F. Murray Abraham
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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.
Known For
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Blue Bloods
The Good Wife
Kojak
The Good Fight
Elementary
Curb Your Enthusiasm
All in the Family
The Orville
White House Plumbers
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Nature
Serpico
Inside Llewyn Davis
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight
Homeland
Isle of Dogs
Marco Polo
Lady and the Tramp
All the President's Men
Beauty and the Beast
Dead Man Down
Muppets from Space
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
Things Heard & Seen
Star Trek: Insurrection
Thir13en Ghosts
Mimic
Robin Hood
Moon Knight
Scarface
Mythic Quest
Last Action Hero
Noah's Ark
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The Name of the Rose
Nostradamus
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Day of the Siege
The White Lotus
Amadeus
Color of Justice
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