David Strathairn Net Worth

David Strathairn's Quotes

• Television and film are our libraries now, our history books.
• It feels as if you put on a many-pocketed coat with 100 cell phones, all on vibe alert, and they all start going off at random times, and you begin to think, 'This is pretty uncomfortable'. You can't possibly answer all these phones, nor should you. 'Buzz' - that's really a quite apropos word. They say it's great for the film. Well, if it's great for the film, that's great. [on the "buzz" surrounding him and his performance in Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)]
• Artists, actors and performers are sometimes vilified for stepping outside of the workplace or using their work as a kind of bully pulpit.

Interesting Facts about David Strathairn

1. Went to Williams College in Williamstown, MA. and Ringling Bros. Clown College, FL.
2. Has a brother, Tom, who is a teacher, and a sister named Anne.
3. Attended Williams College with director John Sayles, who regularly casts Straithairn in his films.
4. Father of Tay Strathairn and Ebbe Strathairn (born 1987).
5. David's paternal grandfather, Thomas Scott Strathairn, was a Scottish immigrant, who was of Scottish and Irish ancestry. David's paternal grandmother, Jessie Lei Alana, who was from Hawaii, was of one half Native Hawaiian, one quarter Chinese, and one quarter Portuguese, descent. On his mother's side, David has English and Scottish ancestry, partly through Canada (his maternal grandmother was from Bruce, Ontario).
6. Invited to join AMPAS in 2006.
7. Recently filmed an Edward R. Murrow-esque campaign ad for Kirsten Gillibrand's congressional campaign in New York's 20th District, his Congressional District.
8. Last name is pronounced struh-THAIRN.
9. Has worked with Joseph Mazzello in two films: The River Wild (1994) and Simon Birch (1998).
10. His stage work includes playing Abraham Lincoln in "Lincoln in Illinois." He subsequently went on to play Lincoln's Secretary of State, Henry Seward, in Lincoln (2012), which also featured Hal Holbrook, who also has played Lincoln several times.
11. Won the Coppa Volpi Award for best actor with Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), directed by George Clooney at the 2005 Venice FilmFestival. [September 2005]
12. Lives in Upstate New York where he shops at Adams Farms. [March 2002]
13. As of 2021, has appeared in 5 films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: L.A. Confidential (1997), Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), Lincoln (2012), Darkest Hour (2017), and Nomadland (2020), with the latter being a winner in the category.
14. Has twice played J. Robert Oppenheimer, in Day One (1989) and American Experience: The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2009).
15. He has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Return of the Secaucus Seven (1979), A League of Their Own (1992) and L.A. Confidential (1997).