David Strathairn

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1949-01-26 (Age: 77)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

David Strathairn

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).

Filmography (131)

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

By Any Means

⭐ 0 Role: Warren

O Horizon

⭐ 0 Role: Porter Gates

Stages

⭐ 0 Role: Self (voice)

This Ordinary Thing

⭐ 7.6 Role: Milton Lynxley (voice)

Zootopia 2

⭐ 0 Role: Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)

The Gettysburg Address

⭐ 5.4 Role: Bill

A Little Prayer

⭐ 6.3 Role: Bill

The Luckiest Man in America

⭐ 0 Role: Jan Karski

Remember This

⭐ 7.5 Role: Tom Milton

Where the Crawdads Sing

⭐ 7.0 Role: Pete

Nightmare Alley

⭐ 7.2 Role: Dave

Nomadland

⭐ 10.0 Role: Messenger 1

The Oedipus Project

⭐ 6.0 Role: Joe Haley

Walkaway Joe

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Them That Work

⭐ 5.3 Role: Fred Stern

The Devil Has a Name

⭐ 6.7 Role: Admiral William Stenz

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

⭐ 6.0 Role: Ellis

Fast Color

⭐ 6.3 Role: Marty Rothstein

My Dinner with Hervé

⭐ 6.9 Role: Franklin Ahls

UFO

⭐ 7.0 Role: God

An Interview with God

⭐ 7.4 Role: President Roosevelt (voice)

Darkest Hour

⭐ 5.3 Role: Theo

November Criminals

⭐ 6.2 Role: Nathan Zuckerman

American Pastoral

⭐ 8.0 Role: Richard Englebright

He Does Not Want Peace

⭐ 6.5 Role: Richard Weissman

Louder Than Bombs

⭐ 6.1 Role: Nathan

The Debt

⭐ 6.4 Role: Ty Burley

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

⭐ 6.4 Role: Admiral William Stenz

Godzilla

⭐ 5.9 Role: William Flynn

No God, No Master

⭐ 7.4 Role: Self - Narrator (voice)

Lincoln@Gettysburg

⭐ 6.6 Role: Self

Love, Marilyn

⭐ 6.8 Role: William Seward

Lincoln

⭐ 6.1 Role: John Dos Passos

Hemingway & Gellhorn

⭐ 6.2 Role: Noah Vosen

The Bourne Legacy

⭐ 5.3 Role: Delmar

Maladies

⭐ 6.7 Role: Peter Ward

The Whistleblower

⭐ 5.3 Role: King Alonso

The Tempest

⭐ 6.4 Role: Ralph McIntosh

Howl

⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

Inside Area 51's Secrets

⭐ 8.0 Role: Himself - Narrator

Area 51 Declassified

⭐ 7.9 Role: Professor Carlock

Temple Grandin

⭐ 6.0 Role: Roman Lodari

Matadors

⭐ 7.2 Role: Self

The People Speak

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. Flintstein

Cold Souls

⭐ 6.4 Role: Steven

The Uninvited

⭐ 8.0 Role: Self

Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'

⭐ 5.0 Role: Self

Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'

⭐ 5.9 Role: J. Robert Oppenheimer

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

⭐ 6.7 Role: Arthur Spiderwick

The Spiderwick Chronicles

⭐ 6.4 Role: Arnie

My Blueberry Nights

⭐ 6.7 Role: Self

Trumbo

⭐ 9.0 Role: Mr. Jennings

Matters of Life and Death

⭐ 7.4 Role: Noah Vosen

The Bourne Ultimatum

⭐ 3.3 Role: Henry / Harry

Racing Daylight

⭐ 5.2 Role: Danny Dunkelman

Steel Toes

⭐ 7.3 Role: Joe Lobruto

Fracture

⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

The Supreme Court

⭐ 6.9 Role: President Dedmon

We Are Marshall

⭐ 8.0 Role: Finn

The Sensation of Sight

⭐ 7.0 Role: Judge James Horton

Heavens Fall

⭐ 7.5 Role: Narrator

The Human Behavior Experiments

⭐ 6.0 Role: Paul Mullin

The Shovel

⭐ 6.3 Role: Estes Kefauver

The Notorious Bettie Page

⭐ 7.1 Role: Edward R. Murrow

Good Night, and Good Luck.

⭐ 10.0 Role: Narrator

Willa Cather: The Road Is All

⭐ 5.8 Role: Henry R. Hocknell Jr.

