David 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 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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Movies (43)
By Any Means
2026
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
2025
Zootopia 2
as Milton Lynxley (voice)
2025
The Gettysburg Address
as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
2025
A Little Prayer
as Bill
2025
The Luckiest Man in America
as Bill
2025
O Horizon
as Warren
2025
Remember This
as Jan Karski
2023
Where the Crawdads Sing
as Tom Milton
2022
Nightmare Alley
as Pete
2021
Nomadland
as Dave
2021
The Oedipus Project
as Messenger 1
2020
Walkaway Joe
as Joe Haley
2020
Them That Work
as Self
2019
The Devil Has a Name
as Fred Stern
2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Admiral William Stenz
2019
Fast Color
as Ellis
2019
My Dinner with Hervé
as Marty Rothstein
2018
UFO
as Franklin Ahls
2018
An Interview with God
as God
2018
Darkest Hour
as President Roosevelt (voice)
2017
November Criminals
as Theo
2017
American Pastoral
as Nathan Zuckerman
2016
He Does Not Want Peace
as Richard Englebright
2016
Louder Than Bombs
as Richard Weissman
2015
The Debt
as Nathan
2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Ty Burley
2015
Clementine
as Henry
2014
Godzilla
as Admiral William Stenz
2014
No God, No Master
as William Flynn
2014
Lincoln@Gettysburg
as Narrator (voice)
2013
Love, Marilyn
as Self
2013
Lincoln
as William Seward
2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn
as John Dos Passos
2012
The Bourne Legacy
as Noah Vosen
2012
Maladies
as Delmar
2012
The Whistleblower
as Peter Ward
2010
The Tempest
as King Alonso
2010
Howl
as Ralph McIntosh
2010
Inside Area 51's Secrets
as Narrator
2010
Area 51 Declassified
as Himself - Narrator
2010
Temple Grandin
as Professor Carlock
2010
Matadors
as Roman Lodari
2010
