David Strathairn
Best known as a Supporting Actor based on credits in that role in 33 films, with $3,204,913,945 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #368) |
Best-known acting roles: Admiral William Stenz (Godzilla), William Seward (Lincoln), Noah Vosen (The Bourne Ultimatum), Tom Milton (Where the Crawdads Sing), Admiral William Stenz (Godzilla: King of the Monsters) |
Most productive collaborators: Daniel Day-Lewis, Steven Spielberg, Max Borenstein, Gareth Edwards, Aaron Taylor-Johnson |
Born: January 26, 1949 (75 years old) |
Born: January 26, 1949 (75 years old) |
Career Summary
Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
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As an Actor | Supporting | 33 | $1,582,884,905 | $1,622,029,040 | $3,204,913,945 |
Leading | 10 | $82,964,471 | $25,999,292 | $108,963,763 | |
Lead Ensemble Member | 3 | $11,338,107 | $26,199,848 | $37,537,955 | |
Inverviewee | 1 | $16,164 | $0 | $16,164 | |
(Unclassified) | 24 | $177,286,195 | $48,259,178 | $225,545,373 |
Career Trend
This graph shows David Strathairn’s score on our annual analysis of leading stars at the box office. The Star Score represents points assigned to each of the leading stars of the top 100 movies (based on box office) in the current year and two preceding years. For appearing in the number one movie in a year a star gets 100 points, the number two movie 99 points and so on..
Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists
Record | Rank | Amount |
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Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700) | 1,602 | $94,302,578 |
Top Stars at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) | 434 | $1,854,489,842 |
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the International Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300) | 2,215 | $52,199,140 |
Top Stars at the International Box Office (Rank 701-800) | 785 | $1,722,487,358 |
Top 100 Stars in Leading Roles at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000) | 1,923 | $146,501,718 |
Top Stars at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600) | 567 | $3,576,977,200 |
See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.
Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
July 20th, 2015
The Best-Exotic Marigold Hotel is a film that cost just $10 million to make, but pulled in a global box office of $135 million. Needless to say, a sequel was made and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel hit theaters earlier this year. Comedies rarely produce sequels that live up to the original film, but is this one an exception? If not, is it still worth checking out, if it isn't quite as good?
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Analysis: March Bankability and the Top Dramatic Actors
April 1st, 2014
In the March update to our Bankability Index, our list of industry influencers increases to 14 people and we examine the top actors and actresses in dramatic roles in movies.
Overall, March's chart reflects the relatively modest start to the year at the box office. Samuel L. Jackson moves back into second place in the overall chart thanks to his appearance in RoboCop, Hans Zimmer was helped by his composing for Winter's Tale and Son of God (and will be further helped in April's chart through his involvement in Divergent–does the man ever sleep?). Leonardo DiCaprio continues to benefit from his producing roles in The Wolf of Wall Street, Out of the Furnace and Runner Runner. Finally, Frozen helps John Lasseter solidify his 11th place in the chart.
This month's new entry is Morgan Freeman, who got a very handy boost from his voice role in The LEGO Movie, and was also helped by some work we did on our archive of credits. That combination takes him to 14th on the Worldwide Chart, up 3 places from February.
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Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Lincoln
April 8th, 2013
Lincoln was an Oscar contender right from the very beginning. Steven Spielberg directing a movie about Abraham Lincoln starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Of course it was an Oscar contender. Lincoln earned twelve Oscar nominations and earned two wins. Did the film deserve these awards? Or did it coast on reputation alone?
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2012 Preview: November
November 1st, 2012
October was pretty good with a few films really crushing expectations, which made up for the few duds that opened at the end. 2012 gained about $100 million over 2011 during the month of October. We really needed this success and hopefully November will continue this push forward. However, November is a bit of a weird month. There are five weekends, but only eight true wide releases, half of which open on the Thanksgiving long weekend, leaving the other four weeks with just one true wide release each. There are a couple others opening in the semi-wide level and another opening in limited release with a planned wide release, but even so, it is not a busy month. That said, it is a case of quality over quantity. There are four films that are pretty much guaranteed to reach $100 million, one of which should reach $300 million. By comparison, last November only produced one $100 million film. Granted, that film was The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1, which made nearly $300 million, which is a huge number no matter how you look at it. But this year, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 should top that number and with the other $100 million movies pulling in more than $400 million combined, it should be a very profitable month at the box office.
