Cast
David Strathairn
Acting
Cast
David Strathairn
Known for
Acting
Born
1949-01-26
From
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. 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).
Zootopia 2
as Milton Lynxley (voice)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Admiral William Stenz
Godzilla
as Admiral William Stenz
Fracture
as Joe Lobruto
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Noah Vosen
The Bourne Legacy
as Noah Vosen
L.A. Confidential
as Pierce Patchett
Darkest Hour
as President Roosevelt (voice)
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Arthur Spiderwick
Sneakers
as Whistler
Nightmare Alley
as Pete
The Firm
as Ray McDeere
Lincoln
as William Seward
Where the Crawdads Sing
as Tom Milton
A League of Their Own
as Ira Lowenstein
Nomadland
as Dave
Dolores Claiborne
as Joe St. George
The Uninvited
as Steven
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
Twisted
as Dr. Melvin Frank
The Miracle Worker
as Captain Keller
My Blueberry Nights
as Arnie
Memphis Belle
as Craig Harriman
Temple Grandin
as Professor Carlock
Iceman
as Dr. Singe
The Whistleblower
as Peter Ward
The River Wild
as Tom Hartman
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Edward R. Murrow
An Interview with God
as God
Fast Color
as Ellis
American Pastoral
as Nathan Zuckerman
Bob Roberts
as Mack Laflin
Stars & Bars
as Charlie
UFO
as Franklin Ahls
Passion Fish
as Rennie
Silkwood
as Wesley
Hemingway & Gellhorn
as John Dos Passos
At Close Range
as Tony Pine
Losing Isaiah
as Charles Lewin
Simon Birch
as Reverend Russell
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Estes Kefauver
Limbo
as Joe Gastineau
Speakeasy
as Bruce Hickman
Blue Car
as Auster
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Ty Burley
A Dangerous Woman
as Getso
Matewan
as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
We Are Marshall
as President Dedmon
By Any Means
Day One
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
November Criminals
as Theo
The Tempest
as King Alonso
Cold Souls
as Dr. Flintstein
Louder Than Bombs
as Richard Weissman
Home for the Holidays
as Russell Terziak
The Luckiest Man in America
as Bill
O Pioneers!
as Carl Linstrum
The Brother from Another Planet
as Man In Black
Call Me
as Sam
The People Speak
as Self
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
as Keith
My Dinner with Hervé
as Marty Rothstein
City of Hope
as Asteroid
Howl
as Ralph McIntosh
The Devil Has a Name
as Fred Stern
The Gettysburg Address
as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Stages
as Porter Gates
Love, Marilyn
as Self
Harrison's Flowers
as Harrison Lloyd
Broken Vows
as Stuart Chase
Heat Wave
as Bill Thomas
Eight Men Out
as Eddie Cicotte
Heavens Fall
as Judge James Horton
Freedom Song
as Peter Crowley
Beyond the Call
as Russel Gates
Song of Hiawatha
as Marcel
Mother Night
as Bernard B. O'Hare
Paradise
as Reverend Bobby Paradise
Trumbo
as Self
Judgment
as Father Frank Aubert
Lovesick
as Marvin Zuckerman
A Map of the World
as Howard Goodwin
O Horizon
as Warren
With Friends Like These
as Armand Minetti
Relative Evil
as Dr. Charlie
Lathe of Heaven
as Mannie
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
The American Clock
as Young Arthur Huntington
Lost in Yonkers
as Johnny
The Feud
as The Stranger
Dominick and Eugene
as Martin Chernak
Walkaway Joe
as Joe Haley
The Giraffe
as Charles Kaminski
In the Gloaming
as Martin
The Oedipus Project
as Messenger 1
The Sensation of Sight
as Finn
Babies
Missing in America
as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
as Jack Hoschouer
A Little Prayer
as Bill
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
as Self
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
as Dr. Arthur Kobrine
Steel Toes
as Danny Dunkelman
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
as Self
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
as Jerry
Evidence of Blood
as Jackson Kinley
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
Maladies
as Delmar
No God, No Master
as William Flynn
The Human Behavior Experiments
as Narrator
The Climb
as Earl Himes
He Does Not Want Peace
as Richard Englebright
The Shovel
as Paul Mullin
The Bard
Return of the Secaucus Seven
as Ron
When Nature Calls
as Weejun
The Victim
as Mark Zingerline
Bad Manners
as Wes Westlund
Matadors
as Roman Lodari
April One
as John McCowan
The Debt
as Nathan
Racing Daylight
as Henry / Harry
A Good Baby
as Truman Lester
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Area 51 Declassified
as Himself - Narrator
Lincoln@Gettysburg
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Them That Work
as Self
Matters of Life and Death
as Mr. Jennings
The Supreme Court
as Narrator
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
as Narrator
Remember This
as Jan Karski
Inside Area 51's Secrets
as Narrator