David Strathairn
Born
1/26/1949, San Francisco, California, USABirth Name
David Russell StrathairnGender
Male
Biography
EDITDavid Straitharn, is a critically acclaimed American actor. Straitharn graduated from Williams College in 1970, after which he studied clowning at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Clown College in Florida. Straitharn first received wide recognition for his role in John Sayles' movie, Return of the Secaucus
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Star (63)
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Lincoln
Secretary of State William Seward2012
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Alphas
Dr. Lee Rosen
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S 2:
Ep 13
God's Eye
10/22/12
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S 2:
Ep 12
Need to Know
10/15/12
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S 2:
Ep 11
If Memory Serves
10/8/12
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S 2:
Ep 10
Life After Death
10/1/12
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S 2:
Ep 9
The Devil Will Drag You Under
9/24/12
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S 2:
Ep 13
God's Eye
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The Bourne Legacy
Noah Vosen2012
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Hemingway & Gellhorn
John Dos Passos2012
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The Whistleblower
Star2011
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Temple Grandin
Dr. Carlock2010
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Howl
Ralph McIntosh2010
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The Tempest (2010)
King Alonso2010
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The Uninvited
Steven2009
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Cold Souls
Star2009
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The Spiderwick Chronicles
Star2008
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The Bourne Ultimatum
Noah Vosen2007
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Trumbo
Star2007
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Fracture
Star2007
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Racing Daylight
Star2007
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The Notorious Bettie Page
Star2006
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The Sensation of Sight
Star2006
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At Close Range
Star2006
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Steel Toes
Star2006
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We Are Marshall
President Dedmon2006
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Heavens Fall
Star2006
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Missing in America
Henry R Hocknell Jr.2006
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Good Night, and Good Luck
Edward R. Murrow2005
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Twisted
Dr. Melvin Frank2004
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Blue Car
Star2003
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Speakeasy
Star2002
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Big Apple
William Preecher
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S 1:
Ep 5
A Ministering Angel...
3/29/01
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S 1:
Ep 4
A Passport to the Universe
3/21/01
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S 1:
Ep 3
No Good Deed...
3/14/01
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S 1:
Ep 2
Best Laid Plans
3/8/01
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S 1:
Ep 1
Episode One
3/1/01
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S 1:
Ep 5
A Ministering Angel...
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Relative Evil (aka Ball in the House)
Star2001
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Harrison's Flowers
Star2000
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Map of the World
Star2000
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Simon Birch
Star1999
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Limbo
Star1999
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Evidence of Blood
Star1998
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L.A. Confidential
Pierce Morehouse Patchett1997
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The Song of Hiawatha
Marcel1997
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Mother Night
Star1996
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Losing Isaiah
Star1995
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Dolores Claiborne
Joe St. George1995
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The River Wild
Tom Hartman1994
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The Firm
Ray McDeere1993
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Lost in Yonkers
Johnny1993
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A League of Their Own
Ira Lowenstein1992
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Sneakers
Irwin 'Whistler' Emery1992
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Bob Roberts
Mack Laflin1992
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Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even
Star1992
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Passion Fish
Star1992
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Stand Off
Star1992
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City Of Hope
Star1991
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The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Moss Goodman [ 2-4 ]
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S 4:
Ep 10
Here's an expensive item with no returns, refunds or exchanges
6/15/90
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S 4:
Ep 9
Here's a rare photo opportunity
6/8/90
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S 4:
Ep 8
Here are a couple of games you've probably played
6/1/90
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S 4:
Ep 4
Here's a perilous research project
4/27/90
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S 4:
Ep 3
Here's why you can never have too much petty cash
4/20/90
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S 4:
Ep 10
Here's an expensive item with no returns, refunds or exchanges
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Day One
Star1989
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The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Moss Goodman
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S 2:
Ep 1
Here's why you shouldn't get too attached to your cat
3/24/88
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S 2:
Ep 1
Here's why you shouldn't get too attached to your cat
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Eight Men Out
Eddie Cicotte1988
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When Nature Calls
Star1985
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The Brother From Another Planet
Star1984
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Iceman
Star1984
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Lovesick
Star1983
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Silkwood
Star1983
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Return of the Secaucus 7
Star1980
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The Climb
Star
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The Outdoorsters
