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David Strathairn

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David Strathairn

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jan 26, 1949 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Biography

David Russell Strathairn (born January 26, 1949) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of journalist Edward R. Murrow in the feature film Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. He also starred in L.A. Confidential (1997), Godzilla (2014), and the Bourne franchise (2007–2012). Strathairn appeared in supporting roles in many notable films such as A League of Their Own (1992), Sneakers (1992), The Firm (1993), The River Wild (1995), Lincoln (2012), Nomadland (2020), and Nightmare Alley (2021). He is a frequent collaborator with director John Sayles, who is a fellow graduate of Williams College. On television, Strathairn is known for his recurring roles in The Sopranos (2004), Alphas (2011–2012), The Blacklist (2015–2016), Billions (2017–2019), and The Expanse (2018–2019). He received a Primetime Emmy Award win and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance in the HBO television film Temple Grandin (2010).

Known For

Acting
2026StagesPorter Gates
2026By Any Means
2025A Little PrayerBill
2025O HorizonWarren
2025The Luckiest Man in AmericaBill
2025The Gettysburg AddressRalph Waldo Emerson (voice)
2025Zootopia 2Milton Lynxley (voice)
2025This Ordinary ThingSelf (voice)
2024A Man on the InsideDr. Benjamin Cole
2023Remember ThisJan Karski
2022Where the Crawdads SingTom Milton
2021NomadlandDave
2021Nightmare AlleyPete
2020Walkaway JoeJoe Haley
2020The Oedipus ProjectMessenger 1
2020InterrogationHenry Fisher
2019Fast ColorEllis
2019The Devil Has a NameFred Stern
2019Godzilla: King of the MonstersAdmiral William Stenz
2019Them That WorkSelf
2018UFOFranklin Ahls
2018An Interview with GodGod
2018My Dinner with HervéMarty Rothstein
2018McMafiaSemiyon Kleiman
2017November CriminalsTheo
2017Darkest HourPresident Roosevelt (voice)
2016American PastoralNathan Zuckerman
2016He Does Not Want PeaceRichard Englebright
2016BillionsBlack Jack Foley
2015Louder Than BombsRichard Weissman
2015The DebtNathan
2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold HotelTy Burley
2015Z: The Beginning of EverythingAnthony Sayre
2015The ExpanseCommander Klaes Ashford
2015The ExpanseKlaes Ashford
2014GodzillaAdmiral William Stenz
2014No God, No MasterWilliam Flynn
2013Love, MarilynSelf
2013Lincoln@GettysburgSelf - Narrator (voice)
2013The BlacklistPeter Kotsiopulos
2012The Bourne LegacyNoah Vosen
2012LincolnWilliam Seward
2012Hemingway & GellhornJohn Dos Passos
2012MaladiesDelmar
2011AlphasLee Rosen
2010Temple GrandinProfessor Carlock
2010The TempestKing Alonso
2010HowlRalph McIntosh
2010The WhistleblowerPeter Ward
2010MatadorsRoman Lodari
2010Area 51 DeclassifiedHimself - Narrator
2010Inside Area 51's SecretsNarrator
2009Cold SoulsDr. Flintstein
2009The UninvitedSteven
2009The People SpeakSelf
2008The Spiderwick ChroniclesArthur Spiderwick
2008The Trials of J. Robert OppenheimerJ. Robert Oppenheimer
2008Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'Self
2008Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'Self
2007The Bourne UltimatumNoah Vosen
2007My Blueberry NightsArnie
2007FractureJoe Lobruto
2007Steel ToesDanny Dunkelman
2007The Supreme CourtNarrator
2007Racing DaylightHenry / Harry
2007TrumboSelf
2007Matters of Life and DeathMr. Jennings
2006We Are MarshallPresident Dedmon
2006Heavens FallJudge James Horton
2006The Notorious Bettie PageEstes Kefauver
2006The Sensation of SightFinn
2006The ShovelPaul Mullin
2006The Human Behavior ExperimentsNarrator
2005Good Night, and Good Luck.Edward R. Murrow
2005Missing in AmericaHenry R. Hocknell Jr.
2005Willa Cather: The Road Is AllNarrator
2004TwistedDr. Melvin Frank
2004Los Angeles Plays ItselfPierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
2004ParadiseReverend Bobby Paradise
2004HouseNash
2003Blue CarAuster
2003The Making of ‘Sneakers’Self
2002Lathe of HeavenMannie
2002Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen StoryJack Hoschouer
2002SpeakeasyBruce Hickman
2002MonkPatrick Kloster
2001Relative EvilDr. Charlie
2001The VictimMark Zingerline
2000The Miracle WorkerCaptain Keller
2000Harrison's FlowersHarrison Lloyd
2000A Good BabyTruman Lester
2000Freedom SongPeter Crowley
1999A Midsummer Night's DreamTheseus
1999LimboJoe Gastineau
1999The GiraffeCharles Kaminski
1999A Map of the WorldHoward Goodwin
1999The SopranosRobert Wegler
1998The ClimbEarl Himes
1998Evidence of BloodJackson Kinley
1998Bad MannersWes Westlund
1998With Friends Like TheseArmand Minetti
1998Simon BirchRev. Russell
1997L.A. ConfidentialPierce Patchett
1997In the GloamingMartin
1997Song of HiawathaMarcel
1996Mother NightBernard B. O'Hare
1996Beyond the CallRussel Gates
1995Dolores ClaiborneJoe St. George
1995Home for the HolidaysRussell Terziak
1995Losing IsaiahCharles Lewin
1994The River WildTom Hartman
1994April OneJohn McCowan
1993The FirmRay McDeere
1993A Dangerous WomanGetso
1993The American ClockYoung Arthur Huntington
1993Lost in YonkersJohnny
1992SneakersWhistler
1992Bob RobertsMack Laflin
1992Passion FishRennie
1992Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get EvenKeith
1992O Pioneers!Carl Linstrum
1992A League of Their OwnIra Lowenstein
1991City of HopeAsteroid
1991Without Warning: The James Brady StoryDr. Arthur Kobrine
1990Memphis BelleCraig Harriman
1990JudgmentFather Frank Aubert
1990Heat WaveBill Thomas
1989The FeudThe Stranger
1989Day OneJ. Robert Oppenheimer
1988Eight Men OutEddie Cicotte
1988Call MeSam
1988Stars & BarsCharlie
1988Dominick and EugeneMartin Chernak
1987MatewanPolice Chief Sid Hatfield
1987Broken VowsStuart Chase
1987Wiseguy
1987The Days and Nights of Molly DoddMoss Goodman
1986At Close RangeTony Pine
1985When Nature CallsWeejun
1985Spenser: For Hire
1985The EqualizerPhillip Borchek
1984IcemanDr. Singe
1984The Brother from Another PlanetMan In Black
1984Miami ViceMarty Lang
1983SilkwoodWesley
1983LovesickMarvin Zuckerman
1983Enormous Changes at the Last MinuteJerry
1980Return of the Secaucus SevenRon
1953The OscarsSelf
1951Hallmark Hall of FameCarl Linstrum
1949The Emmy AwardsSelf
-The Bard
-Babies
Production
2006The Sensation of SightProducer