F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham's biography

Fahrid Murray Abraham is 83 years old television actor born at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was born on Tuesday 24th of October 1939. He is often nicknamed as Murray Abraham, F. Murray Abraham, Fahrid Murray Abraham. According to year of birth 1939 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 24th of October means he is Scorpio. Scorpio is a watery sign. These people are very intense in their thoughts. They always learn from the transformatory phase of their life.

He is white american. Fahrid is citizen of United States of America. Fahrid is christian. His primary profession is to be television actor. You can know him also as film actor, character actor. Fahrid is recently known as stage actor. Fahrid received Academy Award for Best Actor Amadeus in 1983

F. Murray Abraham's schools

We found 4 schools Fahrid attended. Complete list of schools: University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso High School, HB Studio.

Detailed informations about Fahrid´s schools

• Attended and graduated from El Paso High School in El Paso, Texas (1958).
• Attended the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Texas at Austin.

F. Murray Abraham's career

Fahrid´s main focus is to be television actor. Fahrid is famous thanks to Antonio Salieri In Amadeus (1984).. You could see Fahrid also in Amadeus.

Is F. Murray Abraham gay ?

Fahrid is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

F. Murray Abraham's Awards

• After his Academy Award for Amadeus (1984), he turned down roles in films such as the black comedy Clue (1985) and Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986).
• He was awarded the John H. Finley Award by the Alumni Association of the City College of New York (CCNY) for exemplary dedicated service to the City of New York (2009).
• The first person with ancestry from an Arab country to have received an Academy Award for Best Actor. Rami Malek, who won for Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), is the second.

F. Murray Abraham's Nominations

• Fahrid was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor

What else you don't know about F. Murray Abraham ?

Fahrid´s middle name is Murray.

What F. Murray Abraham has done for a first time

• One of his first plays in Los Angeles was a dramatization of a work by Ray Bradbury: "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit". He and Bradbury remained friends until Bradbury's death.
• The first person with ancestry from an Arab country to have received an Academy Award for Best Actor. Rami Malek, who won for Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), is the second.
• His first major success as an actor was as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (1984) at age 45.

F. Murray Abraham's quotes

• [from the Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) Special Collector's Edition DVD] If I could do only Star Trek movies for the rest of my career, I would. That's how strongly I feel about this organization. I do not say that lightly.
• [announcing Geraldine Page as the winner of the Best Actress Oscar, 1986] I consider this woman the greatest actress in the English language.
• British actors have their feel for Shakespeare and we Americans have ours, and I think that we have a lot to learn from each other.
• [on Last Action Hero (1993)] It was a wonderful script and Schwarzenegger was a treat to work with. I don't know what I expected because of his politics but he's a real pro. I think it was an underrated film and John McTiernan's a good guy.
• [on Thir13en Ghosts (2001)] I had a good time on that one. We almost froze to death doing it but it pays a lot of bills. No apologies. I had a good time.
• [on the Oscars] It's terrific fun. It's thrilling, in fact. For one thing, you get to meet all these amazing people in one place. You go to the bathroom and you're peeing next to Gregory Peck. How often does that happen?
• [on post-Oscar typecasting] Right away, I got an offer to do someone who murders children and I thought, "This is what Salieri means to them?". I couldn't believe the money I was being offered, but I put the script away after 10 pages.
• [on Blood Monkey (2007)] That was a payday. But it also meant going to a part of the world that I'd never been to. I wanted to see Thailand. So I went. And I had a good time.
• I just throw it out and see what happens. If it sounds and feels right, then I continue.
• I think creativity is spiritual, I absolutely believe that. I love parties, I love a good time.
• I am afraid of nothing on stage. I will try anything. As a matter of fact, I embrace the danger. The difficulty is capturing surprise on film.
• The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking.
• I'd like President Bush to think maybe there's another way to think, that maybe Kissinger was wrong when he says we had to go in there because he was wrong about Vietnam.
• People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
• I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it.
• [on Amadeus (1984)] With Dick Smith there, and the words of Peter Shaffer... they've got to be the most beautiful descriptions in music ever written on film or in literature. And we could hear the music accompanying the words... What more can you ask for?
• As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow. Once I looked into a mirror at my face, I felt like it was completely convincing. I was Salieri.
• [on Arnold Schwarzenegger] I don't know if you would call him a great actor, but he's amazing in terms of his presence, and he is interesting enough that you want to watch him.
• I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that.
• I don't want to talk in terms of miracles. I think this is a very serious situation. But I do want to talk in terms of Bush becoming a man of the hour, and I think this is way to do it.
• All the stuff that you visualized that was going to work so beautifully, you discover is trashed, so you jump to something else.
• I'd like President Bush to get a gun in his hands. I'll go with him. I can't think of anything better than to die in places just beginning their lives.
• Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.
• I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.
• There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.
• I'm just having a wonderful time. It's an interesting thing that I'm very comfortable with this material and I don't know why. Maybe it's because I did Macbeth.
• [on Amadeus (1984)] Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.
• With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia (Jamila (1994)).
• If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grandchildren. I want them to not send a bunch of strangers' kids in there to fight and die.
• I trust that the president will try, just give it one more shot, some revolutionary way of not doing this, of bringing all those kids back home safely.
• [on The Name of the Rose (1986)] There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, "That's Sean Connery!" I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
• [on Amadeus (1984)] Milos (Forman) said, "You're my first choice." From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, "Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.".
• I have to do the films to support the theater habit. The theater's still where I live.
• [2017 interview] You know, I cannot imagine not working. I don't understand the word 'retirement'. I'm in very good health and have this deep love and rare passion for my work, so in other words, I'm very lucky.
• [2017, on Homeland (2011)] It pays the rent and you get to travel the world first class! And it allows me to do theater. But I love the people I work with on the show. I think Claire Danes is an extraordinary professional - the tone is set by her.
• [on Mimic (1997)] I speak fluent Spanish, so when Guillermo del Toro and I met it was like cousins coming together. I happen to think he's a great director with a great energy and intelligence that he brings to the set. I thought the film got a bum ride.
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F. Murray Abraham's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how F. Murray Abraham looks. We will focus on his height, body shape, eye color and hair color. He is tall as 5' 11" (180 cm). Body build is average. Fahrid´s eyes are tinted brown - dark. Fahrid´s hair is shade of salt and pepper.