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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 26, 1949
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
- David Russell Strathairn
David Strathairn
2.7 Popularity
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
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Voice
This Ordinary Thing
2025
7.7
Milton Lynxley (voice)
Zootopia 2
2025
0.0
Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
The Gettysburg Address
2025
4.0
Bill
A Little Prayer
2025
6.4
Bill
The Luckiest Man in America
2025
0.0
Warren
O Horizon
2025
7.5
Dr. Benjamin Cole
A Man on the Inside
2024
0.0
Jan Karski
Remember This
2023
7.5
Tom Milton
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
7.0
Pete
Nightmare Alley
2021
Credits
This Ordinary Thing
as Voice
2025
0.0
Zootopia 2
as Milton Lynxley (voice)
2025
7.7
The Gettysburg Address
as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
2025
0.0
A Little Prayer
as Bill
2025
4.0
The Luckiest Man in America
as Bill
2025
6.4
O Horizon
as Warren
2025
0.0
A Man on the Inside
as Dr. Benjamin Cole
2024
7.5
Remember This
as Jan Karski
2023
0.0
Where the Crawdads Sing
as Tom Milton
2022
7.5
Nightmare Alley
as Pete
2021
7.0
Nomadland
as Dave
2021
7.2
The Oedipus Project
as Messenger 1
2020
10.0
Walkaway Joe
as Joe Haley
2020
5.9
Interrogation
as Henry Fisher
2020
6.7
Them That Work
as Self
2019
0.0
The Devil Has a Name
as Fred Stern
2019
5.3
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Admiral William Stenz
2019
6.7
Fast Color
as Ellis
2019
6.0
My Dinner with Hervé
as Marty Rothstein
2018
6.2
UFO
as Franklin Ahls
2018
6.9
An Interview with God
as God
2018
7.0
McMafia
as Semiyon Kleiman
2018
7.3
Darkest Hour
as President Roosevelt (voice)
2017
7.3
November Criminals
as Theo
2017
5.3
American Pastoral
as Nathan Zuckerman
2016
6.2
He Does Not Want Peace
as Richard Englebright
2016
8.0
The Expanse
as Commander Klaes Ashford
2015
8.1
The Expanse
as Klaes Ashford
2015
8.1
Z: The Beginning of Everything
as Anthony Sayre
2015
6.9
Louder Than Bombs
as Richard Weissman
2015
6.4
The Debt
as Nathan
2015
6.1
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Ty Burley
2015
6.4
Godzilla
as Admiral William Stenz
2014
6.4
No God, No Master
as William Flynn
2014
5.9
Lincoln@Gettysburg
as Narrator (voice)
2013
7.4
The Blacklist
as Peter Kotsiopulos
2013
7.6
Love, Marilyn
as Self
2013
6.6
Lincoln
as William Seward
2012
6.9
Hemingway & Gellhorn
as John Dos Passos
2012
6.1
The Bourne Legacy
as Noah Vosen
2012
6.2
Maladies
as Delmar
2012
5.3
Alphas
as Lee Rosen
2011
6.8
The Whistleblower
as Peter Ward
2010
6.7
The Tempest
as King Alonso
2010
5.3
Howl
as Ralph McIntosh
2010
6.5
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Inside Area 51's Secrets
as Narrator
2010
0.0
Area 51 Declassified
as Himself - Narrator
2010
8.0
Temple Grandin
as Professor Carlock
2010
7.8
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Matadors
as Roman Lodari
2010
6.0
The People Speak
as Self
2009
7.2
Cold Souls
as Dr. Flintstein
2009
6.0
The Uninvited
as Steven
2009
6.5
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
as Self
2008
7.0
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Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
as Self
2008
5.0
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008
5.9
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Arthur Spiderwick
2008
6.7
My Blueberry Nights
as Arnie
2007
6.4
Trumbo
as Self
2007
6.6
Matters of Life and Death
as Mr. Jennings
2007
8.5
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Noah Vosen
2007
7.4
Racing Daylight
as Henry / Harry
2007
3.3
Steel Toes
as Danny Dunkelman
2007
5.2
Fracture
as Joe Lobruto
2007
7.3
The Supreme Court
as Narrator
2007
0.0
We Are Marshall
as President Dedmon
2006
6.9
The Sensation of Sight
as Finn
2006
7.0
Heavens Fall
as Judge James Horton
2006
6.9
The Human Behavior Experiments
as Narrator
2006
7.5
