David Strathairn
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"David Russell Strathairn" is an American actor who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck. He is recognized for his role as CIA Deputy Director Noah Vosen in the 2007 film The Bourne Ultimatum (film)/The Bourne Ultimatum, a role he reprised in 2012's The Bourne Legacy (film)/The Bourne Legacy. He played a prominent role as Dr. Lee Rosen on the Syfy series Alphas from 2011 to 2012 and played Secretary of State William Henry Seward in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012 film)/Lincoln.

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[The film is] relentless in its pace, ... You don't want to let [audiences] off the hook, where they can relax. You don't want to leave that room. It's not necessary to investigate who Murrow was, his life outside. It's who he was, who they all were, on the ice, in the mix, on the front lines, at that moment.

Deep sense of the common man. He was born to the job that he did.

He paid a lot of dues to get where he is, and now there are a lot of doors open to him. The one he has chosen to walk through throws down a gauntlet. He has the good luck, the charm and the guts to do what he wants, and this film is what he chose to do.

All of you here, and all of those who will see this movie, all of those who are out there trying to bring truth to all of us so that we can make better decisions about our lives.

Goodnight, and Good Luck.

You kind of get pigeonholed for various reasons. One thing I didn't do in this movie (that) I regret not doing was taking a pratfall. I think, as great as Edward R. Murrow was, in terms of cinema, you've gotta honor those great clowns.

It was a process of listening, listening, watching, listening, reading, more and more.

That's what they'd say as they [went underground], 'Good night, and good luck.'