Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 26, 1949
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Credits
155 titles
David Strathairn
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
By Any Means
O Horizon
Warren
Stages
Porter Gates
CIA
Sanford 'Sandy' Harrison
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
Zootopia 2
Milton Lynxley (voice)
The Gettysburg Address
Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
A Little Prayer
Bill
The Luckiest Man in America
Bill
A Man on the Inside
Dr. Benjamin Cole
Remember This
Jan Karski
Where the Crawdads Sing
Tom Milton
Nightmare Alley
Pete
Nomadland
Dave
The Oedipus Project
Messenger 1
Walkaway Joe
Joe Haley
Interrogation
Henry Fisher
Them That Work
Self
The Devil Has a Name
Fred Stern
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Admiral William Stenz
Fast Color
Ellis
My Dinner with Hervé
Marty Rothstein
UFO
Franklin Ahls
An Interview with God
God
McMafia
Semiyon Kleiman
Darkest Hour
President Roosevelt (voice)
November Criminals
Theo
American Pastoral
Nathan Zuckerman
He Does Not Want Peace
Richard Englebright
Billions
Black Jack Foley
The Expanse
Commander Klaes Ashford
Z: The Beginning of Everything
Anthony Sayre
Louder Than Bombs
Richard Weissman
The Debt
Nathan
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Ty Burley
Godzilla
Admiral William Stenz
No God, No Master
William Flynn
Lincoln@Gettysburg
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Blacklist
Peter Kotsiopulos
Love, Marilyn
Self
Lincoln
William Seward
Hemingway & Gellhorn
John Dos Passos
The Bourne Legacy
Noah Vosen
Maladies
Delmar
Alphas
Lee Rosen
The Whistleblower
Peter Ward
The Tempest
King Alonso
Howl
Ralph McIntosh
Inside Area 51's Secrets
Narrator
Area 51 Declassified
Himself - Narrator