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F. Murray Abraham

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F. Murray Abraham

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American actor (born 1939)

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F. Murray Abraham is an American male artist whose professional career began in 1959. He is recognized within the Academy Award Best Actor collection. His body of work includes titles such as *Amadeus*, *A Midsummer Night's Dream*, *Bad habits*, *Nature*, and *A Study Guide to Gabriel Garcia Marquez' One Hundred Years of Solitude*.

Abraham was born on October 24, 1939. He is associated with the United States. Various databases list between five and six works attributed to him. His name appears in 661 other encyclopedia articles, and his music has been played 3,980 times by 854 listeners on Last.fm.

Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
6

Top works

  • Nature
  • A Study Guide to Gabriel Garcia Marquez' One Hundred Years of Solitude
  • Amadeus
  • Bad habits
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1939-10-24

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
854
Total plays
3,980

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Encyclopedic overview

F. Murray Abraham (born Murray Abraham; October 24, 1939) is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award, four Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award. He came to prominence for his portrayal of Antonio Salieri in the drama film Amadeus (1984) for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor.

Abraham made his Broadway debut in the 1968 play The Man in the Glass Booth. He received an Obie Award for Outstanding Performance for his roles in Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (1984) and William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (2011). He returned to Broadway in the revival of Terrence McNally's comedy It's Only a Play (2014), receiving a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play nomination.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “F. Murray Abraham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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