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David Strathairn
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David Strathairn

Born 1949 · San Francisco, California, USA · Active 1949–2026

David Strathairn, born in 1949, is an American actor whose work spans decades and genres. He brings a nuanced performance to The Notorious Bettie Page (2005), portraying a pivotal figure in the life of the iconic pin-up. Strathairn also appears in Call Me (1988), where his character navigates the complexities of identity and desire. Known for his collaborations with director John Sayles, Strathairn's contributions to cult cinema highlight his ability to embody diverse roles, making him a significant figure in the exploration of unconventional narratives.

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The Notorious Bettie Page

The Notorious Bettie Page

2005 ★ 6.3
as Estes Kefauver

Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.

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Filmography

155 credits
2020s 17 credits
2026
O Horizon as Warren
Movie
2026
Stages as Porter Gates
Movie
2026
Movie
2026
CIA as Sanford 'Sandy' Harrison
TV ★ 8.5
2025
Movie ★ 5.4
2025
Movie ★ 6.3
2025
The Gettysburg Address as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Movie
2025
Zootopia 2 as Milton Lynxley (voice)
Movie ★ 7.7
2025
This Ordinary Thing as Self (voice)
Movie
2024
A Man on the Inside as Dr. Benjamin Cole
TV ★ 7.4
2023
Remember This as Jan Karski
Movie
2022
Movie ★ 7.5
2021
Nomadland as Dave
Movie ★ 7.2
2021
Movie ★ 7.0
2020
Walkaway Joe as Joe Haley
Movie ★ 6.0
2020
The Oedipus Project as Messenger 1
Movie ★ 10.0
2020
Interrogation as Henry Fisher
TV ★ 6.8
2010s 36 credits
2019
Fast Color as Ellis
Movie ★ 5.9
2019
Movie ★ 5.3
2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Admiral William Stenz
Movie ★ 6.7
2019
Movie
2018
UFO as Franklin Ahls
Movie ★ 6.9
2018
Movie ★ 7.0
2018
My Dinner with Hervé as Marty Rothstein
Movie ★ 6.3
2018
McMafia as Semiyon Kleiman
TV ★ 7.3
2017
Movie ★ 5.3
2017
Darkest Hour as President Roosevelt (voice)
Movie ★ 7.4
2016
American Pastoral as Nathan Zuckerman
Movie ★ 6.2
2016
He Does Not Want Peace as Richard Englebright
Movie ★ 8.0
2016
Billions as Black Jack Foley
TV ★ 7.8
2015
Louder Than Bombs as Richard Weissman
Movie ★ 6.5
2015
The Debt as Nathan
Movie ★ 6.1
2015
Movie ★ 6.4
2015
TV ★ 6.9
2015
The Expanse as Commander Klaes Ashford
TV ★ 8.1
2015
The Expanse as Klaes Ashford
TV ★ 8.1
2014
Godzilla as Admiral William Stenz
Movie ★ 6.4
2014
No God, No Master as William Flynn
Movie ★ 5.9
2013
Movie ★ 6.6
2013
Lincoln@Gettysburg as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie ★ 7.4
2013
The Blacklist as Peter Kotsiopulos
TV ★ 7.6
2012
The Bourne Legacy as Noah Vosen
Movie ★ 6.2
2012
Lincoln as William Seward
Movie ★ 6.8
2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn as John Dos Passos
Movie ★ 6.1
2012
Maladies as Delmar
Movie ★ 5.3
2011
Alphas as Lee Rosen
TV ★ 6.8
2010
Temple Grandin as Professor Carlock
Movie ★ 7.9
2010
The Tempest as King Alonso
Movie ★ 5.3
2010
Howl as Ralph McIntosh
Movie ★ 6.4
2010
The Whistleblower as Peter Ward
Movie ★ 6.7
2010
Matadors as Roman Lodari
Movie ★ 6.0
2010
Area 51 Declassified as Himself - Narrator
Movie ★ 8.0
2010
Movie
2000s 40 credits
2009
Cold Souls as Dr. Flintstein
Movie ★ 6.0
2009
The Uninvited as Steven
Movie ★ 6.5
2009
Movie ★ 7.2
2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles as Arthur Spiderwick
Movie ★ 6.7
2008
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Movie ★ 5.9
2007
Movie ★ 7.4
2007
Movie ★ 6.4
2007
Fracture as Joe Lobruto
