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](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2S9jrpqdcTT94gZjhk3v4KCDtZ1.jpg)
A Case for Love
![Merchant Ivory](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ozUlESdVAGkKgQYVqsAUtO7Uwa0.jpg)
Merchant Ivory
![Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dVqtEebMypbFLeka3dKzCaCTVWy.jpg)
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
![The Dropout](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9SkOJF92FE0H1UXeOgLz7lAnoMb.jpg)
The Dropout
![Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/35vwi9L8Dwo11GobEhPTLHxgnxs.jpg)
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
![The Man in the Woods](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wDbknvbsPgcAYR3UAXHCPYno4J1.jpg)
The Man in the Woods
![Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sURP9N3JsWQEnAX3klbhaNwLX3X.jpg)
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
![On the Basis of Sex](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/izY9Le3QWtu7xkHq7bjJnuE5yGI.jpg)
On the Basis of Sex
![The Mayo Clinic](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r5Axef30grCmdyN3UR8eftSB4fo.jpg)
The Mayo Clinic
![Jane Fonda in Five Acts](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lgOfQqfOeMt2dGsD8u0XcBOvfpo.jpg)
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
![Godless](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ePOD0ofGWFDTbZR84QhM7kpYMPX.jpg)
Godless
![Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xf7BiWxXfr7Fm2jp9wXXXDdEJpb.jpg)
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
![Dateline: Saigon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dqOFBmrIYymwYx5HufP3lJzQPAx.jpg)
Dateline: Saigon
![Miss Sloane](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ptfvQlqe2xJiMSewSj52qAVq5z0.jpg)
Miss Sloane
![Anesthesia](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ydJYMqO7hk8jL9dMt2W0FjWO0M2.jpg)
Anesthesia
![The Late Show with Stephen Colbert](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9jkThAGYj2yp8jsS6Nriy5mzKFT.jpg)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
![And It Was Good](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vpOb9yciXLOmCk2Bl5BPdCYYbFH.jpg)
And It Was Good
![Grace and Frankie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b0ldaLD1rSqg5DMxHBkNFAYIUQP.jpg)
Grace and Frankie
![Dean Smith](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nHyUdBthWBv6R3wOdAkfeHSWdLd.jpg)
Dean Smith
![Please Be Normal](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/roKEG4D5GD9lMzSf3eDTvkN0DHv.jpg)
Please Be Normal
![Jo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/l0UHTjvEwpsbJlLyQbVTupcR9lU.jpg)
Jo
![The Newsroom](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2s6IPLtfw0GiMxlJznb1TkA6KXk.jpg)
The Newsroom
![Prohibition](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dhZKY66U37aIJVxA6OsR95efTkI.jpg)
Prohibition
![The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7KEDcaF4WVYkpCdXMfsgEDrTBfM.jpg)
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
![Masters of Science Fiction](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jfImSgyg58tcCckUSuRuPif9GHA.jpg)
Masters of Science Fiction
![The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pqn9Vtk7OWxhmA3fALM6I1aRgRS.jpg)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
![The Colbert Report](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pn2CVXjOlR8kY5MgOTJjZ71IM0Q.jpg)
The Colbert Report
![Law & Order: Trial by Jury](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9nVHqaRDRqLCMpA2DQW0XSQnu5j.jpg)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
![The Commission](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uaqGu9E5Jsu6zp7Yk6b3iroUlOg.jpg)
The Commission
![Le Divorce](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ucBJrWKCJ1naTylSFN8jpaEqwwe.jpg)
Le Divorce
![The Matthew Shepard Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fK2xHGFQ0PZ83vJ3RRLR4o8V6wF.jpg)
The Matthew Shepard Story
![A House Divided](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hpgXUZluhSD1voVYmC99HL4Ni8G.jpg)
A House Divided
![Law & Order: Special Victims Unit](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/onmSVwYsPMYtO8OjLdjS8FfRNKb.jpg)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
![In Bad Taste](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/A3HCMHvtCQAjufBccUhEoGzIEXd.jpg)
In Bad Taste
![Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/47pfeJOVYEI28Psz6r6O4MZMmm6.jpg)
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
