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 The Sunshine Boys Car Mechanic 1976 All the President's Men Paul Leeper The Ritz Chris 1978 The Big Fix Howard Eppis 1983 Scarface Omar Suárez 1984 Amadeus Antonio Salieri 1986 On the Wing Narrator Documentary short 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 Julius Caesar Scaliger 1995 Mighty Aphrodite Leader Dillinger and Capone Al Capone 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 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 The Day of the Siege: 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 A Little Game Norman Wallach 2018 Isle of Dogs Jupiter Voice Robin Hood Cardinal Franklin 2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Grimmel Voice Lady and the Tramp Tony 2021 Things Heard & Seen Floyd DeBeers 2022 The Magic Flute Dr. Longbow 2023 Double Soul Mentor Mother, Couch Marcus / Marco 2025 The Phoenician Scheme Prophet the cast. 2026 Out of This World Post-production TBA Time OutFilming Bookends Saul Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 1975 How to Survive a Marriage Joshua Browne Episode #1.325 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. Tony 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 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 Il caso Dozier Goldstein 1996 Dead Man's Walk Captain Caleb Cobb 3 episodes 1999 Excellent Cadavers Tommaso Buscetta Television film Esther Mordechai 2000 The Darkling Bruno Rubin ill it Un dono semplice Thomas Barlow 2003 Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites Narrator (voice) Television documentary Pompeii: The Last Day 2005 NOVA - Newton's Dark Secrets 2007 In the Valley of the Wolves 2008 Shark Swarm Bill Girdler Television film 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" 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 3 Episode 2012 Blue Bloods Leon Goodwin Episode: "The Job" 2012–2018 Homeland Dar Adal 39 episodes 2013 Do No Harm Cozar Episode: "Six Feet Deep" 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" 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 2025 Marvel Zombies Khonshu (voice) 2 episodes
Theatre Year Title Role Venue 1965 The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit Coronet Theatre 1966–1967 The Fantasticks The Actor (Henry) Sullivan Street Playhouse, Off-Broadway 1968–1969 The Man in the Glass Booth Tzelniker-Rudin Royale Theatre, Broadway 1969 Tonight in Living Color Jonathan Actors' Playhouse, Off-Broadway 1971 The Survival of St. Joan Performer Anderson Theatre, Off-Broadway Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? The Men Eastside Playhouse, Off-Broadway 1972 6 Rms Riv Vu The Expectant Father Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway 1974 Bad Habits Roy Pitt/Mr. Blum Astor Place Theatre, Off-Broadway Booth Theatre, Broadway 1975–1976 The Ritz Chris Longacre Theatre, Broadway 1976 Legend Jesse Lymburner Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway 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 1979–1980 Teibele and Her Demon Alchonon Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway 1980 The Seagull Yevgeny Dorn The Public Theater, Off-Broadway 1982 The Caretaker Davies 23rd Street Theatre, Off-Broadway Antigone Creon The Public Theater, Off-Broadway 1983–1984 Uncle Vanya Mikhail Astrov La MaMa Annex 1984 The Golem Rabbi Judah Leyb Delacorte Theater, Off-Broadway 1985 The Madwoman of Chaillot Ragpicker Theatre at St. Peter's Church, Off-Broadway 1986 Twelfth Night MalvolioDelacorte Theater, Off-Broadway 1986–1987 Macbeth Macbeth Belasco Theatre, 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 1994 Angels in America Roy Cohn Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway 1995 A Month in the Country Ignaty Illyich Shpichelsky Criterion Center Stage Right, Broadway 1996 King Lear Lear The Public Theater, Off-Broadway Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy Aldwych Theatre, West End 1997–1998 Triumph of Love Hermocrates Royale Theatre, Broadway 2003 Trumbo: Red White and Blacklisted Dalton TrumboWestside 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 The Merchant of Venice Shylock Mauritius Sterling The Biltmore Theatre, 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 Galilei Classic Stage Company, Off-Broadway The Golden Age Gioacchino Rossini New York City Center, Off-Broadway 2014 The Threepenny Opera Jonathan Peachum Linda Gross Theatre, Off-Broadway 2014–2015 It's Only a Play Ira Drew Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway 2016 White Rabbit Red Rabbit Performer Westside Theatre, Off-Broadway Nathan the Wise Nathan Classic Stage Company, Off-Broadway 2017 The Mentor Benjamin Rubin Vaudeville Theatre, West End 2018 Good for Otto Barnard Pershing Square Signature Center, Off-Broadway 2023 Gutenberg! The Musical! Producer () James Earl Jones Theatre, Broadway 2024 The Queen of Versailles David A. Siegel Emerson Colonial Theatre, Boston 2025 Krapp's Last Tape Krapp Irish Repertory Theatre, Off-Broadway 2025 The Queen of Versailles David A. Siegel St. James Theatre, Broadway
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Yahoo! Movies Biography F. Murray Abraham at IMG Artists