David Strathairn
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-01-26 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
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
Acting
(2025)
The Luckiest Man in America
as Bill Carruthers
(2025)
The Gettysburg Address
as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
(2025)
O Horizon
as Warren
(2023)
A Little Prayer
as Bill
(2023)
Remember This
as Jan Karski
(2022)
Where the Crawdads Sing
as Tom Milton
(2021)
Nightmare Alley
as Pete
(2021)
Nomadland
as Dave
(2020)
Walkaway Joe
as Joe Haley
(2020)
The Oedipus Project
as Messenger 1
(2019)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Admiral William Stenz
(2019)
The Devil Has a Name
as Fred Stern
(2019)
Fast Color
as Ellis
(2019)
Them That Work
as Self
(2018)
An Interview with God
as God
(2018)
UFO
as Franklin Ahls
(2018)
My Dinner with Hervé
as Marty Rothstein
(2017)
Darkest Hour
as President Roosevelt (voice)
(2017)
November Criminals
as Theo
(2016)
American Pastoral
as Nathan Zuckerman
(2016)
He Does Not Want Peace
as Richard Englebright
(2015)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Ty Burley
(2015)
Louder Than Bombs
as Richard Weissman
(2015)
The Debt
as Nathan
(2014)
Godzilla
as Admiral William Stenz
(2014)
No God, No Master
as William Flynn
(2013)
Love, Marilyn
as Self
(2013)
Lincoln@Gettysburg
as Narrator (voice)
(2012)
The Bourne Legacy
as Noah Vosen
(2012)
Lincoln
as William Seward
(2012)
Hemingway & Gellhorn
as John Dos Passos
(2012)
Maladies
as Delmar
(2010)
Temple Grandin
as Professor Carlock
(2010)
The Whistleblower
as Peter Ward
(2010)
The Tempest
as King Alonso
(2010)
Howl
as Ralph McIntosh
(2010)
Area 51 Declassified
as Himself - Narrator
(2010)
Matadors
as Roman Lodari
(2010)
Inside Area 51's Secrets
as Narrator
(2009)
The Uninvited
as Steven
(2009)
Cold Souls
as Dr. Flintstein
(2009)
The People Speak
as Self
(2008)
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Arthur Spiderwick
(2008)
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
(2008)
(2008)
(2007)
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Noah Vosen
(2007)
Fracture
as Joe Lobruto
(2007)
My Blueberry Nights
as Arnie
(2007)
Steel Toes
as Danny Dunkelman
(2007)
Trumbo
as Self
(2007)
Matters of Life and Death
as Mr. Jennings
(2007)
Racing Daylight
as Henry / Harry
(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)
Missing in America
as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
(2005)
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
as Narrator
(2004)
Twisted
as Dr. Melvin Frank
(2004)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
(2004)
Paradise
as Reverend Bobby Paradise
(2003)
Blue Car
as Auster
(2003)
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
(2002)
Speakeasy
as Bruce Hickman
(2002)
Lathe of Heaven
as Mannie
(2002)
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
as Jack Hoschouer
(2001)
Relative Evil
as Dr. Charlie
(2001)
The Victim
as Mark Zingerline
(2000)
The Miracle Worker
as Captain Keller
(2000)
Harrison's Flowers
as Harrison Lloyd
(2000)
Freedom Song
as Peter Crowley
(2000)
A Good Baby
as Truman Lester
(1999)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
(1999)
A Map of the World
as Howard Goodwin
(1999)
Limbo
as Joe Gastineau
(1998)
Simon Birch
as Rev. Russell
(1998)
With Friends Like These
as Armand Minetti
(1998)
The Climb
as Earl Himes
(1998)
Evidence of Blood
as Jackson Kinley
(1998)
Bad Manners
as Wes Westlund
(1998)
The Giraffe
as Charles Kaminski
(1997)
L.A. Confidential
as Pierce Patchett
(1997)
In the Gloaming
as Martin
(1997)
Song of Hiawatha
as Marcel
(1996)
Mother Night
as Bernard B. O'Hare
(1996)
Beyond the Call
as Russel Gates
(1995)
Dolores Claiborne
as Joe St. George
(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)
The Firm
as Ray McDeere
(1993)
A Dangerous Woman
as Getso
(1993)
The American Clock
as Young Arthur Huntington
(1993)
Lost in Yonkers
as Johnny
(1992)
Sneakers
as Whistler
(1992)
A League of Their Own
as Ira Lowenstein
(1992)
Bob Roberts
as Mack Laflin
(1992)
Passion Fish
as Rennie
(1992)
(1992)
O Pioneers!
as Carl Linstrum
(1991)
City of Hope
as Asteroid
(1991)
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
as Dr. Arthur Kobrine
(1990)
Memphis Belle
as Craig Harriman
(1990)
Judgment
as Father Frank Aubert
(1990)
Heat Wave
as Bill Thomas
(1989)
Day One
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
(1989)
The Feud
as The Stranger
(1988)
Eight Men Out
as Eddie Cicotte
(1988)
Call Me
as Sam
(1988)
Stars & Bars
as Charlie
(1988)
Dominick and Eugene
as Martin Chernak
(1987)
Matewan
as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
(1987)
Broken Vows
as Stuart Chase
(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)
(1980)
Crew
(2006)
The Sensation of Sight
Producer