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 |