F. Murray Abraham on screen and stage
F. Murray Abraham is an American actor known for his work in film, television and theatre.
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | They Might Be Giants | Clyde | |
| 1973 | Serpico | Serpico's Partner | Uncredited |
| 1975 | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Taxi Driver | |
| The Sunshine Boys | Car Mechanic | ||
| 1976 | All the President's Men | Paul Leeper | |
| The Ritz | Chris | ||
| 1978 | The Big Fix | Eppis | |
| 1983 | Scarface | Omar Suárez | |
| 1984 | Amadeus | Antonio Salieri | |
| 1986 | The Name of the Rose | Bernardo Gui | |
| 1988 | The Third Solution | Father Carafa | |
| 1989 | Slipstream | Cornelius | |
| Beyond the Stars | Dr. Harry Bertram | ||
| The Favorite | Abdul Hamid | ||
| An Innocent Man | Virgil Cane | ||
| 1990 | Cadence | Captain Ramon Garcia | Uncredited |
| The Battle of the Three Kings | Osrain | ||
| The Bonfire of the Vanities | District Attorney Abe Weiss | Uncredited | |
| 1991 | Mobsters | Arnold Rothstein | |
| Money | Will Scarlet | ||
| By the Sword | Max Suba | ||
| Eye of the Widow | Kharoun | ||
| 1992 | Through an Open Window | Narrator (voice) | Short film |
| 1993 | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon | Dr. Harold Leacher | |
| Sweet Killing | Zargo | ||
| Last Action Hero | Detective John Practice | ||
| 1994 | Fresh | Chess Hustler | Uncredited |
| L'Affaire | Lucien Haslans | ||
| Surviving the Game | Derek Wolfe Sr. | ||
| Nostradamus | Scalinger | ||
| 1995 | Mighty Aphrodite | Leader | |
| Dillinger and Capone | Al Capone | [1][2][3] | |
| 1996 | Children of the Revolution | Joseph Stalin | |
| 1997 | Mimic | Dr. Gates | |
| Una vacanza all'inferno | Belisario | ||
| Eruption | President Mendoza | ||
| 1998 | Star Trek: Insurrection | Ahdar Ru'afo | |
| 1999 | Muppets from Space | Noah | Cameo |
| The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy |
Henry Covington | ||
| 2000 | Finding Forrester | Professor Robert Crawford | |
| David Proshker | Narrator | Short film | |
| 2001 | The Knights of the Quest | Delfinello da Coverzano | |
| Thir13en Ghosts | Cyrus Kriticos | ||
| 2002 | The Hire | Airport Guru | Segment: The Ticker |
| Joshua | Father Tardone | ||
| 2003 | Five Moons Square | The Entity | |
| Rua Alguem 5555: My Father | Paul Minsky | ||
| 2004 | Another Way of Seeing Things | Narrator | Short film |
| Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers | Jeffrey | ||
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Viceroy of Peru | ||
| 2006 | The Stone Merchant | Shahid | |
| Quiet Flows The Don | Pantaley | ||
| The Inquiry | Nathan | ||
| 2007 | Wine and Kisses | Ruggero | |
| Blood Monkey | Professor Hamilton | Direct-to-DVD | |
| 2008 | Carnera: The Walking Mountain | Léon Sée | |
| A House Divided | Grandfather Wahid | ||
| 2009 | Perestroika | Professor Gross | |
| Barbarossa | Siniscalco Barozzi | ||
| 2010 | The Unseen World | John Henry Newman | |
| 2012 | Goltzius and the Pelican Company | The Margrave of Alsace | |
| September Eleven 1683 | Father Marco d'Aviano | ||
| 2013 | Dead Man Down | Gregor | |
| Inside Llewyn Davis | Bud Grossman | ||
| The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die | Braque | ||
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Mr. Moustafa | |
| The Mystery of Dante | Dante Alter Ego | ||
| The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 | Marco d'Aviano | ||
| A Little Game | Norman Wallach | ||
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Jupiter | Voice |
| Robin Hood | Cardinal | ||
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Grimmel[4] | Voice |
| Lady and the Tramp | Tony | ||
| 2021 | Things Heard & Seen | Floyd DeBeers | |
| 2022 | The Magic Flute | Dr. Longbow | |
| 2023 | Mother, Couch | Completed |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | How to Survive a Marriage | Joshua Browne | |
| 1975, 1977 | Kojak | Solly Nurse / Eddie Gordon | 2 episodes |
| 1976 | All in the Family | Clerk | Episode: "The Unemployment Story: Part 1" |
| 1977 | A.E.S. Hudson Street | Dr. Menzies | Aired pilot; replaced by Gregory Sierra |
