David Strathairn
Acteur·rice
26 janvier 1949 · 77 years old
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).
Known for
As an actor
The Bard
Babies
O Horizon
2026 · Warren
Stages
2026 · Porter Gates
By Any Means
2026
CIA
2026 · Sanford 'Sandy' Harrison
A Little Prayer
2025 · Bill
The Luckiest Man in America
2025 · Bill
The Gettysburg Address
2025 · Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Zootopia 2
2025 · Milton Lynxley (voice)
This Ordinary Thing
2025 · Self (voice)
A Man on the Inside
2024 · Dr. Benjamin Cole
Remember This
2023 · Jan Karski
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022 · Tom Milton
Nomadland
2021 · Dave
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Pete
Walkaway Joe
2020 · Joe Haley
The Oedipus Project
2020 · Messenger 1
Interrogation
2020 · Henry Fisher
Fast Color
2019 · Ellis
The Devil Has a Name
2019 · Fred Stern
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 · Admiral William Stenz
Them That Work
2019 · Self
UFO
2018 · Franklin Ahls
An Interview with God
2018 · God
My Dinner with Hervé
2018 · Marty Rothstein
McMafia
2018 · Semiyon Kleiman
November Criminals
2017 · Theo
Darkest Hour
2017 · President Roosevelt (voice)
American Pastoral
2016 · Nathan Zuckerman
He Does Not Want Peace
2016 · Richard Englebright
Billions
2016 · Black Jack Foley
Louder Than Bombs
2015 · Richard Weissman
The Debt
2015 · Nathan
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015 · Ty Burley
Z: The Beginning of Everything
2015 · Anthony Sayre
The Expanse
2015 · Commander Klaes Ashford, Klaes Ashford
Godzilla
2014 · Admiral William Stenz
No God, No Master
2014 · William Flynn
Love, Marilyn
2013 · Self
Lincoln@Gettysburg
2013 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Blacklist
2013 · Peter Kotsiopulos
The Bourne Legacy
2012 · Noah Vosen
Lincoln
2012 · William Seward
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012 · John Dos Passos
Maladies
2012 · Delmar
Alphas
2011 · Lee Rosen
Temple Grandin
2010 · Professor Carlock
The Tempest
2010 · King Alonso
Howl
2010 · Ralph McIntosh
The Whistleblower
2010 · Peter Ward
Matadors
2010 · Roman Lodari
Area 51 Declassified
2010 · Himself - Narrator
Inside Area 51's Secrets
2010 · Narrator
Cold Souls
2009 · Dr. Flintstein
The Uninvited
2009 · Steven
The People Speak
2009 · Self
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · Arthur Spiderwick
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008 · J. Robert Oppenheimer
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 · Self
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 · Self
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Noah Vosen
My Blueberry Nights
2007 · Arnie
Fracture
2007 · Joe Lobruto
Steel Toes
2007 · Danny Dunkelman
The Supreme Court
2007 · Narrator
Racing Daylight
2007 · Henry / Harry
Trumbo
2007 · Self
Matters of Life and Death
2007 · Mr. Jennings
We Are Marshall
2006 · President Dedmon
Heavens Fall
2006 · Judge James Horton
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006 · Estes Kefauver
The Sensation of Sight
2006 · Finn
The Shovel
2006 · Paul Mullin
The Human Behavior Experiments
2006 · Narrator
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 · Edward R. Murrow
Missing in America
2005 · Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
2005 · Narrator
Twisted
2004 · Dr. Melvin Frank
Paradise
2004 · Reverend Bobby Paradise
House
2004 · Nash
Blue Car
2003 · Auster
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003 · Self
Lathe of Heaven
2002 · Mannie
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002 · Jack Hoschouer
Speakeasy
2002 · Bruce Hickman
Monk
2002 · Patrick Kloster
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002 · Jack Hoschouer
Relative Evil
2001 · Dr. Charlie
The Victim
2001 · Mark Zingerline
Big Apple
2001 · Will Preecher
The Miracle Worker
2000 · Captain Keller
Harrison's Flowers
2000 · Harrison Lloyd
A Good Baby
2000 · Truman Lester
Freedom Song
2000 · Peter Crowley
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999 · Theseus
Limbo
1999 · Joe Gastineau
The Giraffe
1999 · Charles Kaminski
A Map of the World
1999 · Howard Goodwin
The Sopranos
1999 · Robert Wegler
The Climb
1998 · Earl Himes
Evidence of Blood
1998 · Jackson Kinley
Bad Manners
1998 · Wes Westlund
With Friends Like These
1998 · Armand Minetti
Simon Birch
1998 · Reverend Russell
L.A. Confidential
1997 · Pierce Patchett
In the Gloaming
1997 · Martin
Song of Hiawatha
1997 · Marcel
Mother Night
1996 · Bernard B. O'Hare
Beyond the Call
1996 · Russel Gates
Dolores Claiborne
1995 · Joe St. George
Home for the Holidays
1995 · Russell Terziak
Losing Isaiah
1995 · Charles Lewin
The River Wild
1994 · Tom Hartman
April One
1994 · John McCowan
The Firm
1993 · Ray McDeere
A Dangerous Woman
1993 · Getso
The American Clock
1993 · Young Arthur Huntington
Lost in Yonkers
1993 · Johnny
Sneakers
1992 · Whistler
Bob Roberts
1992 · Mack Laflin
Passion Fish
1992 · Rennie
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
1992 · Keith
O Pioneers!
1992 · Carl Linstrum
A League of Their Own
1992 · Ira Lowenstein
City of Hope
1991 · Asteroid
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991 · Dr. Arthur Kobrine
Memphis Belle
1990 · Craig Harriman
Judgment
1990 · Father Frank Aubert
Heat Wave
1990 · Bill Thomas
The Feud
1989 · The Stranger
Day One
1989 · J. Robert Oppenheimer
Eight Men Out
1988 · Eddie Cicotte
Call Me
1988 · Sam
Stars & Bars
1988 · Charlie
Dominick and Eugene
1988 · Martin Chernak
Matewan
1987 · Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Broken Vows
1987 · Stuart Chase
Wiseguy
1987
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987 · Moss Goodman
At Close Range
1986 · Tony Pine
When Nature Calls
1985 · Weejun
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Equalizer
1985 · Phillip Borchek
Iceman
1984 · Dr. Singe
The Brother from Another Planet
1984 · Man In Black
Miami Vice
1984 · Marty Lang
Silkwood
1983 · Wesley
Lovesick
1983 · Marvin Zuckerman
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983 · Jerry
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980 · Ron
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Carl Linstrum
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Self