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David Strathairn

Film Producer / Actor | * 01/26/1949 (75) | San Francisco, California (United States of America (USA))
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David Russell Strathairn (born January 26, 1949) is an American actor. Known for his leading roles on stage and screen, he has often portrayed historical figures such as Edward R. Murrow, J. Robert Oppenheimer, William H. Seward, and John Dos Passos. He has received various accolades including an Independent Spirit Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Volpi Cup, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Strathairn made his acting debut in his fellow Williams College graduate John Sayles' film Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980), and continued acting in multiple films by Sayles, such as Matewan (1987), Eight Men Out (1988), City of Hope (1991), Passion Fish (1992) and Limbo (1999). In the 1990s, he appeared in multiple box-office successes such as A Lea..."> ()
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An American film and television actor, best known for his portrayal of journalist Edward R. Murrow in the feature film "Good Night, and Good Luck", for which he was nominated for an Academy Award.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Comedies

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Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating cris ...

Godzilla

PG-13

2014 | 3.1/5 | 2h 3min
Action, Drama, Science Fiction
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The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, ...

Lincoln

PG-13

2012 | 3.4/5 | 2h 29min
History, Drama
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The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s. ...

Good Night, and Good Luck.

PG

2005 | 3.5/5 | 1h 33min
Drama, History
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Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner. ...

L.A. Confidential

R

1997 | 3.9/5 | 2h 18min
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for David Strathairn

Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Academy Award for Best Actor 2x Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male 3x Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 2x Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film 2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
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Movies with David Strathairn as Actor(115)

as Bill2023 A Little Prayer
as Tom Milton2022 Where the Crawdads Sing
as Pete2021 Nightmare Alley
as Dave2020 Nomadland
as Joe Haley2020 Walkaway Joe
as Fred Stern2019 The Devil Has a Name
as Admiral William Stenz2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as himself2019 Them That Work
as Ellis2019 Fast Color
as Marty Rothstein2018 My Dinner with Hervé
as Franklin Ahls2018 UFO
as The Man2018 An Interview with God
as President Roosevelt (voice)2017 Darkest Hour
as Theo2017 November Criminals
as Richard Englebright2016 He Does Not Want Peace
as Nathan Zuckerman2016 American Pastoral
as Ty Burley2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Richard Weissman2015 Louder Than Bombs
as Nathan2015 The Debt
as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)2015 The Gettysburg Address
as William Flynn2014 No God, No Master
as Admiral William Stenz2014 Godzilla
as Narrator (voice)2013 Lincoln@Gettysburg
as himself2013 Love, Marilyn
as Noah Vosen2012 The Bourne Legacy
as John Dos Passos2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn
as Delmar2012 Maladies
as William Seward2012 Lincoln
as Professor Carlock2010 Temple Grandin
as Peter Ward2010 The Whistleblower
as Ralph McIntosh2010 Howl
as King Alonso2010 The Tempest
as himself2009 The People Speak
as Steven2009 The Uninvited
as Dr. Flintstein2009 Cold Souls
as himself2008 Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
as Arthur Spiderwick2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles
as himself2008 Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
as Noah Vosen2007 The Bourne Ultimatum
as himself2007 Trumbo
as Joe Lobruto2007 Fracture
as Mr. Jennings2007 Matters of Life and Death
as Arnie2007 My Blueberry Nights
as Danny Dunkelman2007 Steel Toes
as Henry / Harry2007 Racing Daylight
as President Dedmon2006 We Are Marshall
as Narrator2006 The Human Behavior Experiments
as Paul Mullin2006 The Shovel
as Judge James Horton2006 Heavens Fall
as Finn2006 The Sensation of Sight
as Estes Kefauver2005 The Notorious Bettie Page
as Edward R. Murrow2005 Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.2005 Missing in America
as Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Dr. Melvin Frank2004 Twisted
as Reverend Bobby Paradise2004 Paradise
as Auster2003 Blue Car
as Mannie2002 Lathe of Heaven
as Bruce Hickman2002 Speakeasy
as Jack Hoschouer2002 Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
as Mark Zingerline2001 The Victim
as Dr. Charlie2001 Relative Evil
as Harrison Lloyd2000 Harrison's Flowers
as Truman Lester2000 A Good Baby
as Peter Crowley2000 Freedom Song
as Captain Keller2000 The Miracle Worker
as Joe Gastineau1999 Limbo
as Theseus1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Howard Goodwin1999 A Map of the World
as Earl Himes1998 The Climb
as Armand Minetti1998 With Friends Like These...
as Jackson Kinley1998 Evidence of Blood
as Wes Westlund1998 Bad Manners
as Charles Kaminski1998 The Giraffe
as Rev. Russell1998 Simon Birch
as Marcel1997 Song of Hiawatha
as Pierce Patchett1997 L.A. Confidential
as Martin1997 In the Gloaming
as Bernard B. O'Hare1996 Mother Night
as Russel Gates1996 Beyond the Call
as Joe St. George1995 Dolores Claiborne
as Charles Lewin1995 Losing Isaiah
as Russell Terziak1995 Home for the Holidays
as Tom Hartman1994 The River Wild
as Johnny1993 Lost in Yonkers
as Ray McDeere1993 The Firm
as Getso1993 A Dangerous Woman
as Young Arthur Huntington1993 The American Clock
as Keith1992 Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
as Irwin 'Whistler' Emery1992 Sneakers
as Bugs' Attorney, Mack Laflin1992 Bob Roberts
as Rennie1992 Passion Fish
as Ira Lowenstein1992 A League of Their Own
as Carl Linstrum1992 O Pioneers!
as Dr. Arthur Kobrine1991 Without Warning: The James Brady Story
as Asteroid1991 City of Hope
as Bill Thomas1990 Heat Wave
as Craig Harriman1990 Memphis Belle
as Father Frank Aubert1990 Judgment
as J. Robert Oppenheimer1989 Day One
as The Stranger1989 The Feud
as Eddie Cicotte1988 Eight Men Out
as Charlie1988 Stars & Bars
as Sam1988 Call Me
as Martin Chernak1988 Dominick and Eugene
as Police Chief Sid Hatfield1987 Matewan
as Stuart Chase1987 Broken Vows
as Tony Pine1986 At Close Range
as Weejun1985 When Nature Calls
as Dr. Singe1984 Iceman
as Man In Black1984 The Brother from Another Planet
as Wesley1983 Silkwood
as Jerry1983 Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
as Marvin Zuckerman1983 Lovesick
as Ron1980 Return of the Secaucus Seven

