
David Strathairn
Known for: Acting
Born: January 26, 1949
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…
Known for

Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005

Steel Toes
2007

The Sensation of Sight
2006

The Supreme Court
2007

Speakeasy
2002

Area 51 Declassified
2010

No God, No Master
2014

Inside Area 51's Secrets
2010

The Victim
2001
The Shovel
2006

Evidence of Blood
1998

Remember This
2023

A Little Prayer
2025

The Human Behavior Experiments
2006

Bad Manners
1998

Willa Cather: The Road Is All
2005

The Devil Has a Name
2019

An Interview with God
2018

Walkaway Joe
2020

Paradise
2004

Lincoln@Gettysburg
2013

He Does Not Want Peace
2016

The River Wild
1994

Temple Grandin
2010

Heavens Fall
2006

Limbo
1999

Day One
1989

Blue Car
2003

O Pioneers!
1992

A Good Baby
2000

Beyond the Call
1996

The Debt
2015

O Horizon
2026

Nomadland
2021

Them That Work
2019

The Miracle Worker
2000

Sneakers
1992

The Bourne Ultimatum
2007

My Blueberry Nights
2007

Fracture
2007

The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008

Losing Isaiah
1995

The Uninvited
2009

Lathe of Heaven
2002

The Giraffe
1999

Racing Daylight
2007

Lincoln
2012
Matadors
2010

A Map of the World
1999

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002

Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012

The Climb
1998

When Nature Calls
1985

April One
1994

November Criminals
2017

With Friends Like These
1998

We Are Marshall
2006

Cold Souls
2009

Twisted
2004

Passion Fish
1992

The Tempest
2010

The Whistleblower
2010

Relative Evil
2001

A Dangerous Woman
1993

Maladies
2012

Judgment
1990

The Luckiest Man in America
2025

American Pastoral
2016

UFO
2018

Fast Color
2019

Matters of Life and Death
2007

Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
The Bard

By Any Means
2026

Dolores Claiborne
1995

Matewan
1987

Iceman
1984

Harrison's Flowers
2000

Missing in America
2005

In the Gloaming
1997

Howl
2010

The American Clock
1993

Simon Birch
1998

The Notorious Bettie Page
2006

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983

Lost in Yonkers
1993

Heat Wave
1990

The Oedipus Project
2020

Dominick and Eugene
1988

Zootopia 2
2025

L.A. Confidential
1997

Eight Men Out
1988

At Close Range
1986

Call Me
1988

Godzilla
2014

Song of Hiawatha
1997

Broken Vows
1987

Louder Than Bombs
2015

Trumbo
2007

The People Speak
2009

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999

City of Hope
1991

The Firm
1993

The Bourne Legacy
2012

Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
1992

Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980

My Dinner with Hervé
2018

Nightmare Alley
2021
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
Babies

Stages
2026

Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991

Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008

Lovesick
1983

Memphis Belle
1990

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015

The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003

Freedom Song
2000

Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019

The Gettysburg Address
2025

Home for the Holidays
1995

Bob Roberts
1992

Silkwood
1983

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008

Love, Marilyn
2013

Darkest Hour
2017

Stars & Bars
1988

The Brother from Another Planet
1984

A League of Their Own
1992

Mother Night
1996

The Feud
1989

This Ordinary Thing
2025

The Sopranos
1999

Spenser: For Hire
1985

Monk
2002

Miami Vice
1984

The Equalizer
1985

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Wiseguy
1987

McMafia
2018

The Oscars
1953

The Emmy Awards
1949

Alphas
2011

Z: The Beginning of Everything
2015

The Blacklist
2013

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987

House
2004

The Expanse
2015

Interrogation
2020

A Man on the Inside
2024

Billions
2016

CIA
2026

Big Apple
2001

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002