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