David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

26/01/1949

Age

76 years old

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Biography

David 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 had also starred in "L.A. Confidential" (1997), "Godzilla" (2014), an... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2025

The Gettysburg Address

as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)

2025

The Luckiest Man in America

as Bill Carruthers

2025

O Horizon

as Warren

2023

A Little Prayer

as Bill

2023

Remember This

as Jan Karski

2022

Where the Crawdads Sing

as Tom Milton

2021

Nightmare Alley

as Pete

2021

Nomadland

as Dave

2020

The Oedipus Project

as Messenger 1

2020

Walkaway Joe

as Joe Haley

2019

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

2018

My Dinner with Hervé

as Marty Rothstein

2018

UFO

as Franklin Ahls

2017

Darkest Hour

as President Roosevelt (voice)

2016

American Pastoral

as Nathan Zuckerman

2016

He Does Not Want Peace

as Richard Englebright

2015

Louder Than Bombs

as Richard Weissman

2015

The Debt

as Nathan

2014

Godzilla

as Admiral William Stenz

2014

No God, No Master

as William Flynn

2013

Lincoln@Gettysburg

as Narrator (voice)

2013

Love, Marilyn

as Self

2012

Lincoln

as William Seward

2012

Hemingway & Gellhorn

as John Dos Passos

2012

The Bourne Legacy

as Noah Vosen

2012

Maladies

as Delmar

2010

The Whistleblower

as Peter Ward

2010

The Tempest

as King Alonso

2010

Howl

as Ralph McIntosh

2010

Area 51 Declassified

as Himself - Narrator

2010

Temple Grandin

as Professor Carlock

2010

Matadors

as Roman Lodari

2009

The People Speak

as Self

2009

Cold Souls

as Dr. Flintstein

2009

The Uninvited

as Steven

2008

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

as J. Robert Oppenheimer

2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles

as Arthur Spiderwick

2007

Trumbo

as Self

2007

Matters of Life and Death

as Mr. Jennings

2007

The Bourne Ultimatum

as Noah Vosen

2007

Racing Daylight

as Henry / Harry

2007

Steel Toes

as Danny Dunkelman

2007

Fracture

as Joe Lobruto

2007

The Supreme Court

as Narrator

2006

We Are Marshall

as President Dedmon

2006

Heavens Fall

as Judge James Horton

2006

The Shovel

as Paul Mullin

2005

Good Night, and Good Luck.

as Edward R. Murrow

2005

The Notorious Bettie Page

as Estes Kefauver

2005

Missing in America

as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (ar...

2004

Twisted

as Dr. Melvin Frank

2004

Paradise

as Reverend Bobby Paradise

2003

Blue Car

as Auster

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

The Miracle Worker

as Captain Keller

2000

Harrison's Flowers

as Harrison Lloyd

2000

Freedom Song

as Peter Crowley

1999

A Map of the World

as Howard Goodwin

1999

Limbo

as Joe Gastineau

1998

Bad Manners

as Wes Westlund

1998

The Giraffe

as Charles Kaminski

1998

Simon Birch

as Rev. Russell

1998

With Friends Like These

as Armand Minetti

1998

Evidence of Blood

as Jackson Kinley

1998

The Climb

as Earl Himes

1997

L.A. Confidential

as Pierce Patchett

1997

Song of Hiawatha

as Marcel

1997

In the Gloaming

as Martin

1996

Mother Night

as Bernard B. O'Hare

1996

Beyond the Call

as Russel Gates

1995

Home for the Holidays

as Russell Terziak

1995

Dolores Claiborne

as Joe St. George

1995

Losing Isaiah

as Charles Lewin

1994

The River Wild

as Tom Hartman

1994

April One

as John McCowan

1993

A Dangerous Woman

as Getso

1993

The Firm

as Ray McDeere

1993

Lost in Yonkers

as Johnny

1993

The American Clock

as Young Arthur Huntington

1992

Passion Fish

as Rennie

1992

Sneakers

as Whistler

1992

Bob Roberts

as Mack Laflin

1992

A League of Their Own

as Ira Lowenstein

1992

O Pioneers!

as Carl Linstrum

1991

City of Hope

as Asteroid

1990

Judgment

as Father Frank Aubert

1990

Memphis Belle

as Craig Harriman

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

Stars & Bars

as Charlie

1988

Dominick and Eugene

as Martin Chernak

1987

Matewan

as Police Chief Sid Hatfield

1987

Broken Vows

as Stuart Chase

1986

At Close Range

as Tony Pine

1985

When Nature Calls

as Weejun

1984

Iceman

as Dr. Singe

1983

Silkwood

as Wesley

1983

Lovesick

as Marvin Zuckerman

Crew

2006

The Sensation of Sight

as Producer