Sam Waterston

Personal Informations

Known for Department
Acting
Known appearances
121
Gender
Male
Birthday
Nov 15, 1940 (83 old)
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as
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Sam Waterston Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

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

A Case for Love
A Case for Love
Merchant Ivory
Merchant Ivory
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
The Dropout
The Dropout
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
The Man in the Woods
The Man in the Woods
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
On the Basis of Sex
On the Basis of Sex
The Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Godless
Godless
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Dateline: Saigon
Dateline: Saigon
Miss Sloane
Miss Sloane
Anesthesia
Anesthesia
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
And It Was Good
And It Was Good
Grace and Frankie
Grace and Frankie
Dean Smith
Dean Smith
Please Be Normal
Please Be Normal
Jo
Jo
The Newsroom
The Newsroom
Prohibition
Prohibition
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Masters of Science Fiction
Masters of Science Fiction
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
The Commission
The Commission
Le Divorce
Le Divorce
The Matthew Shepard Story
The Matthew Shepard Story
A House Divided
A House Divided
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In Bad Taste
In Bad Taste
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
Family Guy
Family Guy
Exiled
Exiled
Miracle at Midnight
Miracle at Midnight
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
The View
The View
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Shadow Conspiracy
Shadow Conspiracy
The Proprietor
The Proprietor
Nixon
Nixon
The Journey of August King
The Journey of August King
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
The Enemy Within
The Enemy Within
Serial Mom
Serial Mom
David's Mother
David's Mother
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
A Captive in the Land
A Captive in the Land
Earth and the American Dream
Earth and the American Dream
HBO First Look
HBO First Look
I'll Fly Away
I'll Fly Away
The Man in the Moon
The Man in the Moon
The Civil War
The Civil War
Law & Order
Law & Order
Mindwalk
Mindwalk
Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III
The Nightmare Years
The Nightmare Years
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Welcome Home
Welcome Home
Lantern Hill
Lantern Hill
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
Lincoln
Lincoln
A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods
September
September
Devil's Paradise
Devil's Paradise
Swimming to Cambodia
Swimming to Cambodia
The Room Upstairs
The Room Upstairs
Flagrant désir
Flagrant désir
Just Between Friends
Just Between Friends
The Fifth Missile
The Fifth Missile
Hannah and Her Sisters
Hannah and Her Sisters
Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories
Warning Sign
Warning Sign
Finnegan Begin Again
Finnegan Begin Again
The Killing Fields
The Killing Fields
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
Dempsey
Dempsey
In Defense of Kids
In Defense of Kids
Games Mother Never Taught You
Games Mother Never Taught You
Q.E.D.
Q.E.D.
Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate
Friendly Fire
Friendly Fire
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
Hopscotch
Hopscotch
Sweet William
Sweet William
Eagle's Wing
Eagle's Wing
Interiors
Interiors
Capricorn One
Capricorn One
Sweet Revenge
Sweet Revenge
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Journey into Fear
Journey into Fear
Rancho Deluxe
Rancho Deluxe
People's Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards
Reflections of Murder
Reflections of Murder
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Mahoney's Last Stand
Mahoney's Last Stand
Savages
Savages
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Cover Me Babe
Cover Me Babe
Three
Three
Generation
Generation
Fitzwilly
Fitzwilly
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame

