| Net Worth: | $6 Million |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | January 26, 1949 (75 years old) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Profession: | Actor |
| Nationality: | American |
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David Strathairn is an American actor and producer who has a net worth of $6 million. Strathairn gave an Oscar-nominated performance as Edward R. Murrow in 2005’s “Good Night, and Good Luck,” and he won a Primetime Emmy for playing Dr. Carlock in the 2010 HBO film “Temple Grandin.” David has more than 130 acting credits to his name, including the films “A League of Their Own” (1992), “The Firm” (1993), “L.A. Confidential” (1997), “Lincoln” (2012), “Godzilla” (2014), “Nomadland” (2020), and “Nightmare Alley” (2021), the TV movies “In the Gloaming” (1997) and “Hemingway & Gellhorn” (2012), and the television series “The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd” (1988–1991), “Big Apple” (2001), “Alphas” (2011–2012), “The Blacklist” (2015–2016), “Billions” (2017–2019), and “The Expanse” (2018–2019).
Career
David made his film debut in the 1979 John Sayles-directed drama “Return of the Secaucus 7,” then he appeared in “Lovesick” (1983), “Silkwood” (1983), “Iceman” (1984), “The Brother from Another Planet” (1984), “When Nature Calls” (1985), “Matewan” (1987), “Eight Men Out” (1988), and “The Feud” (1989). He guest-starred on “Search for Tomorrow” (1984), “Miami Vice” (1985), “Spenser: For Hire” (1987), and “The Equalizer” (1988), and from 1988 to 1991, he played Moss Goodman on the NBC/Lifetime series “The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd.” In the ’90s, Strathairn appeared in several TV movies, including “O Pioneers!” (1992) and “Evidence of Blood” (1998). On the big screen, he starred in 1991’s “City of Hope,” 1992’s “A League of Their Own” and “Passion Fish,” 1993’s “Lost in Yonkers” and “The Firm,” and 1995’s “Dolores Claiborne.” In 1998, David and his “L.A. Confidential” co-stars earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, then he appeared in 1999’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Limbo,” and “A Map of the World.”
Personal Life
David married nurse Logan Goodman in 1980, and they have two children, Tay and Ebbe. Tay married Meryl Streep’s daughter Grace Gummer, in July 2019, but they divorced in August 2020. David and Tay have appeared together in 1988’s “Eight Men Out” and 2020’s “Nomadland.” In 2008, Strathairn narrated a video that introduced Barack Obama when he accepted the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention.
Quotes
“Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture, in that we can learn something about ourselves.”
— David Strathairn
“When you’re creating a character out of nothing, you have to make all the guesses as to how they walk, how they talk, how they think. It was all there on the table for us to pick and choose for Murrow.”
— David Strathairn
“I think the film is beautifully realised. His legacy as a journalist was recorded – as it were – well, and certainly the important issues of the ’50s – or even today – are delivered and presented to the audience in a rather honest and objective way.”
— David Strathairn
“You work enough with someone and you develop a shorthand. You know how he likes to work through the day and he knows where you’re vulnerable and where your weaknesses and strengths are, so it makes for a good team, a team that knows who’s over there behind your back.”
— David Strathairn
“In order to crash the party and be a clown with your own skit, you had to be there for quite a while.”
— David Strathairn