David Strathairn

Biography

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).

Known For

The Blacklist

House

The Sopranos

Monk

Zootopia 2

Billions

The Expanse

The Expanse

All Movies (132)

• By Any Means2026
• O Horizon2026 · as Warren
• Stages2026 · as Porter Gates
• This Ordinary Thing2025 · as Self (voice)
• Zootopia 22025 · as Milton Lynxley (voice)
• The Gettysburg Address2025 · as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
• A Little Prayer2025 · as Bill
• The Luckiest Man in America2025 · as Bill
• Remember This2023 · as Jan Karski
• Where the Crawdads Sing2022 · as Tom Milton
• Nightmare Alley2021 · as Pete
• Nomadland2021 · as Dave
• The Oedipus Project2020 · as Messenger 1
• Walkaway Joe2020 · as Joe Haley
• Them That Work2019 · as Self
• The Devil Has a Name2019 · as Fred Stern
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019 · as Admiral William Stenz
• Fast Color2019 · as Ellis
• My Dinner with Hervé2018 · as Marty Rothstein
• UFO2018 · as Franklin Ahls
• An Interview with God2018 · as God
• Darkest Hour2017 · as President Roosevelt (voice)
• November Criminals2017 · as Theo
• American Pastoral2016 · as Nathan Zuckerman
• He Does Not Want Peace2016 · as Richard Englebright
• Louder Than Bombs2015 · as Richard Weissman
• The Debt2015 · as Nathan
• The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel2015 · as Ty Burley
• Godzilla2014 · as Admiral William Stenz
• No God, No Master2014 · as William Flynn
• Lincoln@Gettysburg2013 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Love, Marilyn2013 · as Self
• Lincoln2012 · as William Seward
• Hemingway & Gellhorn2012 · as John Dos Passos
• The Bourne Legacy2012 · as Noah Vosen
• Maladies2012 · as Delmar
• The Whistleblower2010 · as Peter Ward
• The Tempest2010 · as King Alonso
• Howl2010 · as Ralph McIntosh
• Inside Area 51's Secrets2010 · as Narrator
• Area 51 Declassified2010 · as Himself - Narrator
• Temple Grandin2010 · as Professor Carlock
• Matadors2010 · as Roman Lodari
• The People Speak2009 · as Self
• Cold Souls2009 · as Dr. Flintstein
• The Uninvited2009 · as Steven
• Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'2008 · as Self
• Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'2008 · as Self
• The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer2008 · as J. Robert Oppenheimer
• The Spiderwick Chronicles2008 · as Arthur Spiderwick
• My Blueberry Nights2007 · as Arnie
• Trumbo2007 · as Self
• Matters of Life and Death2007 · as Mr. Jennings
• The Bourne Ultimatum2007 · as Noah Vosen
• Racing Daylight2007 · as Henry / Harry
• Steel Toes2007 · as Danny Dunkelman
• Fracture2007 · as Joe Lobruto
• The Supreme Court2007 · as Narrator
• We Are Marshall2006 · as President Dedmon
• The Sensation of Sight2006 · as Finn
• Heavens Fall2006 · as Judge James Horton
• The Human Behavior Experiments2006 · as Narrator
• The Shovel2006 · as Paul Mullin
• The Notorious Bettie Page2006 · as Estes Kefauver
• Good Night, and Good Luck.2005 · as Edward R. Murrow
• Willa Cather: The Road Is All2005 · as Narrator
• Missing in America2005 · as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
• Twisted2004 · as Dr. Melvin Frank
• Paradise2004 · as Reverend Bobby Paradise
• The Making of ‘Sneakers’2003 · as Self
• Blue Car2003 · as Auster
• Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story2002 · as Jack Hoschouer
• Lathe of Heaven2002 · as Mannie
• Speakeasy2002 · as Bruce Hickman
• Relative Evil2001 · as Dr. Charlie
• The Victim2001 · as Mark Zingerline
• A Good Baby2000 · as Truman Lester
• The Miracle Worker2000 · as Captain Keller
• Harrison's Flowers2000 · as Harrison Lloyd
• Freedom Song2000 · as Peter Crowley
• A Map of the World1999 · as Howard Goodwin
• Limbo1999 · as Joe Gastineau
• A Midsummer Night's Dream1999 · as Theseus
• The Giraffe1999 · as Charles Kaminski
• Bad Manners1998 · as Wes Westlund
• Simon Birch1998 · as Reverend Russell
• With Friends Like These1998 · as Armand Minetti
• Evidence of Blood1998 · as Jackson Kinley
• The Climb1998 · as Earl Himes
• L.A. Confidential1997 · as Pierce Patchett
• Song of Hiawatha1997 · as Marcel
• In the Gloaming1997 · as Martin
• Mother Night1996 · as Bernard B. O'Hare
• Beyond the Call1996 · as Russel Gates
• Home for the Holidays1995 · as Russell Terziak
• Dolores Claiborne1995 · as Joe St. George
• Losing Isaiah1995 · as Charles Lewin
• The River Wild1994 · as Tom Hartman
• April One1994 · as John McCowan
• A Dangerous Woman1993 · as Getso
• The Firm1993 · as Ray McDeere
• Lost in Yonkers1993 · as Johnny
• The American Clock1993 · as Young Arthur Huntington
• Passion Fish1992 · as Rennie
• Sneakers1992 · as Whistler
• Bob Roberts1992 · as Mack Laflin
• A League of Their Own1992 · as Ira Lowenstein
• Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even1992 · as Keith
• O Pioneers!1992 · as Carl Linstrum
• City of Hope1991 · as Asteroid
• Without Warning: The James Brady Story1991 · as Dr. Arthur Kobrine
• Judgment1990 · as Father Frank Aubert
• Memphis Belle1990 · as Craig Harriman
• Heat Wave1990 · as Bill Thomas
• The Feud1989 · as The Stranger
• Day One1989 · as J. Robert Oppenheimer
• Eight Men Out1988 · as Eddie Cicotte
• Call Me1988 · as Sam
• Stars & Bars1988 · as Charlie
• Dominick and Eugene1988 · as Martin Chernak
• Matewan1987 · as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
• Broken Vows1987 · as Stuart Chase
• At Close Range1986 · as Tony Pine
• When Nature Calls1985 · as Weejun
• The Brother from Another Planet1984 · as Man In Black
• Iceman1984 · as Dr. Singe
• Silkwood1983 · as Wesley
• Lovesick1983 · as Marvin Zuckerman
• Enormous Changes at the Last Minute1983 · as Jerry
• Return of the Secaucus Seven1980 · as Ron
• The Bard—
• Babies—

All TV Shows (22)

• CIA2026 · as Sanford 'Sandy' Harrison
• A Man on the Inside2024 · as Dr. Benjamin Cole
• Interrogation2020 · as Henry Fisher
• McMafia2018 · as Semiyon Kleiman
• Billions2016 · as Black Jack Foley
• The Expanse2015 · as Commander Klaes Ashford
• The Expanse2015 · as Klaes Ashford
• Z: The Beginning of Everything2015 · as Anthony Sayre
• The Blacklist2013 · as Peter Kotsiopulos
• Alphas2011 · as Lee Rosen
• House2004 · as Nash
• Monk2002 · as Patrick Kloster
• Big Apple2001 · as Will Preecher
• The Sopranos1999 · as Robert Wegler
• Wiseguy1987
• The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd1987 · as Moss Goodman
• Spenser: For Hire1985
• The Equalizer1985 · as Phillip Borchek
• Miami Vice1984 · as Marty Lang
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Carl Linstrum
• The Emmy Awards1949 · as Self