F. Murray Abraham Filmography

Nature: Silence of the Bees

Synopsis: As originally produced for - and broadcast on - PBS, the documentary program Nature: The Silence of the Bees travels back to the winter of 2006, when an odd and enigmatic phenomenon transpired in the entomological realm: millions of honeybees vanished without a trace from their hives, thereby Read More

Shark Swarm

Actors: John Schneider, Daryl Hannah, Armand Assante, F. Murray Abraham, Roark Critchlow

Synopsis: Tourist season sets the stage for terror when a greedy developer attempts to transform a quiet California fishing town into a gaudy tourist trap, and a swarm of man-eating Great Whites begin devouring anyone who dares venture into the once-peaceful waters. Decades of dumping has turned the Pacific Read More

Nature: The Gorilla King

Actors: F. Murray Abraham

Synopsis: What external dynamics or internal traits would prompt a 400-pound Silverback gorilla with a tortured familial history to relinquish the past and rise above his trauma, courageously leading a pack of 25 other primates for the duration of his lifetime? That's the question posed by this documentary Read More

Nature: What Females Want... and Males Will Do

Actors: F. Murray Abraham

Synopsis: This two-part biological documentary examines the process and practice of courtship as exhibited by numerous species in the animal kingdom. The first half explores behavior common to females and argues that they instinctively attempt to "shape the future" of their respective species by selecting Read More

Extreme Lands of the Americas

Nature: Dogs That Changed the World, Part 1 - The Rise of the Dog

The Final Inquiry

Actors: Dolph Lundgren, Daniele Liotti, Monica Cruz, F. Murray Abraham, Max von Sydow, Hristo Shopov

Synopsis: A Roman warrior on a quest to uncover the truth about Jesus of Nazareth becomes enamored with an Israeli beauty after rescuing the woman from a violent mugger in this Biblical-themed period drama starring Dolph Lundgren, F. Murray Abraham, Max Von Sydow, and Mónica Cruz. A solar eclipse has cast Read More

Nature: Supersize Crocs

Synopsis: The PBS animal documentary Nature: Supersize Crocs begins with an incredible legend. Amid worldwide terror over the cannibalistic proclivities of the crocodile, even more jolting rumors persist of an oversized species that allegedly spans up to 21 feet. On a heartbreaking note for zoologists Read More

Nature: Sharkland

Actors: F. Murray Abraham

Synopsis: F. Murray Abraham, classically trained star of the blockbuster features Amadeus (1984) and Finding Forrester (2000), hosts and narrates the PBS Nature special Sharkland. The program travels to the majestic, mysterious freezing waters around southern Africa, where a bizarre zoological phenomenon Read More

The Stone Merchant

Actors: Harvey Keitel, Jordi Mollà, Jane March, F. Murray Abraham, Paco Reconti

Synopsis: A terrorist bombing victim who devoted his life to trumpeting the threat that Islam poses to western culture finds his marriage threatened by a converted Christian possessed by the vengeance of jihad in action specialist Renzo Martinelli's tense and topical thriller. Eschewing his career as a Read More

Operation Lysistrata

Synopsis: In January 2003, two Manhattan activists, Sharron Bower and Kathryn Blume, conceived the idea of staging a public reading of Aristophanes's seminal anti-war comedy, Lysistrata, as a protest against the preemptive strike on Iraq and subsequent U.S. occupation. Word of their doings caught fire and Read More

Blood Monkey

Actors: F. Murray Abraham, Matt Reeves, Sebastian Armesto, Matthew Ryan

Synopsis: Six American graduate students studying apes in the African jungle discover a new species of killer chimpanzees that could prove to be the most formidable threat ever known to humankind. Upon first spotting this bizarre new breed, Greg, Dani, Amy, Josh, Sydney, and Seth were all assured by their Read More

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Actors: Robert De Niro, F. Murray Abraham, Kathy Bates, Gabriel Byrne

