David Strathairn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 26, 1949 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- 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).
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Filmography
The Bard
Movie
Babies
Movie · as Michael
O Horizon
Movie · as Warren
Stages
Movie · as Porter Gates
By Any Means
Movie · as Special Agent Roy K. Moore
CIA
TV · as Sanford 'Sandy' Harrison · 1 ep
A Little Prayer
Movie · as Bill
The Luckiest Man in America
Movie · as Bill
The Gettysburg Address
Movie · as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Zootopia 2
Movie · as Milton Lynxley (voice)
This Ordinary Thing
Movie · as Self (voice)
A Man on the Inside
TV · as Dr. Benjamin Cole · 4 eps
Remember This
Movie · as Jan Karski
Where the Crawdads Sing
Movie · as Tom Milton
Nomadland
Movie · as Dave
Nightmare Alley
Movie · as Pete
Walkaway Joe
Movie · as Joe Haley
The Oedipus Project
Movie · as Messenger 1
Interrogation
TV · as Henry Fisher · 10 eps
Fast Color
Movie · as Ellis
The Devil Has a Name
Movie · as Fred Stern
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Movie · as Admiral William Stenz
Them That Work
Movie · as Self
UFO
Movie · as Franklin Ahls
An Interview with God
Movie · as God
My Dinner with Hervé
Movie · as Marty Rothstein
McMafia
TV · as Semiyon Kleiman · 7 eps
November Criminals
Movie · as Theo
Darkest Hour
Movie · as President Roosevelt (voice)
American Pastoral
Movie · as Nathan Zuckerman
He Does Not Want Peace
Movie · as Richard Englebright
Billions
TV · as Black Jack Foley · 8 eps
Louder Than Bombs
Movie · as Richard Weissman
The Debt
Movie · as Nathan
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie · as Ty Burley
Z: The Beginning of Everything
TV · as Anthony Sayre · 10 eps
The Expanse
TV · as Commander Klaes Ashford · 6 eps
Godzilla
Movie · as Admiral William Stenz
No God, No Master
Movie · as William Flynn
Love, Marilyn
Movie · as Self
Lincoln@Gettysburg
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Blacklist
TV · as Peter Kotsiopulos · 12 eps
The Bourne Legacy
Movie · as Noah Vosen
Lincoln
Movie · as William Seward
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Movie · as John Dos Passos
Maladies
Movie · as Delmar
Alphas
TV · as Lee Rosen · 24 eps
Temple Grandin
Movie · as Professor Carlock
The Tempest
Movie · as King Alonso
Howl
Movie · as Ralph McIntosh
The Whistleblower
Movie · as Peter Ward
Matadors
Movie · as Roman Lodari
Area 51 Declassified
Movie · as Himself - Narrator
Inside Area 51's Secrets
Movie · as Narrator
Cold Souls
Movie · as Dr. Flintstein
The Uninvited
Movie · as Steven
The People Speak
Movie · as Self
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Movie · as Arthur Spiderwick
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Movie · as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Movie · as Self
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Movie · as Self
The Bourne Ultimatum
Movie · as Noah Vosen
My Blueberry Nights
Movie · as Arnie
Fracture
Movie · as Joe Lobruto
Steel Toes
Movie · as Danny Dunkelman
The Supreme Court
Movie · as Narrator
Racing Daylight
Movie · as Henry / Harry
Trumbo
Movie · as Self
Matters of Life and Death
Movie · as Mr. Jennings
We Are Marshall
Movie · as President Dedmon
Heavens Fall
Movie · as Judge James Horton
The Notorious Bettie Page
Movie · as Estes Kefauver
The Sensation of Sight
Movie · as Finn
The Shovel
Movie · as Paul Mullin
The Human Behavior Experiments
Movie · as Narrator
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Movie · as Edward R. Murrow
Missing in America
Movie · as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
Movie · as Narrator
Twisted
Movie · as Dr. Melvin Frank
Paradise
Movie · as Reverend Bobby Paradise
House
TV · as Nash · 1 ep
Blue Car
Movie · as Auster
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Movie · as Self
Lathe of Heaven
Movie · as Mannie
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Movie · as Jack Hoschouer
Speakeasy
Movie · as Bruce Hickman
Monk
TV · as Patrick Kloster · 1 ep
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
TV · as Jack Hoschouer · 2 eps
Relative Evil
Movie · as Dr. Charlie
The Victim
Movie · as Mark Zingerline
Big Apple
TV · as Will Preecher · 8 eps
The Miracle Worker
Movie · as Captain Keller
Harrison's Flowers
Movie · as Harrison Lloyd
A Good Baby
Movie · as Truman Lester
Freedom Song
Movie · as Peter Crowley
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Theseus
Limbo
Movie · as Joe Gastineau
The Giraffe
Movie · as Charles Kaminski
A Map of the World
Movie · as Howard Goodwin
The Sopranos
TV · as Robert Wegler · 3 eps
The Climb
Movie · as Earl Himes
Evidence of Blood
Movie · as Jackson Kinley
Bad Manners
Movie · as Wes Westlund
With Friends Like These
Movie · as Armand Minetti
Simon Birch
Movie · as Reverend Russell
L.A. Confidential
Movie · as Pierce Patchett
In the Gloaming
Movie · as Martin
Song of Hiawatha
Movie · as Marcel
Mother Night
Movie · as Bernard B. O'Hare
Beyond the Call
Movie · as Russel Gates
Dolores Claiborne
Movie · as Joe St. George
Home for the Holidays
Movie · as Russell Terziak
Losing Isaiah
Movie · as Charles Lewin
The River Wild
Movie · as Tom Hartman
April One
Movie · as John McCowan
The Firm
Movie · as Ray McDeere
A Dangerous Woman
Movie · as Getso
The American Clock
Movie · as Young Arthur Huntington
Lost in Yonkers
Movie · as Johnny
Sneakers
Movie · as Whistler
Bob Roberts
Movie · as Mack Laflin
Passion Fish
Movie · as Rennie
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
Movie · as Keith
O Pioneers!
Movie · as Carl Linstrum
A League of Their Own
Movie · as Ira Lowenstein
City of Hope
Movie · as Asteroid
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Movie · as Dr. Arthur Kobrine
Memphis Belle
Movie · as Craig Harriman
Judgment
Movie · as Father Frank Aubert
Heat Wave
Movie · as Bill Thomas
The Feud
Movie · as The Stranger
Day One
Movie · as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Eight Men Out
Movie · as Eddie Cicotte
Call Me
Movie · as Sam
Stars & Bars
Movie · as Charlie
Dominick and Eugene
Movie · as Martin Chernak
Matewan
Movie · as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Broken Vows
Movie · as Stuart Chase
Wiseguy
TV · 2 eps
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
TV · as Moss Goodman · 20 eps
At Close Range
Movie · as Tony Pine
When Nature Calls
Movie · as Weejun
Spenser: For Hire
TV · 1 ep
The Equalizer
TV · as Phillip Borchek · 1 ep
Iceman
Movie · as Dr. Singe
The Brother from Another Planet
Movie · as Man In Black
Miami Vice
TV · as Marty Lang · 1 ep
Silkwood
Movie · as Wesley
Lovesick
Movie · as Marvin Zuckerman
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Movie · as Jerry
American Playhouse
TV · as Carl Linstrum, The Stranger · 1 ep
Return of the Secaucus Seven
Movie · as Ron
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Carl Linstrum · 1 ep
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep