David Strathairn
January 26, 1949 (76 years old) in San Francisco, California, USA
David Strathairn 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
Credits
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
- 2022 · Where the Crawdads Sing as Tom Milton
- 2021 · Nightmare Alley as Pete
- 2021 · Nomadland as Dave
- 2019 · Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Admiral William Stenz
- 2018 · My Dinner with Hervé as Marty Rothstein
- 2018 · UFO as Franklin Ahls
- 2018 · An Interview with God as God
- 2018 · McMafia as Semiyon Kleiman
- 2017 · Darkest Hour as President Roosevelt (voice)
- 2015 · The Expanse as Commander Klaes Ashford
- 2015 · The Expanse as Klaes Ashford
- 2014 · Godzilla as Admiral William Stenz
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Peter Kotsiopulos
- 2012 · Lincoln as William Seward
- 2012 · The Bourne Legacy as Noah Vosen
- 2011 · Alphas as Lee Rosen
- 2008 · The Spiderwick Chronicles as Arthur Spiderwick
- 2007 · My Blueberry Nights as Arnie
- 2007 · The Bourne Ultimatum as Noah Vosen
- 2007 · Fracture as Joe Lobruto
- 2004 · House as Nash
- 2002 · Monk as Patrick Kloster
- 1999 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus
- 1999 · The Sopranos as Robert Wegler
- 1997 · L.A. Confidential as Pierce Patchett
- 1995 · Dolores Claiborne as Joe St. George
- 1993 · The Firm as Ray McDeere
- 1992 · Sneakers as Whistler
- 1992 · A League of Their Own as Ira Lowenstein
- 1989 · Day One as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- 1987 · Wiseguy as
- 1987 · Broken Vows as Stuart Chase
- 1985 · Spenser: For Hire as
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Phillip Borchek
- 1984 · Miami Vice as
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · By Any Means as
- 2025 · A Little Prayer as Bill
- 2025 · The Luckiest Man in America as Bill Carruthers
- 2025 · O Horizon as Warren
- 2023 · Remember This as Jan Karski
- 2020 · The Oedipus Project as Messenger 1
- 2020 · Walkaway Joe as Joe Haley
- 2020 · Interrogation as Henry Fisher
- 2019 · Them That Work as Self
- 2019 · The Devil Has a Name as Fred Stern
- 2019 · Fast Color as Ellis
- 2017 · November Criminals as Theo
- 2016 · American Pastoral as Nathan Zuckerman
- 2016 · He Does Not Want Peace as Richard Englebright
- 2015 · Z: The Beginning of Everything as Anthony Sayre
- 2015 · Louder Than Bombs as Richard Weissman
- 2015 · The Debt as Nathan
- 2015 · The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Ty Burley
- 2014 · No God, No Master as William Flynn
- 2013 · Lincoln@Gettysburg as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Love, Marilyn as Self
- 2012 · Hemingway & Gellhorn as John Dos Passos
- 2012 · Maladies as Delmar
- 2010 · The Whistleblower as Peter Ward
- 2010 · The Tempest as King Alonso
- 2010 · Howl as Ralph McIntosh
- 2010 · Inside Area 51's Secrets as Narrator
- 2010 · Area 51 Declassified as Himself - Narrator
- 2010 · Temple Grandin as Professor Carlock
- 2010 · Matadors as Roman Lodari
- 2009 · The People Speak as Self
- 2009 · Cold Souls as Dr. Flintstein
- 2009 · The Uninvited as Steven
- 2008 · Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
- 2008 · Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
- 2008 · The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- 2007 · Trumbo as Self
- 2007 · Matters of Life and Death as Mr. Jennings
- 2007 · Racing Daylight as Henry / Harry
- 2007 · Steel Toes as Danny Dunkelman
- 2007 · The Supreme Court as Narrator
- 2006 · We Are Marshall as President Dedmon
- 2006 · The Sensation of Sight as Finn
- 2006 · Heavens Fall as Judge James Horton
- 2006 · The Human Behavior Experiments as Narrator
- 2006 · The Shovel as Paul Mullin
- 2005 · Good Night, and Good Luck. as Edward R. Murrow
- 2005 · The Notorious Bettie Page as Estes Kefauver
- 2005 · Willa Cather: The Road Is All as Narrator
- 2005 · Missing in America as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
- 2004 · Los Angeles Plays Itself as Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
- 2004 · Twisted as Dr. Melvin Frank
- 2004 · Paradise as Reverend Bobby Paradise
- 2003 · The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self
- 2003 · Blue Car as Auster
- 2002 · Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story as Jack Hoschouer
- 2002 · Lathe of Heaven as Mannie
- 2002 · Speakeasy as Bruce Hickman
- 2001 · Relative Evil as Dr. Charlie
- 2001 · The Victim as Mark Zingerline
- 2000 · A Good Baby as Truman Lester
- 2000 · The Miracle Worker as Captain Keller
- 2000 · Harrison's Flowers as Harrison Lloyd
- 2000 · Freedom Song as Peter Crowley
- 1999 · A Map of the World as Howard Goodwin
- 1999 · Limbo as Joe Gastineau
- 1998 · Bad Manners as Wes Westlund
- 1998 · The Giraffe as Charles Kaminski
- 1998 · Simon Birch as Rev. Russell
- 1998 · With Friends Like These as Armand Minetti
- 1998 · Evidence of Blood as Jackson Kinley
- 1998 · The Climb as Earl Himes
- 1997 · Song of Hiawatha as Marcel
- 1997 · In the Gloaming as Martin
- 1996 · Mother Night as Bernard B. O'Hare
- 1996 · Beyond the Call as Russel Gates
- 1995 · Home for the Holidays as Russell Terziak
- 1995 · Losing Isaiah as Charles Lewin
- 1994 · The River Wild as Tom Hartman
- 1994 · April One as John McCowan
- 1993 · A Dangerous Woman as Getso
- 1993 · Lost in Yonkers as Johnny
- 1993 · The American Clock as Young Arthur Huntington
- 1992 · Passion Fish as Rennie
- 1992 · Bob Roberts as Mack Laflin
- 1992 · Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even as Keith
- 1992 · O Pioneers! as Carl Linstrum
- 1991 · City of Hope as Asteroid
- 1991 · Without Warning: The James Brady Story as Dr. Arthur Kobrine
- 1990 · Judgment as Father Frank Aubert
- 1990 · Memphis Belle as Craig Harriman
- 1990 · Heat Wave as Bill Thomas
- 1989 · The Feud as The Stranger
- 1988 · Eight Men Out as Eddie Cicotte
- 1988 · Call Me as Sam
- 1988 · Dominick and Eugene as Martin Chernak
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Charlie
- 1987 · Matewan as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
- 1987 · The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Moss Goodman
- 1986 · At Close Range as Tony Pine
- 1985 · When Nature Calls as Weejun
- 1984 · The Brother from Another Planet as Man In Black
- 1984 · Iceman as Dr. Singe
- 1983 · Silkwood as Wesley
- 1983 · Lovesick as Marvin Zuckerman
- 1983 · Enormous Changes at the Last Minute as Jerry
- 1980 · Return of the Secaucus Seven as Ron
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Carl Linstrum
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · The Bard as