Synopsis: Thornton Wilder's award-winning novel is given a lavish screen adaptation in this historical drama from writer and director Mary McGuckian. In Peru in 1714, a rickety bridge collapsed as five people were attempting to cross, forcing them to plunge to their deaths. Brother Fray Juniper (Gabriel Byrne Read More

NOVA: Newton's Dark Secrets

Synopsis: In addition to the reputation afforded him in the centuries following his death as a world-shaking scientific provocateur, Isaac Newton was also extraordinarily devout, and something of a mystic. As one who did his life's work during an unusual period when both modern science and theology were on Read More

Papa Rua Alguem 5555

Actors: Thomas Kretschmann, Charlton Heston, F. Murray Abraham, Thomas Heinze, Alberto Bevilacqua

Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers

Actors: Sophia Loren, F. Murray Abraham, Angela Pagano, Elio Pandolfi, Armando Pugliese

Scarface

Actors: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia

Synopsis: Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, an exiled Cuban criminal who goes to work for Miami drug lord Robert Loggia. Montana rises to the top of Florida's crime chain, appropriating Loggia's cokehead mistress (Michelle Pfeiffer) in the process. Howard Hawks' "X Marks the Spot" motif in depicting the Read More

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites - The End of Days

Actors: Keith David

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites - The Book and the Sword

Actors: Keith David

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites - By the Rivers of Babylon

Actors: Keith David

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites - The Gift of the Jews

Actors: Keith David

Try To Remember: The Fantasticks

Synopsis: This documentary documents the final performance of the off-Broadway show The Fantastics and takes a look back at its 42 year run. Some of the revolving cast members in this show later went on to enjoy success in film and television such as Liza Minnelli, Glenn Close, and Ricardo Montalban. Read More

Piazza delle Cinque Lunes

Actors: Donald Sutherland, Giancarlo Giannini, Stefania Rocca, Greg Wise, Aisha Cerami

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites [TV Documentary Series]

Actors: Keith David, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, René Auberjonois, F. Murray Abraham

Synopsis: Originally intended as a four-part miniseries, Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites made its U.S. debut as a two-part PBS special on May 14 and 21, 2003. Narrated by Keith David, with character voices provided by an impressive lineup of prominent actors, the program is dedicated to the Read More

Joshua

Actors: Tony Goldwyn, F. Murray Abraham, Kurt Fuller, Stacy Edwards, Colleen Camp

Synopsis: A mysterious stranger brings both spiritual comfort and a certain level of distrust to a small community in this drama based on the spiritual best-seller by Joseph Girzone. A mysterious man named Joshua (Tony Goldwyn) arrives in the small Midwestern town of Auburn sometime in the late 19th Read More

A Dream in Hanoi

Actors: Lorelle Browning, Doan Hoang Giang, Allen Nause, Do Ky, Ahn Dung

13 Ghosts

Actors: Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard, Alec Roberts, Shannon Elizabeth, Kathryn Anderson

Synopsis: This haunted house chiller is the second feature from Dark Castle Entertainment, the mid-budget outfit put together in 1999 to remake the cheesy horror genre pictures of William Castle by his daughter, Terry Castle, and producers Gilbert Adler, Robert Zemeckis, and Joel Silver. Financially ravaged Read More

I Cavalieri che fecero l'impresa

Actors: Edward Furlong, Raoul Bova, Marco Leonardi, Thomas Kretschmann, Stanislas Merhar

Synopsis: A handful of young knights are given the grave responsibility of rescuing one of the most sacred relics in Christianity in this lavish historical epic. In the year 1272, the bloody swath of the Crusades has swept much of Europe, and King Louis IX of France dies after a battle in Tunisia. After the Read More

American Experience: The Great San Francisco Earthquake

Synopsis: In April of 1906, the grand and thriving city of San Francisco was host to luminaries including writer Jack London, world-class opera tenor Enrico Caruso, and movie star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. At 5:30 in the morning on April 18, one of the most disastrous earthquakes in U.S. history shook the Read More

