David Strathairn

Birthday:

01/26/1949

Place of birth:

San Francisco, California, USA:

Biography:

An American film and television actor, best known for his portrayal of journalist Edward R. Murrow in the feature film "Good Night, and Good Luck", for which he was nominated for an Academy Award.



Credits

A Little Prayer (2023)
Bill
Remember This (2023)
Jan Karski
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Tom Milton
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Pete
Nomadland (2021)
Dave
The Oedipus Project (2020)
Messenger 1
Walkaway Joe (2020)
Joe Haley
Them That Work (2019)
Self
The Devil Has a Name (2019)
Fred Stern
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Admiral William Stenz
Fast Color (2019)
Ellis
LCD Soundsystem: Oh Baby (2019)
Husband
My Dinner with Hervé (2018)
Marty Rothstein
UFO (2018)
Franklin Ahls
An Interview with God (2018)
The Man
Darkest Hour (2017)
President Roosevelt (voice)
November Criminals (2017)
Theo
American Pastoral (2016)
Nathan Zuckerman
He Does Not Want Peace (2016)
Richard Englebright
Louder Than Bombs (2015)
Richard Weissman
The Debt (2015)
Nathan
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
Ty Burley
The Gettysburg Address (2015)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Godzilla (2014)
Admiral William Stenz
No God, No Master (2014)
William Flynn
Lincoln@Gettysburg (2013)
Narrator (voice)
Love, Marilyn (2013)
Self
Lincoln (2012)
William Seward
Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
John Dos Passos
The Bourne Legacy (2012)
Noah Vosen
Maladies (2012)
Delmar
The Whistleblower (2010)
Peter Ward
The Tempest (2010)
King Alonso
Howl (2010)
Ralph McIntosh
Inside Area 51's Secrets (2010)
Narrator
Area 51 Declassified (2010)
Himself - Narrator
Temple Grandin (2010)
Professor Carlock
The People Speak (2009)
Self
Cold Souls (2009)
Dr. Flintstein
The Uninvited (2009)
Steven
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' (2008)
Self
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' (2008)
Self
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2008)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Arthur Spiderwick
My Blueberry Nights (2007)
Arnie
Trumbo (2007)
Self
Matters of Life and Death (2007)
Mr. Jennings
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Noah Vosen
Racing Daylight (2007)
Henry / Harry
Steel Toes (2007)
Danny Dunkelman
Fracture (2007)
Joe Lobruto
The Supreme Court (2007)
Narrator
We Are Marshall (2006)
President Dedmon
The Sensation of Sight (2006)
Finn
Heavens Fall (2006)
Judge James Horton
The Human Behavior Experiments (2006)
Narrator
The Shovel (2006)
Paul Mullin
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Edward R. Murrow
The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
Estes Kefauver
Willa Cather: The Road Is All (2005)
Narrator
Missing in America (2005)
Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)
Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
Twisted (2004)
Dr. Melvin Frank
Paradise (2004)
Reverend Bobby Paradise
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ (2003)
Self
Blue Car (2003)
Auster
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (2002)
Jack Hoschouer
Lathe of Heaven (2002)
Mannie
Speakeasy (2002)
Bruce Hickman
Relative Evil (2001)
Dr. Charlie
The Victim (2001)
Mark Zingerline
A Good Baby (2000)
Truman Lester
The Miracle Worker (2000)
Captain Keller
Harrison's Flowers (2000)
Harrison Lloyd
Freedom Song (2000)
Peter Crowley
A Map of the World (1999)
Howard Goodwin
Limbo (1999)
Joe Gastineau
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
Theseus
Bad Manners (1998)
Wes Westlund
The Giraffe (1998)
Charles Kaminski
Simon Birch (1998)
Rev. Russell
With Friends Like These... (1998)
Armand Minetti
Evidence of Blood (1998)
Jackson Kinley
The Climb (1998)
Earl Himes
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
Home for the Holidays (1995)
Russell Terziak
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Joe St. George
Losing Isaiah (1995)
Charles Lewin
The River Wild (1994)
Tom Hartman
A Dangerous Woman (1993)
Getso
The Firm (1993)
Ray McDeere
Lost in Yonkers (1993)
Johnny
The American Clock (1993)
Young Arthur Huntington
Passion Fish (1992)
Rennie
Sneakers (1992)
Whistler
Bob Roberts (1992)
Bugs' Attorney, Mack Laflin
A League of Their Own (1992)
Ira Lowenstein
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1992)
Keith
O Pioneers! (1992)
Carl Linstrum
City of Hope (1991)
Asteroid
Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991)
Dr. Arthur Kobrine
Judgment (1990)
Father Frank Aubert
Memphis Belle (1990)
Craig Harriman
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
At Close Range (1986)
Tony Pine
When Nature Calls (1985)
Weejun
The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
Man In Black
Iceman (1984)
Dr. Singe
Silkwood (1983)
Wesley
Lovesick (1983)
Marvin Zuckerman
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983)
Jerry
Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
Ron
Last Meals ()
Matadors ()
Roman Lodari
O Horizon ()
Warren
The Sensation of Sight (2006)
Producer