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David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Total Box Office:
 $768.2M
Highest Rated:
100% Temple Grandin (2010)
Lowest Rated:
1% Twisted (2004)
Birthday:
Jan 26
Birthplace:
San Francisco, California
Bio:
One of the more underrated actors in Hollywood, tall, soft-spoken David Straithairn has earned almost consistent critical appreciation for his work in a number of films, most notably his many collaborations with director John Sayles. Born in San Francisco on January 26, 1949, Straithairn gained an…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies | TV series

MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
Godzilla
  • Actor
-- 2014
Root
  • Actor
-- 2013
89% Lincoln
  • William Seward
$182.2M 2012
No God, No Master
  • Actor
-- 2012
56% The Bourne Legacy
  • Noah Vosen
$113.2M 2012
50% Hemingway & Gellhorn
  • John Dos Passo
-- 2012
Maladies
  • Actor
-- 2012
Odysseus In America
  • Actor
-- 2011
74% The Whistleblower
  • Peter Ward
$1.1M 2010
100% Temple Grandin
  • Dr. Carlock
-- 2010
62% Howl
  • Ralph McIntosh
$0.6M 2010
30% The Tempest
  • King Alonso
$0.3M 2010
31% The Uninvited
  • Steven
$28.6M 2009
73% Cold Souls
  • Dr. Flintstein
$0.7M 2009
80% The Spiderwick Chronicles
  • Arthur Spiderwick
$71.1M 2008
47% My Blueberry Nights
  • Arnie
$0.7M 2007
72% Fracture
  • Joe Lobruto
$39.0M 2007
82% Trumbo
  • Actor
$28.1k 2007
Racing Daylight
  • Henry
-- 2007
Steel Toes
  • Actor
-- 2007
94% The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Noah Vosen
$227.2M 2007
49% We Are Marshall
  • President Dedmon
$43.5M 2006
50% The Sensation of Sight
  • Finn
  • Producer
-- 2006
56% The Notorious Bettie Page
  • Senator Estes Kefauver
$1.4M 2005
Unbelievable Truth
  • Actor
-- 2005
Willa Cather: The Road is All
  • Narrator
-- 2005
93% Good Night, And Good Luck
  • Edward R. Murrow
$31.5M 2005
Missing In America
  • Henry
-- 2005
Heavens Fall
  • Judge James Horton
-- 2005
Paradise
  • Actor
-- 2004
1% Twisted
  • Dr. Melvin Frank
$25.0M 2004
81% Blue Car
  • Mr. Auster
$0.4M 2002
Lathe of Heaven
  • Actor
-- 2002
Master Spy: The Life Of Robert P. Hanssen
  • Actor
-- 2002
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
  • Jack Hoschouer
-- 2002
49% Harrison's Flowers
  • Harrison Lloyd
$1.6M 2002
Speakeasy
  • Actor
-- 2001
Ball in the House (Relative Evil)
  • Dr. Charlie
-- 2001
The Miracle Worker
  • Captain Keller
-- 2000
The Giraffe (Meschugge)
  • Actor
-- 2000
Freedom Song
  • Peter Crowley
-- 2000
Limbo
  • Joe Gastineau
-- 1999
65% A Map of the World
  • Howard Goodwin
-- 1999
A Good Baby
  • Truman
-- 1999
72% Limbo
  • Actor
-- 1999
67% A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Theseus
-- 1999
44% Simon Birch
  • Reverend Russell
-- 1998
50% With Friends Like These
  • Armand Minetti
-- 1998
Evidence Of Blood
  • Actor
-- 1998
85% Bad Manners
  • Wes
-- 1997
The Climb
  • Earl Himes
-- 1997
99% L.A. Confidential
  • Pierce Patchett
-- 1997
In the Gloaming
  • Actor
-- 1997
Song of Hiawatha
  • Actor
-- 1997
Beyond the Call
  • Actor
-- 1996
Stand Off
  • Actor
-- 1995
82% Dolores Claiborne
  • Joe St. Goerge
-- 1995
63% Home for the Holidays
  • Russell Terziak
-- 1995
45% Losing Isaiah
  • Charles Lewin
-- 1995
55% The River Wild
  • Tom
-- 1994
Broken Vows
  • Actor
-- 1994
Benny Goodman - Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing
  • Narrator
-- 1993
67% A Dangerous Woman
  • Getso
-- 1993
75% The Firm
  • Ray McDeere
-- 1993
69% Lost in Yonkers
  • Johnny
-- 1993
Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
  • Keith Powers
-- 1992
52% Shadows and Fog
  • Actor
-- 1992
100% Passion Fish
  • Rennie
-- 1992
100% Bob Roberts
  • Bug's Attorney Mack Laflin
-- 1992
77% A League of Their Own
  • Ira Lowenstein
-- 1992
81% Sneakers
  • Erwin "Whistler" Emory
-- 1992
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
  • Doctor Art Kobrine
-- 1991
Son of the Morning Star
  • Actor
-- 1991
94% City of Hope
  • Asteroid
-- 1991
O Pioneers
  • Carl Linstrum
-- 1991
Judgment
  • Father Frank Aubert
-- 1990
75% Memphis Belle
  • Commanding Officer
-- 1990
Heat Wave
  • Bill
-- 1990
Day One
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer
-- 1989
Feud
  • The Stranger
-- 1989
Call Me
  • Sam
-- 1988
Stars and Bars
  • Charlie
-- 1988
100% Dominick and Eugene
  • Martin Chernak
-- 1988
86% Eight Men Out
  • Eddie Cicotte
-- 1988
Broken Vows
  • Actor
-- 1987
93% Matewan
  • Police Chief Sid Hatfield
-- 1987
84% At Close Range
  • Tony Pine
-- 1986
When Nature Calls (The Outdoorsters)
  • Weejun
-- 1985
Iceman
  • Dr. Singe
-- 1984
92% Brother From Another Planet
  • Bounty Hunter
-- 1984
40% Lovesick
  • Marvin Zuckerman
-- 1983
70% Silkwood
  • Wesley
-- 1983
80% Return of the Secaucus Seven
  • Ron
-- 1980

Movies | TV series

TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
House
  • Nash
2004-2012
Alphas
  • Dr. Leigh Rosen
2011-2012

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    1. Edward R. Murrow: You always were yellea.
    2. Fred Friendly: Yeah well it's better than being red.
    From Good Night, And Good Luck. Submitted by Lucas B (5 months ago)
    1. Noah Vosen: Perhaps we can arrange a meet.
    2. Jason Bourne: Where are you know?
    3. Noah Vosen: I'm sitting in my office.
    4. Jason Bourne: I doubt that.
    5. Noah Vosen: Why would you doubt that?
    6. Jason Bourne: If you were in your office right now we'd be having this conversation face to face.
    From The Bourne Ultimatum. Submitted by Robert S (9 months ago)

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Weekly Ketchup: Will Smith's Pet Project and Evil Dead... With Music! Opens in new window
September 12, 2008

Five to Help James Franco Howl Opens in new window
September 9, 2008

Howard Zinn's People's History Getting Feature Doc Treatment Opens in new window
February 8, 2008

The Weekly Ketchup: "Starship Troopers 3," "Spider-Man 4" Update, "Hulk 2" Changes, And More! Opens in new window
June 22, 2007

On-Set Video from Bourne's Final "Ultimatum" Opens in new window
January 31, 2007

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