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 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1939 |
| From | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |