David Strathairn
Acting
Born January 26, 1949 · San Francisco, California, USA
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).
Films (130)
This Ordinary Thing
2025
Zootopia 2
2025
The Gettysburg Address
2025
A Little Prayer
2025
The Luckiest Man in America
2025
O Horizon
2025
Remember This
2023
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
Nightmare Alley
2021
Nomadland
2021
The Oedipus Project
2020
Walkaway Joe
2020
Them That Work
2019
The Devil Has a Name
2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
Fast Color
2019
My Dinner with Hervé
2018
UFO
2018
An Interview with God
2018
Darkest Hour
2017
November Criminals
2017
American Pastoral
2016
He Does Not Want Peace
2016
Louder Than Bombs
2015
The Debt
2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
Clementine
2014
Godzilla
2014
No God, No Master
2014
Lincoln@Gettysburg
2013
Love, Marilyn
2013
Lincoln
2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
The Bourne Legacy
2012
Maladies
2012
The Whistleblower
2010
The Tempest
2010
Howl
2010
Inside Area 51's Secrets
2010
Area 51 Declassified
2010
Temple Grandin
2010
Matadors
2010
The People Speak
2009
Cold Souls
2009
The Uninvited
2009
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
My Blueberry Nights
2007
Trumbo
2007
Matters of Life and Death
2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
Racing Daylight
2007
Steel Toes
2007
Fracture
2007
The Supreme Court
2007
We Are Marshall
2006
The Sensation of Sight
2006
Heavens Fall
2006
The Human Behavior Experiments
2006
The Shovel
2006
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
2005
Missing in America
2005
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Twisted
2004
Paradise
2004
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
Blue Car
2003
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002
Lathe of Heaven
2002
Speakeasy
2002
Relative Evil
2001
The Victim
2001
A Good Baby
2000
The Miracle Worker
2000
Harrison's Flowers
2000
Freedom Song
2000
A Map of the World
1999
Limbo
1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999
Bad Manners
1998
The Giraffe
1998
Simon Birch
1998
With Friends Like These
1998
Evidence of Blood
1998
The Climb
1998
L.A. Confidential
1997
Song of Hiawatha
1997
In the Gloaming
1997
Mother Night
1996
Beyond the Call
1996
Home for the Holidays
1995
Dolores Claiborne
1995
Losing Isaiah
1995
The River Wild
1994
April One
1994
A Dangerous Woman
1993
The Firm
1993
Lost in Yonkers
1993
The American Clock
1993
Passion Fish
1992
Sneakers
1992
Bob Roberts
1992
A League of Their Own
1992
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
1992
O Pioneers!
1992
City of Hope
1991
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991
Judgment
1990
Memphis Belle
1990
Heat Wave
1990
The Feud
1989
Day One
1989
Eight Men Out
1988
Call Me
1988
Stars & Bars
1988
Dominick and Eugene
1988
Matewan
1987
Broken Vows
1987
At Close Range
1986
When Nature Calls
1985
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
Iceman
1984
Silkwood
1983
Lovesick
1983
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980