The Big Picture: David Strathairn Career & Biographical Notes: College buddy of John Sayles and was a featured player in the Academy Award-nominated director's film debut. They have worked together on 7 projects and counting. Worked with son Tay Strathairn in Eight Men Out Worked in the industry for a quarter century before finally receiving Academy Awards recognition for lead role in Good Night, and Good Luck. Can't decide who is more self-indulgent, Edward R. Murrow or George Clooney.

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David Strathairn Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Cold Souls
• Godzilla (2014)
• Home for the Holidays
• League Of Their Own, A
• Sneakers

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
The Bourne Legacy	8/10/12	N/A
Cold Souls	8/7/09	N/A
The Uninvited	1/30/09	N/A
The Spiderwick Chronicles	2/15/08				65.94	Info
My Blueberry Nights	2/13/08	N/A
The Bourne Ultimatum	8/3/07				85.88	Info
Fracture	4/20/07	R	2443	11.01	37.17	Info
We Are Marshall	12/22/06		2606	8.58	43.46	Info
The Notorious Bettie Page	4/14/06	R	20	0.14	1.37	Info
Good Night, and Good Luck	10/7/05	PG	11	0.42	29.48	Info
Blue Car	5/2/03	R	6	0.03	0.46	Info
Return of the Secaucus 7 (Re-release)	4/12/02	N/A
Harrison's Flowers	3/15/02	N/A

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Awards:

2005
Good Night, and Good Luck

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Spirit Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Satellites
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Washington (DC) Area Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Chicago Film Critics

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