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F. Murray Abraham

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 ... more

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.

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Scarface
(1983)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure f...
Runtime:
170 min
Director:
Brian De Palma
Cast:
Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
8.3
82%
65
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Amadeus
(1984)
Drama, History, Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his undeniable talent, the highly religious Salieri is gradually consumed by his jealousy and becomes obsessed with Mozar...
Runtime:
160 min
Director:
Miloš Forman
Cast:
F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow
8.3
93%
88
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014)
Comedy, Drama
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals tha...
Runtime:
100 min
8.1
92%
88
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All the President's Men
(1976)
Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Richard Nixon to resign from his post.
Runtime:
138 min
Director:
Alan J. Pakula
Cast:
Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook
8.0
94%
84
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Isle of Dogs
(2018)
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Wes Anderson
Cast:
Bryan Cranston, Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bill Murray
7.9
90%
82
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Serpico
(1973)
Crime, History
Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. His actions get Frank shunned by the other officers, and often placed in dangerous situations by his partners. When his superiors ignore Frank's accusations of corruption, he decides to go public with the allegations. Although thi...
Runtime:
130 min
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Cast:
Al Pacino, John Randolph Jones, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire
7.7
90%
87
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The Name of the Rose
(1986)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence – which is...
Runtime:
130 min
Director:
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast:
Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin, Helmut Qualtinger
7.7
74%
54
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
(2019)
Adventure, Animation, Family
As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.
Runtime:
104 min
Cast:
Jay Baruchel, Jay Baruchel, Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, America Ferrera
7.5
90%
71
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Inside Llewyn Davis
(2013)
Drama, Music
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future following the suicide of his singing partner.
Runtime:
104 min
7.4
94%
92
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Finding Forrester
(2000)
Drama
Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help from his new mentor Jamal receives a scholarship to a private school.
Runtime:
136 min
Director:
Gus Van Sant
Cast:
Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes
7.3
74%
62
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Last Action Hero
(1993)
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to save the life of his hero and new friend.
Runtime:
130 min
Director:
John McTiernan
Cast:
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brien, Charles Dance, Bridgette Wilson
6.4
40%
44
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Mighty Aphrodite
(1995)
Comedy, Romance
When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A G...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Woody Allen
Cast:
Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Helena Bonham Carter, F. Murray Abraham, Donald Symington
7.0
78%
59
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Star Trek: Insurrection
(1998)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Jonathan Frakes
Cast:
Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden
6.4
54%
64
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Dead Man Down
(2013)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
Runtime:
118 min
6.5
38%
39
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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
(1993)
Action, Comedy, Crime
An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the 'Wilderness Girls' cookie drive.
Runtime:
84 min
Director:
Gene Quintano
Cast:
Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Tim Curry, Kathy Ireland
6.2
21%
30
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Mimic
(1997)
Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survi...
Runtime:
105 min
Director:
Guillermo del Toro
Cast:
Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Giancarlo Giannini, Josh Brolin, Josh Brolin
6.0
64%
55
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Fresh
(1994)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Michael is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a crowded house with his cousins and aunt. His father has become a street bum, but still meets with Fresh on occasion to play chess. Fresh is rather quiet in a crazy world. Fresh's sister is a junkie who sleeps with the dealers that Fresh sells for. As the story progresses Fresh realize...
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Boaz Yakin
Cast:
Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson, N'Bushe Wright, Ron Brice
7.6
88%
81
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Thir13en Ghosts
(2001)
Horror, Thriller
Arthur and his two children, Kathy and Bobby, inherit his Uncle Cyrus's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to 12 ghosts. When the family, accompanied by Bobby's Nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine "designed by the devil and powered by the dead" to open the Eye of Hell. A...
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Steve Beck
Cast:
Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, Matthew Harrison
5.6
17%
30
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Muppets from Space
(1999)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction
When Gonzo's breakfast cereal tells him that he's the descendant of aliens from another planet, his attempts at extraterrestrial communication get him kidnapped by a secret government agency, prompting the Muppets to spring into action. It's hard to believe Gonzo's story at first, but Kermit and friends soon find themselves on an epic ...
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Tim Hill
Cast:
Steve Whitmire, Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta
6.3
63%
53
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Robin Hood
(2018)
Action, Adventure, Thriller
A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.
Runtime:
116 min
Cast:
Taron Egerton, Taron Egerton, Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Jamie Foxx
5.3
15%
32
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
(1990)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
Runtime:
125 min
Director:
Brian De Palma
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall, Saul Rubinek
5.6
16%
27
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Surviving the Game
(1994)
Action
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast:
Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Charles S. Dutton, Gary Busey, John C. McGinley
6.2
24%
41