Missing in America

⭐ 7.6 Role: Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)

Los Angeles Plays Itself

⭐ 5.6 Role: Dr. Melvin Frank

Twisted

⭐ 4.1 Role: Reverend Bobby Paradise

Paradise

⭐ 7.5 Role: Self

The Making of ‘Sneakers’

⭐ 6.2 Role: Auster

Blue Car

⭐ 4.8 Role: Jack Hoschouer

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story

⭐ 6.0 Role: Mannie

Lathe of Heaven

⭐ 4.4 Role: Bruce Hickman

Speakeasy

⭐ 5.6 Role: Dr. Charlie

Relative Evil

⭐ 9.0 Role: Mark Zingerline

The Victim

⭐ 6.5 Role: Truman Lester

A Good Baby

⭐ 7.2 Role: Captain Keller

The Miracle Worker

⭐ 6.6 Role: Harrison Lloyd

Harrison's Flowers

⭐ 5.7 Role: Peter Crowley

Freedom Song

⭐ 6.0 Role: Howard Goodwin

A Map of the World

⭐ 6.6 Role: Joe Gastineau

Limbo

⭐ 6.4 Role: Theseus

A Midsummer Night's Dream

⭐ 5.3 Role: Charles Kaminski

The Giraffe

⭐ 4.8 Role: Wes Westlund

Bad Manners

⭐ 6.8 Role: Reverend Russell

Simon Birch

⭐ 6.5 Role: Armand Minetti

With Friends Like These

⭐ 6.6 Role: Jackson Kinley

Evidence of Blood

⭐ 7.1 Role: Earl Himes

The Climb

⭐ 7.8 Role: Pierce Patchett

L.A. Confidential

⭐ 7.0 Role: Marcel

Song of Hiawatha

⭐ 6.0 Role: Martin

In the Gloaming

⭐ 6.6 Role: Bernard B. O'Hare

Mother Night

⭐ 6.5 Role: Russel Gates

Beyond the Call

⭐ 6.2 Role: Russell Terziak

Home for the Holidays

⭐ 7.3 Role: Joe St. George

Dolores Claiborne

⭐ 6.5 Role: Charles Lewin

Losing Isaiah

⭐ 6.5 Role: Tom Hartman

The River Wild

⭐ 9.0 Role: John McCowan

April One

⭐ 5.5 Role: Getso

A Dangerous Woman

⭐ 6.7 Role: Ray McDeere

The Firm

⭐ 6.3 Role: Johnny

Lost in Yonkers

⭐ 5.7 Role: Young Arthur Huntington

The American Clock

⭐ 6.9 Role: Rennie

Passion Fish

⭐ 6.9 Role: Whistler

Sneakers

⭐ 6.6 Role: Mack Laflin

Bob Roberts

⭐ 7.2 Role: Ira Lowenstein

A League of Their Own

⭐ 6.1 Role: Keith

Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even

⭐ 6.2 Role: Carl Linstrum

O Pioneers!

⭐ 6.8 Role: Asteroid

City of Hope

⭐ 7.0 Role: Dr. Arthur Kobrine

Without Warning: The James Brady Story

⭐ 5.5 Role: Father Frank Aubert

Judgment

⭐ 6.7 Role: Craig Harriman

Memphis Belle

⭐ 6.8 Role: Bill Thomas

Heat Wave

⭐ 5.2 Role: The Stranger

The Feud

⭐ 6.2 Role: J. Robert Oppenheimer

Day One

⭐ 6.9 Role: Eddie Cicotte

Eight Men Out

⭐ 4.8 Role: Sam

Call Me

⭐ 4.4 Role: Charlie

Stars & Bars

⭐ 6.9 Role: Martin Chernak

Dominick and Eugene

⭐ 7.4 Role: Police Chief Sid Hatfield

Matewan

⭐ 5.1 Role: Stuart Chase

Broken Vows

⭐ 6.8 Role: Tony Pine

At Close Range

⭐ 4.8 Role: Weejun

When Nature Calls

⭐ 6.7 Role: Man In Black

The Brother from Another Planet

⭐ 6.2 Role: Dr. Singe

Iceman

⭐ 6.9 Role: Wesley

Silkwood

⭐ 5.7 Role: Marvin Zuckerman

Lovesick

⭐ 4.6 Role: Jerry

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

⭐ 6.5 Role: Ron

Return of the Secaucus Seven