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David Russell Strathairn (born on January 26, 1949) is an American film and
television actor.
Early life
Straitharn was born in San Francisco, California of Scottish and Hawaiian
extraction. He graduated from Williams College in Williamstown,
Massachusetts in 1970. He is also an alumnus of Ringling Brothers and Barnum
& Bailey Clown College.
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Film career
Some of his notable roles include his portrayals of the title character in
Harrison's Flowers (2000), "Joe St. George" in Dolores Claiborne (1995), and
corrupt baseball player Eddie Cicotte in 1988's Eight Men Out. He also co-starred
in Twisted as Ashley Judd's psychiatrist.
Strathairn's television work has included a wide range of roles, including
Moss, the bookselling nebbish on the critically acclaimed The Days And
Nights Of Molly Dodd; Captain Keller, the father of Helen in the 2000 remake
of The Miracle Worker; and a far-out (both figuratively and literally)
televangelist in "Paradise." Recently, Strathairn had a recurring role on
the hit TV drama The Sopranos. He works frequently with director John Sayles.
In 2005, he was cast in the leading role in Good Night, and Good Luck., a
theatrical biopic in which he portrayed the famed CBS Newsman Edward R.
Murrow going after Senator Joseph McCarthy for his Communist "Witch Hunt" in
the 1950s. The film project was produced, directed and written by George
Clooney. Strathairn has received a Best Actor Golden Globe nomination for
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