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