Actor
David Strathairn
Known for Acting
Born 1949-01-26 in San Francisco, California, USA
Age 77
Mostly Drama, Thriller, History
2Films in catalog
133Credits
1980 to 2026Years active
86Trailers on Reactr
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).
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Babies
2026
Stages
2026
as Porter Gates
This Ordinary Thing
2025 · Trailer
as Self (voice)
Zootopia 2
2025 · Trailer
as Milton Lynxley (voice)
The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
A Little Prayer
2025 · Trailer
as Bill
The Luckiest Man in America
2025 · Trailer
as Bill
Remember This
2023 · Trailer
as Jan Karski
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022 · Trailer
as Tom Milton
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Trailer
as Pete
Nomadland
2021 · Trailer
as Dave
The Oedipus Project
2020 · Trailer
as Messenger 1
Walkaway Joe
2020 · Trailer
as Joe Haley
Them That Work
2019
as Self
The Devil Has a Name
2019 · Trailer
as Fred Stern
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 · Trailer
as Admiral William Stenz
Fast Color
2019 · Trailer
as Ellis
My Dinner with Hervé
2018 · Trailer
as Marty Rothstein
UFO
2018 · Trailer
as Franklin Ahls
An Interview with God
2018 · Trailer
as God
Darkest Hour
2017 · Trailer
as President Roosevelt (voice)
November Criminals
2017 · Trailer
as Theo
American Pastoral
2016 · Trailer
as Nathan Zuckerman
He Does Not Want Peace
2016 · Trailer
as Richard Englebright
Z: The Beginning of Everything
2015 · Trailer
as Judge Anthony Sayre
Louder Than Bombs
2015 · Trailer
as Richard Weissman
The Debt
2015 · Trailer
as Nathan
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015 · Trailer
as Ty Burley
Godzilla
2014 · Trailer
as Admiral William Stenz
No God, No Master
2014
as William Flynn
Lincoln@Gettysburg
2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Love, Marilyn
2013 · Trailer
as Self
Lincoln
2012 · Trailer
as William Seward
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012 · Trailer
as John Dos Passos
The Bourne Legacy
2012 · Trailer
as Noah Vosen
Maladies
2012
as Delmar
The Whistleblower
2010 · Trailer
as Peter Ward
The Tempest
2010 · Trailer
as King Alonso
Howl
2010 · Trailer
as Ralph McIntosh
Inside Area 51's Secrets
2010
as Narrator
Area 51 Declassified
2010 · Trailer
as Himself - Narrator
Temple Grandin
2010 · Trailer
as Professor Carlock
Matadors
2010
as Roman Lodari
The People Speak
2009 · Trailer
as Self
Cold Souls
2009 · Trailer
as Dr. Flintstein
The Uninvited
2009 · Trailer
as Steven
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
as Self
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
as Self
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · Trailer
as Arthur Spiderwick
My Blueberry Nights
2007 · Trailer
as Arnie
Trumbo
2007 · Trailer
as Self
Matters of Life and Death
2007
as Mr. Jennings
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Trailer
as Noah Vosen
Racing Daylight
2007
as Henry / Harry
Steel Toes
2007 · Trailer
as Danny Dunkelman
Fracture
2007 · Trailer
as Joe Lobruto
The Supreme Court
2007
as Narrator
We Are Marshall
2006 · Trailer
as President Dedmon
The Sensation of Sight
2006
as Finn
Heavens Fall
2006 · Trailer
as Judge James Horton
The Human Behavior Experiments
2006
as Narrator
The Shovel
2006 · Trailer
as Paul Mullin
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006 · Trailer
as Estes Kefauver
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 · Trailer
as Edward R. Murrow
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
2005
as Narrator
Missing in America
2005 · Trailer
as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
Twisted
2004 · Trailer
as Dr. Melvin Frank
Paradise
2004
as Reverend Bobby Paradise
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
as Self
Blue Car
2003 · Trailer
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 · Trailer
as Truman Lester
The Miracle Worker
2000 · Trailer
as Captain Keller
Harrison's Flowers
2000 · Trailer
as Harrison Lloyd
Freedom Song
2000
as Peter Crowley
A Map of the World
1999 · Trailer
as Howard Goodwin
Limbo
1999 · Trailer
as Joe Gastineau
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999 · Trailer
as Theseus
The Giraffe
1999 · Trailer
as Charles Kaminski
Bad Manners
1998
as Wes Westlund
Simon Birch
1998 · Trailer
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 · Trailer
as Pierce Patchett
Song of Hiawatha
1997 · Trailer
as Marcel
In the Gloaming
1997
as Martin
Mother Night
1996 · Trailer
as Bernard B. O'Hare
Beyond the Call
1996
as Russel Gates
Home for the Holidays
1995
as Russell Terziak
Dolores Claiborne
1995 · Trailer
as Joe St. George
Losing Isaiah
1995 · Trailer
as Charles Lewin
The River Wild
1994 · Trailer
as Tom Hartman
April One
1994
as John McCowan
A Dangerous Woman
1993 · Trailer
as Getso
The Firm
1993 · Trailer
as Ray McDeere
Lost in Yonkers
1993
as Johnny
The American Clock
1993
as Young Arthur Huntington
Passion Fish
1992
as Rennie
Sneakers
1992 · Trailer
as Whistler
Bob Roberts
1992 · Trailer
as Mack Laflin
A League of Their Own
1992 · Trailer
as Ira Lowenstein
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
1992 · Trailer
as Keith
O Pioneers!
1992
as Carl Linstrum
City of Hope
1991 · Trailer
as Asteroid
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991 · Trailer
as Dr. Arthur Kobrine
Judgment
1990 · Trailer
as Father Frank Aubert
Memphis Belle
1990 · Trailer
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 · Trailer
as Eddie Cicotte
Call Me
1988 · Trailer
as Sam
Stars & Bars
1988 · Trailer
as Charlie
Dominick and Eugene
1988
as Martin Chernak
Matewan
1987 · Trailer
as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Broken Vows
1987
as Stuart Chase
At Close Range
1986 · Trailer
as Tony Pine
When Nature Calls
1985
as Weejun
The Brother from Another Planet
1984 · Trailer
as Man In Black
Iceman
1984 · Trailer
as Dr. Singe
Silkwood
1983 · Trailer
as Wesley
Lovesick
1983 · Trailer
as Marvin Zuckerman
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983
as Jerry
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980
as Ron
The Bard
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