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 (119)
Zootopia 2
Milton Lynxley (voice)
The Bourne Ultimatum
Noah Vosen
The Bourne Legacy
Noah Vosen
L.A. Confidential
Pierce Patchett
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Admiral William Stenz
Darkest Hour
President Roosevelt (voice)
Where the Crawdads Sing
Tom Milton
Nightmare Alley
Pete
By Any Means
Special Agent Roy K. Moore
Godzilla
Admiral William Stenz
Lincoln
William Seward
Nomadland
Dave
American Pastoral
Nathan Zuckerman
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Arthur Spiderwick
The Firm
Ray McDeere
Dolores Claiborne
Joe St. George
Sneakers
Whistler
A League of Their Own
Ira Lowenstein
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Ty Burley
The Uninvited
Steven
The River Wild
Tom Hartman
Twisted
Dr. Melvin Frank
The Brother from Another Planet
Man In Black
Eight Men Out
Eddie Cicotte
Fracture
Joe Lobruto
Walkaway Joe
Joe Haley
The Tempest
King Alonso
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus
Louder Than Bombs
Richard Weissman
Memphis Belle
Craig Harriman
My Blueberry Nights
Arnie
Iceman
Dr. Singe
Hemingway & Gellhorn
John Dos Passos
An Interview with God
God
We Are Marshall
President Dedmon
The Whistleblower
Peter Ward
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Edward R. Murrow
November Criminals
Theo
Cold Souls
Dr. Flintstein
At Close Range
Tony Pine
Losing Isaiah
Charles Lewin
The Miracle Worker
Captain Keller
Matewan
Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Silkwood
Wesley
Temple Grandin
Professor Carlock
Blue Car
Auster
Simon Birch
Reverend Russell
Fast Color
Ellis
The Notorious Bettie Page
Estes Kefauver
Passion Fish
Rennie
The Devil Has a Name
Fred Stern
The Luckiest Man in America
Bill
Howl
Ralph McIntosh
Home for the Holidays
Russell Terziak
Limbo
Joe Gastineau
UFO
Franklin Ahls
My Dinner with Hervé
Marty Rothstein
City of Hope
Asteroid
Mother Night
Bernard B. O'Hare
Bob Roberts
Mack Laflin
A Map of the World
Howard Goodwin
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Dr. Arthur Kobrine
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
Keith
Beyond the Call
Russel Gates
Call Me
Sam
The Victim
Mark Zingerline
In the Gloaming
Martin
Freedom Song
Peter Crowley
Harrison's Flowers
Harrison Lloyd
O Pioneers!
Carl Linstrum
Stars & Bars
Charlie
Heat Wave
Bill Thomas
With Friends Like These
Armand Minetti
A Dangerous Woman
Getso
The Gettysburg Address
Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Heavens Fall
Judge James Horton
Stages
Porter Gates
He Does Not Want Peace
Richard Englebright
The Oedipus Project
Messenger 1
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Jerry
O Horizon
Warren
The Giraffe
Charles Kaminski
Lovesick
Marvin Zuckerman
Paradise
Reverend Bobby Paradise
April One
John McCowan
Evidence of Blood
Jackson Kinley
Return of the Secaucus Seven
Ron
No God, No Master
William Flynn
A Little Prayer
Bill
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Z: The Beginning of Everything
Judge Anthony Sayre
Bad Manners
Wes Westlund
Dominick and Eugene
Martin Chernak
Missing in America
Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Jack Hoschouer
Day One
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Judgment
Father Frank Aubert
Remember This
Jan Karski
The Sensation of Sight
Finn
Maladies
Delmar
Song of Hiawatha
Marcel
Lathe of Heaven
Mannie
Lost in Yonkers
Johnny
Broken Vows
Stuart Chase
Speakeasy
Bruce Hickman
The American Clock
Young Arthur Huntington
Racing Daylight
Henry / Harry
Matters of Life and Death
Mr. Jennings
The Human Behavior Experiments
Narrator
The Debt
Nathan
Steel Toes
Danny Dunkelman
The Climb
Earl Himes
Relative Evil
Dr. Charlie
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
Narrator
Inside Area 51's Secrets
Narrator
A Good Baby
Truman Lester
When Nature Calls
Weejun
The Supreme Court
Narrator
The Feud
The Stranger
TV Shows (23)
House
Nash · 1 eps
The Blacklist
Peter Kotsiopulos · 12 eps
The Sopranos
Robert Wegler · 3 eps
Monk
Patrick Kloster · 1 eps
The Expanse
Commander Klaes Ashford · 6 eps
The Expanse
Klaes Ashford · 7 eps
Miami Vice
Marty Lang · 1 eps
Billions
Black Jack Foley · 8 eps
American Playhouse
Carl Linstrum · 1 eps
American Playhouse
The Stranger · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Phillip Borchek · 1 eps
CIA
Sanford 'Sandy' Harrison · 1 eps
Wiseguy
2 eps
Alphas
Lee Rosen · 24 eps
A Man on the Inside
Dr. Benjamin Cole · 4 eps
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Moss Goodman · 20 eps
Spenser: For Hire
1 eps
McMafia
Semiyon Kleiman · 7 eps
Interrogation
Henry Fisher · 10 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Carl Linstrum · 1 eps
Z: The Beginning of Everything
Anthony Sayre · 10 eps
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Jack Hoschouer · 2 eps
Big Apple
Will Preecher · 8 eps
Self / Appearances (11)
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
The Emmy Awards
Self · 1 eps
Love, Marilyn
Self
The People Speak
Self
Lincoln@Gettysburg
Self - Narrator (voice)
Trumbo
Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Self
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Self
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
Area 51 Declassified
Himself - Narrator
Them That Work
Self
