Actor
F. Murray Abraham
Born 24 October 1939 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
F. Murray Abraham is an American actor with a long career on stage and screen. He is best known for playing the envious composer Antonio Salieri in Amadeus, which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. He has since worked often as a character actor, including in several Wes Anderson films.
Key films
Amadeus (1984)
His Salieri performance was his breakthrough and won him the Oscar for Best Actor.
Scarface (1983)
An early prominent screen role, as a hitman in Brian De Palma's gangster film.
The Name of the Rose (1986)
A major post-Oscar role, as the inquisitor Bernardo Gui opposite Sean Connery.
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
A memorable supporting turn in the Coen brothers' folk-scene drama, as a music promoter.
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Played the older Mr. Moustafa in Wes Anderson's acclaimed film, one of his most widely seen roles.
Key awards
- 1985 Academy Award for Best Actor (Amadeus)
- 1985 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (Amadeus)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 130
- 1971They Might Be Giants · as Clyde (the usher)Actor
- 1973Serpico · as Detective Partner (uncredited)Actor
- 1975The Sunshine Boys · as MechanicActor
- 1975The Prisoner of Second Avenue · as Taxi DriverActor
- 1976All the President's Men · as Arresting Officer #1Actor
- 1976The Ritz · as ChrisActor
- 1977Sex and the Married Woman · as Duke SkaggsActor
- 1978The Big Fix · as EppisActor
- 1978Madman · as Marco CohenActor
- 1983Scarface · as OmarActor
- 1984Amadeus · as Antonio SalieriActor
- 1985Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise · as Herman MelvilleActor
- 1986The Name of the Rose · as Bernardo GuiActor
- 1986The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' · as SelfActor
- 1987La rosa dei nomi · as SelfActor
- 1988Il Trovatore · as Self - HostActor
- 1988The Third Solution · as Father CarafaActor
- 1988The Great San Francisco Earthquake · as Self - Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1989An Innocent Man · as Virgil CaneActor
- 1989Slipstream · as CorneliusActor
- 1989Beyond the Stars · as Dr. Harry Bertram - the Whale ManActor
- 1989The Favorite · as Abdul HamidActor
- 1989The Making of SlipstreamActor
- 1990The Bonfire of the Vanities · as D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)Actor
- 1990Cadence · as Capt. Ramon GarciaActor
- 1990Drums of Fire · as OsrainActor
- 1990A Season of Giants · as Papa Giulio IIActor
- 1990The Little Match Girl · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1990Largo Desolato · as Professor Leopold NettlesActor
- 1990Performance Pieces · as Jack NarwhalActor
- 1991Mobsters · as Arnold RothsteinActor
- 1991By the Sword · as SubaActor
- 1991Eye of the Widow · as KharounActor
- 1991Money · as Will ScarletActor
- 1992The First Circle · as StalinActor
- 1992Through an Open Window · as NarratorActor
- 1993Last Action Hero · as John PracticeActor
- 1993National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 · as Harold LeacherActor
- 1993Journey to the Center of the Earth · as Professor HarlechActor
- 1993Sweet Killing · as ZargoActor
- 1994Fresh · as Chess HustlerActor
- 1994Surviving the Game · as Wolfe, Sr.Actor
- 1994Nostradamus · as ScalingerActor
- 1994L'Affaire · as Lucien HaslansActor
- 1994Stato d'emergenza - Il caso Dozier · as GoldsteinActor
- 1994Jamila · as Older SeitActor
- 1995Mighty Aphrodite · as ChorleiterActor
- 1995Dillinger and Capone · as Al CaponeActor
- 1996Looking for Richard · as SelfActor
- 1996Children of the Revolution · as Josef 'Uncle Joe' StalinActor
- 1996Baby Face Nelson · as Al CaponeActor
- 1996Puma: Lion of the Andes · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1997Mimic · as Dr. GatesActor
- 1997Color of Justice · as Jim SullivanActor
- 1997Einstein Revealed · as NarratorActor
- 1997Vacation in Hell · as BelisarioActor
