Know Your “That Guy”: David Strathairn
David Strathairn
Born: January 26, 1949
Number of Roles: 107
Best Known for Playing: Intelligent, Stern authority figures
First Appearance: Ron Desjardins in Return of the Secaucus Seven (1979)
Most Recent Appearance: Dr. Lee Rosen on Alphas (2011)
Can Be Seen in:
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- The Spiderwick Chronicles
- We Are Marshall
- Good Night and Good Luck
- Twisted
- Big Apple
- Limbo
- LA Confidential
- The Firm
- Home for the Holidays
- A League of their Own
- Fracture
Fun Facts:
- Friend of director John Sayles, who constantly casts Strathairn in his films.
- Worked as a clown for the Ringling Bros. Circus in Florida
- In his early acting years, he hitchhiked across New York to perform at local theaters.
I’m like the J. Jonah Jameson of Everything Action, writing and editing and constantly demanding pictures of Spider-Man.