TV Shows/Series with David Strathairn as Actor(16)

as Henry Fisher2020 Interrogation
as Semiyon Kleiman2018 McMafia
as Anthony Sayre2015 Z: The Beginning of Everything
as Commander Klaes Ashford2015 The Expanse
as Klaes Ashford2015 The Expanse
as Peter Kotsiopulos2013 The Blacklist
as Lee Rosen2011 Alphas
as Nash2004 House
as Patrick Kloster2002 Monk
as Robert Wegler1999 The Sopranos
1987 Wiseguy
1987 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
as Phillip Borchek1985 The Equalizer
1985 Spenser: For Hire
1984 Miami Vice
as Carl Linstrum1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Movies with David Strathairn as Crew(1)

Production/Producer2006 The Sensation of Sight

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Full Name: David Strathairn
Born: Wednesday, 01/26 1949 (January) in San Francisco, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 75 years + 85 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Williams College, Redwood High School, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College
Children: Tay Strathairn
Other names for David Strathairn (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"David Russell Strathairn"
"Дэвид Стрэтэйрн"
David Strathairn frequently works together with these people:
John Sayles (28x, Crew)
Maggie Renzi (12x, Crew)
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Mason Daring (11x, Crew)
Julie Harris (10x, Actress)
Avy Kaufman (7x, Crew)
Joel Surnow (7x, Crew)
Waley Wang (7x, Crew)
Peggy Rajski (7x, Crew)
George Rose (7x, Actor)
Curtis Hanson (6x, Crew)
Peter Schnall (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:5527, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024