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David Strathairn

FULL NAME David Russell Strathairn
BORN 26 January 1949, San Francisco, California, USA
ASSOCIATION Actor
NATIONALITY American
HEIGHT 183 cm
REVIEWED ENTRIES 16 (13)
MAX. RATING

½

MIN. RATING

AVERAGE RATING 3.65

 

ACTOR FILMOGRAPHY (ONLY REVIEWED ENTRIES)

YEAR TITLE ASSOCIATION

RATING

1983 Silkwood Wesley

1986 At Close Range Tony Pine

½

1988 Dominick and Eugene Martin Chernak  
1992 Sneakers Erwin 'Whistler' Emory

½

1993 The Firm Ray McDeere  
1994 The River Wild Tom

1995 Dolores Claiborne Joe St. George

½

1997 L.A. Confidential Pierce Patchett

1998 Simon Birch Reverende Russell

½

2005 Good Night, and Good Luck Edward R. Murrow

½

2007 Fracture DA Joe Lobruto

½

2009 The Uninvited Steven

½

2012 Lincoln William Seward

½

2017 Darkest Hour Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice only)  
2020 Nomadland Dave
2022 Where the Crawdads Sing

Tom Milton

½

 

BIO

Handsome, versatile character actor who came to prominence through college mate John Sayles' movies in the 1980s, and slowly built himself a reputation as a reliable, serious supporting actor. Strathairn gave an immense, daring performance as an abusive father in Taylor Hackford's underrated masterpiece Dolores Claiborne. Was nominated for an Acadamy Award for his performance in George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck.

 

AWARDS

The Academy Awards

2006

  Nominated for Best Actor for Good Night, and Good Luck

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