David Strathairn
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).
153 acting credits
Acting · 153
The Blacklist
2013
House
2004
The Sopranos
1999
Monk
2002
Zootopia 2
2025
The Expanse
2015
Billions
2016
Miami Vice
1984
The Equalizer
1985
CIA
2026
The Oscars
1953
Wiseguy
1987
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Alphas
2011
Godzilla
2014
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
A Man on the Inside
2024
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
L.A. Confidential
1997
Interrogation
2020
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
The Bourne Legacy
2012
Fracture
2007
Sneakers
1992
McMafia
2018
The Firm
1993
Darkest Hour
2017
The Miracle Worker
2000
Lincoln
2012
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
A League of Their Own
1992
Dolores Claiborne
1995
Nightmare Alley
2021
The Emmy Awards
1949
Nomadland
2021
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The River Wild
1994
The Uninvited
2009
Z: The Beginning of Everything
2015
Twisted
2004
My Blueberry Nights
2007
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
American Pastoral
2016
Silkwood
1983
At Close Range
1986
Temple Grandin
2010
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
UFO
2018
Howl
2010
An Interview with God
2018
Iceman
1984
Memphis Belle
1990
Home for the Holidays
1995
Louder Than Bombs
2015
We Are Marshall
2006
The Whistleblower
2010
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006
Simon Birch
1998
The Luckiest Man in America
2025
Eight Men Out
1988
The Tempest
2010
Losing Isaiah
1995
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
Bob Roberts
1992
Cold Souls
2009
Call Me
1988
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
The Gettysburg Address
2025
My Dinner with Hervé
2018
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
Passion Fish
1992
November Criminals
2017
Harrison's Flowers
2000
Love, Marilyn
2013
Matewan
1987
The Devil Has a Name
2019
Heavens Fall
2006
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
This Ordinary Thing
2025
A Map of the World
1999
Lovesick
1983
City of Hope
1991
Fast Color
2019
Trumbo
2007
A Dangerous Woman
1993
Mother Night
1996
Blue Car
2003
The American Clock
1993
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
The Debt
2015
Limbo
1999
Beyond the Call
1996
Freedom Song
2000
With Friends Like These
1998
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991
Song of Hiawatha
1997
By Any Means
2026
Stars & Bars
1988
The Sensation of Sight
2006
Lathe of Heaven
2002
Heat Wave
1990
O Pioneers!
1992
Broken Vows
1987
Judgment
1990
Missing in America
2005
Walkaway Joe
2020
The People Speak
2009
Stages
2026
Lost in Yonkers
1993
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983
Day One
1989
Speakeasy
2002
Dominick and Eugene
1988
Maladies
2012
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
1992
A Little Prayer
2025
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002
O Horizon
2026
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980
Steel Toes
2007
Evidence of Blood
1998
Paradise
2004
The Oedipus Project
2020
In the Gloaming
1997
Relative Evil
2001
The Feud
1989
A Good Baby
2000
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
No God, No Master
2014
The Giraffe
1999
The Climb
1998
Babies
—
Area 51 Declassified
2010
Matadors
2010
The Bard
—
Lincoln@Gettysburg
2013
Them That Work
2019
Racing Daylight
2007
Matters of Life and Death
2007
The Victim
2001
The Supreme Court
2007
April One
1994
He Does Not Want Peace
2016
When Nature Calls
1985
Bad Manners
1998
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
2005
The Shovel
2006
Remember This
2023
The Human Behavior Experiments
2006
Inside Area 51's Secrets
2010