F. Murray Abraham on screen and stage

F. Murray Abraham is an American actor known for his work in film, television and theatre.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	They Might Be Giants	Clyde
1973	Serpico	Serpico's Partner	Uncredited
1975	The Prisoner of Second Avenue	Taxi Driver
1975	The Sunshine Boys	Car Mechanic
1976	All the President's Men	Paul Leeper
1976	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
1995	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
1999	The all new adventures of Laurel & Hardy in 'For love or mummy'	Henry Covington
2000	Finding Forrester	Professor Robert Crawford
2000	David Proshker	Narrator	Short film
2001	The Knights of the Quest	Delfinello da Coverzano
2001	Thir13en Ghosts	Cyrus Kriticos
2002	The Hire	Airport Guru	Segment: The Ticker
2002	Joshua	Father Tardone
2003	Five Moons Square	The Entity
2003	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
2007	Blood Monkey	Professor Hamilton	Direct-to-DVD
2008	Carnera: The Walking Mountain	Léon Sée
2008	A House Divided	Grandfather Wahid
2009	Perestroika	Professor Gross
2009	Barbarossa	Siniscalco Barozzi
2010	The Unseen World	John Henry Newman
2012	Goltzius and the Pelican Company	The Margrave of Alsace
2012	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
2018	Robin Hood	Cardinal
2019	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	Grimmel^[4]	Voice
2019	Lady and the Tramp	Tony
2021	Things Heard & Seen	Floyd DeBeers
2022	The Magic Flute	Dr. Longbow
2023	Mother, Couch	Marcus / Marco

Television

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
	The Andros Targets	Bobby Carr	Episode: "The Killing of a Porno Queen"
	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
1993	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Professor Harlech
1993	Il caso Dozier	Goldstein
1996	Dead Man's Walk	Captain Caleb Cobb	3 episodes
1999	Excellent Cadavers	Tommaso Buscetta	Television film
1999	Esther	Mordechai
2000	The Darkling	Bruno Rubin
2000	ill it Un dono semplice	Thomas Barlow
2003	Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites	Narrator (voice)	Television documentary
2003	Pompeii: The Last Day
2005	NOVA - Newton's Dark Secrets
2007	In the Valley of the Wolves
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
	Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities	Dr. Carl Winters	Episode: "The Autopsy"
	The White Lotus	Bert Di Grasso	7 episodes
2023	White House Plumbers	John Sirica	2 episodes

Theatre

Broadway

F. Murray Abraham Broadway work
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 and regional

F. Murray Abraham off-Broadway and regional work
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
1980	The Seagull	Dorn
1982	The Caretaker	Davies	23rd Street Theatre, Off-Broadway
1982	Antigone	Creon	The Public Theater, Off-Broadway
1983–84	Uncle Vanya	Astrov	La MaMa Annex
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

F. Murray Abraham West End work
Year	Title	Role	Venue
1996	Tolstoy	Leo Tolstoy	Aldwych Theatre
2017	The Mentor	Benjamin Rubin	Vaudeville Theatre

References

^ "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

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

[1] "Spotlight: CANNES". Variety. 359 (3): C72. May 15, 1995.

[2] "Cinemax: Dillinger and Capone". The Washington Post. 31 March 1996. p. MC65.

[3] "Home Box Office; Dillinger and Capone". The Washington Post. 28 September 1997. p. H_AA72.

[4] D'Alessandro, Anthony (November 14, 2017). "F. Murray Abraham To Get Evil For 'How To Train Your Dragon 3'". Deadline. Retrieved November 14, 2017.

[5] "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.

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