Acting

Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
  —
(archive footage)
2024
A Case for Love
  —
Self
2023
Merchant Ivory
  —
Self
2022
The Dropout
  —
George Shultz
2021
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
  —
Self (voice)
2020
The Man in the Woods
  —
Headmaster Waldorf
2018
On the Basis of Sex
  —
Erwin Griswold
The Mayo Clinic
  —
Charlie Mayo
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
  —
Self - Actor
2017
Godless
  —
Marshall John Cook
Dateline: Saigon
  —
Narrator (voice)
2016
Miss Sloane
  —
George Dupont
Anesthesia
  —
Prof. Walter Zarrow
And It Was Good
  —
Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
Grace and Frankie
  —
Sol Bergstein
Dean Smith
  —
Narrator
Please Be Normal
  —
Dad
2013
Jo
2012
The Newsroom
  —
Charlie Skinner
2011
Prohibition
  —
Reader (voice)
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
  —
John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
  —
Jack McCoy
2003
The Commission
  —
J. Lee Rankin
Le Divorce
  —
Chester Walker
2002
The Matthew Shepard Story
  —
Dennis Shepard
2000
A House Divided
  —
David Dickson
1999
The Unfinished Journey
  —
Narrator (voice)
In Bad Taste
  —
Self
Family Guy
  —
Bruce Kaplan (voice)
1998
Exiled
  —
Jack McCoy
Miracle at Midnight
  —
Dr. Karl Koster
1997
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
  —
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
The View
  —
Self - Guest
Thomas Jefferson
  —
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Shadow Conspiracy
  —
The President
1996
The Proprietor
  —
Harry Bancroft
1995
Nixon
  —
Richard Helms
The Journey of August King
  —
Mooney Wright
1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
  —
Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
The Enemy Within
  —
President William Foster
Serial Mom
  —
Eugene Sutphin
David's Mother
  —
John Nils
1993
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
  —
Forrest Bedford
1992
Earth and the American Dream
  —
Reader (voice)
1991
I'll Fly Away
  —
Forrest Bedford
The Man in the Moon
  —
Matthew Trant
1990
The Civil War
  —
Abraham Lincoln
Law & Order
  —
Jack McCoy
Mindwalk
  —
Jack Edwards
1989
The Nightmare Years
  —
Bill Shirer
Welcome Home
  —
Woody
Lantern Hill
  —
Andrew Stuart
Tales from the Crypt
  —
G.G. Devoe
Lincoln
  —
Abraham Lincoln
A Walk in the Woods
  —
John Honeyman
1987
September
  —
Peter
Devil's Paradise
  —
Jones
Swimming to Cambodia
  —
Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
The Room Upstairs
  —
Travis Coles
1986
Flagrant désir
  —
Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
Just Between Friends
  —
Harry Crandall
The Fifth Missile
  —
Capt. Allard Renslow
Hannah and Her Sisters
  —
David (uncredited)
1985
Amazing Stories
  —
Jordan Manmouth
Warning Sign
  —
Cal Morse
Love Lives On
  —
Bernie
Finnegan Begin Again
  —
Paul Broadbent
1984
The Killing Fields
  —
Sydney Schanberg
1983
Dempsey
  —
Doc Kearns
In Defense of Kids
  —
Paul Wilcox
1982
Games Mother Never Taught You
  —
David Bentells
1980
Heaven's Gate
  —
Frank Canton
Friendly Fire
  —
C.D.B. Bryan
Oppenheimer
  —
Robert Oppenheimer
Hopscotch
  —
Jack Cutter
Sweet William
  —
William McClusky
1979
Eagle's Wing
  —
White Bull
1978
Interiors
  —
Mike
1977
Capricorn One
  —
Lt. Col. Peter Willis
1976
Sweet Revenge
  —
Le Clerq
1975
Saturday Night Live
  —
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Journey into Fear
  —
Mr. Graham
Rancho Deluxe
  —
Cecil Colson
People's Choice Awards
  —
Self - Presenter
1974
Reflections of Murder
  —
Michael Elliott
The Great Gatsby
  —
Nick Carraway
1973
The Glass Menagerie
  —
Tom Wingfield
Much Ado About Nothing
  —
Benedick
1972
Mahoney's Last Stand
  —
Felix
Savages
  —
James, the Limping Man
1971
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
  —
Alex Monte
1970
Cover Me Babe
  —
Cameraman
1969
Three
  —
Taylor
Generation
  —
Desmond
1967
Fitzwilly
  —
Oliver
1961
Dr. Kildare
  —
Mark
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
  —
Travis Coles

Production

1995
The Journey of August King
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