| 1977 | The Andros Targets | Bobby Carr | Episode: "The Killing of a Porno Queen" |
| 1977 | Sex and the Married Woman | Duke Skaggs | Television film |
| 1982–1983 | Marco Polo | Jacopo | 6 episodes |
| 1986 | Dream West | Abraham Lincoln | 2 episodes |
| 1989 | The Betrothed | Innominato | 2 episodes |
| 1990 | A Season of Giants | Pope Julius II | Television film |
| 1992 | The First Circle | Joseph Stalin | Television film |
| 1993 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | Professor Harlech | Television film |
| 1993 | Il caso Dozier | Goldstein | Television film |
| 1996 | Dead Man's Walk | Captain Caleb Cobb | 3 episodes |
| 1999 | Excellent Cadavers | Tommaso Buscetta | Television film |
| 1999 | Esther | Mordechai | Television film |
| 2000 | The Darkling | Bruno Rubin | Television film |
| 2000 | ill it Un dono semplice | Thomas Barlow | Television film |
| 2003 | Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites | Narrator (voice) | Television documentary |
| 2003 | Pompeii: The Last Day | Narrator (voice) | Television documentary |
| 2005 | NOVA - Newton's Dark Secrets | Narrator (voice) | Television documentary |
| 2007 | In the Valley of the Wolves | Narrator (voice) | Television documentary |
| 2008 | Shark Swarm | Bill Girdler | Television film |
| 2008 | The Wolf That Changed America | Narrator (voice) | Television documentary |
| 2009 | Saving Grace | Matthew | Episode: "What Would You Do?" |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Dr. Theodore Nichols | Episode: "Three-In-One" |
| 2010 | Bored to Death | Professor Richard Hawkes | Episode: "I've Been Living Like a Demented God!" |
| 2011–2014 | The Good Wife | Burl Preston | 4 episodes |
| 2011, 2012, 2014 |
Louie | John Uncle Excelsior Louie's Dad |
Episode: "New Jersey/Airport" Episode: "Dad" Episode: "In the Woods - Pt 2" |
| 2012 | Blue Bloods | Leon Goodwin | Episode: "The Job" |
| 2012–2018 | Homeland | Dar Adal | 39 episodes |
| 2013 | Do No Harm | Cozar | Episode: "Six Feet Deep" |
| 2013 | Elementary | Daniel Gottlieb | Episode: "A Landmark Story" |
| 2016 | Inside Amy Schumer | Diplomat | Episode: "Madame President" |
| 2017 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Himself | Episode: "Fatwa!" |
| 2018 | The Good Fight | Burl Preston | Episode: "Day 436" |
| 2019 | The Orville | Council Chairman | Episode: "Sanctuary" |
| 2019 | Chimerica | Frank Sams | 4 episodes |
| 2020–2021 | Mythic Quest | C.W. Longbottom | 18 episodes |
| 2022 | Moon Knight | Khonshu (voice) | 5 episodes |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | Dr. Carl Winters | Episode: "The Autopsy" |
| 2022 | The White Lotus | Bert Di Grasso | 7 episodes |
| 2023 | White House Plumbers | John Sirica | 2 episodes |
Theatre[edit]
Broadway[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968–69 | The Man in the Glass Booth | Tzelniker-Rudin | Royale Theatre, Broadway |
| 1972 | 6 Rms Riv Vu | The Expectant Father | Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway |
| 1974 | Ravenswood | Roy Pitt | Booth Theatre, Broadway |
| 1974 | Dunelawn | Mr. Blum | Booth Theatre, Broadway |
| 1975–76 | The Ritz | Chris | Longacre Theatre, Broadway |
| 1976 | Legend | Jesse Lymburner | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway |
| 1979–80 | Teibele and Her Demon | Alchonon | Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway |
| 1986–87 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Belasco Theatre, Broadway |
| 1994 | Angels in America | Roy Cohn (replacement) | Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway |
| 1995 | A Month in the Country | Ignaty Illyich Shpichelsky | Criterion Center Stage Right, Broadway |
| 1997–98 | Triumph of Love | Hermocrates | Royale Theatre, Broadway |
| 2007 | Mauritius | Sterling | The Biltmore Theatre, Broadway |
| 2014–15 | It's Only a Play | Ira Drew | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway |
Off-Broadway[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | The Fantasticks | The Actor (Henry) | Sullivan Street Playhouse, Off-Broadway |
| 1969 | Tonight in Living Color | Jonathan | Actors' Playhouse, Off-Broadway |
