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 David Russell Strathairn was born on January 26, 1949 in San Francisco, California. He is the son of Mary Frances (Frazier), a nurse, and Thomas Scott Strathairn, Jr., a physician. He has two siblings, Tom and Anne. His ancestry includes English, Scottish, Irish, Portuguese, Hawaiian, and one sixteenth Chinese (the latter three from his paternal grandmother).Strathairn attended Williams College, where he demonstrated great interest in the theatre, and first befriended John Sayles, with whom he would later frequently collaborate. Strathairn graduated college and traveled to Florida to visit with his grandfather, but the grandfather died 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 hitch-hiking 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 Seven (1980), Sayles' directorial debut. Thereafter Strathairn developed an extensive resume of supporting roles, which became increasingly substantial as his stature in the industry grew; notable films include Lovesick (1983), Silkwood (1983), L.A. Confidential (1997), and A Map of the World (1999). 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).After a string of successful supporting roles in the early 2000s, Strathairn found himself thrust into the role of leading man with his performance as Edward R. Murrow in George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) Taking on the role of the iconic newsman in the black-and-white drama, Strathairn garnered numerous award mentions including an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Following the success of that film, Strathairn traveled easily between low-budget independent films - The Notorious Bettie Page (2005), The Sensation of Sight (2006), My Blueberry Nights (2007), and Howl (2010) among them - and big-budget Hollywood productions, including We Are Marshall (2006), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), both The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and The Bourne Legacy (2012), and Steven Spielberg's biopic Lincoln (2012), in which he plays Secretary of State William Seward.Strathairn has also worked extensively in television, and first became familiar to television viewers as the title character's boss in the series The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987). In addition to narration work for many PBS shows, Strathairn has appeared in the TV series Big Apple (2001), The Sopranos (1999), Monk (2002), and headed the cast of the science-fiction series Alphas (2011). His work in television films has brought him an Emmy Award for Temple Grandin (2010) and an Emmy nominations for Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012).Strathairn married nurse Logan Goodman in 1980, and the couple have two children.
Bio:
David Russell Strathairn was born on January 26, 1949 in San Francisco, California. He is the son of Mary Frances (Frazier), a nurse, and Thomas Scott Strathairn, Jr., a physician. He has two siblings, Tom and Anne. His ancestry includes English, Scottish, Irish, Portuguese, Hawaiian, and one sixteenth Chinese (the latter three from his paternal grandmother).Strathairn attended Williams College, where he demonstrated great interest in the theatre, and first befriended John Sayles, with whom he would later frequently collaborate. Strathairn graduated college and traveled to Florida to visit with his grandfather, but the grandfather died 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 hitch-hiking 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 Seven (1980), Sayles' directorial debut. Thereafter Strathairn developed an extensive resume of supporting roles, which became increasingly substantial as his stature in the industry grew; notable films include Lovesick (1983), Silkwood (1983), L.A. Confidential (1997), and A Map of the World (1999). 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).After a string of successful supporting roles in the early 2000s, Strathairn found himself thrust into the role of leading man with his performance as Edward R. Murrow in George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) Taking on the role of the iconic newsman in the black-and-white drama, Strathairn garnered numerous award mentions including an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Following the success of that film, Strathairn traveled easily between low-budget independent films - The Notorious Bettie Page (2005), The Sensation of Sight (2006), My Blueberry Nights (2007), and Howl (2010) among them - and big-budget Hollywood productions, including We Are Marshall (2006), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), both The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and The Bourne Legacy (2012), and Steven Spielberg's biopic Lincoln (2012), in which he plays Secretary of State William Seward.Strathairn has also worked extensively in television, and first became familiar to television viewers as the title character's boss in the series The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987). In addition to narration work for many PBS shows, Strathairn has appeared in the TV series Big Apple (2001), The Sopranos (1999), Monk (2002), and headed the cast of the science-fiction series Alphas (2011). His work in television films has brought him an Emmy Award for Temple Grandin (2010) and an Emmy nominations for Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012).Strathairn married nurse Logan Goodman in 1980, and the couple have two children.