- 1997Eruption · as President MendozaActor
- 1998Star Trek: Insurrection · as Ad'har Ru'afoActor
- 1998Waiting for Godot in San Quentin · as HimselfActor
- 1999Muppets from Space · as NoahActor
- 1999Esther · as MordechaiActor
- 1999Excellent Cadavers · as Tommaso BuscettaActor
- 1999The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy · as Professor Henry CovingtonActor
- 2000Finding Forrester · as Robert CrawfordActor
- 2000The Darkling · as Bruno RubinActor
- 2000Un dono semplice · as Thomas BarlowActor
- 2000The Directors: Milos Forman · as SelfActor
- 2001Thir13en Ghosts · as CyrusActor
- 2001Knights of the Quest · as Delfinello da CoverzanoActor
- 2002Ticker · as Airport GuruActor
- 2002Joshua · as Father TardoneActor
- 2002The Making of 'Amadeus' · as Self - SalieriActor
- 2003Five Moons Plaza · as EntitaActor
- 2003Try to Remember: The Fantasticks · as SelfActor
- 2003My Father · as Paul MinskyActor
- 2004The Bridge of San Luis Rey · as Viceroy of PeruActor
- 2004Le Nom de la Rose : Le DocumentaireActor
- 2006The Stone Merchant · as ShahidActor
- 2006Quiet Flows The Don · as PantaleyActor
- 200640 Years of Star Trek · as SelfActor
- 2006Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers · as JeffreyActor
- 2007Blood Monkey · as Professor HamiltonActor
- 2007The Final Inquiry · as NathanActor
- 2007Come le formiche · as RuggeroActor
- 2007Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America · as NarratorActor
- 2007The Beauty of Ugly · as Self - Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2008Shark Swarm · as Professor Bill GirdlerActor
- 2008Carnera: The Walking Mountain · as Leon SeeActor
- 2008Language of the Enemy · as Grandfather WahidActor
- 2008Ballerina · as GoranActor
- 2009Barbarossa · as Siniscalco BarozziActor
- 2009Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… · as SelfActor
- 2009Perestroika · as Professor GrossActor
- 2009The Dragon Chronicles · as NarratorActor
- 2010In the Valley of the Wolves · as NarratorActor
- 2010Hummingbirds: Magic in the AirActor
- 2010Nature Amazing Places Hawaii · as Narrates Program OneActor
- 2011Is That Skunk? · as NarratorActor
- 2012The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 · as Marco D'AvianoActor
- 2012Goltzius & the Pelican Company · as The MargraveActor
- 2012The Unseen World · as John Henry NewmanActor
- 2013Inside Llewyn Davis · as Bud GrossmanActor
- 2013Dead Man Down · as GregorActor
- 2013Love, Marilyn · as SelfActor
- 2013The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die · as BraqueActor
- 2014The Grand Budapest Hotel · as Mr. MoustafaActor
- 2014A Little Game · as Norman WallachActor
- 2014Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' · as SelfActor
- 2014The Mystery of Dante · as Dante Alter EgoActor
- 2015411 · as Information (voice)Actor
- 2018Isle of Dogs · as Jupiter (voice)Actor
- 2018Robin Hood · as CardinalActor
- 2018Every Act of Life · as SelfActor
- 2018Super Cats · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2018The Letter · as NarratorActor
- 2019How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World · as Grimmel (voice)Actor
- 2019Lady and the Tramp · as TonyActor
- 2019Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail · as Ayatollah (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Things Heard & Seen · as Floyd DeBeersActor
- 2022The Magic Flute · as Dr. LongbowActor
- 2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Moon Knight · as Khonshu (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 2022An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022The Siege of ViennaActor
- 2023Double Soul · as MentorActor
- 2024Mother, Couch · as Marcus / MarcoActor
- 2025The Phoenician Scheme · as ProphetActor
- 2025Milarepa · as OyunActor
- 2025Amadeus: The Making of a Masterpiece · as HimselfActor
- 2025This Ordinary Thing · as Self (voice)Actor
- 2026Bookends · as Saul CohenActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.