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