David Strathairn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 26, 1949
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
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 a frequent collaborator with director John Sayles, who is a fellow graduate of Williams College. On television, Strathairn is known for his recurring roles in The Sopranos (2004), Alphas (2011–2012), The Blacklist (2015–2016), Billions (2017–2019), and The Expanse (2018–2019). He received a Primetime Emmy Award win and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance in the HBO television film Temple Grandin (2010).
Filmography
- The Bard
The Bard TBA
Actor
Babies 2027
as Michael
By Any Means 2026
as Special Agent Roy K. Moore
O Horizon 2026
as Warren
Stages 2026
as Porter Gates
This Ordinary Thing 2025
as Self (voice)
Zootopia 2 2025
as Milton Lynxley (voice)
The Gettysburg Address 2025
as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
A Little Prayer 2025
as Bill
The Luckiest Man in America 2025
as Bill
Remember This 2023
as Jan Karski
Where the Crawdads Sing 2022
as Tom Milton
Nightmare Alley 2021
as Pete
Nomadland 2021
as Dave
The Oedipus Project 2020
as Messenger 1
Walkaway Joe 2020
as Joe Haley
Them That Work 2019
as Self
The Devil Has a Name 2019
as Fred Stern
Godzilla: King of the Monsters 2019
as Admiral William Stenz
Fast Color 2019
as Ellis
My Dinner with Hervé 2018
as Marty Rothstein
UFO 2018
as Franklin Ahls
An Interview with God 2018
as God
Darkest Hour 2017
as President Roosevelt (voice)
November Criminals 2017
as Theo
American Pastoral 2016
as Nathan Zuckerman
He Does Not Want Peace 2016
as Richard Englebright
Louder Than Bombs 2015
as Richard Weissman
The Debt 2015
as Nathan
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2015
as Ty Burley
Godzilla 2014
as Admiral William Stenz
No God, No Master 2014
as William Flynn
Lincoln@Gettysburg 2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Love, Marilyn 2013
as Self
Lincoln 2012
as William Seward
Hemingway & Gellhorn 2012
as John Dos Passos
The Bourne Legacy 2012
as Noah Vosen
Maladies 2012
as Delmar
The Whistleblower 2010
as Peter Ward
The Tempest 2010
as King Alonso
Howl 2010
as Ralph McIntosh
Inside Area 51's Secrets 2010
as Narrator
Area 51 Declassified 2010
as Himself - Narrator
Temple Grandin 2010
as Professor Carlock
- Matadors
Matadors 2010
as Roman Lodari
The People Speak 2009
as Self
Cold Souls 2009
as Dr. Flintstein
The Uninvited 2009
as Steven
- Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' 2008
as Self
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' 2008
as Self
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer 2008
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Spiderwick Chronicles 2008
as Arthur Spiderwick
My Blueberry Nights 2007
as Arnie
Trumbo 2007
as Self
Matters of Life and Death 2007
as Mr. Jennings
The Bourne Ultimatum 2007
as Noah Vosen
Racing Daylight 2007
as Henry / Harry
Steel Toes 2007
as Danny Dunkelman
Fracture 2007
as Joe Lobruto
The Supreme Court 2007
as Narrator
We Are Marshall 2006
as President Dedmon
The Sensation of Sight 2006
as Finn, Producer
Heavens Fall 2006
as Judge James Horton
The Human Behavior Experiments 2006
as Narrator
- The Shovel
The Shovel 2006
as Paul Mullin
The Notorious Bettie Page 2006
as Estes Kefauver
Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005
as Edward R. Murrow
Willa Cather: The Road Is All 2005
as Narrator
Missing in America 2005
as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
Twisted 2004
as Dr. Melvin Frank
Paradise 2004
as Reverend Bobby Paradise
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ 2003
as Self
Blue Car 2003
as Auster
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story 2002
as Jack Hoschouer
Lathe of Heaven 2002
as Mannie
Speakeasy 2002
as Bruce Hickman
Relative Evil 2001
as Dr. Charlie
The Victim 2001
as Mark Zingerline
A Good Baby 2000
as Truman Lester
The Miracle Worker 2000
as Captain Keller
Harrison's Flowers 2000
as Harrison Lloyd
Freedom Song 2000
as Peter Crowley
A Map of the World 1999
as Howard Goodwin
Limbo 1999
as Joe Gastineau
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1999
as Theseus
The Giraffe 1999
as Charles Kaminski
Bad Manners 1998
as Wes Westlund
Simon Birch 1998
as Reverend Russell
With Friends Like These 1998
as Armand Minetti
Evidence of Blood 1998
as Jackson Kinley
The Climb 1998
as Earl Himes
L.A. Confidential 1997
as Pierce Patchett
Song of Hiawatha 1997
as Marcel
In the Gloaming 1997
as Martin
Mother Night 1996
as Bernard B. O'Hare
Beyond the Call 1996
as Russel Gates
Home for the Holidays 1995
as Russell Terziak
Dolores Claiborne 1995
as Joe St. George
Losing Isaiah 1995
as Charles Lewin
The River Wild 1994
as Tom Hartman
April One 1994
as John McCowan
A Dangerous Woman 1993
as Getso
The Firm 1993
as Ray McDeere
Lost in Yonkers 1993
as Johnny
The American Clock 1993
as Young Arthur Huntington
Passion Fish 1992
as Rennie
Sneakers 1992
as Whistler
Bob Roberts 1992
as Mack Laflin
A League of Their Own 1992
as Ira Lowenstein
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even 1992
as Keith
O Pioneers! 1992
as Carl Linstrum
City of Hope 1991
as Asteroid
Without Warning: The James Brady Story 1991
as Dr. Arthur Kobrine
Judgment 1990
as Father Frank Aubert
Memphis Belle 1990
as Craig Harriman
Heat Wave 1990
as Bill Thomas
The Feud 1989
as The Stranger
Day One 1989
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Eight Men Out 1988
as Eddie Cicotte
Call Me 1988
as Sam
Dominick and Eugene 1988
as Martin Chernak
Stars & Bars 1988
as Charlie
Matewan 1987
as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Broken Vows 1987
as Stuart Chase
At Close Range 1986
as Tony Pine
When Nature Calls 1985
as Weejun
The Brother from Another Planet 1984
as Man In Black
Iceman 1984
as Dr. Singe
Silkwood 1983
as Wesley
Lovesick 1983
as Marvin Zuckerman
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute 1983
as Jerry
Return of the Secaucus Seven 1980
as Ron
Credits from TMDB.