David Strathairn

David Strathairn

David 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 had also starred in "L.A. Confidential" (1997), "Godzilla" (2014), and the "Bourne" franchise (2007–2012).

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Known For

The Blacklist

The Blacklist

2013 • as Peter Kotsiopulos

House

House

2004 • as Nash

The Sopranos

The Sopranos

1999 • as Robert Wegler

Monk

Monk

2002 • as Patrick Kloster

The Expanse

The Expanse

2015 • as Commander Klaes Ashford

The Expanse

The Expanse

2015 • as Klaes Ashford

Filmography

2025

O Horizon
O Horizon
as Warren
Movie - Released: 2/8/2025
The Luckiest Man in America
The Luckiest Man in America
as Bill Carruthers
Movie - Released: 4/4/2025
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address
as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/19/2025

2023

Remember This
Remember This
as Jan Karski
Movie - Released: 1/27/2023
A Little Prayer
A Little Prayer
as Bill
Movie - Released: 12/8/2023

2022

Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing
as Tom Milton
Movie - Released: 7/14/2022

2021

Nomadland
Nomadland
as Dave
Movie - Released: 1/29/2021
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
as Pete
Movie - Released: 12/2/2021

2020

Walkaway Joe
Walkaway Joe
as Joe Haley
Movie - Released: 5/8/2020
The Oedipus Project
The Oedipus Project
as Messenger 1
Movie - Released: 6/24/2020
Interrogation
Interrogation
as Henry Fisher
TV - Released: 2/5/2020

2019

Fast Color
Fast Color
as Ellis
Movie - Released: 3/29/2019
The Devil Has a Name
The Devil Has a Name
as Fred Stern
Movie - Released: 8/4/2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Admiral William Stenz
Movie - Released: 5/29/2019
Them That Work
Them That Work
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/29/2019

2018

UFO
UFO
as Franklin Ahls
Movie - Released: 9/4/2018
An Interview with God
An Interview with God
as God
Movie - Released: 8/20/2018
My Dinner with Hervé
My Dinner with Hervé
as Marty Rothstein
Movie - Released: 10/20/2018
McMafia
McMafia
as Semiyon Kleiman
TV - Released: 1/1/2018

2017

November Criminals
November Criminals
as Theo
Movie - Released: 11/7/2017
Darkest Hour
Darkest Hour
as President Roosevelt (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/22/2017

2016

American Pastoral
American Pastoral
as Nathan Zuckerman
Movie - Released: 10/20/2016
He Does Not Want Peace
He Does Not Want Peace
as Richard Englebright
Movie - Released: 8/11/2016

2015

Louder Than Bombs
Louder Than Bombs
as Richard Weissman
Movie - Released: 10/1/2015
The Debt
The Debt
as Nathan
Movie - Released: 4/24/2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Ty Burley
Movie - Released: 2/26/2015
Z: The Beginning of Everything
Z: The Beginning of Everything
as Anthony Sayre
TV - Released: 11/3/2015
The Expanse
The Expanse
as Commander Klaes Ashford
TV - Released: 12/14/2015
The Expanse
The Expanse
as Klaes Ashford
TV - Released: 12/14/2015

2014

Godzilla
Godzilla
as Admiral William Stenz
Movie - Released: 5/14/2014
No God, No Master
No God, No Master
as William Flynn
Movie - Released: 4/11/2014

2013

Love, Marilyn
Love, Marilyn
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/30/2013
Lincoln@Gettysburg
Lincoln@Gettysburg
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/19/2013
The Blacklist
The Blacklist
as Peter Kotsiopulos
TV - Released: 9/23/2013

2012

The Bourne Legacy
The Bourne Legacy
as Noah Vosen
Movie - Released: 8/8/2012
Lincoln
Lincoln
as William Seward
Movie - Released: 11/9/2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Hemingway & Gellhorn
as John Dos Passos
Movie - Released: 8/27/2012
Maladies
Maladies
as Delmar
Movie - Released: 6/29/2012

2011

Alphas
Alphas
as Lee Rosen
TV - Released: 7/11/2011

2010

Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin
as Professor Carlock
Movie - Released: 2/6/2010
The Tempest
The Tempest
as King Alonso
Movie - Released: 9/11/2010
Howl
Howl
as Ralph McIntosh
Movie - Released: 8/26/2010
The Whistleblower
The Whistleblower
as Peter Ward
Movie - Released: 9/13/2010
Movie
Matadors
as Roman Lodari
Movie - Released: 1/1/2010
Area 51 Declassified
Area 51 Declassified
as Himself - Narrator
Movie - Released: 4/28/2010
Movie
Inside Area 51's Secrets
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 5/1/2010