Finding Forrester

Actors: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes

Synopsis: In the spirit of his Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting, Gus Van Sant directs this tale of the unlikely bond that develops between an aging, reclusive novelist named Forrester (Sean Connery) -- who hasn't written anything since winning a Pulitzer Prize decades earlier -- and Jamal (Rob Brown), a Read More

Esther

Actors: Louise Lombard, F. Murray Abraham, Jürgen Prochnow, Thomas Kretschmann, Ornella Muti

Synopsis: The tenth in a series of made-for-TV movies based on stories from the Bible, this drama stars Louise Lombard as Esther, a common Jewish woman who rose to wealth and power when she captured the heart of the King of Persia. Eventually, Esther opted to use her influence to win freedom and a better Read More

The Darkling

Actors: F. Murray Abraham, Aidan Gillen

Synopsis: A poor man learns that obtaining wealth through evil means can command a terrible price in this made-for-TV horror story. Jeff Obold (Aiden Gillen) is a struggling auto mechanic whose personal life is a good bit more rewarding than his career; he has a lovely wife, Marla (Nina Siemaszko), and a Read More

Muppets from Space

Actors: Kirk Thatcher, Ken Kaufman, Mark Nutter, Thomas Wolfe, Dave Goelz, Jeffrey Tambor, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Brian Henson, Ray Liotta, David Arquette, Andie MacDowell

Synopsis: At long last, the secret of just what the Great Gonzo happens to be is revealed! As Gonzo and his friend Rizzo hit the road in search of their roots, Gonzo makes a shocking discovery: his parents are actually space aliens from another galaxy. After announcing this startling news on Miss Piggy's Read More

Noah's Ark

Actors: Jon Voight, Mary Steenburgen, F. Murray Abraham, Carol Kane, James Coburn

Synopsis: The biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood gets a decidedly unusual retelling in this film, produced as a two-part TV movie and first aired on NBC in May 1999. Noah Jon Voight is an ordinary laborer who one day begins receiving messages from God. It seems the Lord has a special assignment for Read More

Excellent Cadavers

Actors: F. Murray Abraham, Anna Galiena, Chazz Palminteri

Synopsis: A noble judge attempts to put an end to the corruption that plagues Palermo in director Ricky Tognazzi's adaptation of Alexander Stille's best-selling novel detailing the hazardous career of real-life judge Giovanni Falcone. The setting is Palermo, Italy, and the decade is the 1980s. As the grip Read More

The All New Adventures of Laurel and Hardy: For Love of Mummy

Actors: Bronson Pinchot, Gailard Sartain, F. Murray Abraham

Synopsis: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy return -- well, sort of -- in this comedy for the whole family. Bronson Pinchot plays the look-alike nephew of Stan Laurel, while Gailard Sartain appears as a man who bears a striking resemblance to his uncle, Oliver Hardy. Just like their uncles, when the younger Stan Read More

Star Trek: Insurrection

Actors: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Synopsis: Star Trek: Insurrection manages to recall the original 1960s series' spirit of liberalism, while transcending it for sheer boldness, embracing issues that are on the political cutting edge in the 1990s and beyond. The fact that the first 30 minutes are presented as a mystery only makes the Read More

Color of Justice

Actors: Bruce Davison, F. Murray Abraham, Judd Hirsch

Synopsis: In this thought-provoking courtroom drama, the husband of a woman who was killed during a carjacking learns that justice can be hard to find when media hype and political agendas are added to the mix. The youths are captured and a trial date set. The quartet of carjackers are represented by Public Read More

Eruption

Actors: F. Murray Abraham

Synopsis: Forces of politics and nature converge to throw a poor nation into chaos in this drama. Sam (Cyril O'Reilly) is a photojournalist from the United States who is on assignment in the South American country of San Pedro. While his stated goal is to cover a visit by the Pope, Sam also hopes to score Read More

Mimic

Actors: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, Giancarlo Giannini, Charles S. Dutton

