About

Known credits:
137
Birthday:
1949-01-26
Place of birth:
San Francisco, California, USA
Website:
N/A

David Strathairn

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2025 The Gettysburg Address Actor Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice) 59
Average
2024 The Luckiest Man in America Actor Bill Carruthers N/A
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2023 A Little Prayer Actor Bill 58
Average
2023 Remember This Actor Jan Karski N/A
N/A
2022 Where the Crawdads Sing Actor Tom Milton 71
Good
2021 Nightmare Alley Actor Pete 68
Fair
2021 Nomadland Actor Dave 70
Good
2020 The Oedipus Project Actor Messenger 1 59
Average
2020 Walkaway Joe Actor Joe Haley 59
Average
2020 Interrogation Actor Henry Fisher 68
Fair
2019 Them That Work Actor Self N/A
N/A
2019 The Devil Has a Name Actor Fred Stern 58
Average
2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters Actor Admiral William Stenz 66
Fair
2019 Fast Color Actor Ellis 59
Average
2019 LCD Soundsystem: Oh Baby Actor Husband 59
Average
2018 My Dinner with Hervé Actor Marty Rothstein 59
Average
2018 oh baby Actor Lover N/A
N/A
2018 UFO Actor Franklin Ahls 63
Fair
2018 An Interview with God Actor The Man 62
Fair
2017 Darkest Hour Actor President Roosevelt (voice) 72
Good
2017 November Criminals Actor Theo 55
Average
2016 American Pastoral Actor Nathan Zuckerman 60
Fair
2016 He Does Not Want Peace Actor Richard Englebright 59
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2015 Z: The Beginning of Everything Actor Anthony Sayre 70
Good
2015 Louder Than Bombs Actor Richard Weissman 61
Fair
2015 The Debt Actor Nathan 59
Average
2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Actor Ty Burley 61
Fair
2014 Godzilla Actor Admiral William Stenz 63
Fair
2014 No God, No Master Actor William Flynn 58
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2013 Lincoln@Gettysburg Actor Narrator (voice) 59
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2013 Love, Marilyn Actor Self 59
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2012 Lincoln Actor William Seward 67
Fair
2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn Actor John Dos Passos 59
Average
2012 The Bourne Legacy Actor Noah Vosen 61
Fair
2012 Maladies Actor Delmar 58
Average
2011 Inside Area 51 Secrets Actor Himself - Narrator 59
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2011 Alphas Actor Lee Rosen 68
Fair
2010 The Whistleblower Actor Peter Ward 63
Fair
2010 The Tempest Actor King Alonso 58
Average
2010 Howl Actor Ralph McIntosh 60
Fair
2010 Inside Area 51's Secrets Actor Narrator N/A
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2010 Area 51 Declassified Actor Himself - Narrator N/A
N/A
2010 Temple Grandin Actor Professor Carlock 67
Fair
2010 Matadors Actor Roman Lodari 59
Average
2009 The People Speak Actor Self 59
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2009 Cold Souls Actor Dr. Flintstein 59
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2009 The Uninvited Actor Steven 63
Fair
2008 Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' Actor Self 59
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2008 Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' Actor Self 59
Average
2008 The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Actor J. Robert Oppenheimer 59
Average
2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles Actor Arthur Spiderwick 65
Fair
2007 My Blueberry Nights Actor Arnie 61
Fair
2007 Trumbo Actor Self 59
Average
2007 Matters of Life and Death Actor Mr. Jennings 59
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2007 The Bourne Ultimatum Actor Noah Vosen 73
Good
2007 Racing Daylight Actor Henry / Harry 59
Average
2007 Steel Toes Actor Danny Dunkelman 58
Average
2007 Fracture Actor Joe Lobruto 71
Good
2007 The Supreme Court Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
2006 We Are Marshall Actor President Dedmon 64
Fair
2006 The Sensation of Sight Actor Finn 59
Average
2006 Heavens Fall Actor Judge James Horton 59
Average
2006 The Human Behavior Experiments Actor Narrator 59
Average
2006 The Shovel Actor Paul Mullin N/A
N/A
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck. Actor Edward R. Murrow 66
Fair
2005 The Notorious Bettie Page Actor Estes Kefauver 60
Fair
2005 Willa Cather: The Road Is All Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
2005 Missing in America Actor Henry R. Hocknell Jr. 59
Average
