David Strathairn
- Acting
- January 26, 1949 · 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).
Known for
Filmography
- Babies · Michael
- By Any Means · Special Agent Roy K. Moore
- O Horizon · Warren
- Stages · Porter Gates
- CIA · Sanford 'Sandy' Harrison
- This Ordinary Thing · Self
- Zootopia 2 · Milton Lynxley (Voice)
- The Gettysburg Address · Ralph Waldo Emerson (Voice)
- A Little Prayer · Bill
- The Luckiest Man in America · Bill
- A Man on the Inside · Dr. Benjamin Cole
- Remember This · Jan Karski
- Where the Crawdads Sing · Tom Milton
- Nightmare Alley · Pete
- Nomadland · Dave
- The Oedipus Project · Messenger 1
- Walkaway Joe · Joe Haley
- Interrogation · Henry Fisher
- Them That Work · Self
- The Devil Has a Name · Fred Stern
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters · Admiral William Stenz
- Fast Color · Ellis
- My Dinner with Hervé · Marty Rothstein
- UFO · Franklin Ahls
- An Interview with God · God
- McMafia · Semiyon Kleiman
- Darkest Hour · President Roosevelt (Voice)
- November Criminals · Theo
- American Pastoral · Nathan Zuckerman
- He Does Not Want Peace · Richard Englebright
- Billions · Black Jack Foley
- The Expanse · Commander Klaes Ashford, Klaes Ashford
- Z: The Beginning of Everything · Anthony Sayre
- Z: The Beginning of Everything · Judge Anthony Sayre
- Louder Than Bombs · Richard Weissman
- The Debt · Nathan
- The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel · Ty Burley
- Godzilla · Admiral William Stenz
- No God, No Master · William Flynn
- Lincoln@Gettysburg · Self
- The Blacklist · Peter Kotsiopulos
- Love, Marilyn · Self
- Lincoln · William Seward
- Hemingway & Gellhorn · John Dos Passos
- The Bourne Legacy · Noah Vosen
- Maladies · Delmar
- Alphas · Lee Rosen
- The Whistleblower · Peter Ward
- The Tempest · King Alonso
- Howl · Ralph McIntosh
- Inside Area 51's Secrets · Narrator
- Area 51 Declassified · Self
- Temple Grandin · Professor Carlock
- Matadors · Roman Lodari
- The People Speak · Self
- Cold Souls · Dr. Flintstein
- The Uninvited · Steven
- Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' · Self
- Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' · Self
- The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer · J. Robert Oppenheimer
- The Spiderwick Chronicles · Arthur Spiderwick
- My Blueberry Nights · Arnie
- Trumbo · Self
- Matters of Life and Death · Mr. Jennings
- The Bourne Ultimatum · Noah Vosen
- Racing Daylight · Henry / Harry
- Steel Toes · Danny Dunkelman
- Fracture · Joe Lobruto
- The Supreme Court · Narrator
- We Are Marshall · President Dedmon
- The Sensation of Sight · Finn, Producer
- Heavens Fall · Judge James Horton
- The Human Behavior Experiments · Narrator
- The Shovel · Paul Mullin
- The Notorious Bettie Page · Estes Kefauver
- Good Night, and Good Luck. · Edward R. Murrow
- Willa Cather: The Road Is All · Narrator
- Missing in America · Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
- House · Nash
- Twisted · Dr. Melvin Frank