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All Acting Credits
Announced (Undated)
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Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
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Dec 8, 2023 | A Little Prayer | ||||
Jan 27, 2023 | Remember This | Jan Karski | |||
Jul 15, 2022 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Tom Milton | $90,230,760 | $46,308,792 | $136,539,552 |
Dec 17, 2021 | Nightmare Alley | Pete Krumbein | $11,338,107 | $26,199,666 | $37,537,773 |
Jan 29, 2021 | Nomadland | Dave | $3,700,000 | $35,028,987 | $38,728,987 |
Oct 16, 2020 | The Devil has a Name | Fred | $182 | $182 | |
May 8, 2020 | Walkaway Joe | Joe Haley | |||
Unknown | The Devil Has a Name | Fred Stern | |||
May 31, 2019 | Godzilla: King of the … | Admiral William S… | $110,500,138 | $272,799,776 | $383,299,914 |
Apr 19, 2019 | Fast Color | Ellis | $76,916 | $76,916 | |
Aug 20, 2018 | An Interview With God | $913,609 | $913,609 | ||
Dec 8, 2017 | November Criminals | Theo Schacht | |||
Oct 21, 2016 | American Pastoral | Nathan Zuckerman | $544,098 | $1,348,077 | $1,892,175 |
Apr 8, 2016 | Louder Than Bombs | Richard | $163,808 | $1,264,196 | $1,428,004 |
Mar 6, 2015 | The Second Best Exotic… | Ty Burley | $33,078,266 | $56,322,596 | $89,400,862 |
May 16, 2014 | Godzilla | Admiral William S… | $200,676,069 | $328,400,000 | $529,076,069 |
Mar 28, 2014 | No God, No Master | William Flynn | $6,796 | $6,796 | |
Mar 21, 2014 | Maladies | Delmar | |||
Apr 5, 2013 | Love, Marilyn | Himself | $16,164 | $16,164 | |
Nov 9, 2012 | Lincoln | William Seward | $182,207,973 | $91,138,308 | $273,346,281 |
Aug 10, 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | Noah Vosen | $113,203,870 | $167,152,050 | $280,355,920 |
Aug 5, 2011 | The Whistleblower | Peter Ward | $1,120,914 | $1,082,740 | $2,203,654 |
Dec 10, 2010 | The Tempest | Alonso | $277,943 | $277,943 | |
Sep 24, 2010 | Howl | Ralph McIntosh | $617,334 | $617,334 | |
Aug 7, 2009 | Cold Souls | $905,209 | $220,000 | $1,125,209 | |
Jan 30, 2009 | The Uninvited | $28,596,818 | $14,182,143 | $42,778,961 | |
Jun 27, 2008 | Trumbo | Himself | $108,280 | $108,280 | |
Apr 4, 2008 | My Blueberry Nights | Arnie | $866,778 | $21,332,218 | $22,198,996 |
Feb 14, 2008 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Arthur Spiderwick | $71,195,053 | $91,644,614 | $162,839,667 |
Nov 9, 2007 | The Sensation of Sight | Finn | $23,457 | $23,457 | |
Aug 3, 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Noah Vosen | $227,471,070 | $216,572,326 | $444,043,396 |
Apr 20, 2007 | Fracture | Joe Lobruto | $39,004,700 | $50,200,000 | $89,204,700 |
Dec 22, 2006 | We Are Marshall | Donald Dedmon | $43,545,364 | $43,545,364 | |
Apr 14, 2006 | The Notorious Bettie Page | Estes Kefauver | $1,415,082 | $364,488 | $1,779,570 |
Oct 7, 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck | Edward R. Murrow | $31,501,218 | $25,085,683 | $56,586,901 |
Feb 27, 2004 | Twisted | Dr. Melvin Frank | $25,195,050 | $14,924,798 | $40,119,848 |
May 2, 2003 | Blue Car | Mr. Auster | $464,126 | $11,241 | $475,367 |
Mar 15, 2002 | Harrison's Flowers | Harrison Lloyd | $1,843,570 | $1,843,570 | |
Dec 3, 1999 | A Map of the World | Howard Goodwin | $544,538 | $544,538 | |