2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself Actor Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage) 60
Fair
2004 Twisted Actor Dr. Melvin Frank 56
Average
2004 Paradise Actor Reverend Bobby Paradise 59
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2003 The Making of ‘Sneakers’ Actor Self N/A
N/A
2003 Blue Car Actor Auster 59
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2002 Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story Actor Jack Hoschouer 58
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2002 Lathe of Heaven Actor Mannie 59
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2002 Speakeasy Actor Bruce Hickman 59
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2001 Relative Evil Actor Dr. Charlie 58
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2001 The Victim Actor Mark Zingerline N/A
N/A
2000 A Good Baby Actor Truman Lester 59
Average
2000 The Miracle Worker Actor Captain Keller 59
Average
2000 Harrison's Flowers Actor Harrison Lloyd 59
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2000 Freedom Song Actor Peter Crowley 58
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1999 A Map of the World Actor Howard Goodwin 59
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1999 Limbo Actor Joe Gastineau 59
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1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream Actor Theseus 61
Fair
1998 Bad Manners Actor Wes Westlund 58
Average
1998 The Giraffe Actor Charles Kaminski 58
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1998 Simon Birch Actor Rev. Russell 61
Fair
1998 With Friends Like These... Actor Armand Minetti 59
Average
1998 Evidence of Blood Actor Jackson Kinley 59
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1998 The Climb Actor Earl Himes 59
Average
1997 L.A. Confidential Actor Pierce Patchett 76
Good
1997 In the Gloaming Actor Martin 58
Average
1997 Song of Hiawatha Actor Marcel 59
Average
1996 Mother Night Actor Bernard B. O'Hare 59
Average
1996 Beyond the Call Actor Russel Gates 58
Average
1995 Home for the Holidays Actor Russell Terziak 60
Fair
1995 Dolores Claiborne Actor Joe St. George 66
Fair
1995 Losing Isaiah Actor Charles Lewin 59
Average
1994 The River Wild Actor Tom Hartman 62
Fair
1994 April One Actor John McCowan N/A
N/A
1993 A Dangerous Woman Actor Getso 58
Average
1993 The Firm Actor Ray McDeere 65
Fair
1993 Lost in Yonkers Actor Johnny 59
Average
1993 The American Clock Actor Young Arthur Huntington 59
Average
1992 Passion Fish Actor Rennie 59
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1992 Sneakers Actor Whistler 65
Fair
1992 Bob Roberts Actor Mack Laflin 60
Fair
1992 A League of Their Own Actor Ira Lowenstein 68
Fair
1992 Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even Actor Keith 59
Average
1992 O Pioneers! Actor Carl Linstrum 59
Average
1991 City of Hope Actor Asteroid 59
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1991 Without Warning: The James Brady Story Actor Dr. Arthur Kobrine 59
Average
1990 Judgment Actor Father Frank Aubert 58
Average
1990 Memphis Belle Actor Craig Harriman 62
Fair
1990 Heat Wave Actor Bill Thomas 59
Average
1989 The Feud Actor The Stranger 58
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1989 Day One Actor J. Robert Oppenheimer 59
Average
1988 Eight Men Out Actor Eddie Cicotte 62
Fair
1988 Call Me Actor Sam 58
Average
1988 Dominick and Eugene Actor Martin Chernak 59
Average
1988 Stars & Bars Actor Charlie 58
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1987 Matewan Actor Police Chief Sid Hatfield 61
Fair
1987 Broken Vows Actor Stuart Chase 58
Average
1986 At Close Range Actor Tony Pine 62
Fair
1985 When Nature Calls Actor Weejun 58
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1984 The Brother from Another Planet Actor Man In Black 60
Fair
1984 Iceman Actor Dr. Singe 59
Average
1983 Silkwood Actor Wesley 63
Fair
1983 Lovesick Actor Marvin Zuckerman 58
Average
1983 Enormous Changes at the Last Minute Actor Jerry 58
Average
1980 Return of the Secaucus Seven Actor Ron 59
Average
Last Meals Actor N/A
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O Horizon Actor Warren N/A
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Them That Work Actor N/A
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oh baby Actor Husband N/A
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Production
2006 The Sensation of Sight Production Producer 59
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