David Strathairn
Actor

David Strathairn Net Worth

David Strathairn is an American actor, producer, and soundtrack 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. After graduating from Williams College, Strathairn worked as a clown in a traveling circus before relocating to New York State to work in local theaters. He reunited with John Sayles, with whom he would later frequently collaborate, and starred in Sayles' directorial debut Return of the Secaucus Seven (1979). Strathairn has since appeared in numerous films, including Lovesick (1983), Silkwood (1983), L.A. Confidential (1997), A Map of the World (1999), The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Matewan (1987), Eight Men Out (1988), City of Hope (1991), Passion Fish (1992), Limbo (1999), The Notorious Bettie Page (2005), The Sensation of Sight (2006), My Blueberry Nights (2007), Howl (2010), We Are Marshall (2006), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The Bourne Legacy (2012), and Lincoln (2012). Strathairn has also worked extensively in television, and has won an Emmy Award for Temple Grandin (2010) and an Emmy nomination for Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012). He is married to Logan Goodman and has two children.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Producer, Soundtrack
Birth Day January 26, 1949
Birth Place  San Francisco, California, United States
Age 75 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Aquarius
Education Redwood High School
Alma mater Williams College
Occupation Actor
Years active 1979–present
Spouse(s) Logan Goodman (m. 1980)
Children 2

💰 Net worth: $1.5 Million (2024)

David Strathairn, a highly talented and versatile actor, producer, and soundtrack artist based in the United States, is estimated to possess a net worth of $1.5 million by 2024. With his incredible acting skills and dedication to his craft, Strathairn has left an indelible mark on the entertainment industry. His captivating performances and ability to portray a wide range of complex characters have garnered him critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base. Throughout his career, Strathairn has showcased his talent in numerous films, television shows, and theatrical productions. Not only has he mesmerized audiences with his acting prowess, but he has also dabbled in producing and providing soundtracks, further diversifying his creative portfolio. As David Strathairn continues to flourish in the entertainment world, his net worth only serves as a testament to his success and unwavering commitment to his craft.

Biography/Timeline

1957

Strathairn is also a stage actor and has performed over 30 theatrical roles. He performed several roles in stage plays by Harold Pinter. He played Stanley in two consecutive New York Classic Stage Company (CSC) productions of Pinter's 1957 play The Birthday Party, directed by Carey Perloff (since 1992 artistic Director of the American Conservatory Theatre), in 1988 and 1989; the dual roles of prison Officer and Prisoner in Pinter's 1989 play Mountain Language (in a double bill with the second CSC Rep production of The Birthday Party); Edwin Booth in a workshop production by W. Stuart McDowell at The Players in 1989; Kerner, in Tom Stoppard's Hapgood (1994); and Devlin, opposite Lindsay Duncan's Rebecca, in Pinter's 1996 two-hander Ashes to Ashes in the 1999 New York premiere by the Roundabout Theatre Company.

1970

Strathairn was born in San Francisco, California, the second of three children of Thomas Scott Strathairn, Jr., a physician, and Mary Frances (née Frazier), a nurse. He is of Scottish descent through his paternal grandfather, Thomas Scott Strathairn, a native of Crieff, and of Native Hawaiian ancestry through his paternal grandmother, Josephine Lei Victoria Alana. Strathairn attended Redwood High School in Larkspur, California, and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1970. At Williams he met fellow actor Gordon Clapp and Director John Sayles, all of whom have collaborated on many projects.

1980

Strathairn came to prominence in the 1980s and the 1990s performing in the films of his college classmate John Sayles, including Return of the Secaucus 7 (his screen debut), The Brother from Another Planet, Matewan, City of Hope, Eight Men Out, and Limbo. Strathairn was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying Journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck (2005). He is also recognized for his role as CIA Deputy Director Noah Vosen in the 2007 film The Bourne Ultimatum, a role he reprised in 2012's The Bourne Legacy. He played a prominent role as Dr. Lee Rosen on the Syfy series Alphas from 2011 to 2012 and played Secretary of State william Henry Seward in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012). He won an Emmy and was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role in the TV film Temple Grandin (2010).

1983

He has worked with his Williams College classmate and Director John Sayles. He made his film debut in Return of the Secaucus 7, and worked in the films Passion Fish, Matewan, Limbo and City of Hope, for which he won the Independent Spirit Award. Alongside Sayles, he played one of the "men in black" in the 1983 film The Brother from Another Planet. Strathairn created the role of Edwin Booth with Maryann Plunkett in a workshop production of Booth! A House Divided, by W. Stuart McDowell, at The Players in New York.

2000

Strathairn's television work also includes a wide range of roles: Moss, the bookselling nebbish on the critically acclaimed The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd; Captain Keller, the father of Helen Keller in the 2000 remake of The Miracle Worker; Capt. Frederick Benteen, a U.S. 7th Cavalry officer under General Custer's command in Son of the Morning Star; and a far-out (both figuratively and literally) televangelist in Paradise, the pilot episode for a TV series on Showtime that was not successful. Strathairn had a recurring role on the hit television drama The Sopranos. Strathairn starred in the second-season episode, "Out Where the Buses Don't Run", in Miami Vice.

2005

Strathairn was nominated for an Academy Award for his starring portrayal of CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow in the 2005 biopic Good Night, and Good Luck. The film explored Murrow's clash with Senator Joseph McCarthy over McCarthy's Communist "witch-hunt" in the 1950s. Strathairn also received Best Actor Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nominations for his performance. In 2010, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his portrayal of Dr. Carlock in the HBO television film Temple Grandin. For that role he also won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

2006

Strathairn appeared in We Are Marshall, a 2006 film about the rebirth of Marshall University's football program after the 1970 plane crash that killed most of the team's members; and Cold Souls, starring Paul Giamatti as a fictionalised version of himself, who enlists a company's services to deep freeze his soul, directed by Sophie Barthes. In 2006 he did a campaign ad for then congressional candidate (now Senator) Kirsten Gillibrand. He reprised his role as Edward R. Murrow in a speech similar to the one from Good Night, and Good Luck, but was altered to reference Gillibrand's opponent John Sweeney.

2007

Strathairn plays the lead role in the 2007 independent film, Steel Toes, a film by David Gow (writer/co-director/producer) and Mark Adam (co-director/DOP/editor). The film is based on Gow's stage play Cherry Docs, in which Strathairn starred for its American premiere at the Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia.

2008

Strathairn narrated a biographical video to introduce Barack Obama before his acceptance speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

2009

In 2009, Strathairn performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans. It was adapted from the Historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.

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