10.0
10.0
The Oedipus Project
2020
as Messenger 1
David Strathairn
Also known as: David Russell Strathairn
Acting
Nationality:United States
Education:Williams College, Redwood High School, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College
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David Russell Strathairn (; born January 26, 1949) is an American actor. Known for his leading roles on stage and screen, he has often portrayed historical figures including Edward R. Murrow, J. Robert Oppenheimer, William H. Seward, and John Dos Passos. He has received accolades including an Independent Spirit Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Volpi Cup, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Strathairn made his acting debut in his fellow Williams College graduate John Sayles' film Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980), and continued acting in films by Sayles, including Matewan (1987), Eight Men Out (1988), City of Hope (1991), Passion Fish (1992) and Limbo (1999). In the 1990s, he appeared in box-office successes including A League of Their Own (1992), Sneakers (1992), The Firm (1993), The River Wild (1995) and L.A. Confidential (1997) before gaining prominence for his portrayal of journalist Edward R. Murrow in George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He is recognized for his role as CIA Deputy Director Noah Vosen in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and The Bourne Legacy (2012). He appeared in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012), Chloe Zhao's Nomadland (2020), and Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley (2021). Also known for his work on television, he made his debut in the soap opera Search for Tomorrow in 1984. He portrayed Robert Wegler in the HBO drama series The Sopranos (2004). He received a Primetime Emmy Award win and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance in the HBO television film Temple Grandin (2010). He portrayed John Dos Passos in the HBO film Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012). He has had recurring roles in the Syfy series Alphas (2011–2012), the NBC series The Blacklist (2015–2016), the Showtime series Billions (2017–2019), and the SyFy, then Amazon Prime Video, series The Expanse (2018–2019).
Filmography (125 movies)
8.5
8.5
Matters of Life and Death
2007
as Mr. Jennings
8.1
8.1
By Any Means
2026
as Special Agent Roy K. Moore
8.0
8.0
Area 51 Declassified
2010
as Himself - Narrator
8.0
8.0
He Does Not Want Peace
2016
as Richard Englebright
7.8
7.8
L.A. Confidential
1997
as Pierce Patchett
7.8
7.8
Temple Grandin
2010
as Professor Carlock
7.7
7.7
Zootopia 2
2025
as Milton Lynxley (voice)
7.5
7.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
as Tom Milton
7.5
7.5
The Human Behavior Experiments
2006
as Narrator
7.4
7.4
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
as Noah Vosen
7.4
7.4
Lincoln@Gettysburg
2013
as Narrator (voice)
7.4
7.4
Matewan
1987
as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
7.4
7.4
Darkest Hour
2017
as President Roosevelt (voice)
7.3
7.3
Dolores Claiborne
1995
as Joe St. George
7.3
7.3
Fracture
2007
as Joe Lobruto
7.2
7.2
Nomadland
2021
as Dave
7.2
7.2
The People Speak
2009
as Self
7.1
7.1
The Miracle Worker
2000
as Captain Keller
7.1
7.1
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
as Edward R. Murrow
7.0
7.0
An Interview with God
2018
as God
7.0
7.0
The Sensation of Sight
2006
Producer
7.0
7.0
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
as Self
7.0
7.0
Nightmare Alley
2021
as Pete
6.9
6.9
Heavens Fall
2006
as Judge James Horton
6.9
6.9
Silkwood
1983
as Wesley
6.9
6.9
Eight Men Out
1988
as Eddie Cicotte
6.9
6.9
Sneakers
1992
as Whistler
6.9
6.9
UFO
2018
as Franklin Ahls
6.9
6.9
The Climb
1998
as Earl Himes
6.9
6.9
Passion Fish
1992
as Rennie
6.9
6.9
We Are Marshall
2006
as President Dedmon
6.9
6.9
Lincoln
2012
as William Seward
6.8
6.8
At Close Range
1986
as Tony Pine
6.8
6.8
Dominick and Eugene
1988
as Martin Chernak
6.8
6.8
Simon Birch
1998
as Rev. Russell
6.7
6.7
The Firm
1993
as Ray McDeere
6.7
6.7
The Whistleblower
2010
as Peter Ward
6.7
6.7
Memphis Belle
