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).
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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Filmography (Movies)
By Any Means
Character:
Release Date:17/09/2026
This Ordinary Thing
Character:Self (voice)
Release Date:05/12/2025
Zootopia 2
Character:Milton Lynxley (voice)
Release Date:26/11/2025
The Gettysburg Address
Character:Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Release Date:19/11/2025
A Little Prayer
Character:Bill
Release Date:29/08/2025
The Luckiest Man in America
Character:Bill
Release Date:04/04/2025
O Horizon
Character:Warren
Release Date:08/02/2025
Remember This
Character:Jan Karski
Release Date:27/01/2023
Where the Crawdads Sing
Character:Tom Milton
Release Date:14/07/2022
Nightmare Alley
Character:Pete
Release Date:02/12/2021
Nomadland
Character:Dave
Release Date:29/01/2021
The Oedipus Project
Character:Messenger 1
Release Date:24/06/2020
Walkaway Joe
Character:Joe Haley
Release Date:08/05/2020
Them That Work
Character:Self
Release Date:29/10/2019
The Devil Has a Name
Character:Fred Stern
Release Date:04/08/2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Character:Admiral William Stenz
Release Date:29/05/2019
Fast Color
Character:Ellis
Release Date:29/03/2019
My Dinner with Hervé
Character:Marty Rothstein
Release Date:20/10/2018
UFO
Character:Franklin Ahls
Release Date:27/09/2018
An Interview with God
Character:God
Release Date:20/08/2018
Darkest Hour
Character:President Roosevelt (voice)
Release Date:22/11/2017
November Criminals
Character:Theo
Release Date:07/11/2017
American Pastoral
Character:Nathan Zuckerman
Release Date:20/10/2016
He Does Not Want Peace
Character:Richard Englebright
Release Date:11/08/2016
Louder Than Bombs
Character:Richard Weissman
Release Date:01/10/2015
The Debt
Character:Nathan
Release Date:24/04/2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Character:Ty Burley
Release Date:26/02/2015
Godzilla
Character:Admiral William Stenz
Release Date:14/05/2014
No God, No Master
Character:William Flynn
Release Date:11/04/2014
Lincoln@Gettysburg
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:19/11/2013
Love, Marilyn
Character:Self
Release Date:30/05/2013
Lincoln
Character:William Seward
Release Date:09/11/2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Character:John Dos Passos
Release Date:27/08/2012
The Bourne Legacy
Character:Noah Vosen
Release Date:08/08/2012
Maladies
Character:Delmar
Release Date:29/06/2012
The Whistleblower
Character:Peter Ward
Release Date:13/09/2010
The Tempest
Character:King Alonso
Release Date:11/09/2010
Howl
Character:Ralph McIntosh
Release Date:26/08/2010
Inside Area 51's Secrets
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/05/2010
Area 51 Declassified
Character:Himself - Narrator
Release Date:28/04/2010
Temple Grandin
Character:Professor Carlock
Release Date:06/02/2010
Matadors
Character:Roman Lodari
Release Date:01/01/2010
The People Speak
Character:Self
Release Date:13/12/2009
Cold Souls
Character:Dr. Flintstein
Release Date:07/08/2009
The Uninvited
Character:Steven
Release Date:30/01/2009
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Character:Self
Release Date:23/09/2008
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Character:Self
Release Date:23/09/2008
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Character:J. Robert Oppenheimer
Release Date:24/03/2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Character:Arthur Spiderwick
Release Date:14/02/2008
My Blueberry Nights
Character:Arnie
Release Date:28/11/2007
Trumbo
Character:Self
Release Date:10/09/2007
Matters of Life and Death
Character:Mr. Jennings
Release Date:07/08/2007
The Bourne Ultimatum
Character:Noah Vosen
Release Date:03/08/2007
Racing Daylight
Character:Henry / Harry
Release Date:31/07/2007
Steel Toes
Character:Danny Dunkelman
Release Date:29/06/2007
Fracture
Character:Joe Lobruto
Release Date:19/04/2007
The Supreme Court
Character:Narrator
Release Date:31/01/2007
We Are Marshall
Character:President Dedmon
Release Date:12/12/2006
The Sensation of Sight
Character:Finn
Release Date:01/08/2006
Heavens Fall
Character:Judge James Horton
Release Date:20/07/2006
The Human Behavior Experiments
Character:Narrator
Release Date:30/05/2006
The Shovel
Character:Paul Mullin
Release Date:30/04/2006
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Character:Edward R. Murrow
Release Date:16/09/2005
The Notorious Bettie Page
Character:Estes Kefauver
Release Date:14/09/2005
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
Character:Narrator
Release Date:07/09/2005
Missing in America
Character:Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
Release Date:01/01/2005
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Character:Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
Release Date:28/07/2004
Twisted