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The Shovel
as Paul Mullin
2006
0.0
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Edward R. Murrow
2005
7.1
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Estes Kefauver
2005
6.3
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Willa Cather: The Road Is All
as Narrator
2005
0.0
Missing in America
as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
2005
5.8
House
as Nash
2004
8.6
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
2004
7.6
Twisted
as Dr. Melvin Frank
2004
5.6
Paradise
as Reverend Bobby Paradise
2004
3.3
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
2003
5.0
Blue Car
as Auster
2003
6.2
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
as Jack Hoschouer
2002
4.5
Lathe of Heaven
as Mannie
2002
5.7
Monk
as Patrick Kloster
2002
8.0
Speakeasy
as Bruce Hickman
2002
3.8
Relative Evil
as Dr. Charlie
2001
5.1
The Victim
as Mark Zingerline
2001
0.0
A Good Baby
as Truman Lester
2000
6.3
The Miracle Worker
as Captain Keller
2000
7.1
Harrison's Flowers
as Harrison Lloyd
2000
6.5
Freedom Song
as Peter Crowley
2000
5.5
A Map of the World
as Howard Goodwin
1999
6.0
Limbo
as Joe Gastineau
1999
6.5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
1999
6.4
The Sopranos
as Robert Wegler
1999
8.6
Bad Manners
as Wes Westlund
1998
4.4
The Giraffe
as Charles Kaminski
1998
4.8
Simon Birch
as Rev. Russell
1998
6.8
With Friends Like These
as Armand Minetti
1998
5.0
Evidence of Blood
as Jackson Kinley
1998
6.4
The Climb
as Earl Himes
1998
6.9
L.A. Confidential
as Pierce Patchett
1997
7.8
Song of Hiawatha
as Marcel
1997
6.0
In the Gloaming
as Martin
1997
5.9
Mother Night
as Bernard B. O'Hare
1996
6.6
Beyond the Call
as Russel Gates
1996
6.0
Home for the Holidays
as Russell Terziak
1995
6.2
Dolores Claiborne
as Joe St. George
1995
7.3
Losing Isaiah
as Charles Lewin
1995
6.5
The River Wild
as Tom Hartman
1994
6.4
April One
as John McCowan
1994
0.0
A Dangerous Woman
as Getso
1993
5.5
The Firm
as Ray McDeere
1993
6.7
Lost in Yonkers
as Johnny
1993
6.3
The American Clock
as Young Arthur Huntington
1993
5.4
Passion Fish
as Rennie
1992
6.9
Sneakers
as Whistler
1992
6.9
Bob Roberts
as Mack Laflin
1992
6.5
A League of Their Own
as Ira Lowenstein
1992
7.2
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
as Keith
1992
6.0
O Pioneers!
as Carl Linstrum
1992
5.4
City of Hope
as Asteroid
1991
6.6
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
as Dr. Arthur Kobrine
1991
6.0
Judgment
as Father Frank Aubert
1990
5.3
Memphis Belle
as Craig Harriman
1990
6.7
Heat Wave
as Bill Thomas
1990
6.2
The Feud
as The Stranger
1989
4.2
Day One
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
1989
5.8
Eight Men Out
as Eddie Cicotte
1988
6.9
Call Me
as Sam
1988
4.6
Stars & Bars
as Charlie
1988
4.3
Dominick and Eugene
as Martin Chernak
1988
6.8
Wiseguy
1987
6.5
Matewan
as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
1987
7.4
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
as Moss Goodman
1987
6.0
Broken Vows
as Stuart Chase
1987
4.7
At Close Range
as Tony Pine
1986
6.8
Spenser: For Hire
1985
6.7
The Equalizer
as Phillip Borchek
1985
7.1
When Nature Calls
as Weejun
1985
4.4
Miami Vice
as Marty Lang
1984
7.5
The Brother from Another Planet
as Man In Black
1984
6.6
Iceman
as Dr. Singe
1984
6.2
Silkwood
as Wesley
1983
6.9
Lovesick
as Marvin Zuckerman
1983
5.5
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
as Jerry
1983
3.8
Return of the Secaucus Seven
as Ron
1980
6.5
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Carl Linstrum
1951
8.6
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
7.9
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The Bard
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0.0
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Babies
N/A
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By Any Means
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