1990
as Craig Harriman
6.7
6.7
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
as Admiral William Stenz
6.7
6.7
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
as Arthur Spiderwick
6.6
6.6
Trumbo
2007
as Self
6.6
6.6
Love, Marilyn
2013
as Self
6.6
6.6
The Luckiest Man in America
2025
as Bill
6.6
6.6
City of Hope
1991
as Asteroid
6.5
6.5
Limbo
1999
as Joe Gastineau
6.5
6.5
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980
as Ron
6.5
6.5
Losing Isaiah
1995
as Charles Lewin
6.5
6.5
Bob Roberts
1992
as Mack Laflin
6.5
6.5
Harrison's Flowers
2000
as Harrison Lloyd
6.5
6.5
Howl
2010
as Ralph McIntosh
6.5
6.5
The Uninvited
2009
as Steven
6.4
6.4
The River Wild
1994
as Tom Hartman
6.4
6.4
Louder Than Bombs
2015
as Richard Weissman
6.4
6.4
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
as Ty Burley
6.4
6.4
Evidence of Blood
1998
as Jackson Kinley
6.4
6.4
My Blueberry Nights
2007
as Arnie
6.4
6.4
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999
as Theseus
6.3
6.3
Godzilla
2014
as Admiral William Stenz
6.3
6.3
Lost in Yonkers
1993
as Johnny
6.3
6.3
The Notorious Bettie Page
2005
as Estes Kefauver
6.3
6.3
A Good Baby
2000
as Truman Lester
6.2
6.2
The Bourne Legacy
2012
as Noah Vosen
6.2
6.2
Blue Car
2003
as Auster
6.2
6.2
My Dinner with Hervé
2018
as Marty Rothstein
6.2
6.2
Home for the Holidays
1995
as Russell Terziak
6.2
6.2
Heat Wave
1990
as Bill Thomas
6.2
6.2
Iceman
1984
as Dr. Singe
6.2
6.2
American Pastoral
2016
as Nathan Zuckerman
6.1
6.1
The Debt
2015
as Nathan
6.1
6.1
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
as John Dos Passos
6.1
6.1
A Map of the World
1999
as Howard Goodwin
6.0
6.0
Song of Hiawatha
1997
as Marcel
6.0
6.0
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991
as Dr. Arthur Kobrine
6.0
6.0
Beyond the Call
1996
as Russel Gates
6.0
6.0
Matadors
2010
as Roman Lodari
6.0
6.0
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
1992
as Keith
6.0
6.0
A Little Prayer
2025
as Bill
6.0
6.0
Cold Souls
2009
as Dr. Flintstein
5.9
5.9
Walkaway Joe
2020
as Joe Haley
5.9
5.9
Fast Color
2019
as Ellis
5.9
5.9
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
5.9
5.9
No God, No Master
2014
as William Flynn
5.9
5.9
In the Gloaming
1997
as Martin
5.8
5.8
Day One
1989
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
5.8
5.8
Missing in America
2005
as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
5.7
5.7
Lathe of Heaven
2002
as Mannie
5.6
5.6
Twisted
2004
as Dr. Melvin Frank
5.5
5.5
Freedom Song
2000
as Peter Crowley
5.5
5.5
Lovesick
1983
as Marvin Zuckerman
5.5
5.5
A Dangerous Woman
1993
as Getso
5.4
5.4
The American Clock
1993
as Young Arthur Huntington
5.4
5.4
O Pioneers!
1992
as Carl Linstrum
5.4
5.4
The Devil Has a Name
2019
as Fred Stern
5.3
5.3
The Tempest
2010
as King Alonso
5.3
5.3
Judgment
1990
as Father Frank Aubert
5.3
5.3
November Criminals
2017
as Theo
5.3
5.3
Maladies
2012
as Delmar
5.2
5.2
Steel Toes
2007
as Danny Dunkelman
5.1
5.1
Relative Evil
2001
as Dr. Charlie
5.0
5.0
With Friends Like These
1998
as Armand Minetti
5.0
5.0
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
as Self
5.0
5.0
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
as Self
4.8
4.8
The Giraffe
1998
as Charles Kaminski
4.7
4.7
Broken Vows
1987
as Stuart Chase
4.6
4.6
Call Me
1988
as Sam
4.5
4.5
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002
as Jack Hoschouer
4.4
4.4
When Nature Calls
1985
as Weejun
4.4
4.4
Bad Manners
1998
as Wes Westlund
4.3
4.3
Stars & Bars
1988
as Charlie
3.8
3.8
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983
as Jerry
3.8
3.8
Speakeasy
2002
as Bruce Hickman
3.3
3.3
Paradise
2004
as Reverend Bobby Paradise
3.3
3.3
Racing Daylight
2007
as Henry / Harry
Inside Area 51's Secrets
2010
as Narrator
Remember This
2023
as Jan Karski
April One
1994
as John McCowan
The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
The Bard
TBA
The Victim
2001
as Mark Zingerline
The Shovel
2006
as Paul Mullin
O Horizon
2025
as Warren
Them That Work
2019
as Self
The Supreme Court
2007
as Narrator
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
2005
as Narrator
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