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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.

Filmography

2025
The Phoenician Scheme

as Prophet

Movie
2022
The Magic Flute

as Dr. Longbow

Movie
2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

as Grimmel (voice)

Movie
2018
Isle of Dogs

as Jupiter (voice)

Movie
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel

as Mr. Moustafa

Movie
2001
Thir13en Ghosts

as Cyrus

Movie
1993
Last Action Hero

as John Practice

Movie
1990
Cadence

as Capt. Ramon Garcia

Movie
1986
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

as Self

Movie
1986
The Name of the Rose

as Bernardo Gui

Movie
1984
Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier

as Goldstein

Movie
1984
Amadeus

as Antonio Salieri

Movie
1983
Scarface

as Omar

Movie
2022
Moon Knight

as Khonshu (voice)

TV Show
2021
The White Lotus

as Bert Di Grasso

TV Show
2011
Homeland

as Dar Adal

TV Show
1982
Nature

as Narrator (voice)

TV Show