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David Strathairn

David Strathairn

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), Lincol

Born

Jan 26, 1949

San Francisco, California, USA

Known For

Acting

Movies

133 acting

1 crew

Popularity

2.3

Known For

Zootopia 2
Zootopia 2
2025 as Milton Lynxley (voice)
★ 7.6
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 as Admiral William Stenz
★ 6.7
Godzilla
Godzilla
2014 as Admiral William Stenz
★ 6.4
Fracture
Fracture
2007 as Joe Lobruto
★ 7.3
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 as Noah Vosen
★ 7.4
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 as Edward R. Murrow
★ 7.1
L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential
1997 as Pierce Patchett
★ 7.8
Sneakers
Sneakers
1992 as Whistler
★ 6.9
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 as Arthur Spiderwick
★ 6.7
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
2021 as Pete
★ 7.0
The Firm
The Firm
1993 as Ray McDeere
★ 6.7
Lincoln
Lincoln
2012 as William Seward
★ 6.8
The Bourne Legacy
The Bourne Legacy
2012 as Noah Vosen
★ 6.2
Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022 as Tom Milton
★ 7.5
Twisted
Twisted
2004 as Dr. Melvin Frank
★ 5.6
Darkest Hour
Darkest Hour
2017 as President Roosevelt (voice)
★ 7.4
At Close Range
At Close Range
1986 as Tony Pine
★ 6.8
A League of Their Own
A League of Their Own
1992 as Ira Lowenstein
★ 7.2
The Miracle Worker
The Miracle Worker
2000 as Captain Keller
★ 7.1
Nomadland
Nomadland
2021 as Dave
★ 7.2
The Uninvited
The Uninvited
2009 as Steven
★ 6.4
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999 as Theseus
★ 6.4
Dolores Claiborne
Dolores Claiborne
1995 as Joe St. George
★ 7.3
My Blueberry Nights
My Blueberry Nights
2007 as Arnie
★ 6.4
We Are Marshall
We Are Marshall
2006 as President Dedmon
★ 6.9
The Notorious Bettie Page
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006 as Estes Kefauver
★ 6.3
Losing Isaiah
Losing Isaiah
1995 as Charles Lewin
★ 6.5
The River Wild
The River Wild
1994 as Tom Hartman
★ 6.5
Simon Birch
Simon Birch
1998 as Rev. Russell
★ 6.8
Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin
2010 as Professor Carlock
★ 7.8
An Interview with God
An Interview with God
2018 as God
★ 7.0
The Whistleblower
The Whistleblower
2010 as Peter Ward
★ 6.7
Love, Marilyn
Love, Marilyn
2013 as Self
★ 6.6
American Pastoral
American Pastoral
2016 as Nathan Zuckerman
★ 6.2
Silkwood
Silkwood
1983 as Wesley
★ 6.9
Fast Color
Fast Color
2019 as Ellis
★ 6.0
Eight Men Out
Eight Men Out
1988 as Eddie Cicotte
★ 6.9
Howl
Howl
2010 as Ralph McIntosh
★ 6.4
UFO
UFO
2018 as Franklin Ahls
★ 6.9
My Dinner with Hervé
My Dinner with Hervé
2018 as Marty Rothstein
★ 6.3
Memphis Belle
Memphis Belle
1990 as Craig Harriman
★ 6.7
Louder Than Bombs
Louder Than Bombs
2015 as Richard Weissman
★ 6.5
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012 as John Dos Passos
★ 6.1
Iceman
Iceman
1984 as Dr. Singe
★ 6.2
The Luckiest Man in America
★ 6.3
Bob Roberts
Bob Roberts
1992 as Mack Laflin
★ 6.6
Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays
1995 as Russell Terziak
★ 6.2
Walkaway Joe
Walkaway Joe
2020 as Joe Haley
★ 6.0
Cold Souls
Cold Souls
2009 as Dr. Flintstein
★ 6.0
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
★ 6.4
movie
Limbo
Limbo
1999 as Joe Gastineau
★ 6.5
Harrison's Flowers
Harrison's Flowers
2000 as Harrison Lloyd
★ 6.5
Matewan
Matewan
1987 as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
★ 7.4
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004 as Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
★ 7.6
In the Gloaming
In the Gloaming
1997 as Martin
★ 5.9
Passion Fish
Passion Fish
1992 as Rennie
★ 6.9
A Dangerous Woman
A Dangerous Woman
1993 as Getso
★ 5.5
The Tempest
The Tempest
2010 as King Alonso
★ 5.3
Blue Car
Blue Car
2003 as Auster
★ 6.1
The Devil Has a Name
The Devil Has a Name
2019 as Fred Stern
★ 5.3
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address
