David Strathairn

Biography

David 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 had also starred in "L.A. Confidential" (1997), "Godzilla" (2014), and the "Bourne" franchise (2007–2012).

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 Carruthers

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

128

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-01-26

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

David Russell Strathairn