2009

Cold Souls
Cold Souls
as Dr. Flintstein
Movie - Released: 8/7/2009
The Uninvited
The Uninvited
as Steven
Movie - Released: 1/30/2009
The People Speak
The People Speak
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/13/2009

2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Spiderwick Chronicles
as Arthur Spiderwick
Movie - Released: 2/14/2008
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Movie - Released: 3/24/2008
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/23/2008
Movie
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/23/2008

2007

The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum
as Noah Vosen
Movie - Released: 8/3/2007
My Blueberry Nights
My Blueberry Nights
as Arnie
Movie - Released: 11/28/2007
Fracture
Fracture
as Joe Lobruto
Movie - Released: 4/19/2007
Steel Toes
Steel Toes
as Danny Dunkelman
Movie - Released: 6/29/2007
The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/31/2007
Racing Daylight
Racing Daylight
as Henry / Harry
Movie - Released: 7/31/2007
Trumbo
Trumbo
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/10/2007
Matters of Life and Death
Matters of Life and Death
as Mr. Jennings
Movie - Released: 8/7/2007

2006

We Are Marshall
We Are Marshall
as President Dedmon
Movie - Released: 12/12/2006
Heavens Fall
Heavens Fall
as Judge James Horton
Movie - Released: 7/20/2006
The Sensation of Sight
The Sensation of Sight
as Finn
Movie - Released: 8/1/2006
Movie
The Shovel
as Paul Mullin
Movie - Released: 4/30/2006
The Human Behavior Experiments
The Human Behavior Experiments
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 5/30/2006

2005

Good Night, and Good Luck.
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Edward R. Murrow
Movie - Released: 9/16/2005
Missing in America
Missing in America
as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
Movie - Released: 1/1/2005
The Notorious Bettie Page
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Estes Kefauver
Movie - Released: 9/14/2005
Movie
Willa Cather: The Road Is All
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 9/7/2005

2004

Twisted
Twisted
as Dr. Melvin Frank
Movie - Released: 2/27/2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Pierce Patchett in L.A. Confidential (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 7/28/2004
Paradise
Paradise
as Reverend Bobby Paradise
Movie - Released: 1/1/2004
House
House
as Nash
TV - Released: 11/16/2004

2003

Blue Car
Blue Car
as Auster
Movie - Released: 4/25/2003
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/3/2003

2002

Lathe of Heaven
Lathe of Heaven
as Mannie
Movie - Released: 9/8/2002
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
as Jack Hoschouer
Movie - Released: 11/10/2002
Speakeasy
Speakeasy
as Bruce Hickman
Movie - Released: 1/1/2002
Monk
Monk
as Patrick Kloster
TV - Released: 7/12/2002

2001

Relative Evil
Relative Evil
as Dr. Charlie
Movie - Released: 9/1/2001
The Victim
The Victim
as Mark Zingerline
Movie - Released: 1/1/2001

2000

The Miracle Worker
The Miracle Worker
as Captain Keller
Movie - Released: 11/12/2000
Harrison's Flowers
Harrison's Flowers
as Harrison Lloyd
Movie - Released: 9/23/2000
A Good Baby
A Good Baby
as Truman Lester
Movie - Released: 12/1/2000
Freedom Song
Freedom Song
as Peter Crowley
Movie - Released: 2/27/2000

1999

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus
Movie - Released: 5/20/1999
Limbo
Limbo
as Joe Gastineau
Movie - Released: 6/4/1999
A Map of the World
A Map of the World
as Howard Goodwin
Movie - Released: 9/13/1999
The Sopranos
The Sopranos
as Robert Wegler
TV - Released: 1/10/1999

1998

The Giraffe
The Giraffe
as Charles Kaminski
Movie - Released: 9/14/1998
The Climb
The Climb
as Earl Himes
Movie - Released: 3/11/1998
Evidence of Blood
Evidence of Blood
as Jackson Kinley
Movie - Released: 4/13/1998
Movie
Bad Manners
as Wes Westlund
Movie - Released: 10/9/1998
With Friends Like These
With Friends Like These
as Armand Minetti
Movie - Released: 9/10/1998
Simon Birch
Simon Birch
as Rev. Russell
Movie - Released: 9/11/1998