Movie ★ 7.3
2007
Steel Toes as Danny Dunkelman
Movie ★ 5.2
2007
Movie
2007
Racing Daylight as Henry / Harry
Movie ★ 3.3
2007
Trumbo as Self
Movie ★ 6.7
2007
Movie ★ 9.0
2006
We Are Marshall as President Dedmon
Movie ★ 6.9
2006
Heavens Fall as Judge James Horton
Movie ★ 7.0
2006
Movie ★ 6.3
2006
Movie ★ 8.0
2006
The Shovel as Paul Mullin
Movie ★ 6.0
2006
Movie ★ 7.5
2005
Good Night, and Good Luck. as Edward R. Murrow
Movie ★ 7.1
2005
Missing in America as Henry R. Hocknell Jr.
Movie ★ 5.8
2005
Movie ★ 10.0
2004
Twisted as Dr. Melvin Frank
Movie ★ 5.6
2004
Paradise as Reverend Bobby Paradise
Movie ★ 4.1
2004
House as Nash
TV ★ 8.6
2003
Blue Car as Auster
Movie ★ 6.2
2003
Movie ★ 7.5
2002
Movie ★ 6.0
2002
Movie ★ 4.8
2002
Speakeasy as Bruce Hickman
Movie ★ 4.4
2002
Monk as Patrick Kloster
TV ★ 8.0
2001
Relative Evil as Dr. Charlie
Movie ★ 5.6
2001
The Victim as Mark Zingerline
Movie ★ 9.0
2001
Big Apple as Will Preecher
TV ★ 8.0
2000
The Miracle Worker as Captain Keller
Movie ★ 7.2
2000
Harrison's Flowers as Harrison Lloyd
Movie ★ 6.5
2000
A Good Baby as Truman Lester
Movie ★ 6.5
2000
Freedom Song as Peter Crowley
Movie ★ 5.7
1990s 35 credits
1999
Movie ★ 6.4
1999
Limbo as Joe Gastineau
Movie ★ 6.6
1999
The Giraffe as Charles Kaminski
Movie ★ 5.3
1999
A Map of the World as Howard Goodwin
Movie ★ 6.0
1999
The Sopranos as Robert Wegler
TV ★ 8.7
1998
The Climb as Earl Himes
Movie ★ 7.1
1998
Evidence of Blood as Jackson Kinley
Movie ★ 6.6
1998
Bad Manners as Wes Westlund
Movie ★ 4.8
1998
With Friends Like These as Armand Minetti
Movie ★ 6.5
1998
Simon Birch as Reverend Russell
Movie ★ 6.8
1997
L.A. Confidential as Pierce Patchett
Movie ★ 7.8
1997
Movie ★ 6.0
1997
Movie ★ 7.0
1996
Mother Night as Bernard B. O'Hare
Movie ★ 6.6
1996
Beyond the Call as Russel Gates
Movie ★ 6.5
1995
Dolores Claiborne as Joe St. George
Movie ★ 7.3
1995
Home for the Holidays as Russell Terziak
Movie ★ 6.2
1995
Losing Isaiah as Charles Lewin
Movie ★ 6.5
1994
The River Wild as Tom Hartman
Movie ★ 6.5
1994
April One as John McCowan
Movie ★ 9.0
1993
The Firm as Ray McDeere
Movie ★ 6.7
1993
Movie ★ 5.5
1993
The American Clock as Young Arthur Huntington
Movie ★ 5.7
1993
Movie ★ 6.3
1992
Sneakers as Whistler
Movie ★ 6.9
1992
Bob Roberts as Mack Laflin
Movie ★ 6.5
1992
Passion Fish as Rennie
Movie ★ 7.0
1992
Movie ★ 6.1
1992
O Pioneers! as Carl Linstrum
Movie ★ 6.2
1992
A League of Their Own as Ira Lowenstein
Movie ★ 7.2
1991
City of Hope as Asteroid
Movie ★ 6.8
1991
Movie ★ 7.0
1990
Memphis Belle as Craig Harriman
Movie ★ 6.7
1990
Judgment as Father Frank Aubert
Movie ★ 5.5
1990
Heat Wave as Bill Thomas
Movie ★ 6.8
1980s 21 credits
1989
The Feud as The Stranger
Movie ★ 5.2
1989
Day One as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Movie ★ 6.2
1988
Eight Men Out as Eddie Cicotte
Movie ★ 6.9
1988
Movie ★ 4.8
1988
Stars & Bars as Charlie
Movie ★ 4.4
1988
Dominick and Eugene as Martin Chernak
Movie ★ 6.9
1987
Matewan as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Movie ★ 7.4
1987
Broken Vows as Stuart Chase
Movie ★ 4.8
1987
TV ★ 6.6
1987
TV ★ 7.0
1986
At Close Range as Tony Pine
Movie ★ 6.8
1985
Movie ★ 4.8
1985
TV ★ 6.9
1985
The Equalizer as Phillip Borchek
TV ★ 7.1
1984
Iceman as Dr. Singe
Movie ★ 6.2
1984
Movie ★ 6.7
1984
Miami Vice as Marty Lang
TV ★ 7.5
1983
Silkwood as Wesley
Movie ★ 6.9
1983
Lovesick as Marvin Zuckerman
Movie ★ 5.7
1983
Movie ★ 4.6
1980
Movie ★ 6.5
1950s 2 credits
1953
The Oscars as Self
TV ★ 7.0
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Carl Linstrum
TV ★ 8.8
1940s 1 credit
1949
TV ★ 7.9
s 2 credits
Movie
Movie
Crew Credits
2000s 1 credit
2006
Movie ★ 8.0