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