David Strathairn Biography and Filmography

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David Strathairn
Birthday: January 26, 1949
Birth Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Height: 0' 0"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for David Strathairn. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

David Strathairn was born on January 26, 1949 in San Francisco, California. His father was a physician and he has one sibling, a brother Tom. He attended Williams College, where he demonstrated great interest in the theater, and first befriended John Sayles, with whom he would later frequently collaborate. Strathairn graduated college and traveled to Florida to visit with a grandfather, but the grandfather passed away while Strathairn was en route. Strathairn, finding himself freshly-arrived and without friends in Florida, decided instead to join the Ringling Brothers Clown College and subsequently worked as a clown for six months in a traveling circus.Relocating to New York State, he spent several years hitchhiking across America to work in local theaters during the summers. During one of these summers Strathairn reunited with Sayles, and this eventually resulted in his role in the highly regarded Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980), Sayle's directorial debut.Thereafter Strathairn developed an extensive resume of supporting roles, which have become increasingly substantial as his stature in the industry has grown. Only a few examples of his work include an off-beat patient of the psychiatrist played by Dudley Moore in the romantic comedy Lovesick (1983), in Silkwood (1983) as Welsey, in L.A. Confidential (1997) as the enigmatic millionaire Pierce Patchett, and in A Map of the World (1999) as Howard, the husband of Sigourney Weaver's character. Sayles frequently casts Strathairn, whose performances can be seen in Sayles' The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Matewan (1987), Eight Men Out (1988), City of Hope (1991), and Passion Fish (1992). Perhaps most notable of his collaborations with Sayles is his superb performance co-starring with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in Limbo (1999).He works in television occasionally and may be familiar to television viewers as Molly's boss in the series "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" (1987).Strathairn continues to be one of the most active male supporting actors in American film today, his work is highly regarded, and he can be counted on to deliver an understated yet powerful performance. His craggy, unorthodox good looks are perhaps attributable to his mixed Scottish and Hawaiian ancestry. Strathairn lives with his wife Logan and two children in Upstate New York.

Movie Credits

We Are Marshall (2006)
[ Matthew McConaughey ][ Robert Patrick ][ Matthew Fox ][ Ian McShane ][ Huntley Ritter ]

The Sensation of Sight (2006)
[ Ian Somerhalder ][ Joseph Mazzello ][ Daniel Gillies ]

Matters of Life and Death (2006)
[ Joseph Mazzello ][ Daniel Gillies ]

Fracture (2006)
[ Anthony Hopkins ][ Ryan Gosling ][ Xander Berkeley ][ Cliff Curtis ][ Bob Gunton ]

The Shovel (2006)

Steel Toes (2006)

The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
[ Norman Reedus ][ Jared Harris ][ Max Casella ][ Austin Pendleton ][ Chris Bauer ]

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
[ George Clooney ][ Robert Downey Jr. ][ Steven Soderbergh ][ Jeff Daniels ][ Frank Langella ]

Missing in America (2005)
[ Ron Perlman ][ Danny Glover ]

Heavens Fall (2005)
[ Timothy Hutton ][ James Tolkan ][ Anthony Mackie ][ Elijah Kelley ]

Sentimental Education (2004)

All Happy Families (2004)

Twisted (2004)
[ Samuel L. Jackson ][ Andy Garcia ][ Russell Wong ][ Leland Orser ][ Richard T Jones ]

Paradise (2004)
[ James LeGros ][ Kirk Acevedo ][ Richard T Jones ][ Richard T. Jones ][ Patrick Flueger ]

The Root (2003)
[ Eli Wallach ][ Gregory Hines ]

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (2002)
[ William Hurt ][ Peter Boyle ][ Wayne Knight ][ Ron Silver ][ Chris Owen ]

Lathe of Heaven (2002)
[ James Caan ][ Lukas Haas ]

Blue Car (2002)

Speakeasy (2002)
[ Christopher McDonald ][ Nicky Katt ]

Ball in the House (2001)
[ Ethan Embry ][ Jonathan Tucker ]

Best Laid Plans (2001)
[ Michael Madsen ][ Donnie Wahlberg ][ Ed O'Neill ]

Episode #1.1 (2001)
[ Michael Madsen ][ Donnie Wahlberg ]

The Victim (2001)

The Miracle Worker (2000)
[ Lucas Black ][ Andrew Prine ]

Harrison's Flowers (2000)
[ Gerard Butler ][ Brendan Gleeson ][ Elias Koteas ][ Alun Armstrong ]

Freedom Song (2000)
[ Danny Glover ][ Michael Jai White ][ Omar Gooding ][ Jason Weaver ][ Damien Wayans ]

A Good Baby (2000)
[ Henry Thomas ]

A Map of the World (1999)
[ Arliss Howard ]

Limbo (1999)
[ Kris Kristofferson ][ Tom Waits ][ Casey Siemaszko ][ Chuck Berry ]

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
[ Christian Bale ][ Sam Rockwell ][ Kevin Kline ][ Rupert Everett ][ Stanley Tucci ]

Meschugge (1998)
[ Jeffrey Wright ]

Simon Birch (1998)
[ Jim Carrey ][ Oliver Platt ][ Joseph Mazzello ][ Sean Flynn ]

With Friends Like These... (1998)
[ Bill Murray ][ Michael McKean ][ Garry Marshall ][ Jon Tenney ][ Adam Arkin ]

Evidence of Blood (1998)
[ Dean McDermott ]

The Climb (1998)
[ John Hurt ][ Gregory Smith ]

Bad Manners (1997)
[ Saul Rubinek ]

