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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 (Good Night, and Good Luck)
MIN. RATING
AVERAGE RATING	3.65

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)
2020	Nomadland	Dave
2022	Where the Crawdads Sing	Tom Milton	½

BIO

Handsome, versatile character actor who rose to prominence through college mate John Sayles' films in the 1980s, gradually building a reputation as a reliable and serious supporting performer. Strathairn delivered an immense and daring performance as an abusive father in Taylor Hackford's underrated masterpiece Dolores Claiborne, and was later nominated for an Acadamy Award for his portrayal of journalist Edward R. Murrow in George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck.

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