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F. Murray Abraham

Birth Place: Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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BIO

Macy’s Santa, Street Theatre, Live Soaps, Musical Comedy, plays by Aristophanes, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Molière, Pirandello, Rostand, Girodeaux, Brecht, Beckett, Pinter, Miller, O’Neill, Mamet, Guare, Kushner, Coen. Films: Grand Budapest Hotel, Inside Llewyn Davis, Scarface, Amadeus, Name of the Rose, The Ritz and many European films. TV: “The Good Wife,” “Louie,” “Homeland.” He has narrated symphony orchestras worldwide and for PBS. Awards: 2 Obies, Golden Globe, Academy Award, Gielgud Award, The Moscow Art Theatre Award for Excellence, and has done more of Terrence’s plays than any other actor. His book on Midsummer Night’s Dream is published by Faber and Faber.


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STAGE CREDITS

Good for Otto Good for Otto
[Off-Broadway]
The New Group Off-Broadway Production, 2018
Barnard
White Rabbit Red Rabbit White Rabbit Red Rabbit
[Off-Broadway]
New York Premiere Production, 2016
Performer [Replacement]
It's Only a Play It's Only a Play
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2014
Performer
Golden Age Golden Age
[Off-Broadway]
Manhattan Theatre Club Production, 2012
Rossini
Galileo Galileo
[Off-Broadway]
Classic Stage Company, 2012
Galileo
Offices
[Off-Broadway]
2009
Cassady / Bum
Almost an Evening
[Off-Broadway]
2008
Control (Four Benches) / God Who Judges (Debate)
Mauritius Mauritius
[Broadway]
Manhattan Theatre Club Production, 2007
Sterling
The Jew of Malta
[Off-Broadway]
2007
Barabas
The Merchant of Venice
[Off-Broadway]
2007
Shylock
an oak tree
[Off-Broadway]
2006
Father [Replacement]
Trumbo: Red White and Blacklisted
[Off-Broadway]
2003
Dalton Trumbo [Replacement]
The New Moon
[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Concert, 2003
Performer
It's My Party (And I'll Die If I Want To)
[Off-Broadway]
1999
Performer
Triumph of Love
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1997
Performer
Hermocrates
King Lear
[Off-Broadway]
1996
Lear
A Month in the Country
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1995
Ignaty Illich Shpigelsky
Angels in America: Perestroika
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1993
Roy Cohn [Replacement]
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1993
Prior 2 [Replacement]
Roy Cohn [Replacement]
A Life in the Theatre
[Off-Broadway]
1992
Robert
Waiting for Godot
[Off-Broadway]
1988
Pozzo
A Midsummer Night's Dream
[Off-Broadway]
1987
Bottom/Pyramus
Twelfth Night or What You Will
[Off-Broadway]
1986
Malvolio
The Madwoman of Chaillot
[Off-Broadway]
1985
Ragpicker [Replacement]
The Golem
[Off-Broadway]
1984
Rebbi
The Caretaker
[Off-Broadway]
1982
Davies
The Seagull
[Off-Broadway]
1980
Dorn
Teibele and Her Demon
[Broadway]
1979
Alchonon
The Master and Margarita
[Off-Broadway]
1978
Performer
Landscape of the Body
[Off-Broadway]
1977
Captain Marvin Holohan
Legend
[Broadway]
1976
Jesse Lymburner
The Ritz
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1975
Chris
Bad Habits
[Off-Broadway]
1974
Roy Pitt (Ravenswood)/ Mr. Blum (Dunelawn)
6 Rms Riv Vu
[Broadway]
1972
The Expectant Father
Paul Friedman (Standby)
Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?
[Off-Broadway]
1971
The Men
The Survival of St. Joan
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 1971
Performer
The Survival of St. Joan
[Regional (US)]
World Premiere, 1970
1st Friar/Swineherd/Physician Corporal/Philippe/Friar with Penitents
Tonight in Living Color
[Off-Broadway]
1969
Jonathan (David Show)
The Man in the Glass Booth
[Broadway]
1968
Rudin
Tzelniker
The Fantasticks
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 1960
Hucklebee/Henry [Replacement]

