David Strathairn

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David Strathairn

David Russell Strathairn (born January 26, 1949 in San Francisco , California ) is an American film and television actor . His most notable roles include his appearances in Harrison's Flowers (2000), as Joe St. George in Dolores Claiborne (1995) and as the corrupt baseball player in Eight Men Out of 1988. He gained further fame through the role of the starship captain Klaes Ashford in the television series The Expanse .

life and work

Strathairn's parents are Scottish and Hawaiian in origin. In 1970 he graduated from school in Williamstown, Massachusetts . He then attended the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College in Venice (Florida) and then worked as a clown at a traveling circus. He then moved to New York City , but spent several years traveling across the United States and performing in city theaters in the summer months.

Strathairn's appearances in television roles cover a wide spectrum. He works regularly under the director John Sayles , whom he has known since high school.

Strathairn is married to Logan Goodman, a nurse, and lives with their two sons near Poughkeepsie, New York .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

For his role in Good Night, and Good Luck. Strathairn received the Coppa Volpi for best leading actor at the Venice Film Festival in 2005 . In George Clooney's production he played the famous CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow , who got caught up in the anti-communist witch hunt of the McCarthy era in the 1950s . In 2010 he was for his supporting role in the television production Temple Grandin with the Emmy Award. In 2011 a Golden Globe nomination followed for the part .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Strathairn Film Reference bio . Filmreference.com. (English) accessed on August 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ Welcome to Dispatch Online . Dispatch.co.za (November 12, 2010). (English) accessed on August 23, 2014
  3. ↑ [1] (English) accessed on August 23, 2014
  4. ^ Secret Scottish Roots Of Best Actor Nominee . The Sunday Mail . (August 11, 2009). (English) accessed on August 23, 2014.
  5. ^ David Strathairn Finds the Spotlight . BBC News (January 27, 2006). (English) accessed on August 23, 2014.
  6. ↑ Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1922 . FamilySearch.org. (English) accessed on August 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ Full biography of David Strathairn , Yahoo Movies , Copyright 2007, accessed August 23, 2014.
  8. ^ The Nominees: David Strathairn . In: CBS News , March 1, 2006. 
personal data
SURNAME Strathairn, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strathairn, David Russell (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and television actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco , California , USA