2025 as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Mother Night
Mother Night
1996 as Bernard B. O'Hare
★ 6.6
Dominick and Eugene
Dominick and Eugene
1988 as Martin Chernak
★ 6.8
A Map of the World
A Map of the World
1999 as Howard Goodwin
★ 6.0
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers!
1992 as Carl Linstrum
★ 5.4
November Criminals
November Criminals
2017 as Theo
★ 5.3
City of Hope
City of Hope
1991 as Asteroid
★ 6.7
This Ordinary Thing
This Ordinary Thing
2025 as Self (voice)
Call Me
Call Me
1988 as Sam
★ 4.6
Judgment
Judgment
1990 as Father Frank Aubert
★ 5.3
Heavens Fall
Heavens Fall
2006 as Judge James Horton
★ 6.9
Trumbo
Trumbo
2007 as Self
★ 6.7
Day One
Day One
1989 as J. Robert Oppenheimer
★ 5.8
The Brother from Another Planet
The Brother from Another Planet
1984 as Man In Black
★ 6.6
Lost in Yonkers
Lost in Yonkers
1993 as Johnny
★ 6.3
Speakeasy
Speakeasy
2002 as Bruce Hickman
★ 3.8
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
★ 6.0
Lovesick
Lovesick
1983 as Marvin Zuckerman
★ 5.5
The Debt
The Debt
2015 as Nathan
★ 6.1
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991 as Dr. Arthur Kobrine
★ 6.0
Stars & Bars
Stars & Bars
1988 as Charlie
★ 4.3
Stages
Stages
2026 as Porter Gates
Maladies
Maladies
2012 as Delmar
★ 5.3
The Sensation of Sight
The Sensation of Sight
2006 as Finn
★ 7.0
movie
Matadors
2010 as Roman Lodari
★ 6.0
Freedom Song
Freedom Song
2000 as Peter Crowley
★ 5.5
The People Speak
The People Speak
2009 as Self
★ 7.2
A Little Prayer
A Little Prayer
2025 as Bill
★ 5.4
Paradise
Paradise
2004 as Reverend Bobby Paradise
★ 3.3
Missing in America
Missing in America
2005 as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
★ 5.8
Song of Hiawatha
Song of Hiawatha
1997 as Marcel
★ 6.0
With Friends Like These
With Friends Like These
1998 as Armand Minetti
★ 5.0
Heat Wave
Heat Wave
1990 as Bill Thomas
★ 6.2
No God, No Master
No God, No Master
2014 as William Flynn
★ 5.9
The Oedipus Project
The Oedipus Project
2020 as Messenger 1
★ 10.0
Return of the Secaucus Seven
★ 6.5
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002 as Jack Hoschouer
★ 4.6
Bad Manners
Bad Manners
1998 as Wes Westlund
★ 4.4
Relative Evil
Relative Evil
2001 as Dr. Charlie
★ 5.1
Racing Daylight
Racing Daylight
2007 as Henry / Harry
★ 3.3
The Feud
The Feud
1989 as The Stranger
★ 4.2
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
★ 3.8
Matters of Life and Death
Matters of Life and Death
2007 as Mr. Jennings
★ 8.5
movie
Evidence of Blood
Evidence of Blood
1998 as Jackson Kinley
★ 6.4
Beyond the Call
Beyond the Call
1996 as Russel Gates
★ 6.0
The American Clock
The American Clock
1993 as Young Arthur Huntington
★ 5.4
Steel Toes
Steel Toes
2007 as Danny Dunkelman
★ 5.2
Lathe of Heaven
Lathe of Heaven
2002 as Mannie
★ 5.7
Broken Vows
Broken Vows
1987 as Stuart Chase
★ 4.7
O Horizon
O Horizon
2026 as Warren
The Climb
The Climb
1998 as Earl Himes
★ 6.9
The Giraffe
The Giraffe
1999 as Charles Kaminski
★ 4.8
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008 as J. Robert Oppenheimer
★ 5.9
A Good Baby
A Good Baby
2000 as Truman Lester
★ 6.3
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
★ 5.0
Them That Work
Them That Work
2019 as Self
April One
April One
1994 as John McCowan
movie
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
2005 as Narrator
He Does Not Want Peace
He Does Not Want Peace
2016 as Richard Englebright
★ 8.0
When Nature Calls
When Nature Calls
1985 as Weejun
★ 4.4
movie
The Shovel
2006 as Paul Mullin
★ 6.0
Lincoln@Gettysburg
Lincoln@Gettysburg
2013 as Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.4
The Human Behavior Experiments
★ 7.5
Area 51 Declassified
Area 51 Declassified
2010 as Himself - Narrator
★ 8.0
The Victim
The Victim
2001 as Mark Zingerline
Remember This
Remember This
2023 as Jan Karski
The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court
2007 as Narrator
movie
Inside Area 51's Secrets
2010 as Narrator