L.A. Confidential (1997)
[ Kevin Spacey ][ Russell Crowe ][ Danny DeVito ][ Guy Pearce ][ James Cromwell ]

In the Gloaming (1997)
[ Robert Sean Leonard ]

Song of Hiawatha (1997)
[ Graham Greene ][ Michael Rooker ][ Adam Beach ][ Russell Means ]

Mother Night (1996)
[ John Goodman ][ Nick Nolte ][ Alan Arkin ][ Bing Crosby ][ Frankie Faison ]

Beyond the Call (1996)
[ Arliss Howard ]

Home for the Holidays (1995)
[ Robert Downey Jr. ][ Steve Guttenberg ][ Dylan McDermott ][ Shawn Hatosy ][ Charles Durning ]

Dolores Claiborne (1995)
[ Stephen King ][ John C. Reilly ][ Christopher Plummer ][ Danny Elfman ][ Bob Gunton ]

Losing Isaiah (1995)
[ Samuel L. Jackson ][ Cuba Gooding Jr. ][ Stephen Gyllenhaal ]

The River Wild (1994)
[ Kevin Bacon ][ John C. Reilly ][ Benjamin Bratt ][ Joseph Mazzello ][ Curtis Hanson ]

The American Clock (1993)
[ J.T. Walsh ][ Darren McGavin ][ Yaphet Kotto ][ Loren Dean ][ Wyatt Knight ]

The Firm (1993)
[ Tom Cruise ][ Gene Hackman ][ Ed Harris ][ Gary Busey ][ Sydney Pollack ]

Lost in Yonkers (1993)
[ Richard Dreyfuss ][ Martha Coolidge ]

April One (1993)
[ Joel Bissonnette ]

Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing (1993)

A Dangerous Woman (1993)
[ Jake Gyllenhaal ][ Gabriel Byrne ][ Richard Riehle ][ Stephen Gyllenhaal ][ Paul Dooley ]

Passion Fish (1992)

Sneakers (1992)
[ River Phoenix ][ Robert Redford ][ Dan Aykroyd ][ James Earl Jones ][ Ben Kingsley ]

Bob Roberts (1992)
[ John Cusack ][ Jack Black ][ Alan Rickman ][ Tim Robbins ][ James Spader ]

A League of Their Own (1992)
[ Tom Hanks ][ Bill Pullman ][ Harry Shearer ][ Jon Lovitz ][ Hans Zimmer ]

Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1992)
[ Ben Savage ][ Dan Futterman ][ Griffin Dunne ]

O Pioneers! (1992)
[ Josh Hamilton ]

Lethal Innocence (1991)
[ Austin Pendleton ]

City of Hope (1991)
[ Chris Cooper ][ Joe Morton ][ Frankie Faison ][ Lawrence Tierney ][ Vincent Spano ]

Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991)
[ Beau Bridges ][ Lloyd Bridges ]

Son of the Morning Star (1991)
[ Gary Cole ][ Terry O'Quinn ][ Dean Stockwell ]

Heat Wave (1990)
[ James Earl Jones ][ Charlie Korsmo ][ Blair Underwood ][ Adam Arkin ][ Glenn Plummer ]

A One Horse Town (1990)
[ Lochlyn Munro ]

Judgment (1990)
[ Keith Carradine ][ Dylan Baker ][ Jack Warden ][ Bob Gunton ][ Robert Joy ]

Memphis Belle (1990)
[ Sean Astin ][ Billy Zane ][ Eric Stoltz ][ Matthew Modine ][ John Lithgow ]

Day One (1989)
[ Tony Shalhoub ][ David Ogden Stiers ][ Hal Holbrook ][ Aaron Spelling ][ Hume Cronyn ]

The Feud (1989)
[ Stanley Tucci ][ Rene Auberjonois ]

Eight Men Out (1988)
[ John Cusack ][ Charlie Sheen ][ Christopher Lloyd ][ D.B. Sweeney ][ John Mahoney ]

Call Me (1988)
[ Steve Buscemi ]

Dominick and Eugene (1988)
[ Ray Liotta ][ Tom Hulce ][ Bill Cobbs ]

Stars and Bars (1988)
[ Daniel Day-Lewis ][ Harry Dean Stanton ][ Will Patton ][ Spalding Gray ]

Matewan (1987)
[ James Earl Jones ][ Chris Cooper ][ Bob Gunton ][ Ken Jenkins ][ Josh Mostel ]

Broken Vows (1987)
[ Tommy Lee Jones ][ Tommy Lee ][ M. Emmet Walsh ][ David Groh ]

At Close Range (1986)
[ Kiefer Sutherland ][ Christopher Walken ][ Sean Penn ][ Crispin Glover ][ Chris Penn ]

When Nature Calls (1985)

The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
[ Fisher Stevens ][ Joe Morton ][ Josh Mostel ][ Bill Cobbs ][ John Canada Terrell ]

Iceman (1984)
[ Danny Glover ][ Timothy Hutton ][ James Tolkan ]

Lovesick (1983)
[ Alec Guinness ][ Wallace Shawn ][ John Huston ][ Dudley Moore ][ Ron Silver ]

Silkwood (1983)
[ Kurt Russell ][ Craig T Nelson ][ Craig T. Nelson ][ Will Patton ][ Bruce McGill ]

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983)
[ Kevin Bacon ][ Giancarlo Esposito ]

Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)

Trivia

Went to Williams College in Williamstown, MA. and Ringling Bros. Clown College, FL.
Has a brother, Tom, who is a teacher.
Attended Williams College with director John Sayles, who regularly casts Straithairn in his films.
Father of Tay Strathairn.
He is of Scottish and Hawaiian extraction
Invited to join AMPAS in 2006.

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