
Perestroika
Professor Gross
2009
Nature Amazing Places Hawaii
Narrates Program One
2010
Film
Ballerina
Goran
2008
Einstein Revealed
Narrator
1997
Film
Un dono semplice
Thomas Barlow
2000
Film
Come le formiche
Ruggero
2007
Film
Jamila
Older Seit
1994
Dead Lawyers
Film
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die
Braque
2013
Film
Vacation in Hell
Belisario
1997
Film
The Great San Francisco Earthquake
Self - Narrator (voice)
1988
Film
The Little Match Girl
Narrator (voice)
1990
Film
The Siege of Vienna
2022
Largo Desolato
Professor Leopold Nettles
1990
Film
The Letter
Narrator
2018
Film
Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier
Goldstein
1984
Film
Through an Open Window
Narrator
1992
Film
Puma: Lion of the Andes
Narrator (voice)
1996
Film
Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America
Narrator
2007
Film
Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air
2010
The Beauty of Ugly
Self - Narrator (voice)
2007
Film
Is That Skunk?
Narrator
2011
Film
In the Valley of the Wolves
Narrator
2010
Film
The Dragon Chronicles
Narrator
2009
The Unseen World
John Henry Newman
2012
Film
Sharkland
Narrator
Film
411
Information (voice)
2015