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