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David Strathairn
David Strathairn

David Strathairn

ActingBorn January 26, 1949 (age 77)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).

Filmography

2026Movie
2026
O Horizon

as Warren

Movie
2026
Stages

as Porter Gates

Movie
2026
CIA

as Sanford 'Sandy' Harrison

TV
2025
This Ordinary Thing

as Self (voice)

Movie
2025
Zootopia 2

as Milton Lynxley (voice)

Movie
2025
The Gettysburg Address

as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)

Movie
2025Movie
2024
A Man on the Inside

as Dr. Benjamin Cole

TV
2023
Remember This

as Jan Karski

Movie
2022Movie
2021Movie
2021
Nomadland

as Dave

Movie
2020
The Oedipus Project

as Messenger 1

Movie
2020
Walkaway Joe

as Joe Haley

Movie
2020
Interrogation

as Henry Fisher

TV
2019Movie
2019Movie
2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters

as Admiral William Stenz

Movie
2019
Fast Color

as Ellis

Movie
2018
My Dinner with Hervé

as Marty Rothstein

Movie
2018
UFO

as Franklin Ahls

Movie
2018Movie
2018
McMafia

as Semiyon Kleiman

TV
2017
Darkest Hour

as President Roosevelt (voice)

Movie
2017Movie
2016
American Pastoral

as Nathan Zuckerman

Movie
2016
He Does Not Want Peace

as Richard Englebright

Movie
2016
Billions

as Black Jack Foley

TV
2015
The Expanse

as Commander Klaes Ashford

TV
2015
The Expanse

as Klaes Ashford

TV
2015TV
2015
Louder Than Bombs

as Richard Weissman

Movie
2015
The Debt

as Nathan

Movie
2014
Godzilla

as Admiral William Stenz

Movie
2014
No God, No Master

as William Flynn

Movie
2013
Lincoln@Gettysburg

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
2013
The Blacklist

as Peter Kotsiopulos

TV
2013Movie
2012
Lincoln

as William Seward

Movie
2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn

as John Dos Passos

Movie
2012
The Bourne Legacy

as Noah Vosen

Movie
2012
Maladies

as Delmar

Movie
2011
Alphas

as Lee Rosen

TV
2010
The Whistleblower

as Peter Ward

Movie
2010
The Tempest

as King Alonso

Movie
2010
Howl

as Ralph McIntosh

Movie
2010Movie
2010
Area 51 Declassified

as Himself - Narrator

Movie
2010
Temple Grandin

as Professor Carlock

Movie
2010
Matadors

as Roman Lodari

Movie
2009Movie
2009
Cold Souls

as Dr. Flintstein

Movie
2009
The Uninvited

as Steven

Movie
2008
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

as J. Robert Oppenheimer

Movie
2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles

as Arthur Spiderwick

Movie
2007Movie
2007
Trumbo

as Self

Movie
2007Movie
2007Movie
2007
Racing Daylight

as Henry / Harry

Movie
2007
Steel Toes

as Danny Dunkelman

Movie
2007
Fracture

as Joe Lobruto

Movie
2007Movie
2006
We Are Marshall

as President Dedmon

Movie
2006Movie
2006
Heavens Fall

as Judge James Horton

Movie
2006Movie
2006
The Shovel

as Paul Mullin

Movie
2006
The Notorious Bettie Page

as Estes Kefauver

Movie
2005
Good Night, and Good Luck.

as Edward R. Murrow

Movie
2005Movie
2005
Missing in America

as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.

Movie
2004
House

as Nash

TV
2004
Twisted

as Dr. Melvin Frank

Movie
2004
Paradise

as Reverend Bobby Paradise

Movie
2003
Blue Car

as Auster

Movie
2002Movie
2002Movie
2002
Monk

as Patrick Kloster

TV
2002
Speakeasy

as Bruce Hickman

Movie
2001
Relative Evil

as Dr. Charlie

Movie
2001
Big Apple

as Will Preecher

TV
2001
The Victim

as Mark Zingerline

Movie
2000
A Good Baby

as Truman Lester

Movie
2000
The Miracle Worker

as Captain Keller

Movie
2000
Harrison's Flowers

as Harrison Lloyd

Movie
2000
Freedom Song

as Peter Crowley

Movie
1999
A Map of the World

as Howard Goodwin

Movie
1999
Limbo

as Joe Gastineau

Movie
1999Movie
1999
The Giraffe

as Charles Kaminski

Movie
1999
The Sopranos

as Robert Wegler

TV
1998
Bad Manners

as Wes Westlund

Movie
1998
Simon Birch

as Reverend Russell

Movie
1998
With Friends Like These

as Armand Minetti

Movie
1998
Evidence of Blood

as Jackson Kinley

Movie
1998
The Climb

as Earl Himes

Movie
1997
L.A. Confidential

as Pierce Patchett

Movie
1997Movie
1997Movie
1996
Mother Night

as Bernard B. O'Hare

Movie
1996
Beyond the Call

as Russel Gates

Movie
1995
Home for the Holidays

as Russell Terziak

Movie
1995
Dolores Claiborne

as Joe St. George

Movie
1995
Losing Isaiah

as Charles Lewin

Movie
1994
The River Wild

as Tom Hartman

Movie
1994
April One

as John McCowan

Movie
1993Movie
1993
The Firm

as Ray McDeere

Movie
1993Movie
1993
The American Clock

as Young Arthur Huntington

Movie
1992
Passion Fish

as Rennie

Movie
1992
Sneakers

as Whistler

Movie
1992
Bob Roberts

as Mack Laflin

Movie
1992
A League of Their Own

as Ira Lowenstein

Movie
1992
O Pioneers!

as Carl Linstrum

Movie
1991
City of Hope

as Asteroid

Movie
1991Movie
1990
Judgment

as Father Frank Aubert

Movie
1990
Memphis Belle

as Craig Harriman

Movie
1990
Heat Wave

as Bill Thomas

Movie
1989
The Feud

as The Stranger

Movie
1989
Day One

as J. Robert Oppenheimer

Movie
1988
Eight Men Out

as Eddie Cicotte

Movie
1988
Call Me

as Sam

Movie
1988
Stars & Bars

as Charlie

Movie
1988
Dominick and Eugene

as Martin Chernak

Movie
1987TV
1987
Matewan

as Police Chief Sid Hatfield

Movie
1987
Broken Vows

as Stuart Chase

Movie
1986
At Close Range

as Tony Pine

Movie
1985
The Equalizer

as Phillip Borchek

TV
1985Movie
1984
Miami Vice

as Marty Lang

TV
1984Movie
1984
Iceman

as Dr. Singe

Movie
1983
Silkwood

as Wesley

Movie
1983
Lovesick

as Marvin Zuckerman

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Carl Linstrum

TV
1949TV
Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 26, 1949
Place of BirthSan Francisco, California, USA
Popularity2.3