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David Strathairn
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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 (2…
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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).
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2026
Babies
Movie Michael
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2026
By Any Means
Movie Special Agent Roy K. Moore
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2026
O Horizon
Movie Warren
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2026
Stages
Movie Porter Gates
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2026
CIA
TV show Sanford 'Sandy' Harrison
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2025
This Ordinary Thing
Movie Self (voice)
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2025
Zootopia 2
Movie Milton Lynxley (voice)
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2025
The Gettysburg Address
Movie Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
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2025
A Little Prayer
Movie Bill
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2025
The Luckiest Man in America
Movie Bill
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2024
A Man on the Inside
TV show Dr. Benjamin Cole
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2023
Remember This
Movie Jan Karski
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2022
Where the Crawdads Sing
Movie Tom Milton
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2021
Nightmare Alley
Movie Pete
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2021
Nomadland
Movie Dave
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2020
The Oedipus Project
Movie Messenger 1
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2020
Walkaway Joe
Movie Joe Haley
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2020
Interrogation
TV show Henry Fisher
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2019
Them That Work
Movie Self
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2019
The Devil Has a Name
Movie Fred Stern
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2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Movie Admiral William Stenz
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2019
Fast Color
Movie Ellis
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2018
My Dinner with Hervé
Movie Marty Rothstein
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2018
UFO
Movie Franklin Ahls
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2018
An Interview with God
Movie God
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2018
McMafia
TV show Semiyon Kleiman
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2017
Darkest Hour
Movie President Roosevelt (voice)
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2017
November Criminals
Movie Theo
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2016
American Pastoral
Movie Nathan Zuckerman
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2016
He Does Not Want Peace
Movie Richard Englebright
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2016
Billions
TV show Black Jack Foley
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2015
The Expanse
TV show Commander Klaes Ashford
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2015
Z: The Beginning of Everything
TV show Anthony Sayre
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2015
Z: The Beginning of Everything
Movie Judge Anthony Sayre
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2015
Louder Than Bombs
Movie Richard Weissman
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2015
The Debt
Movie Nathan
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2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie Ty Burley
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2014
Godzilla
Movie Admiral William Stenz
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2014
No God, No Master
Movie William Flynn
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2013
Lincoln@Gettysburg
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