Star
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My Blueberry Nights
Arnie
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A Dangerous Woman
Star
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Matadors
TBD
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Lincoln
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Recurring Role (1)
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The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Moss Goodman
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S 5:
Ep 11
Here's why you shouldn't talk to strangers in the park
3/30/91
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S 5:
Ep 6
Here's a good excuse for missing the party
2/23/91
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S 4:
Ep 6
Here's why restaurants have a minimum
5/18/90
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S 4:
Ep 5
Here's something i forgot to mention
5/4/90
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S 4:
Ep 2
Here are just a few things that could possibly go wrong
4/13/90
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S 5:
Ep 11
Here's why you shouldn't talk to strangers in the park
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The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
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Guest Star (12)
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House
Nash
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S 6:
Ep 17
Lockdown
4/12/10
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S 6:
Ep 17
Lockdown
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Monk
Patrick Kloster
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S 7:
Ep 2
Mr. Monk and the Genius
7/25/08
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S 7:
Ep 2
Mr. Monk and the Genius
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At the Movies
Himself
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S 2:
Ep 43
18th December, 2005
12/18/05
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S 2:
Ep 43
18th December, 2005
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Charlie Rose
Himself
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S 8:
Ep 19
October 20 2005
10/20/05
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S 8:
Ep 19
October 20 2005
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The View
Himself
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S 9:
Ep 27
October 17, 2005
10/17/05
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S 9:
Ep 27
October 17, 2005
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PBS American Masters
Narrator
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S 19:
Ep 5
Willa Cather: The Road is All
9/7/05
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S 19:
Ep 5
Willa Cather: The Road is All
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The Sopranos
Robert Wegler
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S 5:
Ep 10
Cold Cuts
5/9/04
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S 5:
Ep 6
Sentimental Education
4/11/04
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S 5:
Ep 4
All Happy Families...
3/28/04
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S 5:
Ep 10
Cold Cuts
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Wiseguy
Sheriff Matthew Stemkowsky
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S 3:
Ep 17
His Master's Voice
3/7/90
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S 3:
Ep 16
A One Horse Town
2/14/90
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S 3:
Ep 17
His Master's Voice
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The Equalizer
Phillip Borchek
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S 4:
Ep 2
Sea of Fire
11/2/88
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S 4:
Ep 2
Sea of Fire
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Spenser: For Hire
Doggie Thorpe
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S 2:
Ep 17
One For My Daughter
3/7/87
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S 2:
Ep 17
One For My Daughter
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Miami Vice
Marty Lang
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S 2:
Ep 3
Out Where The Buses Don't Run
10/18/85
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S 2:
Ep 3
Out Where The Buses Don't Run
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The Equalizer
Unknown
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House
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Producer (1)
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The Sensation of Sight
Producer2006
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The Sensation of Sight
Trivia and Quotes
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Trivia
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In 2010, David won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for playing Dr. Carlock in Temple Grandin.
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David has appeared in seven of writer/director/actor John Sayles movies.
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David won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor for City of Hope in 1991.
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David attended Redwood High School and Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus Clown College in Florida.
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David is of Hawaiian and Scottish ethnicity.
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David played 'Asteroid' in the 1991 movie "City of Hope".
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David played 'Bruce Hickman' in the 2002 movie "Speakeasy".
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David played 'Danny Dunckelman' in the 2006 film "Steel Toes".
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David has two siblings, an older brother Thomas who is a teacher/coach and a younger sister Anne who is a periodical distributor.
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David played 'Finn' in the 2006 movie the "Sensation of Sight".
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David is married to Logan Goodman and have two children, Tay Scott who is an actor/jazz pianist and Eberly George, a student.
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David's father is Thomas Scott Strathairn, Jr., nicknamed Tay. He was a general practitioner and a surgeon. His mother is Mary Frances Frazier, who was a registered nurse.
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David played 'Paul Mullin' in the 2006 film "The Shovel".
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David played 'Mark Zingerline' in the 2001 film "The Victim".
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David played 'John McCowan' in the 1993 movie "April One".
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David played 'Henry' in the 2005 film "Missing in America".
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David is 6' (1.83 m)
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David played 'Auster' in the 2002 film "Blue Car".
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A simple way of looking at the lead (actor) is he is the one who guides you through the story. But character actors bring a special spice to the story.
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