David Russell Strathairn is an American actor. Known for his leading roles on stage and screen, he has often portrayed historical figures such as Edward R. Murrow, J. Robert Oppenheimer, William H. Seward, and John Dos Passos.
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.
Where did David Strathairn go to college and high school?
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, with whom he has collaborated on several projects
Did David Strathairn go to film school?
Edward R. Murrow was portrayed by Strathairn in the movie Good Night, and Good Luck, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. The movie focused on Senator Joseph McCarthy and Edward R. Murrow’s conflict over McCarthy’s Communist witch hunts in the 1950s.
