David Strathairn

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).

Cast

The Miracle Worker
Captain Keller
The Feud
The Stranger
L.A. Confidential
Pierce Patchett
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus
City of Hope
Asteroid
Sneakers
Whistler
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Edward R. Murrow
Mother Night
Bernard B. O'Hare
Bob Roberts
Mack Laflin
The Bourne Ultimatum
Noah Vosen
My Blueberry Nights
Arnie
We Are Marshall
President Dedmon
Cold Souls
Dr. Flintstein
Fracture
Joe Lobruto
Dolores Claiborne
Joe St. George
Matewan
Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Iceman
Dr. Singe
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Arthur Spiderwick
Steel Toes
Danny Dunkelman
Harrison's Flowers
Harrison Lloyd
The River Wild
Tom Hartman
Home for the Holidays
Russell Terziak
The Brother from Another Planet
Man In Black
Temple Grandin
Professor Carlock
Silkwood
Wesley
Eight Men Out
Eddie Cicotte
Twisted
Dr. Melvin Frank
Heavens Fall
Judge James Horton
Losing Isaiah
Charles Lewin
At Close Range
Tony Pine
Missing in America
Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
Passion Fish
Rennie
The Uninvited
Steven
Call Me
Sam
The Firm
Ray McDeere
Limbo
Joe Gastineau
The Notorious Bettie Page
Estes Kefauver
Lathe of Heaven
Mannie
The Sensation of Sight
Finn
The Tempest
King Alonso
Day One
J. Robert Oppenheimer
In the Gloaming
Martin
Howl
Ralph McIntosh
The Supreme Court
Narrator
The Bourne Legacy
Noah Vosen
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
Keith
The Whistleblower
Peter Ward
Blue Car
Auster
The Giraffe
Charles Kaminski
Lovesick
Marvin Zuckerman
Racing Daylight
Henry / Harry
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
Lincoln
William Seward
Matadors
Roman Lodari
A Map of the World
Howard Goodwin
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Jack Hoschouer
O Pioneers!
Carl Linstrum
Relative Evil
Dr. Charlie
Speakeasy
Bruce Hickman
Love, Marilyn
Self
A Dangerous Woman
Getso
Godzilla
Admiral William Stenz
Hemingway & Gellhorn
John Dos Passos
A Good Baby
Truman Lester
The Climb
Earl Himes
Area 51 Declassified
Himself - Narrator
Maladies
Delmar
Beyond the Call
Russel Gates
Song of Hiawatha
Marcel
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Jerry
No God, No Master
William Flynn
The American Clock
Young Arthur Huntington
Inside Area 51's Secrets
Narrator
Memphis Belle
Craig Harriman
The Victim
Mark Zingerline
Broken Vows
Stuart Chase
The Shovel
Paul Mullin
Evidence of Blood
Jackson Kinley
Remember This
Jan Karski
Louder Than Bombs
Richard Weissman
Lost in Yonkers
Johnny
The Debt
Nathan
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Dr. Arthur Kobrine
Stars & Bars
Charlie
A Little Prayer
Bill
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Ty Burley
Trumbo
Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Self
The Human Behavior Experiments
Narrator
Bad Manners
Wes Westlund
Freedom Song
Peter Crowley
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
Narrator
O Horizon
Warren
Judgment
Father Frank Aubert
Heat Wave
Bill Thomas
The Luckiest Man in America
Bill
The People Speak
Self
When Nature Calls
Weejun
American Pastoral
Nathan Zuckerman
April One
John McCowan
November Criminals
Theo
Return of the Secaucus Seven
Ron
UFO
Franklin Ahls
With Friends Like These
Armand Minetti
Fast Color
Ellis
Simon Birch
Rev. Russell
Darkest Hour
President Roosevelt (voice)
The Devil Has a Name
Fred Stern
An Interview with God
God
Walkaway Joe
Joe Haley
My Dinner with Hervé
Marty Rothstein
Matters of Life and Death
Mr. Jennings
Nomadland
Dave
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Admiral William Stenz
The Gettysburg Address
Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Paradise
Reverend Bobby Paradise
Them That Work
Self
Nightmare Alley
Pete
The Oedipus Project
Messenger 1
A League of Their Own
Ira Lowenstein
Dominick and Eugene
Martin Chernak
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Self
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Self
Where the Crawdads Sing
Tom Milton
Lincoln@Gettysburg
Narrator (voice)
He Does Not Want Peace
Richard Englebright
By Any Means
Unknown
The Bard
Unknown
Zootopia 2
Milton Lynxley (voice)
This Ordinary Thing
Voice
Babies
Unknown