Education

He was a student of Redwood High School in California. In 1970, he finished from Williams College which is located in Williamstown. He proceeded to Venice, where he read clowning from Ringing Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Clown College.

Career

Before getting involved in acting, David Straithairn worked as a clown. He has featured in several supporting roles in various Hollywood and independent movies. He was a co-actor in the movie Twisted where he acted the role of a psychiatrist. He also featured in The Firm where he played the role of a jailbird brother as well as in River Wild where he played the role of a husband.

David Strathairn’s debut movie was the 7th part of the Return of Secaucus. He also acted in the movie City of Hope which won him the award, Independent Spirit. He also featured in Brother from Another Planet. He earned a reputation for his role as an assistant director in CIA where he acted as Noah in The Bourne Ultimatum.

David Strathairn got an Academy Award nomination for his role in Good Night & Good Luck. He was also nominated for an Award for the Best Actor for his roles in Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe. He won the award of Prime Emmy in the year 2010 for his outstanding performance as a support actor in the tv show Temple Grandin. He also won a similar award from Satellite, based on his performance in the same movie.

Other films of notes David Strathairn has featured in includes 8 men out, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Los Angeles Confidential, Dolores Claibone, Sneakers and Harrison’s Flowers. He was also an employee of Williams College for a while.

He featured in a movie about the story of the rebirth of the football program of Marshall University. The rebirth occurred after the initial members of the team were involved in a fatal plane crash which resulted in the death of most of the members of the team. The movie was directed by Sophie Barthes.

Theatre

David Strathairn is also a renowned actor on the stage and has acted in over 30 theatre movies. Some of the plays on stage he has featured in include Ashes to Ashes, Hapgood, The Players, Mountain Language, Birthday Party and a number of stage roles in plays directed by Harold Pinter.

In the Democratic National Convention of 2008, a video on the biography of Barrack Obama was read by Strathain. The video was played prior to the Obama’s acceptance speech.

Personal Life.

David Strathairn is happily married to Logan Good man since 1980. His wife is a nurse and they live in New York, close to Poughkeepsie with their 2 children who are both male. David Strathairn is estimated to have a net worth of about $8 million. He is 6 feet tall.