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F. Murray Abraham
Birth at
24 October 1939
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Fareed Murray Abraham is an American actor, Assyrian by father and Italian by mother. Born October 24, 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Murray spent his childhood in El Paso, Texas, almost on the border with Mexico. The boy not only did not differ in exemplary behavior, but was also a member of a teenage gang. However, taking up his mind, he enters the University of Texas, and after some time, seriously fascinated by acting, begins to study with Utah Hagen in New York.
In 1965, he made his acting
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Fareed Murray Abraham is an American actor, Assyrian by father and Italian by mother. Born October 24, 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Murray spent his childhood in El Paso, Texas, almost on the border with Mexico. The boy not only did not differ in exemplary behavior, but was also a member of a teenage gang. However, taking up his mind, he enters the University of Texas, and after some time, seriously fascinated by acting, begins to study with Utah Hagen in New York.
In 1965, he made his acting debut on the stage in Los Angeles in the production of “Wonderful costume of the color of cream ice cream”.
The path to big cinema was very difficult for Murray Abraham. His debut did not take place until 1971. It was an episodic role in
" Maybe they're giants. (directed by Anthony Harvey). He begins to appear in commercials, television programs, episodic roles. And yet fate gives him a gift.
In 1984, Murray Abraham made his debut in the title role.
Amadeus Milos Forman, in which he plays Antonio Salieri. The picture “Amadeus” had both an incredible success with the audience and the recognition of critics, the film received 8 Oscar statuettes, and Murray Abraham Oscar was awarded as the best actor who played the most difficult role of composer Salieri.
Apparently, anticipating that more such gifts in his life will not be, the actor sent all his strength to the theater stage. At the same time, he continues to actively act in films, but he did not receive worthy roles corresponding to the scale of the Oscar winner.
In 2004, Abraham was awarded the Marzio Tremaglia Prize in Rome. One of his most recent roles was in
"Barbarosse" .
In 1962, Murray Abraham married Kate Hannan. From this marriage, the actor has two children. To date, the actor continues to act, combining his career as an actor with teaching theater at Brooklyn College.