Synopsis: While one would imagine that the average New Yorker would be used to dealing with bugs after years of apartment dwelling, a scientific experiment gone wrong results in an insect that even Raid can't handle in this sci-fi/horror thriller. In Manhattan, cockroaches are spreading a deadly disease Read More

Una Vacanza All'Inferno

Actors: Marco Leonardi, F. Murray Abraham, Giancarlo Giannini, Mirca Viola, Rolando Ravello

Synopsis: In this Italian crime drama, unemployed Angelo (Marco Leonardi) is elated to receive an offer from Luciano (Alessandro Zamattio) to assist in a Bangkok video shoot. Unknown to Angelo, Luciano stashes inside the camera $10,000 worth of heroin, discovered at airport customs. Placed in a cell with Read More

Children of the Revolution

Actors: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Richard Roxburgh, Geoffrey Rush, Rachel Griffiths

Synopsis: Children of the Revolution is an Australian film whose cinematic roots go back to the sardonic comedies of Billy Wilder. It is set in two time periods, the 1950s and 1990s, and goes back and forth between them. In the 1990s, Australian politician Joe Welch (Richard Roxburgh) is having some serious Read More

National Geographic: Puma - Lion of the Andes

Synopsis: This is the story of a puma's life in the wilds of Chile, in a highly acclaimed, prize-winning documentary by wildlife cinematographer Hugh Miles. The elusive puma -- also known as a mountain lion or cougar -- is called the "golden ghost." Seldom seen and rarely photographed, the puma is shown Read More

Dead Man's Walk

Synopsis: Author Larry McMurtry revisits Gus and Woodrow, the aging lawmen from his bestselling Western novel Lonesome Dove, in their early days as young men determined to make a name for themselves as Texas Rangers in this made-for-TV prequel. Gus (David Arquette) and Woodrow (Jonny Lee Miller) join up Read More

Baby Face Nelson

Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Lisa Zane, Doug Wert, Martin Kove, F. Murray Abraham

Synopsis: This exciting crime drama recounts the life and times of one of the Prohibition's most famous and feared gangsters as he engages in a territorial battle with his nemesis Al Capone. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Mighty Aphrodite

Actors: Woody Allen, Helena Bonham Carter, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rapaport, F. Murray Abraham

Synopsis: A dissatisfied Manhattan sportswriter finds more than he expected when he searches for the biological mother of his adopted child in Woody Allen's comedy. Writer-director Allen also plays Lenny, a slightly more relaxed incarnation of his usual neurotic screen persona. Lenny is trapped in a bad Read More

Dillinger and Capone

Synopsis: In 1934, J. Edgar Hoover and the boys made headlines for mowing down John Dillinger in a hail of bullets outside Chicago's Biograph theater. But in fact, according to this Jon Purdy gangster thriller, the Feds iced Dillinger's brother. Fast-forward five years, when mobster kingpin Al Capone (F. Murray Abraham Read More

Jamila

Actors: F. Murray Abraham, Linh-Dan Pham, Nikolai Kinski, Jason Connery

Synopsis: It's young love on the steppes in this romantic fable based on a 1956 story by Chingiz Aitmatov. The movie was filmed on the beautiful Kirghiz steppes. The story reflects the wistful memories of Seit, a N.Y. painter as he reminisces about his youthful, innocent love affair with Jamilia back in the Read More

Surviving the Game

Actors: Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Charles S. Dutton, Gary Busey, F. Murray Abraham

Synopsis: The Richard Connell short story, The Most Dangerous Game, has been adapted for the screen many times. In this updated version, the rapper-actor Ice-T plays Mason, a homeless man whose best friend and his dog both die on the same day. Cole (Charles S. Dutton, a relief worker, tells Mason that Read More

Fresh

Actors: Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson, N'Bushe Wright, Ron Brice

Synopsis: A bright young African-American boy attempts to survive life in the city by acting as an errand boy for a drug dealer in this thoughtful, sharply plotted drama. Known as Fresh, the young man must use his delivery jobs to support himself and his troubled sister, receiving nothing from his distant Read More

