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Fahrid Murray Abraham (b. October 24, 1939) is an Academy Award-winning American actor born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Syrian immigrant Fahrid Abraham and Italian-American housewife, Josephine. He was raised in El Paso, Texas and attended the University of Texas at Austin. He later studied acting in New York City under Uta Hagen. Abraham may be remembered by some for his role in Amadeus as the composer, Antonio Salieri which won him the 1994 Best Actor Oscar, and others for his appearance in Star Trek: Insurrection as Ad'har Ru'afo.

Abraham made his stage debut in Los Angeles in Ray Bradbury's The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit. He made his film debut in the 1971 film They Might Be Giants and his first television appearance in a 1973 television production of the Shakespeare play, Much Ado About Nothing. Though he has mostly focused on stage roles he has appeared in several notable films such as The Sunshine Boys, Beyond the Stars, Bonfire of the Vanities, the TV movie Journey to the Center of the Earth and Mimic.

Genre Filmography

• Slipstream (1989)
• Beyond the Stars (1989)
• Last Action Hero (1993)
• Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993)
• Nostradamus (1994)
• Mimic (1997)
• Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
• Noah's Ark (1999)
• Muppets from Space (1999)
• The Darkling (2000)
• Thir13en Ghosts (2001)

External Links

• F. Murray Abraham at IMDB.com
• Upcoming TV Schedule by IMDB.com

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