| 1971 | The Survival of St. Joan | Performer | Anderson Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 1971 | Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? | The Men | Eastside Playhouse, Broadway |
| 1974 | Bad Habits | Roy Pitt/Mr. Blum | Astor Place Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 1976 | Sexual Perversity in Chicago The Duck Variations |
Bernard Litko | Cherry Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 1977 | Landscape of the Body | Capt. Holahan | The Public Theater, Off-Broadway |
| 1978 | The Master and Margarita | Performer | The Public Theater, Off-Broadway |
| 1980 | The Seagull | Dorn | The Public Theater, Off-Broadway |
| 1982 | The Caretaker | Davies | 23rd Street Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 1982 | Antigone | Creon | The Public Theater, Off-Broadway |
| 1983–84 | Uncle Vanya | Astrov | |
| 1984 | The Golem | Rebbi | Delacorte Theater, Off-Broadway |
| 1985 | The Madwoman of Chaillot | Ragpicker | Theatre at St. Peter's Church, Off-Broadway |
| 1986 | Twelfth Night | Malvolio | Delacorte Theater, Off-Broadway |
| 1987 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Nick Bottom | The Public Theater, Off-Broadway |
| 1988 | Waiting for Godot | Pozzo | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Off-Broadway |
| 1992 | A Life in the Theatre | Robert | Jewish Repertory Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 1996 | King Lear | Lear | The Public Theater, Off-Broadway |
| 2003 | Trumbo: Red White and Blacklisted | Dalton Trumbo | Westside Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 2006 | An Oak Tree | Father | Barrow Street Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 2007 | The Jew of Malta | Barabas | The Duke on 42nd Street, Off-Broadway |
| 2007 | The Merchant of Venice | Shylock | The Duke on 42nd Street, Off-Broadway |
| 2008 | Almost an Evening | Control/God Who Judges | Bleecker Street Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 2009 | Offices | Cassady/Bum | Linda Gross Theater, Off-Broadway |
| 2011 | The Merchant of Venice | Shylock | National Tour |
| 2012 | Galileo | Galileo | Classic Stage Company, Off-Broadway |
| 2012 | The Golden Age | Gioacchino Rossini | New York City Center, Off-Broadway |
| 2014 | The Threepenny Opera | Mr. Peachum | Linda Gross Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 2016 | White Rabbit Red Rabbit | Performer | Westside Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 2016 | Nathan the Wise | Nathan | Classic Stage Company, Off-Broadway |
| 2018 | Good for Otto | Barnard | Pershing Square Signature Center, Off-Broadway |
| 2024 | The Queen of Versailles | David A. Siegel | Emerson Colonial Theatre, Boston[5] |
West End[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Tolstoy | Leo Tolstoy | Aldwych Theatre |
| 2017 | The Mentor | Benjamin Rubin | Vaudeville Theatre |
References[edit]
- ^ "Spotlight: CANNES". Variety. 359 (3): C72. May 15, 1995.
- ^ "Cinemax: Dillinger and Capone". The Washington Post. 31 March 1996. p. MC65.
- ^ "Home Box Office; Dillinger and Capone". The Washington Post. 28 September 1997. p. H_AA72.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (November 14, 2017). "F. Murray Abraham To Get Evil For 'How To Train Your Dragon 3'". Deadline. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ "Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham Set for Pre-Broadway Premiere of Stephen Schwartz's The Queen of Versailles in Boston". Broadway.com. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
External links[edit]
F. Murray Abraham on screen and stage at Wikipedia's sister projects
- F. Murray Abraham on screen and stage at IMDb
- F. Murray Abraham on screen and stage at the Internet Broadway Database
- F. Murray Abraham on screen and stage at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- F. Murray Abraham on screen and stage at the TCM Movie Database
- F. Murray Abraham on screen and stage at AllMovie
- Yahoo! Movies Biography
- F. Murray Abraham Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine at IMG Artists