David Strathairn
January 26, 1949 (75 years old) in San Francisco, California, USA
An American film and television actor, best known for his portrayal of journalist Edward R. Murrow in the feature film "Good Night, and Good Luck", for which he was nominated for an Academy Award.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Where the Crawdads Sing as Tom Milton
- 2021 · Nightmare Alley as Pete
- 2021 · Nomadland as Dave
- 2020 · Walkaway Joe as Joe Haley
- 2020 · Interrogation as Henry Fisher
- 2019 · The Devil Has a Name as Fred Stern
- 2019 · Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Admiral William Stenz
- 2019 · Fast Color as Ellis
- 2018 · My Dinner with Hervé as Marty Rothstein
- 2018 · UFO as Franklin Ahls
- 2018 · An Interview with God as The Man
- 2018 · McMafia as Semiyon Kleiman
- 2017 · Darkest Hour as President Roosevelt (voice)
- 2017 · November Criminals as Theo
- 2016 · American Pastoral as Nathan Zuckerman
- 2015 · The Expanse as Commander Klaes Ashford
- 2015 · The Expanse as Klaes Ashford
- 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 · Godzilla as Admiral William Stenz
- 2014 · No God, No Master as William Flynn
- 2013 · Lincoln@Gettysburg as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Peter Kotsiopulos
- 2013 · Love, Marilyn as Self
- 2012 · Lincoln as William Seward
- 2012 · Hemingway & Gellhorn as John Dos Passos
- 2012 · The Bourne Legacy as Noah Vosen
- 2012 · Maladies as Delmar
- 2011 · Alphas as Lee Rosen
- 2010 · The Whistleblower as Peter Ward
- 2010 · The Tempest as King Alonso
- 2010 · Howl as Ralph McIntosh
- 2010 · Temple Grandin as Professor Carlock
- 2009 · The People Speak as Self
- 2009 · Cold Souls as Dr. Flintstein
- 2009 · The Uninvited as Steven
- 2008 · The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- 2008 · The Spiderwick Chronicles as Arthur Spiderwick
- 2007 · My Blueberry Nights as Arnie
- 2007 · Trumbo as Self
- 2007 · The Bourne Ultimatum as Noah Vosen
- 2007 · Steel Toes as Danny Dunkelman
- 2007 · Fracture as Joe Lobruto
- 2006 · We Are Marshall as President Dedmon
- 2006 · The Sensation of Sight as Finn
- 2006 · Heavens Fall as Judge James Horton
- 2005 · Good Night, and Good Luck. as Edward R. Murrow
- 2005 · The Notorious Bettie Page as Estes Kefauver
- 2005 · Missing in America as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
- 2004 · House as Nash
- 2004 · Los Angeles Plays Itself as Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
- 2004 · Twisted as Dr. Melvin Frank
- 2003 · Blue Car as Auster
- 2002 · Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story as Jack Hoschouer
- 2002 · Monk as Patrick Kloster
- 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
- 1999 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus
- 1999 · The Sopranos as Robert Wegler
- 1998 · Simon Birch as Rev. Russell
- 1998 · With Friends Like These... as Armand Minetti
- 1998 · Evidence of Blood as Jackson Kinley
- 1997 · L.A. Confidential as Pierce Patchett
- 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 · Dolores Claiborne as Joe St. George
- 1995 · Losing Isaiah as Charles Lewin
- 1994 · The River Wild as Tom Hartman
- 1993 · A Dangerous Woman as Getso
- 1993 · The Firm as Ray McDeere
- 1993 · Lost in Yonkers as Johnny
- 1992 · Passion Fish as Rennie
- 1992 · Sneakers as Whistler
- 1992 · Bob Roberts as Bugs' Attorney, Mack Laflin
- 1992 · A League of Their Own as Ira Lowenstein
- 1992 · Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even as Keith
- 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 · Day One as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- 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 · Wiseguy as
- 1987 · Matewan as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
- 1987 · The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Moss Goodman
- 1987 · Broken Vows as Stuart Chase
- 1986 · At Close Range as Tony Pine
- 1985 · Spenser: For Hire as
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Phillip Borchek
- 1984 · Miami Vice as
- 1984 · The Brother from Another Planet as Man In Black
- 1984 · Iceman as Dr. Singe
- 1983 · Silkwood as Wesley
- 1983 · Lovesick as Marvin Zuckerman
- 1980 · Return of the Secaucus Seven as Ron
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Carl Linstrum
- Future · Last Meals as
- 2023 · A Little Prayer as Bill
- 2023 · Remember This as Jan Karski
- 2020 · The Oedipus Project as Messenger 1
- 2019 · Them That Work as Self
- 2016 · He Does Not Want Peace as Richard Englebright
- 2015 · The Gettysburg Address as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
- 2010 · Inside Area 51's Secrets as Narrator
- 2010 · Area 51 Declassified as Himself - Narrator
- 2008 · Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
- 2008 · Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
- 2007 · Matters of Life and Death as Mr. Jennings
- 2007 · Racing Daylight as Henry / Harry
- 2007 · The Supreme Court as Narrator
- 2006 · The Human Behavior Experiments as Narrator
- 2006 · The Shovel as Paul Mullin
- 2005 · Willa Cather: The Road Is All as Narrator
- 2004 · Paradise as Reverend Bobby Paradise
- 2003 · The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self
- 2002 · Lathe of Heaven as Mannie
- 2002 · Speakeasy as Bruce Hickman
- 2001 · Relative Evil as Dr. Charlie
- 1998 · Bad Manners as Wes Westlund
- 1998 · The Giraffe as Charles Kaminski
- 1983 · Enormous Changes at the Last Minute as Jerry
- Future · O Horizon as Warren
- 1998 · The Climb as Earl Himes
- Future · Press Your Luck as
- Future · Matadors as Roman Lodari
- 2001 · The Victim as Mark Zingerline
- 2000 · A Good Baby as Truman Lester
- 1994 · April One as John McCowan
- 1993 · The American Clock as Young Arthur Huntington
- 1992 · O Pioneers! as Carl Linstrum
- 1989 · The Feud as The Stranger
- 1985 · When Nature Calls as Weejun
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self