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David Strathairn

Born: January 26, 1949 in San Francisco, California, United States
Nationality: American

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Filmography Cast Member

Howl

(2010) Unrated

The Whistleblower

(2010)

The Tempest

(2010) PG-13

The Uninvited

(2009) PG-13

The Spiderwick Chronicles

(2008) PG

Fracture

(2007) R

My Blueberry Nights

(2007) PG-13

The Bourne Ultimatum

(2007) PG-13

Racing Daylight

(2007) Unrated

We Are Marshall

(2006) PG

Heavens Fall

(2006) PG-13

The Notorious Bettie Page

(2006) R

The Sensation of Sight

(2006) R

Good Night, and Good Luck

(2005) PG

Twisted

(2004) R

Blue Car

(2003) R

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story

(2002) R

The Lathe of Heaven

(2002)

Harrison's Flowers

(2002) R

The Miracle Worker

(2000)

Freedom Song

(2000)

A Map of the World

(1999) R

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

(1999) PG-13

A Good Baby

(1999)

Limbo

(1999) R

Simon Birch

(1998) PG

With Friends Like These

(1998) R

Bad Manners

(1998) R

In the Gloaming

(1997) PG

The Climb

(1997) PG-13

Evidence of Blood

(1997) PG-13

L.A. Confidential

(1997) R

Mother Night

(1996) R

Beyond the Call

(1996) R

Home for the Holidays

(1995) PG-13

The River Wild

(1994) PG-13

Losing Isaiah

(1994) R

Dolores Claiborne

(1994) R

Lost in Yonkers

(1993) PG

Stand Off

(1993) PG-13

The Firm

(1993) R

A Dangerous Woman

(1993) R

Bob Roberts

(1992) R

Passion Fish

(1992) R

A League of Their Own

(1992) PG

Sneakers

(1992) PG-13

Big Girls Don't Cry… They Get Even

(1992) PG

Son of the Morning Star

(1991) PG-13

Without Warning: The James Brady Story

(1991) R

O Pioneers!

(1991) PG

City of Hope

(1991) R

Heat Wave

(1990) R

The Feud

(1990) R

Judgment

(1990) PG-13

Memphis Belle

(1990) PG-13

Day One

(1989)

Eight Men Out

(1988) PG

Dominick & Eugene

(1988) PG-13

Broken Vows

(1987)

Matewan

(1987) PG-13

At Close Range

(1986) R

The Brother from Another Planet

(1984)

Iceman

(1984) PG

Enormous Changes

(1983) Unrated

Silkwood

(1983) R

Trumps

(1983) R

Return of the Secaucus 7

(1980)

A terrific film!!!!
Reviewed by Alan-Gekko for Good Night, and Good Luck at 2011-07-11 22:51:30

This film was a real treat, with Strathairn's dead-on performance as legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow a sure bet for at least an Oscar nomination. Perhaps the best decision by writer-director George Clooney was to cast no one in the role of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Instead, Clooney uses actual footage of McCarthy in the HUAC hearings and press conferences. Movies based on actual historical events often sensationalize events, but the extensive use of documentary footage brings home the reality of this movie's story line. In addition to Strathairn's best performance to date, the entire cast delivers, from Clooney himself as Murrow's producer Fred Friendly, to Frank Langella as CBS chairman William Paley, to Ray Wise as the insecure anchorman Don Hollenbeck. If there is a weak point in the cast, it is Jeff Daniels, who was given little to do in the role of news director Sig Mickelson and did little with it. As most people today are acquainted with the 1950s through black-and-white images, the decision to film in black-and-white also feels appropriate, and helps the documentary footage to blend in seamlessly with the filmed actors. I strongly recommend this film to those who lived through the McCarthy era and to those, such as myself, who only have witnessed it in the rear view mirror.