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).
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Zootopia 2 as Milton Lynxley (voice)
- 2024 · A Man on the Inside as Dr. Benjamin Cole
- 2022 · Where the Crawdads Sing as Tom Milton
- 2021 · Nightmare Alley as Pete
- 2021 · Nomadland as Dave
- 2020 · Interrogation as Henry Fisher
- 2019 · Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Admiral William Stenz
- 2018 · McMafia as Semiyon Kleiman
- 2017 · Darkest Hour as President Roosevelt (voice)
- 2015 · The Expanse as Commander Klaes Ashford
- 2015 · The Expanse as Klaes Ashford
- 2015 · Louder Than Bombs as Richard Weissman
- 2014 · Godzilla as Admiral William Stenz
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Peter Kotsiopulos
- 2012 · Lincoln as William Seward
- 2012 · The Bourne Legacy as Noah Vosen
- 2012 · Maladies as Delmar
- 2011 · Alphas as Lee Rosen
- 2009 · The Uninvited as Steven
- 2008 · The Spiderwick Chronicles as Arthur Spiderwick
- 2007 · Trumbo as Self
- 2007 · The Bourne Ultimatum as Noah Vosen
- 2007 · Steel Toes as Danny Dunkelman
- 2007 · Fracture as Joe Lobruto
- 2004 · House as Nash
- 2002 · Monk as Patrick Kloster
- 2000 · Freedom Song as Peter Crowley
- 1999 · The Sopranos as Robert Wegler
- 1997 · L.A. Confidential as Pierce Patchett
- 1993 · The Firm as Ray McDeere
- 1992 · Sneakers as Whistler
- 1992 · A League of Their Own as Ira Lowenstein
- 1987 · Wiseguy as
- 1987 · The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Moss Goodman
- 1987 · Broken Vows as Stuart Chase
- 1985 · Spenser: For Hire as
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Phillip Borchek
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Marty Lang
- 1983 · Silkwood as Wesley
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Babies as
- 2025 · The Luckiest Man in America as Bill
- 2020 · Walkaway Joe as Joe Haley
- 2018 · My Dinner with Hervé as Marty Rothstein
- 2018 · UFO as Franklin Ahls
- 2018 · An Interview with God as God
- 2017 · November Criminals as Theo
- 2015 · Z: The Beginning of Everything as Anthony Sayre
- 2012 · Hemingway & Gellhorn as John Dos Passos
- 2010 · The Whistleblower as Peter Ward
- 2010 · The Tempest as King Alonso
- 2010 · Temple Grandin as Professor Carlock
- 2007 · My Blueberry Nights as Arnie
- 2006 · We Are Marshall as President Dedmon
- 2005 · Good Night, and Good Luck. as Edward R. Murrow
- 2004 · Twisted as Dr. Melvin Frank
- 2004 · Paradise as Reverend Bobby Paradise
- 2000 · The Miracle Worker as Captain Keller
- 1999 · A Map of the World as Howard Goodwin
- 1999 · Limbo as Joe Gastineau
- 1999 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus
- 1998 · The Giraffe as Charles Kaminski
- 1998 · Simon Birch as Rev. Russell
- 1996 · Mother Night as Bernard B. O'Hare
- 1995 · Home for the Holidays as Russell Terziak
- 1995 · Dolores Claiborne as Joe St. George
- 1994 · The River Wild as Tom Hartman
- 1992 · Passion Fish as Rennie
- 1990 · Memphis Belle as Craig Harriman
- 1987 · Matewan as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
- 1986 · At Close Range as Tony Pine
- 1985 · When Nature Calls as Weejun
- 1984 · Iceman as Dr. Singe
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Carl Linstrum
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · By Any Means as
- 2025 · This Ordinary Thing as Self (voice)
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
- 2025 · A Little Prayer as Bill
- 2025 · O Horizon as Warren
- 2023 · Remember This as Jan Karski
- 2020 · The Oedipus Project as Messenger 1
- 2019 · Them That Work as Self
- 2019 · The Devil Has a Name as Fred Stern
- 2019 · Fast Color as Ellis
- 2016 · American Pastoral as Nathan Zuckerman
- 2016 · He Does Not Want Peace as Richard Englebright
- 2015 · The Debt as Nathan
- 2015 · The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Ty Burley
- 2014 · Clementine as Henry
- 2014 · No God, No Master as William Flynn
- 2013 · Lincoln@Gettysburg as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Love, Marilyn as Self
- 2010 · Howl as Ralph McIntosh
- 2010 · Inside Area 51's Secrets as Narrator
- 2010 · Area 51 Declassified as Himself - Narrator
- 2010 · Matadors as Roman Lodari
- 2009 · The People Speak as Self
- 2009 · Cold Souls as Dr. Flintstein
- 2008 · Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
- 2008 · Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
- 2008 · The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- 2007 · Matters of Life and Death as Mr. Jennings
- 2007 · Racing Daylight as Henry / Harry
- 2007 · The Supreme Court as Narrator
- 2006 · The Sensation of Sight as Finn
- 2006 · Heavens Fall as Judge James Horton
- 2006 · The Human Behavior Experiments as Narrator
- 2006 · The Shovel as Paul Mullin
- 2006 · The Notorious Bettie Page as Estes Kefauver
- 2005 · Willa Cather: The Road Is All as Narrator
- 2005 · Missing in America as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
- 2004 · Los Angeles Plays Itself as Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
- 2003 · The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self
- 2003 · Blue Car as Auster
- 2002 · Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story as Jack Hoschouer
- 2002 · Lathe of Heaven as Mannie
- 2002 · Speakeasy as Bruce Hickman
- 2001 · Relative Evil as Dr. Charlie
- 2001 · The Victim as Mark Zingerline
- 2000 · A Good Baby as Truman Lester
- 2000 · Harrison's Flowers as Harrison Lloyd
- 1998 · Bad Manners as Wes Westlund
- 1998 · With Friends Like These as Armand Minetti
- 1998 · Evidence of Blood as Jackson Kinley
- 1998 · The Climb as Earl Himes
- 1997 · Song of Hiawatha as Marcel
- 1997 · In the Gloaming as Martin
- 1996 · Beyond the Call as Russel Gates
- 1995 · Losing Isaiah as Charles Lewin
- 1994 · April One as John McCowan
- 1993 · A Dangerous Woman as Getso
- 1993 · Lost in Yonkers as Johnny
- 1993 · The American Clock as Young Arthur Huntington
- 1992 · Bob Roberts as Mack Laflin
- 1992 · Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even as Keith
- 1992 · O Pioneers! as Carl Linstrum
- 1991 · City of Hope as Asteroid
- 1991 · Without Warning: The James Brady Story as Dr. Arthur Kobrine
- 1990 · Judgment as Father Frank Aubert
- 1990 · Heat Wave as Bill Thomas
- 1989 · The Feud as The Stranger
- 1989 · Day One as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- 1988 · Eight Men Out as Eddie Cicotte
- 1988 · Call Me as Sam
- 1988 · Dominick and Eugene as Martin Chernak
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Charlie
- 1984 · The Brother from Another Planet as Man In Black
- 1983 · Lovesick as Marvin Zuckerman
- 1983 · Enormous Changes at the Last Minute as Jerry
- 1980 · Return of the Secaucus Seven as Ron
- Future · The Bard as




