O Horizon
2026 · Movie
as Warren
David Strathairn
1949-01-26
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San Francisco, California, USA
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).
Filmography
Stages
2026 · Movie
as Porter Gates
By Any Means
2026 · Movie
CIA
2026 · TV Show
as Sanford 'Sandy' Harrison
A Little Prayer
2025 · Movie
as Bill
The Luckiest Man in America
2025 · Movie
as Bill
The Gettysburg Address
2025 · Movie
as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Zootopia 2
2025 · Movie
as Milton Lynxley (voice)
This Ordinary Thing
2025 · Movie
as Self (voice)
A Man on the Inside
2024 · TV Show
as Dr. Benjamin Cole
Remember This
2023 · Movie
as Jan Karski
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022 · Movie
as Tom Milton
Nomadland
2021 · Movie
as Dave
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Movie
as Pete
Walkaway Joe
2020 · Movie
as Joe Haley
The Oedipus Project
2020 · Movie
as Messenger 1
Interrogation
2020 · TV Show
as Henry Fisher
Fast Color
2019 · Movie
as Ellis
The Devil Has a Name
2019 · Movie
as Fred Stern
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 · Movie
as Admiral William Stenz
Them That Work
2019 · Movie
as Self
UFO
2018 · Movie
as Franklin Ahls
An Interview with God
2018 · Movie
as God
My Dinner with Hervé
2018 · Movie
as Marty Rothstein
McMafia
2018 · TV Show
as Semiyon Kleiman
November Criminals
2017 · Movie
as Theo
Darkest Hour
2017 · Movie
as President Roosevelt (voice)
American Pastoral
2016 · Movie
as Nathan Zuckerman
He Does Not Want Peace
2016 · Movie
as Richard Englebright
Billions
2016 · TV Show
as Black Jack Foley
Louder Than Bombs
2015 · Movie
as Richard Weissman
The Debt
2015 · Movie
as Nathan
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015 · Movie
as Ty Burley
Z: The Beginning of Everything
2015 · Movie
as Judge Anthony Sayre
Z: The Beginning of Everything
2015 · TV Show
as Anthony Sayre
The Expanse
2015 · TV Show
as Commander Klaes Ashford, Klaes Ashford
Godzilla
2014 · Movie
as Admiral William Stenz
No God, No Master
2014 · Movie
as William Flynn
Love, Marilyn
2013 · Movie
as Self
Lincoln@Gettysburg
2013 · Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Blacklist
2013 · TV Show
as Peter Kotsiopulos
The Bourne Legacy
2012 · Movie
as Noah Vosen
Lincoln
2012 · Movie
as William Seward
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012 · Movie
as John Dos Passos
Maladies
2012 · Movie
as Delmar
Alphas
2011 · TV Show
as Lee Rosen
Temple Grandin
2010 · Movie
as Professor Carlock
The Tempest
2010 · Movie
as King Alonso
Howl
2010 · Movie
as Ralph McIntosh
The Whistleblower
2010 · Movie
as Peter Ward
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Matadors
2010 · Movie
as Roman Lodari
Area 51 Declassified
2010 · Movie
as Himself - Narrator
Inside Area 51's Secrets
2010 · Movie
as Narrator
Cold Souls
2009 · Movie
as Dr. Flintstein
The Uninvited
2009 · Movie
as Steven
The People Speak
2009 · Movie
as Self
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · Movie
as Arthur Spiderwick
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008 · Movie
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 · Movie
as Self
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Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 · Movie
as Self
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Movie
as Noah Vosen
My Blueberry Nights
2007 · Movie
as Arnie
Fracture
2007 · Movie
as Joe Lobruto
Steel Toes
2007 · Movie
as Danny Dunkelman
The Supreme Court
2007 · Movie
as Narrator
Racing Daylight
2007 · Movie
as Henry / Harry
Trumbo
2007 · Movie
as Self
Matters of Life and Death
2007 · Movie
as Mr. Jennings
We Are Marshall
2006 · Movie
as President Dedmon
Heavens Fall
2006 · Movie
as Judge James Horton
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006 · Movie
as Estes Kefauver
The Sensation of Sight
2006 · Movie
as Finn
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The Shovel
2006 · Movie
as Paul Mullin