Jun 4, 1999 | Limbo | Joe Gastineau | $2,160,710 | $437,514 | $2,598,224 |
May 14, 1999 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theseus | $16,071,990 | $8,939,655 | $25,011,645 |
Mar 12, 1999 | With Friends Like Thes… | ||||
Unknown | Bad Manners | Wes | |||
Sep 11, 1998 | Simon Birch | Rev. Russell | $18,253,415 | $57,176 | $18,310,591 |
May 15, 1998 | The Climb | Earl Himes | $78,677 | $78,677 | |
Sep 19, 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Pierce Patchett | $64,604,977 | $61,600,000 | $126,204,977 |
Nov 1, 1996 | Mother Night | Bernard B. O'Hare | $363,905 | $363,905 | |
Nov 3, 1995 | Home for the Holidays | Russell Terziak | $17,468,887 | $4,650,382 | $22,119,269 |
Mar 24, 1995 | Dolores Claiborne | Joe St. George | $24,262,193 | $24,262,193 | |
Mar 17, 1995 | Losing Isaiah | Charles Lewin | $7,564,608 | $7,564,608 | |
Sep 30, 1994 | The River Wild | Tom | $46,815,000 | $47,400,000 | $94,215,000 |
Dec 3, 1993 | A Dangerous Woman | Getso | $1,497,222 | $1,497,222 | |
Jun 30, 1993 | The Firm | Ray McDeere | $158,340,892 | $112,000,000 | $270,340,892 |
May 14, 1993 | Lost in Yonkers | Johnny | $9,285,189 | $9,285,189 | |
Dec 11, 1992 | Passion Fish | Rennie | $5,414,619 | $5,414,619 | |
Sep 9, 1992 | Sneakers | Erwin 'Whistler' … | $51,433,000 | $51,433,000 | |
Sep 4, 1992 | Bob Roberts | Bugs' Attorney, M… | $4,300,703 | $4,300,703 | |
Jul 1, 1992 | A League of Their Own | Ira Lowenstein | $107,533,925 | $24,906,141 | $132,440,066 |
Oct 11, 1991 | City of Hope | Asteroid | $1,264,910 | $1,264,910 | |
Oct 12, 1990 | Memphis Belle | Commanding Officer | $27,385,582 | $27,385,582 | |
Sep 1, 1988 | Eight Men Out | Eddie Cicotte | $5,680,515 | $5,680,515 | |
Jun 10, 1988 | Stars and Bars | Charlie | $111,987 | $111,987 | |
1988 | Dominick and Eugene | Martin Chernak | $3,076,031 | $3,076,031 | |
1988 | Call Me | Sam | $251,819 | $251,819 | |
Aug 28, 1987 | Matewan | Sid Hatfield | $1,680,358 | $1,680,358 | |
Apr 18, 1986 | At Close Range | Tony Pine | $2,347,000 | $2,347,000 | |
Sep 7, 1984 | The Brother from Anoth… | Man in black | $3,700,000 | $3,700,000 | |
Apr 13, 1984 | Iceman | Dr. Singe | $7,343,032 | $7,343,032 | |
Dec 14, 1983 | Silkwood | Wesley | $35,615,609 | $35,615,609 | |
Feb 18, 1983 | Lovesick | Marvin Zuckerman | $10,143,618 | $10,143,618 | |
Averages | $30,908,164 | $55,564,108 | $57,693,181 | ||
Totals | 70 | $1,854,489,842 | $1,722,487,358 | $3,576,977,200 |
Leading or Lead Ensemble Roles
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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Dec 8, 2023 | A Little Prayer | |||||
Jan 27, 2023 | Remember This | |||||
Dec 17, 2021 | Nightmare Alley | $2,811,703 | 2,145 | $11,338,107 | $37,537,773 | 30.2% |
Oct 16, 2020 | The Devil has a Name | $182 | ||||
May 8, 2020 | Walkaway Joe | |||||
Unknown | The Devil Has a Name | |||||
Aug 20, 2018 | An Interview With God | $913,609 | ||||
Mar 28, 2014 | No God, No Master | 5 | $6,796 | $6,796 | 100.0% | |
Nov 9, 2007 | The Sensation of Sight | $8,737 | 4 | $23,457 | $23,457 | 100.0% |
Oct 7, 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck | $421,446 | 929 | $31,501,218 | $56,586,901 | 55.7% |
Mar 12, 1999 | With Friends Like Thes… | |||||
