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F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham

Acting
Born: Oct 24, 1939
From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Double Soul Mentor 2023 5.5
Perestroika Professor Gross 2009 3.8
Barbarossa Siniscalco Barozzi 2009 5.2
A House Divided Grandfather Wahid 2008 7.333
Carnera: The Walking Mountain Leon See 2008 5.9
Blood Monkey Professor Hamilton 2007 5.6
The Stone Merchant Shahid 2006 4.1
The Bridge of San Luis Rey Viceroy of Peru 2004 5.185
Five Moons Plaza Entita 2003 5.68
Knights Of The Quest Delfinello da Coverzano 2001 4.865
Finding Forrester Robert Crawford 2000 7.123
The Darkling Bruno Rubin 2000 5.136
Esther Mordechai 1999 6.8
Star Trek: Insurrection Ad'har Ru'afo 1998 6.444
Mimic Dr. Gates 1997 6.072
Children of the Revolution Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin 1996 5.568
Mighty Aphrodite Chorleiter 1995 6.737
Surviving the Game Wolfe, Sr. 1994 6.2
Last Action Hero John Practice 1993 6.474
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 Harold Leacher 1993 6.058
By the Sword Suba 1991 6.0
The Bonfire of the Vanities D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited) 1990 5.6
Slipstream Cornelius 1989 4.333
An Innocent Man Virgil Cane 1989 6.145
The Name of the Rose Bernardo Gui 1986 7.493
Amadeus Antonio Salieri 1984 8.0
Scarface Omar 1983 8.155
The Big Fix Eppis 1978 5.769
The Ritz Chris 1976 6.024
The Sunshine Boys Mechanic 1975 6.869
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1939
FromPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA