Acting
David Strathairn
EN cinema · 133 credits
Born
26 January 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known as David Russell Strathairn
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
as Michael
O Horizon
as Warren
Stages
as Porter Gates
By Any Means
as Special Agent Roy K. Moore
A Little Prayer
as Bill
The Gettysburg Address
as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Zootopia 2
as Milton Lynxley (voice)
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
Remember This
as Jan Karski
Where the Crawdads Sing
as Tom Milton
Nomadland
as Dave
Nightmare Alley
as Pete
Walkaway Joe
as Joe Haley
The Oedipus Project
as Messenger 1
Fast Color
as Ellis
The Devil Has a Name
as Fred Stern
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Admiral William Stenz
UFO
as Franklin Ahls
My Dinner with Hervé
as Marty Rothstein
Darkest Hour
as President Roosevelt (voice)
American Pastoral
as Nathan Zuckerman
He Does Not Want Peace
as Richard Englebright
Louder Than Bombs
as Richard Weissman
The Debt
as Nathan
Z: The Beginning of Everything
as Judge Anthony Sayre
Godzilla
as Admiral William Stenz
No God, No Master
as William Flynn
Love, Marilyn
as Self
Lincoln@Gettysburg
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Bourne Legacy
as Noah Vosen
Lincoln
as William Seward
Hemingway & Gellhorn
as John Dos Passos
Maladies
as Delmar
Temple Grandin
as Professor Carlock
The Tempest
as King Alonso
Howl
as Ralph McIntosh
The Whistleblower
as Peter Ward
Matadors
2010
Matadors
as Roman Lodari
Area 51 Declassified
as Himself - Narrator
Inside Area 51's Secrets
as Narrator
Cold Souls
as Dr. Flintstein
The Uninvited
as Steven
The People Speak
as Self
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Arthur Spiderwick
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Noah Vosen
My Blueberry Nights
as Arnie
Fracture
as Joe Lobruto
Steel Toes
as Danny Dunkelman
The Supreme Court
as Narrator
Racing Daylight
as Henry / Harry
Trumbo
as Self
Matters of Life and Death
as Mr. Jennings
We Are Marshall
as President Dedmon
Heavens Fall
as Judge James Horton
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Estes Kefauver
The Sensation of Sight
as Finn, Producer
The Shovel
2006
The Shovel
as Paul Mullin
The Human Behavior Experiments
as Narrator
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Edward R. Murrow
Missing in America
as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
as Narrator
Twisted
as Dr. Melvin Frank
Paradise
as Reverend Bobby Paradise
Blue Car
as Auster
Lathe of Heaven
as Mannie
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
as Jack Hoschouer
Speakeasy
as Bruce Hickman
Relative Evil
as Dr. Charlie
The Victim
as Mark Zingerline
The Miracle Worker
as Captain Keller
Harrison's Flowers
as Harrison Lloyd
A Good Baby
as Truman Lester
Freedom Song
as Peter Crowley
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
Limbo
as Joe Gastineau
The Giraffe
as Charles Kaminski
A Map of the World
as Howard Goodwin
The Climb
as Earl Himes
Evidence of Blood
as Jackson Kinley
Bad Manners
as Wes Westlund
With Friends Like These
as Armand Minetti
Simon Birch
as Reverend Russell
L.A. Confidential
as Pierce Patchett
In the Gloaming
as Martin
Song of Hiawatha
as Marcel
Mother Night
as Bernard B. O'Hare
Beyond the Call
as Russel Gates
Dolores Claiborne
as Joe St. George
Home for the Holidays
as Russell Terziak
Losing Isaiah
as Charles Lewin
The River Wild
as Tom Hartman
April One
as John McCowan
The Firm
as Ray McDeere
A Dangerous Woman
as Getso
The American Clock
as Young Arthur Huntington
Lost in Yonkers
as Johnny
Sneakers
as Whistler
Bob Roberts
as Mack Laflin
Passion Fish
as Rennie
O Pioneers!
as Carl Linstrum
A League of Their Own
as Ira Lowenstein
City of Hope
as Asteroid
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
as Dr. Arthur Kobrine
Memphis Belle
as Craig Harriman
Judgment
as Father Frank Aubert
Heat Wave
as Bill Thomas
The Feud
as The Stranger
Day One
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Eight Men Out
as Eddie Cicotte
Call Me
as Sam
Stars & Bars
as Charlie
Dominick and Eugene
as Martin Chernak
Matewan
as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Broken Vows
as Stuart Chase
At Close Range
as Tony Pine
When Nature Calls
as Weejun
Iceman
as Dr. Singe
The Brother from Another Planet
as Man In Black
Silkwood
as Wesley
Lovesick
as Marvin Zuckerman
