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Aliases: Frank Murray Abraham , Murray Abraham , F. 머레이 아브라함 , Ф. Мъри Ейбрахам

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Movie Involvements: 96

TV Involvements: 27


Most Famous Work

Biography

F. Murray Abraham (born Murray Abraham; October 24, 1939) is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he came to prominence for his acclaimed leading role as Antonio Salieri in the drama film Amadeus (1984) for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama as well as a BAFTA Award nomination. Abraham made his Broadway debut in the 1968 play 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 starred in Mythic Quest (2020–2021), Moon Knight (2022), and The White Lotus (2022) with the latter earning him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series.

Most Famous Work

Blue Bloods
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8

Blue Bloods

(2010) Leon Goodwin
NOVA
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7

NOVA

(1974) Narrator
Nature
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8

Nature

(1982) Narrator (voice)
The Good Wife
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8

The Good Wife

(2009) Burl Preston
Homeland
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8

Homeland

(2011) Dar Adal
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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8

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

(2001) Theodore Nichols
Elementary
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8

Elementary

(2012) Daniel Gottlieb
The Good Fight
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8

The Good Fight

(2017) Burl Preston

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Marcus / Marco
Oyun
2023 Mentor
Judge John Sirica
2022 Dr. Carl Winters
Dr. Longbow
N/A
Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Khonshu (voice)
2021 Bert Di Grasso
Floyd DeBeers
2020 C.W. Longbottom
2019 Tony
vypravěč
Frank Sams
Ayatollah (archive footage)
Grimmel (voice)
2018 Narrator
Cardinal
Narrator (voice)
Self
Jupiter (voice)
2017 Chairman
Himself - Narrator
Burl Preston
2015 N/A
Information (voice)
2014 Norman Wallach
Self
Mr. Moustafa
Dante Alter Ego
The Margrave
Self (archive footage)
2013 Bud Grossman
Braque
Self
Gregor
2012 Cyril
Marco D'Aviano
Daniel Gottlieb
John Henry Newman
2011 Dar Adal
Narrator
2010 Leon Goodwin
Narrates Program One
N/A
Narrator
2009 Siniscalco Barozzi
Self
Burl Preston
Professor Gross
Narrator
2008 Leon See
Professor Bill Girdler
Grandfather Wahid
Goran
2007 Narrator
Narrator
Professor Hamilton
Ruggero
Nathan
Nathan
2006 Pantaley
Pantaley
Shahid
Self
2004 Viceroy of Peru
Jeffrey
N/A
2003 Paul Minsky
Self
Entita
2002 Airport Guru
Self / Salieri
Father Tardone
2001 Cyrus Kriticos
Theodore Nichols
Airport Guru
Delfinello da Coverzano
2000 Robert Crawford
Ayatollah
Bruno Rubin
1999 Tommaso Buscetta
Noah
Lot
Mordechai
Professor Henry Covington
1998 Ad'har Ru'afo
Himself
1997 Belisario
Narrator
Jim Sullivan
Dr. Gates
President Mendoza
1996 Josef 'Uncle Joe' Stalin
Self
Caleb Cobb
Al Capone
1995 Chorleiter
Al Capone
1994 Scalinger
Chess Hustler
Wolfe Sr.
Lucien Haslans
Older Seit
1993 Zargo
Professor Harlech
John Practice
Harold Leacher
1992 Narrator
Stalin
1991 Kharoun
Suba
Arnold Rothstein
Will Scarlet
1990 D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)
Osrain
Narrator (voice)
Capt. Ramon Garcia
Papa Giulio II
Professor Leopold Nettles
1989 l'Innominato
Virgil Cane
Abdul Hamid
Cornelius
Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man
1988 Self - Host
Narrator
Self - Narrator (voice)
Father Carafa
1987 Self
1986 Self
Bernardo Gui
President Abraham Lincoln
1984 Goldstein
Antonio Salieri
1983 Omar
1982 Jacopo
Narrator (voice)
1978 Eppis
N/A
Marco Cohen
1977 Duke Skaggs
Bobby Carr
1976 Chris
Arresting Officer #1
1975 Mechanic
Taxi Driver
1974 Narrator
1973 Detective Partner (uncredited)
Solly Nurse
Eddie Gordon
1971 Clyde (the usher)
Clerk
Year Character Movie/Tv

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