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 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).
Known For
Acting
(2025)
Zootopia 2
as Milton Lynxley (voice)
(2025)
The Luckiest Man in America
as Bill Carruthers
(2025)
O Horizon
as Warren
(2025)
The Gettysburg Address
as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
(2025)
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)
My Dinner with Hervé
as Marty Rothstein
(2018)
UFO
as Franklin Ahls
(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)
The Debt
as Nathan
(2015)
Louder Than Bombs
as Richard Weissman
(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)
Maladies
as Delmar
(2012)
Hemingway & Gellhorn
as John Dos Passos
(2010)
Temple Grandin
as Professor Carlock
(2010)
Howl
as Ralph McIntosh
(2010)
The Tempest
as King Alonso
(2010)
The Whistleblower
as Peter Ward
(2010)
Matadors
as Roman Lodari
(2010)
Area 51 Declassified
as Himself - Narrator
(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)
(2008)
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
(2008)
(2007)
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Noah Vosen
(2007)
Fracture
as Joe Lobruto
(2007)
Steel Toes
as Danny Dunkelman
(2007)
My Blueberry Nights
as Arnie
(2007)
Trumbo
as Self
(2007)
Racing Daylight
as Henry / Harry
(2007)
Matters of Life and Death
as Mr. Jennings
(2007)
The Supreme Court
as Narrator
(2006)
The Sensation of Sight
as Finn
(2006)
We Are Marshall
as President Dedmon
(2006)
Heavens Fall
as Judge James Horton
(2006)
The Shovel
as Paul Mullin
(2006)
The Human Behavior Experiments
as Narrator
(2005)
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Estes Kefauver
(2005)
Missing in America
as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
(2005)
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Edward R. Murrow
(2005)
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
as Narrator
(2004)
Twisted
as Dr. Melvin Frank
(2004)
Paradise
as Reverend Bobby Paradise
(2004)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
(2003)
Blue Car
as Auster
(2003)
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
(2002)
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
as Jack Hoschouer
(2002)
Speakeasy
as Bruce Hickman
(2002)
Lathe of Heaven
as Mannie
(2001)
The Victim
as Mark Zingerline
(2001)
Relative Evil
as Dr. Charlie
(2000)
The Miracle Worker
as Captain Keller
(2000)
A Good Baby
as Truman Lester
(2000)
Harrison's Flowers
as Harrison Lloyd
(2000)
Freedom Song
as Peter Crowley
(1999)
Limbo
as Joe Gastineau
(1999)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
(1999)
A Map of the World
as Howard Goodwin
(1998)
The Climb
as Earl Himes
(1998)
Simon Birch
as Rev. Russell
(1998)
With Friends Like These
as Armand Minetti
(1998)
Evidence of Blood
as Jackson Kinley
(1998)
The Giraffe
as Charles Kaminski
(1998)
Bad Manners
as Wes Westlund
(1997)
L.A. Confidential
as Pierce Patchett
(1997)
Song of Hiawatha
as Marcel
(1997)
In the Gloaming
as Martin
(1996)
Beyond the Call
as Russel Gates
(1996)
Mother Night
as Bernard B. O'Hare
(1995)
Dolores Claiborne
as Joe St. George
(1995)
Losing Isaiah
as Charles Lewin
(1995)
Home for the Holidays
as Russell Terziak
(1994)
The River Wild
as Tom Hartman
(1994)
April One
as John McCowan
(1993)
The Firm
as Ray McDeere
(1993)
Lost in Yonkers
as Johnny
(1993)
The American Clock
as Young Arthur Huntington
(1993)
A Dangerous Woman
as Getso
(1992)
Sneakers
as Whistler
(1992)
A League of Their Own
as Ira Lowenstein
(1992)
Bob Roberts
as Mack Laflin
(1992)
O Pioneers!
as Carl Linstrum
(1992)
Passion Fish
as Rennie
(1992)
(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)
Dominick and Eugene
as Martin Chernak
(1988)
Call Me
as Sam
(1988)
Stars & Bars
as Charlie
(1987)
Broken Vows
as Stuart Chase
(1987)
Matewan
as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
(1986)
At Close Range
as Tony Pine
(1985)
When Nature Calls
as Weejun
(1984)
Iceman
as Dr. Singe
(1984)
The Brother from Another Planet
as Man In Black
(1983)
Lovesick
as Marvin Zuckerman
(1983)
Silkwood
as Wesley
(1983)
(1980)
Crew
(2006)
The Sensation of Sight
Producer