F. Murray Abraham -- photo © unknown

The Cast: F. Murray Abraham

FACTS

Birth Name: Fahrid Murray Abraham
Birthdate: October 24, 1939
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA
Occupations: Actor, Director
Father: Fahrid Abraham, a mechanic
Mother: Josephine Abraham
Wife: Kate Hannon; married since 1962
Children: Jamili & Mick
Education: University of Texas, Austin, TX (1959-1961); HB Studio in New York, NY (studied under Uta Hagen)

AWARDS

1983: Obie Award (theater) for Uncle Vanya
1984: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor -- Amadeus. He tied with Albert Finney in Under the Volcano
1984: Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) -- Amadeus
1984: Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Actor -- Amadeus

TRIVIA

Mr. Abraham is of Syrian and Italian ancestry
He is a respected drama professor/teacher at Brooklyn College, though he sometimes takes leave to do different projects

FILMOGRAPHY

Papà Rua Alguem 5555 (2002)
The Hire: Ticker (2002)
Joshua (2002)
Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
The Knights of the Quest (2001)
Finding Forrester (2000)
Excellent Cadavers (1999)
Muppets From Space (1999)
The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy: For Love or Mummy (1998)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Eruption (1997)
Vacation in Hell (1997)
Mimic (1997)
Children of the Revolution (1996)
Baby Face Nelson (1995)
Dillinger and Capone (1995)
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Jamila (1994)
Nostradamus (1994)
Surviving the Game (1994)
The Case (1994)
Fresh (1994)
Last Action Hero (1993)
Sweet Killing (1993)
Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
By the Sword (1991)
Mobsters (1991)
Cadence (1991)
The Battle of the Three Kings (1990)
Money (1990)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Beyond the Stars (1989)
Eye of the Widow (1989)
Slipstream (1989)
The Third Solution (1989)
The Favorite (1989)
An Innocent Man (1989)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Amadeus (1984)
Scarface (1983)
Madman (1978)
The Big Fix (1978)
The Ritz (1976)
All the President's Men (1976)
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
Serpico (1973)
They Might Be Giants (1971)

TELEVISION

Return to Bangalore (2000)
The Darkling (2000)
Noah's Ark (1999)
Menschheit (1999)
Esther (1999)
Color of Justice (1997)
Einstein Revealed (1996)
Looking for Richard (1996)
Dead Man's Walk (1996)
The Way West (1995)
Il Caso Dozier (1993)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993)
Oscar's Greatest Moments: 1971 to 1991 (1992)
The First Circle (1991)
The Little Match Girl (1991)
The Secrets of Dick Smith (1991)
A Season of Giants (1991)
Largo Desolato (1990)
Galileo Galilei (1989)
Performance Pieces (1989)
The Betrothed (1988)
On the Wing (1986)
Dream West (1986)
Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise (1985)
Marco Polo (1982)
Sex and the Married Woman (1977)
Kojak episode (1977)
All in the Family episode (1976)
Kojak episode (1975)
How to Survive a Marriage (1974)

THEATER

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ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS

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PHOTOS

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