Nostradamus

Actors: Tchéky Karyo, F. Murray Abraham, Rutger Hauer, Amanda Plummer, Julia Ormond

Synopsis: This period drama explores the life and times of the 16th century doctor and scientist who some believed could see into the future. Michel de Nostradamus (Tcheky Karyo) was the son in a Jewish family who posed as Catholics to be spared the wrath of the Inquisition. As a student of the renowned Read More

Sweet Killing

Actors: Anthony Higgins, Leslie Hope, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Ironside, Andréa Ferréol

Synopsis: Based on Agnes Hall's novel Qualthrough, this suspenseful crime drama chronicles the comeuppance of a murderous banker. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

Actors: Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Tim Curry, Kathy Ireland

Synopsis: The Lethal Weapon series and the rest of the buddy-cop genre receives the parody treatment in this low-brow comedy. Emilio Estevez stars as Jack Colt, the Mel Gibson-like loose cannon, while Samuel L. Jackson assumes the Danny Glover role as Wes Luger, his exasperated partner. Together, Colt and Read More

Last Action Hero

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brien, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Frank McRae, Anthony Quinn, Charles Dance, Mercedes Ruehl

Synopsis: Arnold Schwarzenegger appears as a pumped-up Shakespearian hero while an announcer bellows, "Something is rotten in Denmark -- and Hamlet is taking out the trash!" This gag sets the stage for the post-modernist action epic The Last Action Hero. The film concerns Danny Madigan (Austin O'Brien), a Read More

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Actors: Kim Miyori, John Neville, Jeffrey Nordling, Farrah Forke, Tim Russ

Synopsis: A scientific expedition to the earth's center goes awry, leaving the explorers marooned in a fantastic underground world. Adapted from Jules Verne's classic adventure. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

L'Affaire

Actors: Robert Hossein, F. Murray Abraham, Bruno Wolkowitch, Candice Patou

Mobsters

Actors: Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylor, F. Murray Abraham

Synopsis: In this fictionalized account based on true figures, a foursome of young thugs decides to team up and take control of New York's east side from the aging bosses who control it. Bugsy Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor) control the physical elements of the operation, while Read More

Cadence

Actors: Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Beach, Blu Mankuma

Synopsis: When a young Caucasian military man is thrown into an all African-American barracks for punishment, he slowly earns the respect of his peers while they all are forced to contend with the prejudicial acts of a racist sergeant. Charlie Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Martin Sheen (who also directed) and Read More

National Geographic: Hawaii - Strangers in Paradise

Synopsis: Since man's arrival to the Hawaiian Islands over 2000 years ago, nearly 70% of the native plant and animal species have become extinct -- and many of the remaining species are in danger. Thus a tough battle lies ahead for scientists and conservationists trying to maintain what is left of native Read More

A Season of Giants

Actors: Mark Frankel, John Glover

Synopsis: Season of Giants succeeds more in ambition than in execution. This 195-minute TV movie proposes that a great professional rivalry existed between Renaissance geniuses Michelangelo (Mark Frankel) and Leonardo da Vinci (John Glover). While the Florentine and Roman scenery is authentic, certain Read More

First Circle

Actors: F. Murray Abraham, Victor Garber, Laurent Malet, Christopher Plummer, Robert Powell, Robert Joy

Synopsis: Based on a Solzhenitsyn book, this is the story of a Moscow official in Stalinist Russia whose future freedom depends on a technological break-through. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

The Secrets of Dick Smith

By the Sword

Actors: F. Murray Abraham, Eric Roberts, Mia Sara, Chris Rydell, Elaine Kagan

Synopsis: Villard (Eric Roberts) is an expert swordsman who runs a fencing school; he first learned the sport from his father, who was killed in a match when Villard was a young man. One day, an older gentleman (F. Murray Abraham) who looks down on his luck appears at Villard's fencing studio; he introduces Read More

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Actors: Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall, Saul Rubinek, Morgan Freeman

Synopsis: Brian De Palma's Hollywood sanitization of