David Strathairn
123 movies · 21 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 26, 1949 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Also known as
- David Russell 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.
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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
David Strathairn: movies and TV shows
Acting (144)
- Upcoming
- 2026 Babies
as Michael
- 2026 By Any Means
as Special Agent Roy K. Moore
- 2026 O Horizon
as Warren
- 2026 Stages
as Porter Gates
- 2026
- 2025 Zootopia 2
as Milton Lynxley (voice)
- 2025 The Gettysburg Address
as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
- 2025 A Little Prayer
as Bill
- 2025 The Luckiest Man in America
as Bill
- 2024
- 2023 Remember This
as Jan Karski
- 2022 Where the Crawdads Sing
as Tom Milton
- 2021 Nightmare Alley
as Pete
- 2021 Nomadland
as Dave
- 2020 The Oedipus Project
as Messenger 1
- 2020 Walkaway Joe
as Joe Haley
- 2020
- 2019 The Devil Has a Name
as Fred Stern
- 2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Admiral William Stenz
- 2019 Fast Color
as Ellis
- 2018 My Dinner with Hervé
as Marty Rothstein
- 2018 UFO
as Franklin Ahls
- 2018 An Interview with God
as God
- 2018
- 2017 Darkest Hour
as President Roosevelt (voice)
- 2017 November Criminals
as Theo
- 2016 American Pastoral
as Nathan Zuckerman
- 2016 He Does Not Want Peace
as Richard Englebright
- 2016
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015 Z: The Beginning of Everything
as Judge Anthony Sayre
- 2015 Louder Than Bombs
as Richard Weissman
- 2015 The Debt
as Nathan
- 2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Ty Burley
- 2014 Godzilla
as Admiral William Stenz
- 2014 No God, No Master
as William Flynn
- 2013
- 2012 Lincoln
as William Seward
- 2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn
as John Dos Passos
- 2012 The Bourne Legacy
as Noah Vosen
- 2012 Maladies
as Delmar
- 2011
- 2010 The Whistleblower
as Peter Ward
- 2010 The Tempest
as King Alonso
- 2010 Howl
as Ralph McIntosh
- 2010 Inside Area 51's Secrets
as Narrator
- 2010 Temple Grandin
as Professor Carlock
- 2010 Matadors
as Roman Lodari
- 2009 Cold Souls
as Dr. Flintstein
- 2009 The Uninvited
as Steven
- 2008 The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- 2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Arthur Spiderwick
- 2007 My Blueberry Nights
as Arnie
- 2007 Matters of Life and Death
as Mr. Jennings
- 2007 The Bourne Ultimatum
as Noah Vosen
- 2007 Racing Daylight
as Henry / Harry
- 2007 Steel Toes
as Danny Dunkelman
- 2007 Fracture
as Joe Lobruto
- 2007 The Supreme Court
as Narrator
- 2006 We Are Marshall
as President Dedmon
- 2006 The Sensation of Sight
as Finn
- 2006 Heavens Fall
as Judge James Horton
- 2006 The Human Behavior Experiments
as Narrator
- 2006 The Shovel
as Paul Mullin
- 2006 The Notorious Bettie Page
as Estes Kefauver
- 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Edward R. Murrow
- 2005 Willa Cather: The Road Is All
as Narrator
- 2005 Missing in America
as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
- 2004
- 2004 Twisted
as Dr. Melvin Frank
- 2004 Paradise
as Reverend Bobby Paradise
- 2003 Blue Car
as Auster
- 2002 Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
as Jack Hoschouer
- 2002
- 2002 Lathe of Heaven
as Mannie
- 2002
- 2002 Speakeasy
as Bruce Hickman
- 2001 Relative Evil
as Dr. Charlie
- 2001
- 2001 The Victim
as Mark Zingerline
- 2000 A Good Baby
as Truman Lester
- 2000 The Miracle Worker
as Captain Keller
- 2000 Harrison's Flowers
as Harrison Lloyd
- 2000 Freedom Song
as Peter Crowley
- 1999 A Map of the World
as Howard Goodwin
- 1999 Limbo
as Joe Gastineau
- 1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
- 1999 The Giraffe
as Charles Kaminski
- 1999
- 1998 Bad Manners
as Wes Westlund
- 1998 Simon Birch
as Reverend Russell
- 1998 With Friends Like These
as Armand Minetti
- 1998 Evidence of Blood
as Jackson Kinley
- 1998 The Climb
as Earl Himes
- 1997 L.A. Confidential
as Pierce Patchett
- 1997 Song of Hiawatha
as Marcel
- 1997 In the Gloaming
as Martin
- 1996 Mother Night
as Bernard B. O'Hare
- 1996 Beyond the Call
as Russel Gates
- 1995 Home for the Holidays
as Russell Terziak
- 1995 Dolores Claiborne
as Joe St. George
- 1995 Losing Isaiah
as Charles Lewin
- 1994 The River Wild
as Tom Hartman
- 1994 April One
as John McCowan
- 1993 A Dangerous Woman
as Getso
- 1993 The Firm
as Ray McDeere
- 1993 Lost in Yonkers
as Johnny
- 1993 The American Clock
as Young Arthur Huntington
- 1992 Passion Fish
as Rennie
- 1992 Sneakers
as Whistler
- 1992 Bob Roberts
as Mack Laflin
- 1992 A League of Their Own
as Ira Lowenstein
- 1992 Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
as Keith
- 1992 O Pioneers!
as Carl Linstrum
- 1991 City of Hope
as Asteroid
- 1991 Without Warning: The James Brady Story
as Dr. Arthur Kobrine
- 1990 Judgment
as Father Frank Aubert
- 1990 Memphis Belle
as Craig Harriman
- 1990 Heat Wave
as Bill Thomas
- 1989 The Feud
as The Stranger
- 1989 Day One
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- 1988 Eight Men Out
as Eddie Cicotte
- 1988 Call Me
as Sam
- 1988 Stars & Bars
as Charlie
- 1988 Dominick and Eugene
as Martin Chernak
- 1987
- 1987 Matewan
as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
- 1987
- 1987 Broken Vows
as Stuart Chase
- 1986 At Close Range
as Tony Pine
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985 When Nature Calls
as Weejun
- 1984
- 1984 The Brother from Another Planet
as Man In Black
- 1984 Iceman
as Dr. Singe
- 1983 Silkwood
as Wesley
- 1983 Lovesick
as Marvin Zuckerman
- 1983 Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
as Jerry
- 1982
- 1980 Return of the Secaucus Seven
as Ron
- 1951
Behind the camera (1)
- 2006 The Sensation of Sight
Producer
Talk shows and appearances (12)
- 2025
- 2019
- 2013
- 2013
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007
- 2003
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode
- 1949 The Emmy Awards
1 episode