David Strathairn
Acting
- Born:
- 1949-01-26
- Place of birth:
- San Francisco, California, USA
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
Filmography
Babies
By Any Means
O Horizon
Stages
CIA
This Ordinary Thing
Zootopia 2
The Gettysburg Address
A Little Prayer
The Luckiest Man in America
A Man on the Inside
Remember This
Where the Crawdads Sing
Nightmare Alley
Nomadland
The Oedipus Project
Walkaway Joe
Interrogation
Them That Work
The Devil Has a Name
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Fast Color
My Dinner with Hervé
UFO
An Interview with God
McMafia
Darkest Hour
November Criminals
American Pastoral
He Does Not Want Peace
Billions
The Expanse
Z: The Beginning of Everything
Louder Than Bombs
The Debt
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Godzilla
No God, No Master
Lincoln@Gettysburg
The Blacklist
Love, Marilyn
Lincoln
Hemingway & Gellhorn
The Bourne Legacy
Maladies
Alphas
The Whistleblower
The Tempest
Howl
Inside Area 51's Secrets
Area 51 Declassified
Temple Grandin
Matadors
The People Speak
Cold Souls
The Uninvited
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Spiderwick Chronicles
My Blueberry Nights
Trumbo
Matters of Life and Death
The Bourne Ultimatum
Racing Daylight
Steel Toes
Fracture
The Supreme Court
We Are Marshall
The Sensation of Sight
Heavens Fall
The Human Behavior Experiments
The Shovel
The Notorious Bettie Page
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
Missing in America
House
Twisted
Paradise
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Blue Car
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Lathe of Heaven
Monk
Speakeasy
Relative Evil
Big Apple
The Victim
A Good Baby
The Miracle Worker
Harrison's Flowers
Freedom Song
A Map of the World
Limbo
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Giraffe
The Sopranos
Bad Manners
Simon Birch
With Friends Like These
Evidence of Blood
The Climb
L.A. Confidential
Song of Hiawatha
In the Gloaming
Mother Night
Beyond the Call
Home for the Holidays
Dolores Claiborne
Losing Isaiah
The River Wild
April One
A Dangerous Woman
The Firm
Lost in Yonkers
The American Clock
Passion Fish
Sneakers
Bob Roberts
A League of Their Own
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
O Pioneers!
City of Hope
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Judgment
Memphis Belle
Heat Wave
The Feud
Day One
Eight Men Out
Call Me
Stars & Bars
Dominick and Eugene
Wiseguy
Matewan
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Broken Vows
At Close Range
Spenser: For Hire
The Equalizer
When Nature Calls
Miami Vice
The Brother from Another Planet
Iceman
Silkwood
Lovesick
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
American Playhouse
Return of the Secaucus Seven
The Oscars
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Emmy Awards
The Bard