1997

L.A. Confidential
L.A. Confidential
as Pierce Patchett
Movie - Released: 9/19/1997
In the Gloaming
In the Gloaming
as Martin
Movie - Released: 4/20/1997
Song of Hiawatha
Song of Hiawatha
as Marcel
Movie - Released: 5/31/1997

1996

Mother Night
Mother Night
as Bernard B. O'Hare
Movie - Released: 11/1/1996
Beyond the Call
Beyond the Call
as Russel Gates
Movie - Released: 6/23/1996

1995

Dolores Claiborne
Dolores Claiborne
as Joe St. George
Movie - Released: 3/24/1995
Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays
as Russell Terziak
Movie - Released: 11/2/1995
Losing Isaiah
Losing Isaiah
as Charles Lewin
Movie - Released: 3/17/1995

1994

The River Wild
The River Wild
as Tom Hartman
Movie - Released: 9/30/1994
Movie
April One
as John McCowan
Movie - Released: 6/10/1994

1993

The Firm
The Firm
as Ray McDeere
Movie - Released: 6/30/1993
A Dangerous Woman
A Dangerous Woman
as Getso
Movie - Released: 9/10/1993
The American Clock
The American Clock
as Young Arthur Huntington
Movie - Released: 1/2/1993
Lost in Yonkers
Lost in Yonkers
as Johnny
Movie - Released: 5/14/1993

1992

Sneakers
Sneakers
as Whistler
Movie - Released: 9/9/1992
Bob Roberts
Bob Roberts
as Mack Laflin
Movie - Released: 9/4/1992
Passion Fish
Passion Fish
as Rennie
Movie - Released: 12/11/1992
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
as Keith
Movie - Released: 5/8/1992
Movie
O Pioneers!
as Carl Linstrum
Movie - Released: 2/2/1992
A League of Their Own
A League of Their Own
as Ira Lowenstein
Movie - Released: 7/1/1992

1991

City of Hope
City of Hope
as Asteroid
Movie - Released: 10/11/1991
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
as Dr. Arthur Kobrine
Movie - Released: 6/16/1991

1990

Memphis Belle
Memphis Belle
as Craig Harriman
Movie - Released: 9/7/1990
Judgment
Judgment
as Father Frank Aubert
Movie - Released: 10/13/1990
Heat Wave
Heat Wave
as Bill Thomas
Movie - Released: 8/13/1990

1989

The Feud
The Feud
as The Stranger
Movie - Released: 9/30/1989
Day One
Day One
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Movie - Released: 5/12/1989

1988

Eight Men Out
Eight Men Out
as Eddie Cicotte
Movie - Released: 9/2/1988
Call Me
Call Me
as Sam
Movie - Released: 5/20/1988
Stars & Bars
Stars & Bars
as Charlie
Movie - Released: 3/18/1988
Dominick and Eugene
Dominick and Eugene
as Martin Chernak
Movie - Released: 3/18/1988

1987

Matewan
Matewan
as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Movie - Released: 8/28/1987
Broken Vows
Broken Vows
as Stuart Chase
Movie - Released: 1/28/1987
Wiseguy
Wiseguy
TV - Released: 9/16/1987
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
as Moss Goodman
TV - Released: 5/21/1987

1986

At Close Range
At Close Range
as Tony Pine
Movie - Released: 4/18/1986

1985

When Nature Calls
When Nature Calls
as Weejun
Movie - Released: 9/13/1985
Spenser: For Hire
Spenser: For Hire
TV - Released: 9/20/1985
The Equalizer
The Equalizer
as Phillip Borchek
TV - Released: 9/18/1985

1984

Iceman
Iceman
as Dr. Singe
Movie - Released: 4/13/1984
The Brother from Another Planet
The Brother from Another Planet
as Man In Black
Movie - Released: 9/7/1984
Miami Vice
Miami Vice
TV - Released: 9/16/1984

1983

Silkwood
Silkwood
as Wesley
Movie - Released: 12/14/1983
Lovesick
Lovesick
as Marvin Zuckerman
Movie - Released: 2/18/1983
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
as Jerry
Movie - Released: 1/1/1983

1980

Return of the Secaucus Seven
Return of the Secaucus Seven
as Ron
Movie - Released: 4/11/1980

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Carl Linstrum
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1949

The Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards
as Self
TV - Released: 1/25/1949

Unknown

Last Meals
Last Meals
Movie
Movie
Them That Work
Movie
Movie
By Any Means
Movie