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The Sunshine Boys
(1975)
Comedy
Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature a reunion of this classic duo. It is up to him to try to get the Sunshin...
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
Herbert Ross
Cast:
Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith, Carol Arthur
7.1
72%
N/A
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Mobsters
(1991)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
Runtime:
104 min
Director:
Michael Karbelnikoff
Cast:
Christian Slater, Christian Slater, Costas Mandylor, Richard Grieco, Richard Grieco
6.0
6%
N/A
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An Innocent Man
(1989)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug dealing, based on the perjured evidence of a police informant. Thrown into a s...
Runtime:
113 min
Director:
Peter Yates
Cast:
F. Murray Abraham, Laila Robins, David Rasche, Tom Selleck
6.4
38%
N/A
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue
(1975)
Comedy
Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Melvin Frank
Cast:
Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks, Elizabeth Wilson, Florence Stanley
6.7
57%
N/A
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The Ritz
(1976)
Comedy, Music
On his deathbed Carmine Vespucci's father tells him to "get Proclo". With "the hit" on, Gaetano tells a cab driver to take him where Carmine can't find him. He arrives at the Ritz, a gay bathhouse.
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Richard Lester
Cast:
Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, F. Murray Abraham, Treat Williams, Jerry Stiller
7.7
50%
N/A
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They Might Be Giants
(1971)
Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Every hero has a weakness, and Sherlock Holmes' weakness was Moriarty. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson solve mysteries and search for Moriarty in 1970s New York City. The fact that Sherlock Holmes is a psychotic paranoid and Dr. Watson is a female psychiatrist fascinated by his case is almost beside the point.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Anthony Harvey
Cast:
George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford, Lester Rawlins, Al Lewis
7.0
78%
N/A
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Children of the Revolution
(1996)
Comedy, Drama
A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Peter Duncan
Cast:
Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham, Richard Roxburgh, Rachel Griffiths
6.3
80%
76
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Joshua
(2002)
Drama
When Joshua moves to the outskirts of Auburn, he awakens the curiosity of the sleepy town. They don’t know who he is or where he came from, but no one can shake the feeling they’ve known him for years. Despite his benevolence and selfless work in the community, some remain suspicious. Just what exactly is Joshua up to?
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Jon Purdy
Cast:
Tony Goldwyn, F. Murray Abraham, Kurt Fuller, Stacy Edwards
6.7
22%
38
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Love, Marilyn
(2013)
Documentary
Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend at various stages in her life.
Runtime:
105 min
7.3
62%
51
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Dead Man's Walk
(1996)
Drama, Western
Dead man's Walk is the beginning of the Lonesome Dove Saga. Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call are just starting out in the Texas Rangers and have no idea of what they are doing for Call it's Duty above all else. For Gus it's the thrill of adventure. Both men don't know just how much danger and death await for them on their first patrol. Jonn...
Runtime:
272 min
Cast:
F. Murray Abraham, David Arquette, Keith Carradine
7.3
N/A
N/A
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Nostradamus
(1994)
Drama, History
A dramatic retelling of the life of Michel de Nostredame, from his early work as a plague doctor to his time at the court of Catherine de Medici, after he became famed for his prophetic almanacs. Stars Rutger Hauer and Julia Ormond.
Runtime:
119 min
Director:
Roger Christian
Cast:
Tchéky Karyo, F. Murray Abraham, Rutger Hauer, Amanda Plummer, Julia Ormond
5.8
43%
N/A
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Marco Polo
(1982)
Adventure, Drama, History, TV Movie, War
The life and experiences of the 13th-century explorer, who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.
Runtime:
504 min
Director:
Giuliano Montaldo
Cast:
Ken Marshall, Denholm Elliott, Tony Vogel, David Warner, F. Murray Abraham
7.9
N/A
N/A
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Esther
(1999)
Drama, History, TV Movie
King of the Persians, summons his attractive wife Vashti, to show off her beauty to the guests, the proud queen refuses to come. The king promptly bans her from ever entering his presence again, and gives orders for the most beautiful young virgins in the land to be brought to him. The young Jewess Esther, adopted daughter of her uncl...
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Raffaele Mertes
Cast:
Louise Lombard, F. Murray Abraham, Jürgen Prochnow, Thomas Kretschmann, Ornella Muti
6.8
N/A
N/A
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By the Sword
(1991)
Drama
A mysterious man, Suba, gets himself a job at a fencing academy, and as he learns the way of the students, the school, and its maestro, they learn that there's more to him than meets the eye. He gains (or regains?) his fencing skills and his philosophy of teaching clashes with the maestro's. As they are thrown into conflict, Suba and t...
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Jeremy Kagan
Cast:
Eric Roberts, F. Murray Abraham, Brett Cullen
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Excellent Cadavers
(1999)
Crime, Drama, History, TV Movie, Thriller
Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former mobster, to defeat the clan of Corleone, the ruthless Mafia faction that rules Cosa Nostra with an iron hand, cruelly eliminating all those who dare to oppose its immense power: other criminals, policemen, judges, even innocent civilians...
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Ricky Tognazzi
Cast:
Chazz Palminteri, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Galiena, Anna Galiena, Andy Luotto
6.6
63%
N/A
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
(2004)
Drama, Romance
The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge. A friar who has witnessed the tr...
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Mary McGuckian
Cast:
F. Murray Abraham, Kathy Bates, Gabriel Byrne, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert De Niro
5.1
4%
25
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The Big Fix
(1978)
Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Jeremy Kagan
Cast:
Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow, F. Murray Abraham
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Goltzius & the Pelican Company
(2012)
History
Goltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. A contemporary of Rembrandt and, indeed, more celebrated during his life, Goltzius seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books. In return, he pr...
Runtime:
128 min
Director:
Peter Greenaway
Cast:
F. Murray Abraham, Ramsey Nasr, Kate Moran, Pippo Delbono, Giulio Berruti
6.7
75%
N/A