Character:Dr. Melvin Frank
Release Date:27/02/2004
Paradise
Character:Reverend Bobby Paradise
Release Date:01/01/2004
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Character:Self
Release Date:03/06/2003
Blue Car
Character:Auster
Release Date:25/04/2003
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Character:Jack Hoschouer
Release Date:10/11/2002
Lathe of Heaven
Character:Mannie
Release Date:08/09/2002
Speakeasy
Character:Bruce Hickman
Release Date:01/01/2002
Relative Evil
Character:Dr. Charlie
Release Date:01/09/2001
The Victim
Character:Mark Zingerline
Release Date:01/01/2001
A Good Baby
Character:Truman Lester
Release Date:01/12/2000
The Miracle Worker
Character:Captain Keller
Release Date:12/11/2000
Harrison's Flowers
Character:Harrison Lloyd
Release Date:23/09/2000
Freedom Song
Character:Peter Crowley
Release Date:27/02/2000
A Map of the World
Character:Howard Goodwin
Release Date:13/09/1999
Limbo
Character:Joe Gastineau
Release Date:04/06/1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character:Theseus
Release Date:20/05/1999
Bad Manners
Character:Wes Westlund
Release Date:09/10/1998
The Giraffe
Character:Charles Kaminski
Release Date:14/09/1998
Simon Birch
Character:Rev. Russell
Release Date:11/09/1998
With Friends Like These
Character:Armand Minetti
Release Date:10/09/1998
Evidence of Blood
Character:Jackson Kinley
Release Date:13/04/1998
The Climb
Character:Earl Himes
Release Date:11/03/1998
L.A. Confidential
Character:Pierce Patchett
Release Date:19/09/1997
Song of Hiawatha
Character:Marcel
Release Date:31/05/1997
In the Gloaming
Character:Martin
Release Date:20/04/1997
Mother Night
Character:Bernard B. O'Hare
Release Date:01/11/1996
Beyond the Call
Character:Russel Gates
Release Date:23/06/1996
Home for the Holidays
Character:Russell Terziak
Release Date:02/11/1995
Dolores Claiborne
Character:Joe St. George
Release Date:24/03/1995
Losing Isaiah
Character:Charles Lewin
Release Date:17/03/1995
The River Wild
Character:Tom Hartman
Release Date:30/09/1994
April One
Character:John McCowan
Release Date:10/06/1994
A Dangerous Woman
Character:Getso
Release Date:10/09/1993
The Firm
Character:Ray McDeere
Release Date:30/06/1993
Lost in Yonkers
Character:Johnny
Release Date:14/05/1993
The American Clock
Character:Young Arthur Huntington
Release Date:02/01/1993
Passion Fish
Character:Rennie
Release Date:11/12/1992
Sneakers
Character:Whistler
Release Date:09/09/1992
Bob Roberts
Character:Mack Laflin
Release Date:04/09/1992
A League of Their Own
Character:Ira Lowenstein
Release Date:01/07/1992
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
Character:Keith
Release Date:08/05/1992
O Pioneers!
Character:Carl Linstrum
Release Date:02/02/1992
City of Hope
Character:Asteroid
Release Date:11/10/1991
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Character:Dr. Arthur Kobrine
Release Date:16/06/1991
Judgment
Character:Father Frank Aubert
Release Date:13/10/1990
Memphis Belle
Character:Craig Harriman
Release Date:07/09/1990
Heat Wave
Character:Bill Thomas
Release Date:13/08/1990
The Feud
Character:The Stranger
Release Date:30/09/1989
Day One
Character:J. Robert Oppenheimer
Release Date:12/05/1989
Eight Men Out
Character:Eddie Cicotte
Release Date:02/09/1988
Call Me
Character:Sam
Release Date:20/05/1988
Stars & Bars
Character:Charlie
Release Date:18/03/1988
Dominick and Eugene
Character:Martin Chernak
Release Date:18/03/1988
Matewan
Character:Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Release Date:28/08/1987
Broken Vows
Character:Stuart Chase
Release Date:28/01/1987
At Close Range
Character:Tony Pine
Release Date:18/04/1986
When Nature Calls
Character:Weejun
Release Date:13/09/1985
The Brother from Another Planet
Character:Man In Black
Release Date:07/09/1984
Iceman
Character:Dr. Singe
Release Date:13/04/1984
Silkwood
Character:Wesley
Release Date:14/12/1983
Lovesick
Character:Marvin Zuckerman
Release Date:18/02/1983
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Character:Jerry
Release Date:01/01/1983
Return of the Secaucus Seven
Character:Ron
Release Date:11/04/1980
Television Appearances
A Man on the Inside
Character:Dr. Benjamin Cole
Interrogation
Character:Henry Fisher
McMafia
Character:Semiyon Kleiman
The Expanse
Character:Commander Klaes Ashford
The Expanse
Character:Klaes Ashford
Z: The Beginning of Everything
Character:Anthony Sayre
The Blacklist
Character:Peter Kotsiopulos
Alphas
Character:Lee Rosen
House
Character:Nash
Monk
Character:Patrick Kloster
The Sopranos
Character:Robert Wegler
Wiseguy
Character:
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Character:Moss Goodman
Spenser: For Hire
Character:
The Equalizer
Character:Phillip Borchek
Miami Vice
Character:Marty Lang
The Oscars
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Carl Linstrum
The Emmy Awards
Character:Self
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