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F. Murray Abraham

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Frederick Murray Abraham
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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????/II A Little Game (pre-production)
Norman
 
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel (post-production)
 
2013 Ti ho cercata in tutti i necrologi (completed)
Braque
 
2012-2013 Homeland (TV series)
Dar Adal
– Episode #3.12 (2013) … Dar Adal
– Episode #3.11 (2013) … Dar Adal
– Episode #3.10 (2013) … Dar Adal
– Episode #3.9 (2013) … Dar Adal
– Episode #3.8 (2013) … Dar Adal
See all 14 episodes »
 
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis
Bud Grossman
 
2013 Elementary (TV series)
Daniel Gottlieb
– A Landmark Story (2013) … Daniel Gottlieb
 
2013 Il Mistero di Dante
Dante's Alter Ego (rumored)
 
2013 Dead Man Down
Gregor
 
2011-2012 The Good Wife (TV series)
Burl Preston
– Anatomy of a Joke (2012) … Burl Preston
– Alienation of Affection (2012) … Burl Preston
– Net Worth (2011) … Burl Preston
 
2012 Goltzius and the Pelican Company
The Margrave
 
2012 The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683
Marco D'Aviano
 
2011-2012 Louie (TV series)
Jonathan / Uncle Excelsior
– Dad (2012) … Uncle Excelsior
– New Jersey/Airport (2011) … Jonathan
 
2012 Blue Bloods (TV series)
Leon Goodwin
– The Job (2012) … Leon Goodwin
 
2012 Beauty and the Beast (TV movie)
Cyril
 
2010 The Unseen World
John Henry Newman
 
2010 Bored to Death (TV series)
Professor Richard Hawkes
– I've Been Living Like a Demented God! (2010) … Professor Richard Hawkes
 
2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)
Dr. Theodore Nichols
– Three-in-One (2010) … Dr. Theodore Nichols
 
2009 Sword of War
Siniscalco Barozzi
 
2009 Saving Grace (TV series)
Matthew
– What Would You Do? (2009) … Matthew
 
2009/I Perestroika
Prof Gross
 
2008 A House Divided
Grandfather Wahid
 
2008 Carnera: The Walking Mountain
Leon See
 
2008 Shark Swarm (TV movie)
Professor Bill Girdler
 
2007 BloodMonkey (video)
Professor Hamilton
 
2007 Wine and Kisses
Ruggero
 
2006 The Final Inquiry
Nathan
 
2006 Tikhiy Don (TV series)
 
2006 Quiet Flows the Don
Pantaley
 
2006 The Stone Merchant
Shahid
 
2004 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Viceroy of Peru
 
2004 Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
Jeffrey
 
2004 Another Way of Seeing Things (short)
Narrator
 
2004 Dead Lawyers (TV movie)
Whitelaw
 
2003 Pompeii: The Last Day (TV movie)
Narrator (voice: English version)
 
2003 Rua Alguem 5555: My Father
Paul Minsky
 
2003 Five Moons Plaza
Entita'
 
2002 Ticker (short)
Airport Guru
 
2002/I Joshua
Father Tardone
 
2001 Thir13en Ghosts
Cyrus Kriticos
 
2001 I cavalieri che fecero l'impresa
Delfinello da Coverzano
 
2000 Un dono semplice (TV movie)
 
2000 Finding Forrester
Prof. Robert Crawford
 
2000 The Darkling (TV movie)
Bruno Rubin
 
1999 Excellent Cadavers (TV movie)
Tommaso Buscetta
 
1999 The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in 'For Love or Mummy'
Prof. Covington
 
1999 Muppets from Space
Noah
 
1999 Noah's Ark (TV movie)
Lot
 
1999 Esther (TV mini-series)
Mordecai
 
1998 Star Trek: Insurrection
Ru'afo
 
1997 Color of Justice (TV movie)
Jim Sullivan
 
1997 Mimic
Dr. Gates
 
1997 Una vacanza all'inferno
Belisario
 
1997 Eruption
President Mendoza
 
1996 Baby Face Nelson
Al Capone
 
1996 Children of the Revolution
Stalin
 
1996 Dead Man's Walk (TV mini-series)
Caleb Cobb
– Episode #1.3 (1996) … Caleb Cobb
– Episode #1.2 (1996) … Caleb Cobb
– Episode #1.1 (1996) … Caleb Cobb
 
1995 Mighty Aphrodite
Leader
 
1995 Dillinger and Capone
Al Capone
 
1994 Nostradamus
Scalinger
 
1994 Surviving the Game
Wolfe Sr.
 
1994 L'affaire
Lucien Haslans
 
1994 Jamila
Older Seit
 
1994 Fresh
Chess Hustler (uncredited)
 
1993 Last Action Hero
John Practice
 
1993 Sweet Killing
Zargo
 
1993 Through an Open Window (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1993 Journey to the Center of the Earth (TV movie)
Professor Harlech
 
1993 Loaded Weapon 1
Harold Leacher
 
1993 Il caso Dozier (TV movie)
Goldstein
 
1992 The First Circle (TV movie)
Staline
 
1991 By the Sword
Maximilian 'Max' Suba
 
1991 Eye of the Widow
Kharoun
 
1991 Mobsters
Arnold Rothstein
 
1991 Money
Will Scarlet
 
1991 A Season of Giants (TV movie)
Pope Julius II
 
1991/I Die Zauberflöte (TV movie)
Host (only for TV)
 
1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities
D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)
 