Sep 9, 1992 | Sneakers | $10,031,145 | 2,062 | $51,433,000 | $51,433,000 | 100.0% |
Averages | $3,318,258 | 1,029 | $18,860,516 | $20,928,817 | 77.2% | |
Totals | 12 | $94,302,578 | $146,501,718 |
Supporting Roles
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Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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Jul 15, 2022 | Where the Crawdads Sing | $17,253,227 | 3,650 | $90,230,760 | $136,539,552 | 66.1% |
Jan 29, 2021 | Nomadland | 1,200 | $3,700,000 | $38,728,987 | 9.6% | |
May 31, 2019 | Godzilla: King of the … | $47,776,293 | 4,108 | $110,500,138 | $383,299,914 | 28.8% |
Apr 19, 2019 | Fast Color | $37,594 | 25 | $76,916 | $76,916 | 100.0% |
Dec 8, 2017 | November Criminals | |||||
Oct 21, 2016 | American Pastoral | $149,038 | 70 | $544,098 | $1,892,175 | 28.8% |
Apr 8, 2016 | Louder Than Bombs | $24,259 | 40 | $163,808 | $1,428,004 | 11.5% |
Mar 6, 2015 | The Second Best Exotic… | $8,540,370 | 2,022 | $33,078,266 | $89,400,862 | 37.0% |
May 16, 2014 | Godzilla | $93,188,384 | 3,952 | $200,676,069 | $529,076,069 | 37.9% |
Mar 21, 2014 | Maladies | |||||
Nov 9, 2012 | Lincoln | $944,308 | 2,293 | $182,207,973 | $273,346,281 | 66.7% |
Aug 10, 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | $38,142,825 | 3,753 | $113,203,870 | $280,355,920 | 40.4% |
Aug 5, 2011 | The Whistleblower | $61,002 | 70 | $1,120,914 | $2,203,654 | 50.9% |
Dec 10, 2010 | The Tempest | $42,436 | 21 | $277,943 | $277,943 | 100.0% |
Sep 24, 2010 | Howl | $51,185 | 29 | $617,334 | $617,334 | 100.0% |
Aug 7, 2009 | Cold Souls | $63,302 | 52 | $905,209 | $1,125,209 | 80.4% |
Jan 30, 2009 | The Uninvited | $10,325,824 | 2,344 | $28,596,818 | $42,778,961 | 66.8% |
Apr 4, 2008 | My Blueberry Nights | $74,146 | 69 | $866,778 | $22,198,996 | 3.9% |
Feb 14, 2008 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | $19,004,058 | 3,847 | $71,195,053 | $162,839,667 | 43.7% |
Aug 3, 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | $69,283,690 | 3,701 | $227,471,070 | $444,043,396 | 51.2% |
Apr 20, 2007 | Fracture | $11,014,657 | 2,443 | $39,004,700 | $89,204,700 | 43.7% |
Dec 22, 2006 | We Are Marshall | $6,114,264 | 2,608 | $43,545,364 | $43,545,364 | 100.0% |
Feb 27, 2004 | Twisted | $8,904,299 | 2,704 | $25,195,050 | $40,119,848 | 62.8% |
May 2, 2003 | Blue Car | $30,087 | 28 | $464,126 | $475,367 | 97.6% |
Dec 3, 1999 | A Map of the World | $14,017 | 19 | $544,538 | $544,538 | 100.0% |
May 14, 1999 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $4,285,620 | 1,099 | $16,071,990 | $25,011,645 | 64.3% |
Sep 19, 1997 | L.A. Confidential | $5,211,198 | 1,625 | $64,604,977 | $126,204,977 | 51.2% |
Nov 3, 1995 | Home for the Holidays | $4,007,717 | 1,000 | $17,468,887 | $22,119,269 | 79.0% |
Mar 17, 1995 | Losing Isaiah | $2,520,972 | 912 | $7,564,608 | $7,564,608 | 100.0% |
Dec 3, 1993 | A Dangerous Woman | $1,497,222 | $1,497,222 | 100.0% | ||
Jun 30, 1993 | The Firm | $32,476,785 | 2,393 | $158,340,892 | $270,340,892 | 58.6% |
Jul 1, 1992 | A League of Their Own | $13,739,456 | 2,084 | $107,533,925 | $132,440,066 | 81.2% |
Dec 14, 1983 | Silkwood | $1,218,322 | 843 | $35,615,609 | $35,615,609 | 100.0% |
Averages | $13,603,425 | 1,633 | $51,060,803 | $103,384,321 | 63.3% | |
Totals | 33 | $1,582,884,905 | $3,204,913,945 |