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Last name is pronounced struh-THAIRN.Went to Williams College in Williamstown, MA. and Ringling Bros. Clown College, FL.His stage work includes playing Abraham Lincoln in "Lincoln in Illinois." He subsequently went on to play Lincoln's Secretary of State, Henry Seward, in Lincoln (2012), which also featured Hal Holbrook, who also has played Lincoln several times.As of 2022, has appeared in 6 films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: L.A. Confidential (1997), Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), Lincoln (2012), Darkest Hour (2017), Nomadland (2020), and Nightmare Alley (2021), with Nomadland being a winner in the category.Won the Coppa Volpi Award for best actor with Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), directed by George Clooney at the 2005 Venice FilmFestival. (September 2005)Has twice played J. Robert Oppenheimer, in Day One (1989) and The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2009).David's paternal grandfather, Thomas Scott Strathairn, was a Scottish immigrant, who was of Scottish and Irish ancestry. David's paternal grandmother, Jessie Lei Alana, who was from Hawaii, was of one half Native Hawaiian, one quarter Chinese, and one quarter Portuguese, descent. On his mother's side, David has English and Scottish ancestry, partly through Canada (his maternal grandmother was from Bruce, Ontario).Attended Williams College with director John Sayles, who regularly casts Straithairn in his films.Recently filmed an Edward R. Murrow-esque campaign ad for Kirsten Gillibrand's congressional campaign in New York's 20th District, his Congressional District.Father of Tay Strathairn and Ebbe Strathairn (born 1987).Invited to join AMPAS in 2006.He has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980), A League of Their Own (1992) and L.A. Confidential (1997).Lives in Upstate New York where he shops at Adams Farms. (March 2002)Has a brother, Tom, who is a teacher, and a sister named Anne.Has worked with Joseph Mazzello in two films: The River Wild (1994) and Simon Birch (1998).He has worked with 5 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Mike Nichols, Sydney Pollack, Steven Spielberg, Chlo�� Zhao, and Guillermo del Toro. |
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David Strathairn |
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Actor,Producer,Additional Crew (IMDB) |
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All World |
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Actor,Producer,Additional Crew |
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Actor,Producer,Additional Crew |
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35 |
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| Height: |
5' 11?' (1.82 m) |
| Biography: |
David Russell Strathairn was born on January 26, 1949 in San Francisco, California. He is the son of Mary Frances (Frazier), a nurse, and Thomas Scott Strathairn, Jr., a physician. He has two siblings, Tom and Anne. His ancestry includes English, Sco |
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Last name is pronounced struh-THAIRN.Went to Williams College in Williamstown, MA. and Ringling Bros. Clown College, FL.His stage work includes playing Abraham Lincoln in "Lincoln in Illinois." He subsequently went on to play Lincoln's Secretary of State, Henry Seward, in Lincoln (2012), which also featured Hal Holbrook, who also has played Lincoln several times.As of 2022, has appeared in 6 films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: L.A. Confidential (1997), Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), Lincoln (2012), Darkest Hour (2017), Nomadland (2020), and Nightmare Alley (2021), with Nomadland being a winner in the category.Won the Coppa Volpi Award for best actor with Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), directed by George Clooney at the 2005 Venice FilmFestival. (September 2005)Has twice played J. Robert Oppenheimer, in Day One (1989) and The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2009).David's paternal grandfather, Thomas Scott Strathairn, was a Scottish immigrant, who was of Scottish and Irish ancestry. David's paternal grandmother, Jessie Lei Alana, who was from Hawaii, was of one half Native Hawaiian, one quarter Chinese, and one quarter Portuguese, descent. On his mother's side, David has English and Scottish ancestry, partly through Canada (his maternal grandmother was from Bruce, Ontario).Attended Williams College with director John Sayles, who regularly casts Straithairn in his films.Recently filmed an Edward R. Murrow-esque campaign ad for Kirsten Gillibrand's congressional campaign in New York's 20th District, his Congressional District.Father of Tay Strathairn and Ebbe Strathairn (born 1987).Invited to join AMPAS in 2006.He has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980), A League of Their Own (1992) and L.A. Confidential (1997).Lives in Upstate New York where he shops at Adams Farms. (March 2002)Has a brother, Tom, who is a teacher, and a sister named Anne.Has worked with Joseph Mazzello in two films: The River Wild (1994) and Simon Birch (1998).He has worked with 5 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Mike Nichols, Sydney Pollack, Steven Spielberg, Chlo�� Zhao, and Guillermo del Toro. |
| Trademarks: |
Commanding voice |
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Television and film are our libraries now, our history books.
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It feels as if you put on a many-pocketed coat with 100 cell phones, all on vibe alert, and they all start going off at random times, and you begin to think, 'This is pretty uncomfortable'. You can't possibly answer all these phones, nor should you. 'Buzz' - that's really a quite apropos word. They say it's great for the film. Well, if it's great for the film, that's great. [on the "buzz" surrounding him and his performance in Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)]
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Artists, actors and performers are sometimes vilified for stepping outside of the workplace or using their work as a kind of bully pulpit. |
| Job title: |
Actor,Producer,Additional Crew |
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(November 1981 - December 21, 1981) Play: "Einstein and the Polar Bear", by Tom Griffin. Dir. J. Ranelli. Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT.
(October 12, 1981 - October 31, 1981) Play: "Einstein and the Polar Bear", by Tom Griffin. Dir. J. |
| Spouse: |
Logan Goodman (1980 - present) (2 children) |
| Parents: |
Thomas Scott Straithairn Jr.
Mary Frances Frazier |
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