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).
Known For
Captain Keller
The Miracle Worker
The Stranger
The Feud
Pierce Patchett
L.A. Confidential
Theseus
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Asteroid
City of Hope
Whistler
Sneakers
Edward R. Murrow
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Bernard B. O'Hare
Mother Night
Mack Laflin
Bob Roberts
Noah Vosen
The Bourne Ultimatum
Arnie
藍莓之夜
President Dedmon
We Are Marshall
Dr. Flintstein
Cold Souls
Joe Lobruto
Fracture
Joe St. George
Dolores Claiborne
Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Matewan
Dr. Singe
Iceman
Arthur Spiderwick
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Danny Dunkelman
Steel Toes
Harrison Lloyd
Harrison's Flowers
Tom Hartman
The River Wild
Russell Terziak
Home for the Holidays
Man In Black
The Brother from Another Planet
Professor Carlock
Temple Grandin
Wesley
Silkwood
Eddie Cicotte
Eight Men Out
Dr. Melvin Frank
Twisted
Judge James Horton
Heavens Fall
Charles Lewin
Losing Isaiah
Tony Pine
At Close Range
Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
Missing in America
Rennie
Passion Fish
Steven
The Uninvited
Sam
Call Me
Ray McDeere
The Firm
Joe Gastineau
Limbo
Estes Kefauver
The Notorious Bettie Page
Mannie
Lathe of Heaven
Finn
The Sensation of Sight
King Alonso
The Tempest
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Day One
Martin
In the Gloaming
Ralph McIntosh
Howl
Narrator
The Supreme Court
Noah Vosen
The Bourne Legacy
Keith
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
Peter Ward
The Whistleblower
Auster
Blue Car
Charles Kaminski
Meschugge
Marvin Zuckerman
Lovesick
Henry / Harry
Racing Daylight
Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
William Seward
Lincoln
Roman Lodari
Matadors
Howard Goodwin
A Map of the World
J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Jack Hoschouer
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Carl Linstrum
O Pioneers!
Dr. Charlie
Relative Evil
Bruce Hickman
Speakeasy
Self
Love, Marilyn
Getso
A Dangerous Woman
Admiral William Stenz
Godzilla
John Dos Passos
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Truman Lester
A Good Baby
Earl Himes
The Climb
Himself - Narrator
Area 51 Declassified
Delmar
Maladies
Russel Gates
Beyond the Call
Marcel
Song of Hiawatha
Jerry
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
William Flynn
No God, No Master
Young Arthur Huntington
The American Clock
Narrator
Inside Area 51's Secrets
Craig Harriman
Memphis Belle
Mark Zingerline
The Victim
Stuart Chase
Broken Vows
Paul Mullin
The Shovel
Jackson Kinley
Evidence of Blood
Jan Karski
Remember This
Richard Weissman
Louder Than Bombs
Johnny
Lost in Yonkers
Nathan
The Debt
Dr. Arthur Kobrine
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Charlie
Stars & Bars
Bill
A Little Prayer
Ty Burley
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Self
Trumbo
Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Narrator
The Human Behavior Experiments
Wes Westlund
Bad Manners
Peter Crowley
Freedom Song
Narrator
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
Warren
O Horizon
Father Frank Aubert
Judgment
Bill Thomas
Heat Wave
Bill
The Luckiest Man in America
Self
The People Speak
Weejun
When Nature Calls
Nathan Zuckerman
American Pastoral
John McCowan
April One
Theo
November Criminals
Ron
Return of the Secaucus Seven
Franklin Ahls
UFO
Armand Minetti
With Friends Like These
Ellis
Fast Color
Rev. Russell
Simon Birch
President Roosevelt (voice)
Darkest Hour
Fred Stern
The Devil Has a Name
God
An Interview with God
Joe Haley
Walkaway Joe
Marty Rothstein
My Dinner with Hervé
Mr. Jennings
Matters of Life and Death
Dave
Nomadland
Admiral William Stenz
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
The Gettysburg Address
Reverend Bobby Paradise
Paradise
Self
Them That Work
Pete
Nightmare Alley
Messenger 1
The Oedipus Project
Ira Lowenstein
A League of Their Own
Martin Chernak
Dominick and Eugene
Self
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Self
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Tom Milton
Where the Crawdads Sing
Narrator (voice)
Lincoln@Gettysburg
Richard Englebright
He Does Not Want Peace
By Any Means
The Bard
Milton Lynxley (voice)
Zootopia 2
Voice
This Ordinary Thing
Babies
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
132
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-01-26
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
David Russell Strathairn