David Strathairn
Acting
Born: January 26, 1949 (age 77) · San Francisco, California, USA
Highest Rated
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
Godzilla
2014
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
House
2004
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
The Bourne Legacy
2012
L.A. Confidential
1997
Darkest Hour
2017
Fracture
2007
Lincoln
2012
The Blacklist
2013
The Sopranos
1999
Nightmare Alley
2021
Photos (14)
Movies (118)
Zootopia 2
Milton Lynxley (voice)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Admiral William Stenz
The Bourne Ultimatum
Noah Vosen
Godzilla
Admiral William Stenz
Where the Crawdads Sing
Tom Milton
The Bourne Legacy
Noah Vosen
L.A. Confidential
Pierce Patchett
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Arthur Spiderwick
Darkest Hour
President Roosevelt (voice)
Sneakers
Whistler
The Firm
Ray McDeere
Nightmare Alley
Pete
Fracture
Joe Lobruto
A League of Their Own
Ira Lowenstein
Lincoln
William Seward
Nomadland
Dave
Dolores Claiborne
Joe St. George
The Uninvited
Steven
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Edward R. Murrow
Twisted
Dr. Melvin Frank
Hemingway & Gellhorn
John Dos Passos
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus
Temple Grandin
Professor Carlock
At Close Range
Tony Pine
American Pastoral
Nathan Zuckerman
November Criminals
Theo
Louder Than Bombs
Richard Weissman
The River Wild
Tom Hartman
The Whistleblower
Peter Ward
Iceman
Dr. Singe
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Ty Burley
We Are Marshall
President Dedmon
An Interview with God
God
My Blueberry Nights
Arnie
The Notorious Bettie Page
Estes Kefauver
Memphis Belle
Craig Harriman
Eight Men Out
Eddie Cicotte
Cold Souls
Dr. Flintstein
UFO
Franklin Ahls
Fast Color
Ellis
Losing Isaiah
Charles Lewin
Matewan
Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Simon Birch
Reverend Russell
The Luckiest Man in America
Bill
Silkwood
Wesley
Stages
Porter Gates
The Tempest
King Alonso
Call Me
Sam
Z: The Beginning of Everything
Judge Anthony Sayre
The Miracle Worker
Captain Keller
Harrison's Flowers
Harrison Lloyd
Passion Fish
Rennie
Howl
Ralph McIntosh
Limbo
Joe Gastineau
My Dinner with Hervé
Marty Rothstein
In the Gloaming
Martin
The Devil Has a Name
Fred Stern
The Giraffe
Charles Kaminski
Home for the Holidays
Russell Terziak
Heavens Fall
Judge James Horton
The Gettysburg Address
Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
The Brother from Another Planet
Man In Black
Bob Roberts
Mack Laflin
Missing in America
Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
Mother Night
Bernard B. O'Hare
Song of Hiawatha
Marcel
Bad Manners
Wes Westlund
Paradise
Reverend Bobby Paradise
A Dangerous Woman
Getso
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
Keith
Walkaway Joe
Joe Haley
Day One
J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Victim
Mark Zingerline
City of Hope
Asteroid
Judgment
Father Frank Aubert
A Map of the World
Howard Goodwin
Stars & Bars
Charlie
Lost in Yonkers
Johnny
Beyond the Call
Russel Gates
O Horizon
Warren
April One
John McCowan
Blue Car
Auster
Speakeasy
Bruce Hickman
The Sensation of Sight
Finn
A Little Prayer
Bill
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Dr. Arthur Kobrine
Evidence of Blood
Jackson Kinley
Return of the Secaucus Seven
Ron
The Oedipus Project
Messenger 1
Broken Vows
Stuart Chase
Remember This
Jan Karski
No God, No Master
William Flynn
Lovesick
Marvin Zuckerman
Heat Wave
Bill Thomas
With Friends Like These
Armand Minetti
The Debt
Nathan
Racing Daylight
Henry / Harry
O Pioneers!
Carl Linstrum
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Freedom Song
Peter Crowley
Lathe of Heaven
Mannie
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Jack Hoschouer
The Climb
Earl Himes
Maladies
Delmar
The Feud
The Stranger
Dominick and Eugene
Martin Chernak
A Good Baby
Truman Lester
When Nature Calls
Weejun
Steel Toes
Danny Dunkelman
He Does Not Want Peace
Richard Englebright
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Jerry
The American Clock
Young Arthur Huntington
Relative Evil
Dr. Charlie
Inside Area 51's Secrets
Narrator
Matters of Life and Death
Mr. Jennings
The Human Behavior Experiments
Narrator
The Supreme Court
Narrator
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
Narrator
TV Shows (23)
House
Nash · 1 eps
The Blacklist
Peter Kotsiopulos · 12 eps
The Sopranos
Robert Wegler · 3 eps
Monk
Patrick Kloster · 1 eps
Billions
Black Jack Foley · 8 eps
Miami Vice
Marty Lang · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Carl Linstrum · 1 eps
American Playhouse
The Stranger · 1 eps
The Expanse
Commander Klaes Ashford · 6 eps
The Expanse
Klaes Ashford · 7 eps
The Equalizer
Phillip Borchek · 1 eps
CIA
Sanford 'Sandy' Harrison · 1 eps
Wiseguy
2 eps
A Man on the Inside
Dr. Benjamin Cole · 4 eps
Alphas
Lee Rosen · 24 eps
Spenser: For Hire
1 eps
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Moss Goodman · 20 eps
Interrogation
Henry Fisher · 10 eps
McMafia
Semiyon Kleiman · 7 eps
Z: The Beginning of Everything
Anthony Sayre · 10 eps
Big Apple
Will Preecher · 8 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Carl Linstrum · 1 eps
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Jack Hoschouer · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (11)
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
The Emmy Awards
Self · 1 eps
Love, Marilyn
Self
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
The People Speak
Self
Lincoln@Gettysburg
Self - Narrator (voice)
Trumbo
Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Self
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Self
Area 51 Declassified
Himself - Narrator
Them That Work
Self
