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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
123
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-11-15 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Acting
2024
The Six Triple Eight as Franklin Delano Roosevelt2024
Merchant Ivory as Self2024
A Case for Love as Self2023
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled as Self2022
The Dropout as George Shultz2021
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time as Self (voice)2020
The Man in the Woods as Headmaster Waldorf2020
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story as Self2018
On the Basis of Sex as Erwin Griswold2018
Jane Fonda in Five Acts as Self - Actor2018
The Mayo Clinic as Charlie Mayo2017
Godless as Marshall John Cook2017
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators as Narrator (voice)2017
Dateline: Saigon as Narrator (voice)2016
Miss Sloane as George Dupont2016
Anesthesia as Prof. Walter Zarrow2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self2015
Grace and Frankie as Sol Bergstein2015
And It Was Good as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger2015
Dean Smith as Narrator2015
Please Be Normal as Dad2013
Jo as Not available2012
The Newsroom as Charlie Skinner2011
Prohibition as Reader (voice)2010
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear as Self2007
Masters of Science Fiction as Not available2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")2005
The Colbert Report as Not available2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Jack McCoy2004
Hammer and Cycle as Self - Narrator2003
Le Divorce as Chester Walker2003
The Commission as J. Lee Rankin2002
The Matthew Shepard Story as Dennis Shepard2000
A House Divided as David Dickson1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Jack McCoy1999
Family Guy as Bruce Kaplan (voice)1999
In Bad Taste as Self1999
The Unfinished Journey as Narrator (voice)1999
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs as Self / Host / Narrator1998
Exiled as Jack McCoy1998
Miracle at Midnight as Dr. Karl Koster1997
The View as Self1997
The View as Self - Guest1997
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery as Thomas Jefferson (voice)1997
Thomas Jefferson as Thomas Jefferson (voice)1997
Shadow Conspiracy as The President1996
The Proprietor as Harry Bancroft1995
Nixon as Richard Helms1995
Time Life's Lost Civilizations as Narrator1995
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV as (archive footage)1995
The Journey of August King as Mooney Wright1994
Serial Mom as Eugene Sutphin1994
The Enemy Within as President William Foster1994
David's Mother as John Nils1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker as Daniel Chamberlain1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)1993
Homicide: Life on the Street as Jack McCoy1993
A Captive in the Land as Royce1993
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now as Forrest Bedford1992
HBO First Look as Not available1992
Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)1991
I'll Fly Away as Forrest Bedford1991
The Man in the Moon as Matthew Trant1991
Mindwalk as Jack Edwards1990
Law & Order as Jack McCoy1990
The Civil War as Abraham Lincoln1990
Night of 100 Stars III as Self1989
Tales from the Crypt as G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors as Ben1989
The Nightmare Years as Bill Shirer1989
Welcome Home as Woody1989
Lantern Hill as Andrew Stuart1988
Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln1988
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami as Jim Delmore1988
A Walk in the Woods as John Honeyman1987
September as Peter1987
Swimming to Cambodia as Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)1987
The Room Upstairs as Travis Coles1987
Devil's Paradise as Jones1986
Hannah and Her Sisters as David (uncredited)1986
Just Between Friends as Harry Crandall1986
Flagrant désir as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison1986
The Fifth Missile as Capt. Allard Renslow1985
Amazing Stories as Jordan Manmouth1985
Warning Sign as Cal Morse1985
Finnegan Begin Again as Paul Broadbent1985
Love Lives On as Bernie1984
Jeopardy! as Not available1984
The Killing Fields as Sydney Schanberg1984
The Boy Who Loved Trolls as Ofoeti1983
Dempsey as Doc Kearns1983
In Defense of Kids as Paul Wilcox1982
Q.E.D. as Not available1982
Games Mother Never Taught You as David Bentells1980
Oppenheimer as Robert Oppenheimer1980
Heaven's Gate as Frank Canton1980
Hopscotch as Jack Cutter1980
Friendly Fire as C.D.B. Bryan1980
Sweet William as William McClusky1979
Eagle's Wing as White Bull1978
Interiors as Mike1977
Capricorn One as Lt. Col. Peter Willis1976
Sweet Revenge as Le Clerq1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)1975
People's Choice Awards as Self - Presenter1975
Rancho Deluxe as Cecil Colson1975
Journey into Fear as Mr. Graham1974
The Great Gatsby as Nick Carraway1974
Reflections of Murder as Michael Elliott1973
The Glass Menagerie as Tom Wingfield1973
Much Ado About Nothing as Benedick1972
Savages as James, the Limping Man1972
Mahoney's Last Stand as Felix1971
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? as Alex Monte1970
Cover Me Babe as Cameraman1969
Generation as Desmond1969
Three as Taylor1967
Fitzwilly as Oliver1966
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean as Andy1961
Dr. Kildare as Mark1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Travis ColesNaN
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour as Self (voice)Crew
1995
The Journey of August King Producer