David Strathairn

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AKA: David Russell Strathairn
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 01/26/1949
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

biography

In spite of David Strathairn's prolific, ever-growing body of work, this tall, dark, lean, often brooding actor may always find himself identified with his friend and college-mate John Sayles, who has repeatedly given him the opportunity to create compelling characters "from a different flight of stairs." He has turned in arguably his finest performances in supporting roles for Sayles, most notably the morally flawed baseball pitcher Eddie Cicotte in "Eight Men Out" (1988) and Asteroid, the off-kilter street wretch from "City of Hope" (1991). Not to be outdone, however, actor-director George Continued

Credits

Steven
2009
Producer
2008
(TV Show)
2008-2008
Dalton Trumbo
2008
Arnie
2008
Arthur Spiderwick
2008
Noah Vosen
2007
Danny Dunkelman
2007
District Attorney Joe Lobruto
2007
(TV Show)
2007-2007
Narrator
2007
Narrator
2007
Narrator
2007
Narrator
2007
President Dedmon
2006
Estes Kefauver
2006
Edward R Murrow
2005
Dr Melvin Frank
2004
Mr Auster
2003
Harrison Lloyd
2002
Charles Kaminski
2000
Howard Goodwin
2000
Joe Gastineau
1999
Wes Westlund
1998
Reverend Russell
1998
Pierce Patchett
1997
Bernard B O'Hare
1996
Ray McDeere
1993
Whistler
1992
Sam
Tom Hartman
Joe St George
Dr Singe
The Stranger
Don McCowan
Earl Himes
Charles Lewin
Armand Minetti
Judge James Horton
Actor
Actor

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Grew up in the San Francisco Bay area
 
Met John Sayles while attending Williams College
 
Toured for six months with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus as a replacement for half of the Siamese-twin clown
 
Helped start a children's theater in Glen Falls, New York
 
Worked with Sayles in a summer theater company in New Hampshire
Continued

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