1990 La batalla de los Tres Reyes
Osrain
 
1990 The Little Match Girl (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1990 Cadence
Capt. Ramon Garcia (uncredited)
 
1990 Largo Desolato (TV movie)
Leopold Nettle
 
1989 The Betrothed (TV mini-series)
L'Innominato
 
1989 An Innocent Man
Virgil Cane
 
1989 The Favorite
Abdul Hamid
 
1989 Beyond the Stars
Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale Man
 
1989 Slipstream
Cornelius
 
1989 Performance Pieces (short)
 
1989 Galileo Galilei (TV movie)
 
1988 The Third Solution
Father Carafa
 
1986 The Name of the Rose
Bernardo Gui
 
1986 Dream West (TV mini-series)
President Abraham Lincoln
 
1984 Amadeus
Antonio Salieri
 
1983 Scarface
Omar Suarez
 
1982-1983 Marco Polo (TV mini-series)
Jacopo
– Episode #1.7 (1983) … Jacopo
– Episode #1.6 (1983) … Jacopo
– Episode #1.5 (1983) … Jacopo
– Episode #1.4 (1982) … Jacopo
– Episode #1.3 (1982) … Jacopo
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1978 The Big Fix
Eppis
 
1978 Madman
 
1977 Sex and the Married Woman (TV movie)
Duke Skaggs
 
1977 A.E.S. Hudson Street (TV series)
Dr. Menzies
– Pilot (1977) … Dr. Menzies
 
1977 The Andros Targets (TV series)
Bobby Carr
– The Killing of a Porno Queen (1977) … Bobby Carr
 
1975-1977 Kojak (TV series)
Eddie Gordon / Solly Nurse
– The Godson (1977) … Eddie Gordon
– A Question of Answers (1975) … Solly Nurse
 
1976 All in the Family (TV series)
Clerk
– The Unemployment Story: Part 1 (1976) … Clerk
 
1976 The Ritz
Chris
 
1976 All the President's Men
Arresting Officer #1
 
1975/I The Sunshine Boys
Mechanic
 
1975 The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Taxi Driver
 
1974 How to Survive a Marriage (TV series)
Joshua Browne
 
1973 Serpico
Detective Partner (uncredited)
 
1973 Nightside (TV movie)
Acky
 
1971 They Might Be Giants
Clyde (the usher)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1996 Children of the Revolution (performer: "I Get a Kick Out of You")
 
1978 The Big Fix (performer: "We Shall Not Be Moved")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2002 The Making of 'Amadeus' (video documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (39 titles)
2012 Geraldine Page: Stages of a Dream (documentary) (post-production)
Himself (rumored)
 
2012 The Presence of Joseph Chaikin (documentary) (completed)
 
2012 Love, Marilyn (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Milos Forman, un outsider à Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Theater Talk (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– F. Murray Abraham (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2007-2010 Nature (TV series documentary)
Narrator / Himself
– Invasion of the Giant Pythons (2010) … Himself/Narrator
– Clash: Encounters of Bears and Wolves (2010) … Himself/Narrator
– Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air (2010) … Himself/Narrator
– Fellowship of the Whales (2009) … Himself/Narrator
– Black Mamba (2009) … Himself/Narrator
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2010 MindFlux (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Milos Forman: What doesn't kill you... (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Making of 'The Inquiry' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Voyage of the Lonely Turtle (documentary)
Narrator
 
2006 Operation Lysistrata (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Nova (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
– Newton's Dark Secrets (2005) … Himself - Narrator
 
2005 Chaos and Order: Making American Theater (documentary)
Himself
 
2005/II Repetition
Himself
 
2003 Try to Remember: The Fantasticks (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites (TV documentary) (voice)
 
2002 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV special)
Himself
 
2002 The Making of 'Amadeus' (video documentary)
Himself - 'Salieri'
 
2002 Thir13en Ghosts Revealed (video documentary short)
Himself - 'Cyrus' (also archive footage)
 
2000 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Finding Forrester (2000) … Himself
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Films of Milos Forman … Himself
 
1996 Einstein Revealed (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1996 Looking for Richard (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Nile: River of Gods (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
1995 The Way West (TV documentary)
Voice
 
1994 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 April 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
1994 1071 Fifth Avenue: Frank Lloyd Wright & the Guggenheim Museum (TV documentary)
Frank Lloyd Wright
 
1994 Last Dance (TV documentary)
Himself - Reading from the play Angels In America
 
1992 A Gang for Good (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1991 Hawaii: Strangers in Paradise (TV movie)
Himself - Narrator
 
1991 F. Murray Abraham (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 The Secrets of Dick Smith (TV documentary short)
Himself - Discussing Amadeus
 
1988 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Himself / Narrator
– The Great San Francisco Earthquake (1988) … Himself/Narrator
 
1987 La rosa dei nomi (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1986 On the Wing (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1986 The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
1986 The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1985 The 57th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role
 
1985 Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise (documentary)
Herman Melville (voice)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2004 Le nom de la rose (video documentary)
Bernardo Gui (uncredited)
 
1992 Oscar's Greatest Moments (video documentary)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

Frank Murray Abraham

Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on the so-called "Oscar jinx"] The Oscar is the single most important event of my career. I have dined with kings, shared equal billing with my idols, lectured at Harvard and Columbia. If this is a jinx, I'll take two. See more »

Trivia:

Early in his career, he was one of the "Fruit of the Loom guys" (men dressed up as fruits) in the underwear commercials See more »

Trademark:

Distinctive face, with pockmarked cheeks and large nose See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio