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DAVID STRATHAIRN ONLINE is a site dedicated to American-born actor David Strathairn. This site’s aim is to focus in on David’s career on stage, screen, television and any other medium David appears on including entertainment programs consisting of interviews, awards shows, talk shows, internet-based medium, and any other things concerning David’s career.

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ALPHAS: 2011 — Season 02 (24 Episodes)

“ALPHAS” Role: Dr. Lee Rosen Created by: Zak Penn & Michael Karnow Network: SyFy Series Debut: 11 July 2011 Genre(s): Science-Fiction / Action / Drama / Thriller Tagline: Impossible is what they do best

Episodes Season 02

AIRDATE	TITLE	INFO
23 July 2012	E2X01 – Wake Up Call	INFORMATION
30 July 2012	E2X02 – The Quick & The Dead	INFORMATION
06 August 2012	E2X03 – Alpha Dogs	INFORMATION
13 August 2012	E2X04 – When Push Comes To Shove	INFORMATION
20 August 2012	E2X05 – Gaslight	INFORMATION
27 August 2012	E2X06 – Alphaville	INFORMATION
10 September 2012	E2X07 – Gods & Monsters	INFORMATION
17 September 2012	E2X08 – Falling	INFORMATION
24 September 2012	E2X09 – The Devil Will Drag You Down	INFORMATION
01 October 2012	E2X10 – Life After Death	INFORMATION
08 October 2012	E2X11 – If Memory Serves	INFORMATION
15 October 2012	E2X12 – Need To Know	INFORMATION
22 October 2012	E2X13 – God’s Eye	INFORMATION

Alphas – Season 02 Photo Gallery Links

ALPHAS: 2011 — Season 01 (24 Episodes)

“ALPHAS” Role: Dr. Lee Rosen Created by: Zak Penn & Michael Karnow Network: SyFy Series Debut: 11 July 2011 Genre(s): Science-Fiction / Action / Drama / Thriller Tagline: Impossible is what they do best

Episodes Season 01

AIRDATE	TITLE	INFO
11 July 2011	E1X01 – Pilot	INFORMATION
18 July 2011	E1X02 – Cause And Effect	INFORMATION
25 July 2011	E1X03 – Anger Management	INFORMATION
01 August 2011	E1X04 – Rosetta	INFORMATION
08 August 2011	EX065 – Never Let Me Go	INFORMATION
15 August 2011	E1X06 – Bill & Gary’s Excellent Adventur	INFORMATION
22 August 2011	E1X07 – Catch & Release	INFORMATION
29 August 2011	E1X08 – A Short Time In Paradise	INFORMATION
12 September 2011	E1X09 – Blind Spot	INFORMATION
19 September 2011	E1X10 – The Unusual Suspects	INFORMATION
26 September 2011	E1X11 – Original Sin	INFORMATION

Alphas – Season 01 Photo Gallery Links

26 January 1949

Your date of conception was on or about 5 May 1948 which was a Wednesday.

You were born on a Wednesday
under the astrological sign Aquarius.
Your Life path number is 5.

Your fortune cookie reads:
All your hard work will soon pay off.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 3 & 9.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 8.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 6, 11 & 22.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2432942.5.
The golden number for 1949 is 12.
The epact number for 1949 is 0.
The year 1949 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/10/1948 and ending 1/28/1949.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Rat.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Otter; your plant is Fern.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Parmuthy, the fourth month of the season of Poret (Emergence – Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 26 Tevet 5709.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 27 Tevet 5709.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.16.15.2.18 which is
12 baktun 16 katun 15 tun 2 uinal 18 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Wednsday, 26 Rabi’u’l-Avval 1368 (1368-3-26).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 17 April 1949.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 24 April 1949.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 2 March 1949.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 5 June 1949.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 12 June 1949.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Saturday, 24 September 1949.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Thursday, 14 April 1949.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 1 March 1949.

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Kirk Franklin (1970)
Ellen DeGeneres (1958)
Gene Siskel (1946)
Bob Uecker (1935)
Anne Jeffreys (1923)
Wayne Gretzky (1961)
Eddie Van Halen (1955)
Angela Davis (1944)
Jules Feiffer (1929)
Anita Baker (1958)
Lucinda Williams (1953)
Scott Glenn (1942)
Paul Newman (1925)

Top songs of 1949
Riders In the Sky by Vaughn Monroe
Cruising Down the River by Blue Barron (also Russ Morgan)
Mule Train by Frankie Laine
You’re Breaking My Heart by Vic Damone
Forever and Ever by Russ Morgan
A You’re Adorable by Perry Como
That Lucky Old Sun by Frankie Laine
A Little Bird Told Me by Evelyn Knight
Some Enchanted Evening by Perry Como
Slippin’ Around by Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 9.10684931506849 years old. (You old hound dog, you!)

Your lucky day is Saturday.
Your lucky number is 4 & 8.
Your ruling planet(s) is Saturn & Uranus.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Leo.
Your opposition number(s) is 1.

Today is not one of your lucky days!

There are 108 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 64 candles.

Those 64 candles produce 64 BTUs,
or 16,128 calories of heat (that’s only 16.1280 food Calories!) .
You can boil 7.31 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1949 there were approximately 2.8 million births in the US.
In 1949 the US population was approximately 131,669,275 people, 44.2 persons per square mile.
In 1949 in the US there were approximately 1,595,879 marriages (12.1%) and 264,000 divorces (2%)
In 1949 in the US there were approximately 1,417,000 deaths (10.8 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1949 the population of Australia was approximately 8,045,570.
In 1949 there were approximately 181,261 births in Australia.
In 1949 in Australia there were approximately 72,999 marriages and 6,572 divorces.
In 1949 in Australia there were approximately 75,260 deaths.

Your birth flower is CARNATION

Your birthstone is Garnet

The Mystical properties of Garnet

Garnet is used as a power stone

Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Emerald, Rose Quartz

Your birth tree is

Cypress Tree

The Faithfulness – Strong, muscular, adaptable, takes what life has to give, happy content, optimistic, needs enough money and acknowledgment, hates loneliness, passionate lover which cannot be satisfied, faithful, quick-tempered, unruly, pedantic and careless.

There are 76 days till Christmas 2012!
There are 89 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon’s phase on the day you were
born was waning crescent.

Wednesday, January 26, 1949

Moon’s age (days): 26
Distance (Earth radii): 61.40
Percent Illumination 8.79%
Ecliptic latitude (degrees): -4.43
Ecliptic longitude (degrees): 275.67

David Strathairn

There are 15 letters in your name.
Those 15 letters total to 69
There are 5 vowels and 10 consonants in your name.

What your first name means:
Welsh	Male	Beloved or friend, from the Hebrew. Sixth Century St. David (or Dewi) was patron saint of Wales
Swedish	Male	Beloved
Scottish	Male	Beloved or friend adopted from the Hebrew. David was a common name of Scottish Kings in the Middle Ages.
Hebrew	Male	Beloved or friend. The Old Testament. David killed the giant Goliath in 10the Century BC, then succeeded Saul as King of Israel
Biblical	Male	“Well-beloved dear.

Your number is: 6

The characteristics of #6 are: Responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, sympathy.

The expression or destiny for #6:
The number 6 Expression provides you a truly outstanding sense of responsibility, love, and balance. The 6 is helpful and ever conscientious, making you quite capable of rectifying and balancing any sort of inharmonious situation. You are a person very much inclined to give help and comfort to those in need. You have a natural penchant for working with the old, the young, the sick, or the underprivileged. Although you may have considerable creative and artistic talents, the chances are that you will devote yourself to an occupation that shows concern for the betterment of the community.

The positive side of the number 6 suggests that you are very loving, friendly, and appreciative of others. You have a depth of understanding that produces much sympathetic, kindness, and generosity. The qualities of the 6 make the finest and most concerned parent and one often deeply involved in domestic activities. Openness and honesty is apparent in your approach to all relationships.

If there is an excess of the number 6 in your makeup, you may exhibit some of the negative traits associated with this number. There may be a tendency for you to be too exacting and demanding of yourself. In this regard, you may at times sacrifice yourself (or your loved ones) for the welfare of others. In some cases, the over zealous 6 has difficulty distinguishing helping from interfering. You may have difficulty expressing your own individuality, because of involvement with responsibilities and causes. Like all with the Expression of the number 6, it’s quite likely that you worry much too much.

Your Soul Urge number is: 3

A Soul Urge number of 3 means:
With the Soul Urge number 3 your desire in life is personal expression, and generally enjoying life to its fullest. You want to participate in an active social life and enjoy a large circle of friends. You want to be in the limelight, expressing your artistic or intellectual talents. Word skills may be your thing; speaking, writing, acting, singing. In a positive sense, the 3 energy is friendly, outgoing and always very social.

You have a decidedly upbeat attitude that is rarely discouraged; a good mental and emotional balance.

The 3 Soul Urge gives intuitive insight, thus, very high creative and inspirational tendencies. The truly outstanding trait shown by the 3 Soul Urge is that of self-expression, regardless of the field of endeavor.

On the negative side, you may at times become too easygoing and too optimistic, tending to scatter forces and accomplish very little. Often, the excessive 3 energy produces non-stop talkers. Everyone has faults, but the 3 soul urge doesn’t appreciate having these pointed out.

Your Inner Dream number is: 3

An Inner Dream number of 3 means:
You dream of artistic expression; writing, painting, music. You would seek to more freely express your inner feeling and obtain more enjoyment from life. You also dream of being more popular, likable, and appreciated.

David Russell Strathairn

There are 22 letters in your name.
Those 22 letters total to 94
There are 7 vowels and 15 consonants in your name.

What your first name means:
Welsh	Male	Beloved or friend, from the Hebrew. Sixth Century St. David (or Dewi) was patron saint of Wales
Swedish	Male	Beloved
Scottish	Male	Beloved or friend adopted from the Hebrew. David was a common name of Scottish Kings in the Middle Ages.
Hebrew	Male	Beloved or friend. The Old Testament. David killed the giant Goliath in 10the Century BC, then succeeded Saul as King of Israel
Biblical	Male	“Well-beloved dear.

Your Number is: 4

The characteristics of #4 are: A foundation, order, service, struggle against limits, steady growth.

The expression or destiny for #4:
Order, service, and management are the cornerstones of the number 4 Expression. Your destiny is to express wonderful organization skills with your ever practical, down-to-earth approach. You are the kind of person who is always willing to work those long, hard hours to push a project through to completion. A patience with detail allows you to become expert in fields such as building, engineering, and all forms of craftsmanship. Your abilities to write and teach may lean toward the more technical and detailed. In the arts, music will likely be your choice. Artistic talents may also appear in such fields as horiculture and floral arrangement, as well. Many skilled physicians and especially surgeons have the 4 Expression.

The positive attitudes of the 4 Expression yield responsibility; you are one who no doubt, fulfills obligations, and is highly systematic and orderly. You are serious and sincere, honest and faithful. It is your role to help and you are required to do a good job at everything you undertake.

If there is too much 4 energies present in your makeup, you may express some of the negative attitudes of the number 4. The obligations that you face may tend to create frustration and feelings of limitation or restriction. You may sometimes find yourself nursing negative attitudes in this regard and these can keep you in a rather low mood. Avoid becoming too rigid, stubborn, dogmatic, and fixed in your opinions. You may have a tendency to develop and hold very strong likes and dislikes, and some of these may border on the classification of prejudice. The negative side of 4 often produces dominant and bossy individuals who use disciplinarian to an excess. These tendencies must be avoided. Finally, like nearly all with 4 Expression, you must keep your eye on the big picture and not get overly wrapped up in detail and routine.

Your Soul Urge number is: 11

A Soul Urge number of 11 means:
With the 11 Soul Urge, much of your thinking and interests relate to the abstract, the spiritual, and utopian dreams. You are motivated toward idealistic concepts, and the sharing of your ideas and concepts with humanity. This number is not one that is giving in a material or a practical sense, but rather one who desires to help mankind with a more abstract commodity such as religion, spiritualism, occult studies, or even psychic abilities.

If you possess the positive 11 Soul Urge traits, you have a dream of the perfect world; you are highly idealistic and inspirational. Your inner strength and devotion to your beliefs are extremely strong. You have a very good mind that is especially well equipped to handle the higher, more abstract forms of thought.

If there is an excess of 11 energy in your makeup, you may possess some the negative 11 traits. There is a tendency for the 11 to produce considerable amounts of nervous tension which is bought on by a very high level of awareness. You may be too sensitive and overly emotional. In some cases, these sensitivities and emotions are quite repressed, and this tends to add even more to the sense of nervousness in the makeup.

The strong 11 is not a very practical person because of the extreme idealism; often, there is a degree of self-deception present. There is usually a rather fixed idea of right and wrong held by those showing strong 11 traits, and with this very often is a resulting attitude of inflexibility.

Your Inner Dream number is: 11

An Inner Dream number of 11 means:
You dream of casting the light of illumination; of being the true idealist. You secretly believe there is more to life than we can know or prove, and you would like to be provider of the ‘word’ from on high.

Won

62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
Year: 2010
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie TEMPLE GRANDIN (HBO)

Satellite Awards
Year: 2010
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
for: TEMPLE GRANDIN (HBO)

Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup
Year: 2005
Best Actor GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Cinequest San Jose Film Festival – Maverick Tribute Award
Year: 2002

Cinequest San Jose Film Festival – Maverick Tribute Award
Year: 2002

Western Heritage Awards – Bronze Wrangler
Year: 1993
Best Supporting Male CITY OF HOPE

Independent Spirit Awards
Year: 1991
Best Supporting Male CITY OF HOPE

Cinequest San Jose Film Festival – Maverick Tribute Award
Year: 1992
Television Feature Film for: O’PIONEERS
Shared With:
Craig Anderson (executive producer)
Glenn Jordan (producer/director)
Jessica Lange (actress)
Robert W. Lenski (written for television by)
Willa Cather (based on the novel by)

Nominated

64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
Year: 2012
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for: HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN

Golden Globes, USA
Year: 2011
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
for:TEMPLE GRANDIN

Gotham Awards – Best Enemble Cast
Year: 2009
Best Ensemble Cast for: COLD SOULS
Shared With:
Paul Giamatti
Dina Korzun
Emily Watson
Katheryn Winnick

Academy Awards, USA – Oscar
Year: 2006
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for: GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

BAFTA Awards
Year: 2006
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for: GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Year: 2006
Best Actor GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Year: 2006
Best Actor GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Chlotrudis Awards
Year: 2006
Best Actor GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

London Critic’s Circle Film Awards
Year: 2007
Best Actor GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Gotham Awards – Best Enemble Cast
Year: 2006
Best Ensemble Cast for: GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
Shared With:
Patricia Clarkson
George Clooney
Jeff Daniels
Robert Downey Jr.
Frank Langella

Golden Globes, USA
Year: 2006
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for: GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Independent Spirit Awards
Year: 2006
Best Male Lead GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Independent Spirit Awards
Year: 2006
Best Male Lead GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Online Film Critics Society Awards
Year: 2006
Best Male Lead GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Screen Actors Guild Awards
Year: 2005
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Screen Actors Guild Awards
Year: 2005
Outstanding Performance by a a Cast in a Motion Picture GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
Shared With:
Rose Abdoo
Alex Borstein
Robert John Burke
Patricia Clarkson
George Clooney
Jeff Daniels
Reed Diamond
Tate Donovan
Robert Downey Jr.
Grant Heslov
Peter Jacobson
Frank Langella
Thomas McCarthy
Dianne Reeves
Matt Ross
Ray Wise

Satellite Awards
Year: 2005
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Drama GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
Year: 2005
Best Actor GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
Year: 2005
Best Actor 3rd PlaceGOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

Independent Spirit Awards
Year: 2000
Best Male Lead LIMBO

Screen Actors Guild Awards
Year: 1998
Outstanding Performance by a Cast >L.A. Confidential
Shared With:
Kim Basinger
James Cromwell
Russell Crowe
Danny DeVito
Guy Pearce
Kevin Spacey

CableACE Awards
Year: 1997
Guest Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series for: IN THE GLOAMING

Independent Spirit Awards
Year: 1993
Best Supporting Actor PASSION FISH

Quick Facts

• FULL NAME: David Russell Strathairn
• BIRTHDATE: 26 January 1949
• BIRTHPLACE: San Francisco, California; United States of America
• BIRTH SIGN: Aquarius – The Fish
• CULTURAL BACKGROUND: Scottish and Hawaiian extraction
• HEIGHT: 6’0″
• HAIR: Dark Brown now Gray
• EYES: Hazel
• FATHER: Thomas Scott Strathairn, Jr. (Deceased 2003)
• MOTHER: Mary Frances Strathairn
• STEP-MOTHER: Louise Southmayd Strathairn (1919-2015).
• SIBLINGS: Tom Strathairn (Brother) – a teacher; Ann Strathairn (Sister).
• STEP-SIBLINGS: Eric Southmayd, Cynthia Southmayd and Robert Southmayd
• SPOUSE: Logan Goodman (a nurse) (1980-present)
• CHILDREN: Tay Strathairn (Born: 31 October 1980), an actor and musician (jazz piano); Ebberly Strathairn (Born: 1987), an architecture student.
• EDUCATION: Williams College, Williamstown, MA; Ringling Bros. Clown College, Florida, Class of 1966, Redwood High School, Larkspur, CA.
• FORMER JOBS: Clown,
• FAVOURITE AUTHORS: N/A
• FAVOURITE SINGERS: N/A
• FAVOURITE THINGS: N/A

MISCELLANEOUS FACTOIDS:

• Attended Williams College with director John Sayles, who regularly casts Straithairn in his films.
• Invited to join AMPAS in 2006.
• Recently filmed an Edward R. Murrow-esque campaign ad for Kirsten Gillibrand’s congressional campaign in New York’s 20th District, his Congressional District.
• Has worked with Joseph Mazzello’s in two films: The River Wild (1994) and Simon Birch (1998).
• Lives in the mid-Hudson Valley area near Poughkeepsie, New York.

Milestones

• Was nominated for an Oscar in 2006 for his role as Edward R. Murrow in the biopic “Good Night and Good Luck” directed by George Clooney.
• Won an Emmy in 2010 for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role for the HBO film “Temple Grandin.”

Biography

Background:

“People, through no fault of their own, get pigeonholed. You can only be what people perceive you to be and I’m sure that at this stage of the game, I’m perceived as someone who can show up and do the job as a character actor, not the leading man.” David Strathairn

First noticed for playing supporting roles like baseball pitcher Eddie Cicotte in ”Eight Men Out” (1988) and Asteroid in the ”City of Hope” (1991), David Strathairn got his first starring role in film as the title character in the festival-screened drama ”Harrison’s Flowers” (2000) before eventually landing his biggest success in 2005 when he earned Oscar, Independent Spirit Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Actor for his portrayal of television journalist Edward R. Murrow in George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck.”

The actor, who frequently collaborates with film director John Sayles, made his debut in Sayles’ first film, ”The Return of the Secaucus 7” (1980), and has since appeared in many films with Sayles, including ”The Brother From Another Planet” (1984), ”Eight Men Out” (1988) and ”Passion Fish” (1992). His other projects include ”A League of Their Own” (1992), ”Sneakers” (1992), “The Firm” (1993), ”The River Wild” (1994), “Losing Isaiah” (1995), ”L.A. Confidential” (1997), ”The Notorious Bettie Page” (2005; starring Gretchen Mol), ”We Are Marshall” (2006; starring Matthew McConaughy), ”Fracture” (2007), and “The Bourne Ultimatum” (2007). He will soon star in the upcoming films “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” “A Tale of Two Sisters,” and “Hereafter.”

Strathairn also appeared on Broadway in the revival of Anton Chekhov’s play “Three Sisters” (1997; with Calista Flockhart, Lili Taylor and Eric Stoltz), “The Dance of Death” (with Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren), and recently played John the Baptist in a staged reading of Oscar Wilde’s ”Salome” (with Al Pacino, Marisa Tomei, and Dainne Wiest).

On a more personal note, the actor currently lives in upstate New York with his wife Logan and their two children.

David Russell

Childhood and Family:

Born in San Francisco, California, on January 26, 1949, David Russell Strathairn was raised in the San Francisco Bay area. His father was a physician and he has two siblings, a brother named Tom who is a teacher, and a sister named Anne. He is of Scottish ancestry through his paternal grandfather, Thomas Scott Strathairn (a native of Crieff, Perthshire) and Native Hawaiian ancestry through his paternal grandmother, Lei.

Young Strathairn attended Redwood High School in Larkspur, California, and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1970. While attending Williams College, he met fellow student and future director John Sayles, who would regularly cast Straithairn in his films. He studied at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College in Venice, Florida, and worked as a clown in a traveling circus before becoming an actor.

Strathairn now lives in upstate New York with his wife Logan, a nurse. They have two children, one of whom is musician and actor Tay Strathairn (born on October 31, 1980), who appeared in John Sayles’ “Eight Men Out” (1988) and “Lone Star” (1996). Strathairn also helped to start a children’s theater in Glen Falls, New York.

City of Hope

Career:

After graduating from Williams College, David Strathairn became a replacement clown for six months with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Afterward, he sharpened his acting skills while working in a summer theater company in New Hampshire where he befriended film director John Sayles. Sayles later cast Strathairn in his first feature, ”Return of the Secaucus Seven” (1980), a home movie of 1980 America about a group of friends who are reunited at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days. The film received general positive reviews and won Best Screenplay at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards and Best Independent Film at the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards.

The following year, Strathairn made his stage debut in “Einstein and the Polar Bear” at Connecticut’s Hartford Stage and made his Off-Broadway debut in 1983 in the play “Blue Plate Special.” He then returned to the big screen as Wesley in Mike Nichols’ Oscar-nominated biopic “Silkwood” (1983; starring Meryl Streep), and teamed up again with John Sayles in Sayles’ thought-provoking cult classic, “The Brother From Another Planet” (1984).

After making his TV debut with a guest appearance in a 1985 episode of NBC’s popular and innovative detective series “Miami Vice,” Strathairn was cast as the morally upright Police Chief Sid Hatfield in Sayles’ Oscar-nominated historical drama about the coal miners’ strike in Matewan, West Virginia, in the 1920s, “Matewan” (1987; with Chris Cooper and James Earl Jones). He then offered a compelling interpretation of the morally flawed baseball pitcher Eddie Cicotte in Sayles’ dramatization “Eight Men Out” (1988), based on the 1963 book by Eliot Asinof, and portrayed the role of J. Robert Oppenheimer in CBS’s Emmy-winning made-for-TV drama “Day One” (1989; with Brian Dennehy, Hal Holbrook and Hume Cronyn). Meanwhile, he played the regular role of eccentric bookstore owner Moss Goodman (1988-1990) and the romantic interest for Blair Brown’s title role in the NBC/Lifetime comedy-drama “The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd.”

Strathairn next portrayed Asteroid in Sayles’ award-winning urban drama “City of Hope” and played the brain surgeon in HBO’s Golden Globe-winning biographical drama “Without Warning: The James Brady Story,” starring Beau Bridges. He appeared as a blind, brilliant computer hacker in Phil Alden Robinson’s caper film “Sneakers” (1992) with Robert Redford and played a dynamic adman in Penny Marshall’s fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) “A League of Their Own” (1992, starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, and Madonna) before delivering a rare romantic lead, opposite Mary McDonnell and Alfre Woodard, in Sayles’ Oscar-nominated “Passion Fish” (1992). Afterward, he portrayed Carl Linstrum, opposite Jessica Lange’s Alexandra, in the “Hallmark Hall of Fame” acclaimed production of the 1913 novel by Willa Cather, “O Pioneers” (CBS; 1992) and appeared as the young Arthur Huntington (Darren McGavin portrayed the older version) in the TNT adaptation of Arthur Miller’s stage play about 1930s America during The Great Depression, “The American Clock” (1993).

Strathairn continued to add to his resume as Tom Cruise’s jailbird brother in Sydney Pollack’s Oscar-nominated film adaptation of John Grisham’s legal thriller “The Firm” (1993), Meryl Streep’s husband in Curtis Hanson’s thriller film “The River Wild” (1994), and Jessica Lange’s husband in Stephen Gyllenhaal’s drama film based on the novel by Seth Margolis, “Losing Isaiah” (1995). Meanwhile, he returned to stage to star alongside Stockard Channing in the Lincoln Center production of Tom Stoppard’s espionage play, “Hapgood.”

In 1996, Strathairn co-starred with Nick Nolte in Keith Gordon’s film version of Kurt Vonnegut’s 1961 book, “Mother Night,” and appeared as the wealthy Pierce Patchett in Curtis Hanson’s Oscar-winning “L.A. Confidential.” His performance in the latter film earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast. That same year, he also received a CableACE nomination for Guest Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series for his role in the HBO movie directed by Christopher Reeve, “In the Gloaming” (1997).

Returning to stage, Strathairn joined the all-star cast of the Broadway revival of Anton Chekhov’s play, “Three Sisters” (1997) and spent the rest of the 1990s acting in front of the camera as the Reverend Russell in “Simon Birch” (1998) and Sigourney Weaver’s husband in the film version of Jane Hamilton’s 1994 novel, “A Map of the World” (1999). He also portrayed the role of Theseus in Michael Hoffman’s take of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, ”A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1999), and teamed up again with Sayles to play a fisherman who romances Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in “Limbo”

Entering the new millennium, Strathairn portrayed Helen Keller’s father in the ABC TV remake of William Gibson’s classic play “The Miracle Worker” and was featured as the title role of a Pulitzer Prize-winning Newsweek photojournalist in the festival-screened drama “Harrison’s Flowers” (released theatrically in 2002). He then went back to stage in Craig Lucas’ play “Stranger” and returned to Broadway in support of Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren in “The Dance of Death.” Additionally, he played Ivanov in “Every Good Boy Deserves Favor” and played Leontes in “The Winter’s Tale.” He also appeared on Broadway as Jokhannan (John the Baptist) in a staged reading of Oscar Wilde’s ”Salome” (with Al Pacino, Marisa Tomei and Dainne Wiest), which was directed by Estelle Parsons, and appeared in the play “Hannah & Martin.”

Strathairn also had a regular role on the short-lived CBS cop drama “Big Apple” and played the lead role of an English teacher in the Sundance-screened “Blue Car” (2002). He then narrated the Philadelphia Orchestra’s rendition of Beethoven’s incidental music to Goethe’s “Egmont” in January 2004.

In 2005, Strathairn earned Oscar, Independent Spirit Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations for Best Actor for his portrayal of television journalist Edward R. Murrow in George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck” and portrayed Estes Kefauver in the HBO original film “The Notorious Bettie Page” (2006). He then co-starred as the district attorney, opposite Anthony Hopkins, in Gregory Hoblit’s suspense film “Fracture” (2007). Recently, he co-starred with Norah Jones, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman in Hong Kong film director Wong Kar Wai’s first film in English, “My Blueberry Nights” (2007) and played CIA Deputy Director Noah Vosen in “The Bourne Ultimatum” (2007).

Strathairn has wrapped up an upcoming movie titled “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” in which he will portray Arthur Spiderwick. He is currently filming “A Tale of Two Sisters,” the Guard brothers’ horror/thriller based on a classic Korean folk tale, and “Hereafter,” a drama by writer/director Michael Patwin in which Strathairn will star as an American businessman who walks barefoot for 70 miles to find his wife and children in the wake of a catastrophic tsunami in Asia.

Strathairn won an Emmy for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role for his work in the 2010 HBO biopic “Temple Grandin” with Claire Danes. Then was nominated a second time for “Hemingway & Gellhorn.”In 2011, Strathairn took on the role of Dr. Lee Rosen, the leader of the exceptional team of people known as “Alphas” for the SyFy channel. He also reprised his role of CIA Deputy Director Noah Vosen in the sequel to “The Bourne Ultimatum” known as “The Bourne Legacy” (2012). Also in 2012, Strathairn took on the role of Secretary of State William Seward in the Steven Spielberg biopic “Lincoln” starring Daniel Day Lewis. Strathairn also opened in “The Heiress” starring Jessica Chastain in October 2012.

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A: Yes, however, don’t say you did it yourself. A lot of work has gone into creating this site as well as the amount of time it takes to screencap each episode of television work and or film. On average it takes about two to three hours depending on the work. I am providing these images for you free of charge, but not free to take and say it’s yours. Please credit back to this site if you’re posting to any message board. Convenient copy and paste codes are available below each image in the gallery for your convenience and it automatically opens the larger image on click. Please be considerate.

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This site came about due to the excellence of one man. That man is David Strathairn. There was another site online for the longest time, run by another fan of David’s. The webmaster of that site decided to shut her site down due to other issues in her life so there was left a void. My reason for starting this space was because I felt David Strathairn deserved a space of his own, someplace for people to come and explore who the man was over and above the various other pages like IMDB and others that just small bits of information. It’s my hope that you’ll come to know David though I’m sure a lot of you may already know him through his role of Dr. Lee Rosen on the SyFy hit series ALPHAS. The name Proteus is defined as thus: Protues [ proh-tee-uhs]

— noun

1. Class. Myth. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesey.
2. a person or thing that readily changes appearance, character, principles, etc.
3. pl. pro’tee-i [proh-tee-ahy.] (i.c.) Bacteriol. any of several rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria of the enus Proteus, sometimes found as pathogens in the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts of humans

Certainly it is not the third definition I was thinking of, however, David is one of those rare actors that no matter what role he’s in, he is still able to change his form as it were to create an unique and different animal each time out of the gate. Though through each and every individual performance he has the ability to display subtle aspects of the character that in the hands of other actors would seem showy. But not David. So I decided that David needed a presence so I initially set the site up under a dubdomain of my Samskara.org domain and created the designs for both the main site and gallery. I then bought the domain of davidstrathairn.org and uploaded all files necessary to create this site here.

— Dianne (webmaster) 16 September 2012

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• Name: Dianne
• Age: I have identification
• Location: Ontario; Canada.
• Where did I first see David?: Likely When Nature Calls as Weejun
• Favourite David Role: Dr. Lee Rosen (Alphas), Edward R. Murrow (Good Night and Good Luck), Noah Vosen (The Bourne Ultimatum), Whistler (Sneakers), Harrison Lloyd (Harrison’s Flowers), Auster (Blue Car), and many more…
• Favourite Actors: Mitch Pileggi, Hugh Jackman, Nick Chinlund, Christopher Meloni, Arnold Vosloo, Stephen Nichols, Ian McShane, Brian Cox, Adam Beach, Michael Sheen, Billy Nighy, Frank Langella, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Karl Urban, Bernard Hill, David Strathairn, Daniel Craig, David Hedison, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Rufus Sewell, Oded Fehr, William Sadler, Peter Wingfield, Rutger Hauer, Eamonn Walker, Alexander Skarsgard, Stellan Skarsgard, Stephen Moyer, Mark Rolston, Jonny Lee Miller, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, James Marsden, Timothy Olyphant, John Hawkes, Ron Perlman, Martin Landau, Barry Morse, Prentis Hancock, Nick Tate, Tony Anholt, Robert Redford, Taylor Kitsch, Johnny Strong, Johnny Messner, Ted King, Sam Neill, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, David Wenham, Eric Bana, Robert Patrick, David Duchovny, Nicholas Lea….
• Favourite Actresses: Tamara Braun, Diane Neal, Eva Green, Lena Olin, Angelina Jolie, Olga Kurylenko, Rhona Mitra, Jennifer Garner, Emily O’Brien, Jennifer Bransford, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Deborah Ann Woll, Kristen Bauer, Sharon Tate, Gillian Anderson, Robin Weigert, Molly Parker, Kim Dickens, Anna Gunn, Catherine Schell, Zienia Merton, Torri Higginson, Rachel Weisz, Patricia Velasquez, Jenette Goldstein, Sigourney Weaver, Julie Gonsolo….
• Favourite Films: The Fountain, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Frost/Nixon, Little Chenier, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, Smoke Signals, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, A Mighty Heart, Kung Fu Panda, Flushed Away, Happy Feet, X-Men: Origins Wolverine, X-Men, X2: X-men Unite, Spy Game, Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell, Hair, All That Jazz, The Price of Milk, Out of the Blue, Rain, Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, The Dreamers, Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven, Good Night and Good Luck, The Bourne Trilogy, All The Presidents Men, The Deal, Music Within, Flash of Genius, Flashbacks of a Fool, The Fly (1958), Gojira, Mothra, Mothra vs Godzilla, Gamera: The Invincible, All in Godzilla and Gamera Series, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alien, Aliens, Titanic, The Abyss, The Bear, The Lover, 9 Songs, Vildspor, Wet Hot American Summer, The Souler Opposite, Sinner, Below, Amy’s Orgasm, Goodnight Joseph Parker, A Brother’s Kiss, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, The Ocean’s Trilogy, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Rosemary’s Baby, The Ninth Gate ….
• Favourite Television Shows: Deadwood, Kings, Space: 1999, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Seasons 1-9), The Pillars of the Earth, Eli Stone, New Amsterdam, Crusade, Alias, Queer as Folk, Vanished, FlashForward, Tour of Duty, Frasier, Dark Shadows, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Law & Order, Beauty and the Beast….
• Favourite Authors: Edvard Radzinsky, Robert K. Massie, David Breashears, Conrad Anker, Ken Follett, James Rollins, John Twelve Hawks, James Rollins, Anne Rice, Christopher Rice, James Oliver Curwood, Benita Eisler, Maurice Lever, Margurite Duras….
• Favourite Books: The Ice & Fire Saga (Gamer of Thrones). The Pillars of the Earth, The Vampire Chronicles, The Mayfair Witches Chronicles….
• Favourite Singers/Bands/Composers: Rush, Simple Minds, The Doors, The Who, Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music, Enigma, ERA, Delerium, Sarah Brightman, Loreena McKennitt, Tori Amos, Josh Groban, Clint Mansell, Cliff Martinez, Mark Snow, Moby, Alessandro Safina, Jose Cura, Colm Wilkinson, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Hans Zimmer, Chicago, James Horner, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, Queen, Sting, The Police….

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