F. Murray Abraham is an American actor known for his roles on stage and screen. Over his career he has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for a BAFTA Awards and four Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award.
Abraham received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Antonio Salieri in the 1984 period biographical drama film Amadeus, a performance that also earned him a BAFTA Award for Best Actor nomination and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for a Critics' Choice Movie Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for the comedy-drama film The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
On television, he played Dar Adal in the Showtime espionage thriller series Homeland (2012–18), for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, and Bert Di Grasso, an elderly flirtatious grandfather on the second season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus (2022), that earned him nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
His work on the stage has earned him two Obie Awards for revivals of Anton Chekov's Uncle Vanya (1986) and William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (2011). He was also nominated for three Drama Desk Awards. He has also been nominated for a Grammy Award.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1985 Best Actor Amadeus
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards 1986 Best Actor in a Leading Role Amadeus
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.Primetime Emmy Awards 2015 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Homeland (episode: "Long Time Coming") 2018 Homeland (episode: "All In") 2022 Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance Moon Knight (episode: "The Friendly Type") 2023 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series The White Lotus (episode: "Abductions")
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1985 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Amadeus 2023 Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film The White Lotus
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1987 Best Spoken Word Album Interview with the Vampire
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2014 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Homeland 2015 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture The Grand Budapest Hotel 2016 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Homeland 2023 The White Lotus
Theatre awards Year Organization Category Nominated work Result 1980 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actor in a Play Teibele and Her Demon 1992 A Life in the Theatre 2015 Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play It's Only a Play 1984 Obie Awards Best Performance Uncle Vanya 2011 Sustained Excellence of Performance The Merchant of Venice 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave
Critics awards Year Organization Category Nominated work Result 1984 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Actor Amadeus 2014 Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Acting Ensemble The Grand Budapest Hotel Detroit Film Critics Society Best Ensemble Florida Film Critics Circle Best Ensemble San Diego Film Critics Society Best Ensemble Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Acting by an Ensemble 2015 Georgia Film Critics Association Best Ensemble
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