David Strathairn

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
January 26, 1949

Place of Birth:
San Francisco, California, USA

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David Strathairn

Biography

David 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 had also starred in "L.A. Confidential" (1997), "Godzilla" (2014), and the "Bourne" franchise (2007–2012).

Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2025 O Horizon Warren
2025 The Luckiest Man in America Bill Carruthers
2025 The Gettysburg Address Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
2023 Remember This Jan Karski
2023 A Little Prayer Bill
2022 Where the Crawdads Sing Tom Milton
2021 Nomadland Dave
2021 Nightmare Alley Pete
2020 Walkaway Joe Joe Haley
2020 The Oedipus Project Messenger 1
2019 Fast Color Ellis
2019 The Devil Has a Name Fred Stern
2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters Admiral William Stenz
2019 Them That Work Self
2018 UFO Franklin Ahls
2018 An Interview with God God
2018 My Dinner with Hervé Marty Rothstein
2017 November Criminals Theo
2017 Darkest Hour President Roosevelt (voice)
2016 American Pastoral Nathan Zuckerman
2016 He Does Not Want Peace Richard Englebright
2015 Louder Than Bombs Richard Weissman
2015 The Debt Nathan
2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Ty Burley
2014 Godzilla Admiral William Stenz
2014 No God, No Master William Flynn
2013 Love, Marilyn Self
2013 Lincoln@Gettysburg Narrator (voice)
2012 The Bourne Legacy Noah Vosen
2012 Lincoln William Seward
2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn John Dos Passos
2012 Maladies Delmar
2010 Temple Grandin Professor Carlock
2010 The Tempest King Alonso
2010 Howl Ralph McIntosh
2010 The Whistleblower Peter Ward
2010 Matadors Roman Lodari
2010 Area 51 Declassified Himself - Narrator
2010 Inside Area 51's Secrets Narrator
2009 Cold Souls Dr. Flintstein
2009 The Uninvited Steven
2009 The People Speak Self
2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles Arthur Spiderwick
2008 The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008 Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' Self
2008 Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' Self
2007 The Bourne Ultimatum Noah Vosen
2007 My Blueberry Nights Arnie
2007 Fracture Joe Lobruto
2007 Steel Toes Danny Dunkelman
2007 The Supreme Court Narrator
2007 Racing Daylight Henry / Harry
2007 Trumbo Self
2007 Matters of Life and Death Mr. Jennings
2006 We Are Marshall President Dedmon
2006 Heavens Fall Judge James Horton
2006 The Sensation of Sight Finn
2006 The Shovel Paul Mullin
2006 The Human Behavior Experiments Narrator
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck. Edward R. Murrow
2005 Missing in America Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
2005 The Notorious Bettie Page Estes Kefauver
2005 Willa Cather: The Road Is All Narrator
2004 Twisted Dr. Melvin Frank
2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
2004 Paradise Reverend Bobby Paradise
2003 Blue Car Auster
2003 The Making of ‘Sneakers’ Self
2002 Lathe of Heaven Mannie
2002 Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story Jack Hoschouer
2002 Speakeasy Bruce Hickman
2001 Relative Evil Dr. Charlie
2001 The Victim Mark Zingerline
2000 The Miracle Worker Captain Keller
2000 Harrison's Flowers Harrison Lloyd
2000 A Good Baby Truman Lester
2000 Freedom Song Peter Crowley
1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream Theseus
1999 Limbo Joe Gastineau
1999 A Map of the World Howard Goodwin
1998 The Giraffe Charles Kaminski
1998 The Climb Earl Himes
1998 Evidence of Blood Jackson Kinley
1998 Bad Manners Wes Westlund
1998 With Friends Like These Armand Minetti
1998 Simon Birch Rev. Russell
1997 L.A. Confidential Pierce Patchett
1997 In the Gloaming Martin
1997 Song of Hiawatha Marcel
1996 Mother Night Bernard B. O'Hare
1996 Beyond the Call Russel Gates
1995 Dolores Claiborne Joe St. George
1995 Home for the Holidays Russell Terziak
1995 Losing Isaiah Charles Lewin
1994 The River Wild Tom Hartman
1994 April One John McCowan
1993 The Firm Ray McDeere
1993 A Dangerous Woman Getso
1993 The American Clock Young Arthur Huntington
1993 Lost in Yonkers Johnny
1992 Sneakers Whistler
1992 Bob Roberts Mack Laflin
1992 Passion Fish Rennie
1992 Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even Keith
1992 O Pioneers! Carl Linstrum
1992 A League of Their Own Ira Lowenstein
1991 City of Hope Asteroid
1991 Without Warning: The James Brady Story Dr. Arthur Kobrine
1990 Memphis Belle Craig Harriman
1990 Judgment Father Frank Aubert
1990 Heat Wave Bill Thomas
1989 The Feud The Stranger
1989 Day One J. Robert Oppenheimer
1988 Eight Men Out Eddie Cicotte
1988 Call Me Sam
1988 Stars & Bars Charlie
1988 Dominick and Eugene Martin Chernak
1987 Matewan Police Chief Sid Hatfield
1987 Broken Vows Stuart Chase
1986 At Close Range Tony Pine
1985 When Nature Calls Weejun
1984 Iceman Dr. Singe
1984 The Brother from Another Planet Man In Black
1983 Silkwood Wesley
1983 Lovesick Marvin Zuckerman
1983 Enormous Changes at the Last Minute Jerry
1980 Return of the Secaucus Seven Ron
By Any Means
Year TV Show Role
2020 Interrogation Henry Fisher
2018 McMafia Semiyon Kleiman
2015 Z: The Beginning of Everything Anthony Sayre
2015 The Expanse Commander Klaes Ashford
2015 The Expanse Klaes Ashford
2013 The Blacklist Peter Kotsiopulos
2011 Alphas Lee Rosen
2004 House Nash
2002 Monk Patrick Kloster
1999 The Sopranos Robert Wegler
1987 Wiseguy
1987 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Moss Goodman
1985 Spenser: For Hire
1985 The Equalizer Phillip Borchek
1984 Miami Vice
1953 The Oscars Self
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame Carl Linstrum
1949 The Emmy Awards Self
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