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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 15, 1940
Place of Birth:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Sam Waterston
Biography
Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor and occasional producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984's The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order. He has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, BAFTA- and Emmy Awards, having starred in over eighty film and television productions during his forty-five year career. Allmovie has characterised Waterston as having "cultivated a loyal following with his quietly charismatic, unfailingly solid performances."
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Merchant Ivory | Self |
| 2024 | A Case for Love | Self |
| 2024 | The Six Triple Eight | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 2021 | Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time | Self (voice) |
| 2020 | The Man in the Woods | Headmaster Waldorf |
| 2020 | Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story | Self |
| 2018 | On the Basis of Sex | Erwin Griswold |
| 2018 | The Mayo Clinic | Charlie Mayo (voice) |
| 2018 | Jane Fonda in Five Acts | Self - (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators | Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Dateline: Saigon | Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | Anesthesia | Prof. Walter Zarrow |
| 2016 | Miss Sloane | George Dupont |
| 2015 | Please Be Normal | Dad |
| 2015 | Dean Smith | Narrator |
| 2015 | And It Was Good | Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger |
| 2010 | The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear | Self |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods") |
| 2004 | Hammer and Cycle | Self - Narrator |
| 2003 | Le Divorce | Chester Walker |
| 2003 | The Commission | J. Lee Rankin |
| 2002 | The Matthew Shepard Story | Dennis Shepard |
| 2000 | A House Divided | David Dickson |
| 1999 | In Bad Taste | Self |
| 1999 | Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs | Self / Host / Narrator |
| 1999 | The Unfinished Journey | Narrator (voice) |
| 1999 | Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels | Narrator |
| 1999 | Law and Order: Justice | Jack McCoy |
| 1998 | Miracle at Midnight | Dr. Karl Koster |
| 1998 | Exiled | Jack McCoy |
| 1997 | Shadow Conspiracy | The President |
| 1996 | The Proprietor | Harry Bancroft |
| 1995 | The Journey of August King | Mooney Wright |
| 1995 | Nixon | Richard Helms |
| 1995 | Amazing Stories: The Movie IV | (archive footage) |
| 1994 | Serial Mom | Eugene Sutphin |
| 1994 | The Enemy Within | President William Foster |
| 1994 | David's Mother | John Nils |
| 1994 | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Daniel Chamberlain |
| 1994 | Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage | Tom Wingfield (archive footage) |
| 1993 | I'll Fly Away: Then and Now | Forrest Bedford |
| 1993 | A Captive in the Land | Royce |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) |
| 1991 | The Man in the Moon | Matthew Trant |
| 1991 | Mindwalk | Jack Edwards |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self |
| 1989 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Ben |
| 1989 | Welcome Home | Woody |
| 1989 | Lantern Hill | Andrew Stuart |
| 1988 | Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami | Jim Delmore |
| 1988 | A Walk in the Woods | John Honeyman |
| 1987 | September | Peter |
| 1987 | Swimming to Cambodia | Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage) |
| 1987 | The Room Upstairs | Travis Coles |
| 1987 | Devil's Paradise | Jones |
| 1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters | David (uncredited) |
| 1986 | The Fifth Missile | Capt. Allard Renslow |
| 1986 | Flagrant désir | Inspecteur Gerry Morrison |
| 1986 | Just Between Friends | Harry Crandall |
| 1985 | Warning Sign | Cal Morse |
| 1985 | Love Lives On | Bernie |
| 1985 | Finnegan Begin Again | Paul Broadbent |
| 1984 | The Killing Fields | Sydney Schanberg |
| 1984 | The Boy Who Loved Trolls | Ofoeti |
| 1983 | Dempsey | Doc Kearns |
| 1983 | In Defense of Kids | Paul Wilcox |
| 1982 | Games Mother Never Taught You | David Bentells |
| 1980 | Heaven's Gate | Frank Canton |
| 1980 | Hopscotch | Jack Cutter |
| 1980 | Sweet William | William McClusky |
| 1980 | Friendly Fire | C.D.B. Bryan |
| 1979 | Eagle's Wing | White Bull |
| 1978 | Interiors | Mike |
| 1977 | Capricorn One | Lt. Col. Peter Willis |
| 1976 | Sweet Revenge | Le Clerq |
| 1975 | Rancho Deluxe | Cecil Colson |
| 1975 | Journey into Fear | Mr. Graham |
| 1974 | The Great Gatsby | Nick Carraway |
| 1974 | Reflections of Murder | Michael Elliott |
| 1973 | The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield |
| 1973 | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick |
| 1972 | Mahoney's Last Stand | Felix |
| 1972 | Savages | James, the Limping Man |
| 1971 | Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? | Alex Monte |
| 1970 | Cover Me Babe | Cameraman |
| 1969 | Generation | Desmond |
| 1969 | Three | Taylor |
| 1967 | Fitzwilly | Oliver |
| 1966 | The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean | Andy |
| Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour | Self (voice) | |
| Carousel |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled | Self |
| 2022 | The Dropout | George Shultz |
| 2017 | Godless | Marshall John Cook |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie | Sol Bergstein |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2013 | Jo | |
| 2012 | The Newsroom | Charlie Skinner |
| 2011 | Prohibition | Reader (voice) |
| 2007 | Masters of Science Fiction | |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Jack McCoy |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Bruce Kaplan (voice) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jack McCoy |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1997 | Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson (voice) |
| 1997 | Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery | Thomas Jefferson (voice) |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest |
| 1995 | Time Life's Lost Civilizations | Narrator |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Jack McCoy |
| 1992 | HBO First Look | |
| 1991 | I'll Fly Away | Forrest Bedford |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Jack McCoy |
| 1990 | The Civil War | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow") |
| 1989 | The Nightmare Years | Bill Shirer |
| 1988 | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Jordan Manmouth |
| 1984 | Jeopardy! | Self |
| 1982 | Q.E.D. | |
| 1980 | Oppenheimer | Robert Oppenheimer |
| 1975 | People's Choice Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Mark |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Travis Coles |