Movies

They Might Be Giants
[ 1971 ] Clyde
The Sunshine Boys
[ 1975 ] Mechanic
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
[ 1975 ] Taxi Driver
All the President's Men
[ 1976 ] Arresting Officer #1
The Ritz
[ 1976 ] Chris
The Big Fix
[ 1978 ] Eppis
Madman
[ 1978 ] Marco Cohen
Scarface
[ 1983 ] Omar
Amadeus
[ 1984 ] Antonio Salieri
The Name of the Rose
[ 1986 ] Bernardo Gui
The Third Solution
[ 1988 ] Father Carafa
The Favorite
[ 1989 ] Abdul Hamid
Slipstream
[ 1989 ] Cornelius
Beyond the Stars
[ 1989 ] Dr. Harry Bertram
An Innocent Man
[ 1989 ] Virgil Cane
La batalla de los Tres Reyes
[ 1990 ] Osrain
Mobsters
[ 1991 ] Arnold Rothstein
Eye of the Widow
[ 1991 ] Kharoun
By the Sword
[ 1991 ] Suba
Money
[ 1991 ] Will Scarlet
Loaded Weapon 1
[ 1993 ] Harold Leacher
Last Action Hero
[ 1993 ] John Practice
Sweet Killing
[ 1993 ] Zargo
L'affaire
[ 1994 ] Lucien Hlans
Jamila
[ 1994 ] Older Seit
Nostradamus
[ 1994 ] Scalinger
Surviving the Game
[ 1994 ] Wolfe Sr.
Mighty Aphrodite
[ 1995 ] Leader
Baby Face Nelson
[ 1996 ] Al Capone
Children of the Revolution
[ 1996 ] Stalin
Una vacanza all'inferno
[ 1997 ] Belisario
Mimic
[ 1997 ] Dr. Gates
Eruption
[ 1997 ] President Mendoza
Star Trek: Insurrection
[ 1998 ] Ru afo
Muppets from Space
[ 1999 ] Noah
The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in 'for Love or Mummy'
[ 1999 ] Prof. Henry Covington
Finding Forrester
[ 2000 ] Crawford
Thir13en Ghosts
[ 2001 ] Cyrus Kriticos
The Knights of the Quest
[ 2001 ] Delfinello da Coverzano
Joshua
[ 2002 ] Father Tardone
Five Moons Plaza
[ 2003 ] Entita
My Father
[ 2003 ] Paul Minsky
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
[ 2004 ] Jeffrey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
[ 2004 ] Viceroy of Peru
The Final Inquiry
[ 2006 ] Nathan
The Stone Merchant
[ 2006 ] Shahid
Wine and Kisses
[ 2007 ] Ruggero
Language of the Enemy
[ 2008 ] Grandfather Wahid
Carnera: The Walking Mountain
[ 2008 ] Leon See
Perestroika
[ 2009 ] Prof. Gross
Sword of War
[ 2009 ] Siniscalco Barozzi
The Unseen World
[ 2010 ] John Henry Newman
Day of the Siege
[ 2012 ] Marco D Aviano
Goltzius and The Pelican Company
[ 2012 ] The Margrave, military governor
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die
[ 2013 ] Braque
Inside Llewyn Davis
[ 2013 ] Bud Grossman
Dead Man Down
[ 2013 ] Gregor
The Mystery of Dante
[ 2014 ] Dante Alter Ego
The Grand Budapest Hotel
[ 2014 ] Mr. Moustafa
A Little Game
[ 2014 ] Norman Wallach
Robin Hood
[ 2018 ] Cardinal
Isle of Dogs
[ 2018 ] Jupiter
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
[ 2019 ] Grimmel
Lady and the Tramp
[ 2019 ] Tony
Things Heard & Seen
[ 2021 ] Floyd DeBeers
The Magic Flute
[ 2022 ] Dr. Longbow
Gold Diggers
[ 2023 ] Mentor

TV Shows

Homeland
Dar Adal
Kojak
Eddie Gordon, Solly Nurse
Louie
Louie's Dad, Uncle Excelsior, Jonathan
Mythic Quest
C.W. Longbottom
The Good Wife
Burl Preston

Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

F. Murray Abraham, It's Only a Play

Drama Desk Awards - 1992 - Outstanding Actor - Play

F. Murray Abraham, A Life in the Theatre

Drama Desk Awards - 1980 - Outstanding Actor in a Play

F. Murray Abraham, Teibele and Her Demon

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has F. Murray Abraham been in?

F. Murray Abraham has appeared on Broadway in 11 shows.

How many West End shows has F. Murray Abraham been in?

F. Murray Abraham has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has F. Murray Abraham been nominated for?

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for It's Only a Play, Outstanding Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for A Life in the Theatre and Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Teibele and Her Demon.

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