The Human Behavior Experiments
2006 · Movie
as Narrator
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 · Movie
as Edward R. Murrow
Missing in America
2005 · Movie
as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
2005 · Movie
as Narrator
Twisted
2004 · Movie
as Dr. Melvin Frank
Paradise
2004 · Movie
as Reverend Bobby Paradise
House
2004 · TV Show
as Nash
Blue Car
2003 · Movie
as Auster
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003 · Movie
as Self
Lathe of Heaven
2002 · Movie
as Mannie
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002 · Movie
as Jack Hoschouer
Speakeasy
2002 · Movie
as Bruce Hickman
Monk
2002 · TV Show
as Patrick Kloster
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
2002 · TV Show
as Jack Hoschouer
Relative Evil
2001 · Movie
as Dr. Charlie
The Victim
2001 · Movie
as Mark Zingerline
Big Apple
2001 · TV Show
as Will Preecher
The Miracle Worker
2000 · Movie
as Captain Keller
Harrison's Flowers
2000 · Movie
as Harrison Lloyd
A Good Baby
2000 · Movie
as Truman Lester
Freedom Song
2000 · Movie
as Peter Crowley
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999 · Movie
as Theseus
Limbo
1999 · Movie
as Joe Gastineau
The Giraffe
1999 · Movie
as Charles Kaminski
A Map of the World
1999 · Movie
as Howard Goodwin
The Sopranos
1999 · TV Show
as Robert Wegler
The Climb
1998 · Movie
as Earl Himes
Evidence of Blood
1998 · Movie
as Jackson Kinley
Bad Manners
1998 · Movie
as Wes Westlund
With Friends Like These
1998 · Movie
as Armand Minetti
Simon Birch
1998 · Movie
as Reverend Russell
L.A. Confidential
1997 · Movie
as Pierce Patchett
In the Gloaming
1997 · Movie
as Martin
Song of Hiawatha
1997 · Movie
as Marcel
Mother Night
1996 · Movie
as Bernard B. O'Hare
Beyond the Call
1996 · Movie
as Russel Gates
Dolores Claiborne
1995 · Movie
as Joe St. George
Home for the Holidays
1995 · Movie
as Russell Terziak
Losing Isaiah
1995 · Movie
as Charles Lewin
The River Wild
1994 · Movie
as Tom Hartman
April One
1994 · Movie
as John McCowan
The Firm
1993 · Movie
as Ray McDeere
A Dangerous Woman
1993 · Movie
as Getso
The American Clock
1993 · Movie
as Young Arthur Huntington
Lost in Yonkers
1993 · Movie
as Johnny
Sneakers
1992 · Movie
as Whistler
Bob Roberts
1992 · Movie
as Mack Laflin
Passion Fish
1992 · Movie
as Rennie
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
1992 · Movie
as Keith
O Pioneers!
1992 · Movie
as Carl Linstrum
A League of Their Own
1992 · Movie
as Ira Lowenstein
City of Hope
1991 · Movie
as Asteroid
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991 · Movie
as Dr. Arthur Kobrine
Memphis Belle
1990 · Movie
as Craig Harriman
Judgment
1990 · Movie
as Father Frank Aubert
Heat Wave
1990 · Movie
as Bill Thomas
The Feud
1989 · Movie
as The Stranger
Day One
1989 · Movie
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Eight Men Out
1988 · Movie
as Eddie Cicotte
Call Me
1988 · Movie
as Sam
Stars & Bars
1988 · Movie
as Charlie
Dominick and Eugene
1988 · Movie
as Martin Chernak
Matewan
1987 · Movie
as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Broken Vows
1987 · Movie
as Stuart Chase
Wiseguy
1987 · TV Show
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987 · TV Show
as Moss Goodman
At Close Range
1986 · Movie
as Tony Pine
When Nature Calls
1985 · Movie
as Weejun
Spenser: For Hire
1985 · TV Show
The Equalizer
1985 · TV Show
as Phillip Borchek
Iceman
1984 · Movie
as Dr. Singe
The Brother from Another Planet
1984 · Movie
as Man In Black
Miami Vice
1984 · TV Show
as Marty Lang
Silkwood
1983 · Movie
as Wesley
Lovesick
1983 · Movie
as Marvin Zuckerman
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983 · Movie
as Jerry
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
as Carl Linstrum, The Stranger
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980 · Movie
as Ron
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
as Carl Linstrum
The Emmy Awards
1949 · TV Show
as Self
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The Bard
· Movie
No image
Babies
· Movie
