David Strathairn
Acting
1949-01-26 · 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).
Filmography
Babies
2026 · Movie
TheatersBy Any Means
2026 · Movie
TheatersO Horizon
2026 · Movie
Stages
2026 · Movie
CIA
2026 · Series
This Ordinary Thing
2025 · Movie
Zootopia 2
2025 · Movie
The Gettysburg Address
2025 · Movie
A Little Prayer
2025 · Movie
The Luckiest Man in America
2025 · Movie
A Man on the Inside
2024 · Series
Remember This
2023 · Movie
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022 · Movie
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Movie
Nomadland
2021 · Movie
The Oedipus Project
2020 · Movie
Walkaway Joe
2020 · Movie
Interrogation
2020 · Series
Them That Work
2019 · Movie
The Devil Has a Name
2019 · Movie
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 · Movie
Fast Color
2019 · Movie
My Dinner with Hervé
2018 · Movie
UFO
2018 · Movie
An Interview with God
2018 · Movie
McMafia
2018 · Series
Darkest Hour
2017 · Movie
November Criminals
2017 · Movie
American Pastoral
2016 · Movie
He Does Not Want Peace
2016 · Movie
Billions
2016 · Series
The Expanse
2015 · Series
Z: The Beginning of Everything
2015 · Series
Z: The Beginning of Everything
2015 · Movie
Louder Than Bombs
2015 · Movie
The Debt
2015 · Movie
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015 · Movie
Godzilla
2014 · Movie
No God, No Master
2014 · Movie
Lincoln@Gettysburg
2013 · Movie
The Blacklist
2013 · Series
Love, Marilyn
2013 · Movie
Lincoln
2012 · Movie
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012 · Movie
The Bourne Legacy
2012 · Movie
Maladies
2012 · Movie
Alphas
2011 · Series
The Whistleblower
2010 · Movie
The Tempest
2010 · Movie
Howl
2010 · Movie
Inside Area 51's Secrets
2010 · Movie
Area 51 Declassified
2010 · Movie
Temple Grandin
2010 · Movie
Matadors
2010 · Movie
The People Speak
2009 · Movie
Cold Souls
2009 · Movie
The Uninvited
2009 · Movie
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 · Movie
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 · Movie
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008 · Movie
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · Movie
My Blueberry Nights
2007 · Movie
Trumbo
2007 · Movie
Matters of Life and Death
2007 · Movie
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Movie
Racing Daylight
2007 · Movie
Steel Toes
2007 · Movie
Fracture
2007 · Movie
The Supreme Court
2007 · Movie
We Are Marshall
2006 · Movie
The Sensation of Sight
2006 · Movie
Heavens Fall
2006 · Movie
The Human Behavior Experiments
2006 · Movie
The Shovel
2006 · Movie
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006 · Movie
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 · Movie
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
2005 · Movie
Missing in America
2005 · Movie
House
2004 · Series
Twisted
2004 · Movie
Paradise
2004 · Movie
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003 · Movie
Blue Car
2003 · Movie
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002 · Series
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002 · Movie
Lathe of Heaven
2002 · Movie
Monk
2002 · Series
Speakeasy
2002 · Movie
Relative Evil
2001 · Movie
Big Apple
2001 · Series
The Victim
2001 · Movie
A Good Baby
2000 · Movie
The Miracle Worker
2000 · Movie
Harrison's Flowers
2000 · Movie
Freedom Song
2000 · Movie
A Map of the World
1999 · Movie
Limbo
1999 · Movie
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999 · Movie
The Giraffe
1999 · Movie
The Sopranos
1999 · Series
Bad Manners
1998 · Movie
Simon Birch
1998 · Movie
With Friends Like These
1998 · Movie
Evidence of Blood
1998 · Movie
The Climb
1998 · Movie
L.A. Confidential
1997 · Movie
Song of Hiawatha
1997 · Movie
In the Gloaming
1997 · Movie
Mother Night
1996 · Movie
Beyond the Call
1996 · Movie
Home for the Holidays
1995 · Movie
Dolores Claiborne
1995 · Movie
Losing Isaiah
1995 · Movie
The River Wild
1994 · Movie
April One
1994 · Movie
A Dangerous Woman
1993 · Movie
The Firm
1993 · Movie
Lost in Yonkers
1993 · Movie
The American Clock
1993 · Movie
Passion Fish
1992 · Movie
Sneakers
1992 · Movie
Bob Roberts
1992 · Movie
A League of Their Own
1992 · Movie
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
1992 · Movie
O Pioneers!
1992 · Movie
City of Hope
1991 · Movie
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991 · Movie
Judgment
1990 · Movie
Memphis Belle
1990 · Movie
Heat Wave
1990 · Movie
The Feud
1989 · Movie
Day One
1989 · Movie
Eight Men Out
1988 · Movie
Call Me
1988 · Movie
Stars & Bars
1988 · Movie
Dominick and Eugene
1988 · Movie
Wiseguy
1987 · Series
Matewan
1987 · Movie
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987 · Series
Broken Vows
1987 · Movie
At Close Range
1986 · Movie
Spenser: For Hire
1985 · Series
The Equalizer
1985 · Series
When Nature Calls
1985 · Movie
Miami Vice
1984 · Series
The Brother from Another Planet
1984 · Movie
Iceman
1984 · Movie
Silkwood
1983 · Movie
Lovesick
1983 · Movie
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Series
The Bard
Movie