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Acting

David Strathairn

Career: Active from 1983 to 2026, busiest in 2007 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 57
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Temple Grandin
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 112 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

David Strathairn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Physical Comedy
1.1, average 2.4
Situational Comedy
1.6, average 2.7
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0
Pop Culture
1.4, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 18
Historical Drama 11
Social Commentary 11
Political Intrigue 7
Moral Ambiguity 7
Character Study 6
Psychological Drama 6
Character-Driven Narrative 5
Thought-Provoking 5
Biographical Drama 4
Sci-Fi Drama 3
Complex Relationships 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

143

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

17 titles · average score 66

By Any Means

55

as Special Agent Roy K. Moore

O Horizon

as Warren

CIA

60

TV show · as Sanford 'Sandy' Harrison

Zootopia 2

73

as Milton Lynxley (voice)

The Luckiest Man in America

63

as Bill

A Little Prayer

80

as Bill

A Man on the Inside

74

TV show · as Dr. Benjamin Cole

Remember This

as Jan Karski

Where the Crawdads Sing

56

as Tom Milton

Nomadland

81

as Dave

Interrogation

64

TV show · as Henry Fisher

Walkaway Joe

44

as Joe Haley

2010s

32 titles · average score 63

The Devil Has a Name

48

as Fred Stern

An Interview with God

61

as God

November Criminals

30

as Theo

American Pastoral

43

as Nathan Zuckerman

Z: The Beginning of Everything

67

TV show · as Anthony Sayre

No God, No Master

56

as William Flynn

Lincoln

79

as William Seward

Hemingway & Gellhorn

52

as John Dos Passos

Alphas

71

TV show · as Lee Rosen

Temple Grandin

91

as Professor Carlock

The Whistleblower

68

as Peter Ward

as Roman Lodari

2000s

36 titles · average score 62

The Uninvited

48

as Steven

The Spiderwick Chronicles

68

as Arthur Spiderwick

The Bourne Ultimatum

84

as Noah Vosen

Fracture

70

as Joe Lobruto

My Blueberry Nights

56

as Arnie

Good Night, and Good Luck.

80

as Edward R. Murrow

House

84

TV show · as Nash

Twisted

32

as Dr. Melvin Frank

Blue Car

63

as Auster

Lathe of Heaven

59

as Mannie

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story

61

TV show · as Jack Hoschouer

The Miracle Worker

71

as Captain Keller

1990s

35 titles · average score 67

Limbo

70

as Joe Gastineau

A Map of the World

63

as Howard Goodwin

The Giraffe

58

as Charles Kaminski

Bad Manners

67

as Wes Westlund

With Friends Like These

46

as Armand Minetti

Simon Birch

55

as Reverend Russell

Evidence of Blood

61

as Jackson Kinley

L.A. Confidential

86

as Pierce Patchett

Losing Isaiah

56

as Charles Lewin

Dolores Claiborne

75

as Joe St. George

The River Wild

63

as Tom Hartman

Sneakers

72

as Whistler

1980s

22 titles · average score 61

Day One

62

as J. Robert Oppenheimer

Eight Men Out

75

as Eddie Cicotte

Dominick and Eugene

73

as Martin Chernak

Matewan

82

as Police Chief Sid Hatfield

Wiseguy

59

TV show

When Nature Calls

45

as Weejun

The Equalizer

62

TV show · as Phillip Borchek

Spenser: For Hire

50

TV show

Iceman

54

as Dr. Singe

Miami Vice

77

TV show · as Marty Lang

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

48

as Jerry

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Carl Linstrum / The Stranger

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Carl Linstrum