David Strathairn
Acting
Born January 26, 1949
From San Francisco, California, USA
Also known as David Russell Strathairn
Biography
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 ...
Filmography
By Any Means
2026
O Horizon
Warren
2026
Stages
Porter Gates
2026
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
2025
Zootopia 2
Milton Lynxley (voice)
20257.7
The Gettysburg Address
Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
2025
A Little Prayer
Bill
20255.4
The Luckiest Man in America
Bill
20256.3
Remember This
Jan Karski
2023
Where the Crawdads Sing
Tom Milton
20227.5
Nightmare Alley
Pete
20216.9
Nomadland
Dave
20217.2
The Oedipus Project
Messenger 1
202010.0
Walkaway Joe
Joe Haley
20206.0
Them That Work
Self
2019
The Devil Has a Name
Fred Stern
20195.3
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Admiral William Stenz
20196.7
Fast Color
Ellis
20195.9
My Dinner with Hervé
Marty Rothstein
20186.3
UFO
Franklin Ahls
20186.9
An Interview with God
God
20187.0
Darkest Hour
President Roosevelt (voice)
20177.4
November Criminals
Theo
20175.3
American Pastoral
Nathan Zuckerman
20166.2
He Does Not Want Peace
Richard Englebright
20168.0
Louder Than Bombs
Richard Weissman
20156.5
The Debt
Nathan
20156.1
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Ty Burley
20156.4
Godzilla
Admiral William Stenz
20146.4
No God, No Master
William Flynn
20145.9
Lincoln@Gettysburg
Self - Narrator (voice)
20137.4
Love, Marilyn
Self
20136.6
Lincoln
William Seward
20126.8
Hemingway & Gellhorn
John Dos Passos
20126.1
The Bourne Legacy
Noah Vosen
20126.3
Maladies
Delmar
20125.3
The Whistleblower
Peter Ward
20106.7
The Tempest
King Alonso
20105.3
Howl
Ralph McIntosh
20106.4
Inside Area 51's Secrets
Narrator
2010
Area 51 Declassified
Himself - Narrator
20108.0
Temple Grandin
Professor Carlock
20107.9
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Matadors
Roman Lodari
20104.7
The People Speak
Self
20097.2
Cold Souls
Dr. Flintstein
20096.0
The Uninvited
Steven
20096.5
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Self
20088.0
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Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Self
20085.0
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
20086.2
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Arthur Spiderwick
20086.7
My Blueberry Nights
Arnie
20076.4
Trumbo
Self
20076.7
Matters of Life and Death
Mr. Jennings
20079.0
The Bourne Ultimatum
Noah Vosen
20077.4
Racing Daylight
Henry / Harry
20073.3
Steel Toes
Danny Dunkelman
20075.2
Fracture
Joe Lobruto
20077.3
The Supreme Court
Narrator
2007
We Are Marshall
President Dedmon
20066.9
The Sensation of Sight
Finn
20068.0
Heavens Fall
Judge James Horton
20067.0
The Human Behavior Experiments
Narrator
20067.5
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The Shovel
Paul Mullin
20066.0
The Notorious Bettie Page
Estes Kefauver
20066.3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Edward R. Murrow
20057.1
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
Narrator
200510.0
Missing in America
Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
20055.7
Twisted
Dr. Melvin Frank
20045.6
Paradise
Reverend Bobby Paradise
20044.1
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Self
20037.5
Blue Car
Auster
20036.2
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Jack Hoschouer
20024.8
Lathe of Heaven
Mannie
20026.0
Speakeasy
Bruce Hickman
20024.4
Relative Evil
Dr. Charlie
20015.6
The Victim
Mark Zingerline
20019.0
A Good Baby
Truman Lester
20006.5
The Miracle Worker
Captain Keller
20007.2
Harrison's Flowers
Harrison Lloyd
20006.5
Freedom Song
Peter Crowley
20005.7
A Map of the World
Howard Goodwin
19996.0
Limbo
Joe Gastineau
19996.6
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus
19996.4
The Giraffe
Charles Kaminski
19995.3
Bad Manners
Wes Westlund
19984.8
Simon Birch
Reverend Russell
19986.8
With Friends Like These
Armand Minetti
19986.5
Evidence of Blood
Jackson Kinley
19986.6
The Climb
Earl Himes
19987.1
L.A. Confidential
Pierce Patchett
19977.8
Song of Hiawatha
Marcel
19975.8
In the Gloaming
Martin
19976.0
Mother Night
Bernard B. O'Hare
19966.7
Beyond the Call
Russel Gates
19966.5
Home for the Holidays
Russell Terziak
19956.3
Dolores Claiborne
Joe St. George
19957.3
Losing Isaiah
Charles Lewin
19956.5
The River Wild
Tom Hartman
19946.5
April One
John McCowan
19949.0
A Dangerous Woman
Getso
19935.5
The Firm
Ray McDeere
19936.7
Lost in Yonkers
Johnny
19936.3
The American Clock
Young Arthur Huntington
19935.7
Passion Fish
Rennie
19927.0
Sneakers
Whistler
19926.9
Bob Roberts
Mack Laflin
19926.5
A League of Their Own
Ira Lowenstein
19927.2
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
Keith
19926.1
O Pioneers!
Carl Linstrum
19926.2
City of Hope
Asteroid
19916.6
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Dr. Arthur Kobrine
19917.0
Judgment
Father Frank Aubert
19905.5
Memphis Belle
Craig Harriman
19906.7
Heat Wave
Bill Thomas
19906.8
The Feud
The Stranger
19895.2
Day One
J. Robert Oppenheimer
19896.2
Eight Men Out
Eddie Cicotte
19886.8
Call Me
Sam
19884.8
Stars & Bars
Charlie
19884.4
Dominick and Eugene
Martin Chernak
19886.9
Matewan
Police Chief Sid Hatfield
19877.3
Broken Vows
Stuart Chase
19874.8
At Close Range
Tony Pine
19866.8
When Nature Calls
Weejun
19854.8
The Brother from Another Planet
Man In Black
19846.7
Iceman
Dr. Singe
19846.2
Silkwood
Wesley
19836.9
Lovesick
Marvin Zuckerman
19835.7
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Jerry
19834.6
Return of the Secaucus Seven
Ron
19806.5
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The Bard
N/A
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Babies
N/A