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).
129 movies · 23 shows
O Horizon
2026·0.0
Stages
2026·0.0
This Ordinary Thing
2025·0.0
Zootopia 2
2025·7.7
The Gettysburg Address
2025·0.0
A Little Prayer
2025·5.4
The Luckiest Man in America
2025·6.3
Remember This
2023·0.0
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022·7.5
Nightmare Alley
2021·6.9
Nomadland
2021·7.2
The Oedipus Project
2020·10.0
Walkaway Joe
2020·6.0
Them That Work
2019·0.0
The Devil Has a Name
2019·5.3
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019·6.7
Fast Color
2019·6.0
My Dinner with Hervé
2018·6.3
UFO
2018·6.9
An Interview with God
2018·7.0
Darkest Hour
2017·7.4
November Criminals
2017·5.3
American Pastoral
2016·6.2
He Does Not Want Peace
2016·8.0
Louder Than Bombs
2015·6.5
The Debt
2015·6.1
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015·6.4
Godzilla
2014·6.4
No God, No Master
2014·5.9
Lincoln@Gettysburg
2013·7.4
Love, Marilyn
2013·6.6
Lincoln
2012·6.8
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012·6.1
The Bourne Legacy
2012·6.3
Maladies
2012·5.3
The Whistleblower
2010·6.7
The Tempest
2010·5.3
Howl
2010·6.4
Inside Area 51's Secrets
2010·0.0
Area 51 Declassified
2010·8.0
Temple Grandin
2010·7.9
Matadors
2010·4.7
The People Speak
2009·7.2
Cold Souls
2009·6.0
The Uninvited
2009·6.5
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008·8.0
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008·5.0
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008·6.2
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008·6.7
My Blueberry Nights
2007·6.4
Trumbo
2007·6.7
Matters of Life and Death
2007·9.0
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007·7.4
Racing Daylight
2007·3.3
Steel Toes
2007·5.2
Fracture
2007·7.3
The Supreme Court
2007·0.0
We Are Marshall
2006·6.9
The Sensation of Sight
2006·8.0
Heavens Fall
2006·7.0
The Human Behavior Experiments
2006·7.5
The Shovel
2006·6.0
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006·6.3
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005·7.1
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
2005·10.0
Missing in America
2005·5.7
Twisted
2004·5.6
Paradise
2004·4.1
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003·7.5
Blue Car
2003·6.2
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002·4.8
Lathe of Heaven
2002·6.0
Speakeasy
2002·4.4
Relative Evil
2001·5.6
The Victim
2001·9.0
A Good Baby
2000·6.5
The Miracle Worker
2000·7.2
Harrison's Flowers
2000·6.5
Freedom Song
2000·5.7
A Map of the World
1999·6.0
Limbo
1999·6.6
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999·6.4
The Giraffe
1999·5.3
Bad Manners
1998·4.8
Simon Birch
1998·6.8
With Friends Like These
1998·6.5
Evidence of Blood
1998·6.6
The Climb
1998·7.1
L.A. Confidential
1997·7.8
Song of Hiawatha
1997·5.8
In the Gloaming
1997·6.0
Mother Night
1996·6.7
Beyond the Call
1996·6.5
Home for the Holidays
1995·6.3
Dolores Claiborne
1995·7.3
Losing Isaiah
1995·6.5
The River Wild
1994·6.5
April One
1994·9.0
A Dangerous Woman
1993·5.5
The Firm
1993·6.7
Lost in Yonkers
1993·6.3
The American Clock
1993·5.7
Passion Fish
1992·7.0
Sneakers
1992·6.9
Bob Roberts
1992·6.5
A League of Their Own
1992·7.2
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
1992·6.1
O Pioneers!
1992·6.2
City of Hope
1991·6.6
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991·7.0
Judgment
1990·5.5
Memphis Belle
1990·6.7
Heat Wave
1990·6.8
The Feud
1989·5.2
Day One
1989·6.2
Eight Men Out
1988·6.8
Call Me
1988·4.8
Stars & Bars
1988·4.4
Dominick and Eugene
1988·6.9
Matewan
1987·7.3
Broken Vows
1987·4.8
At Close Range
1986·6.8
When Nature Calls
1985·4.8
The Brother from Another Planet
1984·6.7
Iceman
1984·6.2
Silkwood
1983·6.9
Lovesick
1983·5.7
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983·4.6
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980·6.5