F. MURRAY ABRAHAM (Professor Crawford) is probably best known for his Academy Award® winning portrayal of the composer Salieri in the Milos Forman's film "Amadeus."
In addition to the Best Actor Oscar® for "Amadeus," Abraham received a Golden Globe and a Los Angeles Film Critics' Award for his performance. His other film credits include "Star Trek: Insurrection," "Children of the Revolution," "Mighty Aphrodite," "The Last Action Hero," "The Bonfire of the Vanities," "Scarface," and "The Name of the Rose" (in which he co-starred with Finding Forrester star Sean Connery). He is currently in production on Joel Silver's "13 Ghosts."
Abraham's television credits include Hallmark's "Noah's Ark," HBO's "Excellent Cadavers" as well as the television movies "And Quiet Flows the Don," "Largo Desolato" and "Sex and the Married Woman."
On Broadway, Abraham starred in the musical "Triumph of Love" with Betty Buckley, as Roy Cohn in "Angels in America" and with Helen Mirren in Turgenev's "A Month in the Country."
Abraham has retained an active interest in the classics and his recent Shakespearean performances include "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Twelfth Night," "Othello," "Macbeth" and "King Lear." He has also starred as "Cyranno" and co-starred in the Mike Nichols' production of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot."
Born in El Paso, Texas, Abraham attended the University of Texas before training for the stage with Uta Hagen. A respected drama teacher, Abraham currently teaches as professor of theater at Brooklyn College, a branch of the City University of New York.
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