![Family Guy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/y0HUz4eUNUe3TeEd8fQWYazPaC7.jpg)
Family Guy
![Exiled](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jG7fKOx1NsjaBmzZHmlYO1Y9h83.jpg)
Exiled
![Miracle at Midnight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xMPiWA66gST1XONqLtceHfe6xpi.jpg)
Miracle at Midnight
![Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hjiMdLSUgv6U97hCVKyKX4HxCut.jpg)
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
![The View](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zn5ZtKXYo8XOoXUgtQxw7q2CjVt.jpg)
The View
![Thomas Jefferson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yX1m4gnw7DlZSkdphQNmm89Oc4T.jpg)
Thomas Jefferson
![Shadow Conspiracy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zmkT8yAkuRqAvcWGoNQRewYI2ep.jpg)
Shadow Conspiracy
![The Proprietor](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pLaAfn6lziZiGH66ja98p4ZbVnj.jpg)
The Proprietor
![Nixon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cz2MTGr2wpDZLirgV2rGHBdA2t3.jpg)
Nixon
![The Journey of August King](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1kWPXnCyUo20QCrv8lwQhTFPj9f.jpg)
The Journey of August King
![Time Life's Lost Civilizations](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1W4Dn6iiQRTxX9XDYmHgRflMUzz.jpg)
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
![Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rzr811czh3Va0iBiKCHl4X4pJwI.jpg)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
![The Enemy Within](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2qEjb22Lg6xYRumlKc3crq6e3qp.jpg)
The Enemy Within
![Serial Mom](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/svjDGRzT5IsR1odhBOPPBLSF4sm.jpg)
Serial Mom
![David's Mother](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kFefBPcxm3fESMM5JENoc9ISLzS.jpg)
David's Mother
![Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fC53VlxlUv9whTS25k51fWog1NU.jpg)
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
![Homicide: Life on the Street](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nb5310xlFjx5r9TnpKoaOTQsAlP.jpg)
Homicide: Life on the Street
![A Captive in the Land](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fCxMJAJb3W0WCMjNMIIvENi17ZX.jpg)
A Captive in the Land
![Earth and the American Dream](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5zcLVCa1FSTAmYB4C7JHhpotp0q.jpg)
Earth and the American Dream
![HBO First Look](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1R6pR4X5usNA7rPbt9q7a96S6HK.jpg)
HBO First Look
![I'll Fly Away](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pAS4EyCpXDY8WCqWII8Ioc9N0ci.jpg)
I'll Fly Away
![The Man in the Moon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/57r0TXlqV5GIn4h0Htgh81OZou9.jpg)
The Man in the Moon
![The Civil War](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qs6J3T0mfAlmoOOUt0B2d4zd6je.jpg)
The Civil War
![Law & Order](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m9zTQr4TYS98UFSiA1k0mMfECPe.jpg)
Law & Order
![Mindwalk](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6iLaHjCR4mT29BWj9qHy2hPdWW9.jpg)
Mindwalk
![Night of 100 Stars III](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/886JJFF8s2z3x5txGkaVRnmeMU9.jpg)
Night of 100 Stars III
![The Nightmare Years](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/72nrgQUFSCJOmlAqpNYCmaohdVT.jpg)
The Nightmare Years
![Crimes and Misdemeanors](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6vC6MLYUICH57MmEVi1UaNaj2Qs.jpg)
Crimes and Misdemeanors
![Welcome Home](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9b6NYeKMSomxp6Oacj0OKTjXHKe.jpg)
Welcome Home
![Lantern Hill](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e4juQ5ddsaoukQwjTc2ISGi8fAk.jpg)
Lantern Hill
![Tales from the Crypt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/265Gpw7wSwwMkUQlksot8B2chRg.jpg)
Tales from the Crypt
![Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zVidns6j5NGsijmdeZJ1KKT5o6A.jpg)
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
![Lincoln](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cc8lye6k3lJHwAXyFnuAAOfzJFG.jpg)
Lincoln
![A Walk in the Woods](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/l17t8oFY0pl1ehBidUbv5RSRuOP.jpg)
A Walk in the Woods
![September](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gTsFkvUt9wrGOZh6JNDSFd2LIBT.jpg)
September
![Devil's Paradise](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bMWe8YsmgeLF0IkmnDDb5BcEFBJ.jpg)
Devil's Paradise
![Swimming to Cambodia](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7AUoZQaWpRHzgyDntvTBVMggGzo.jpg)
Swimming to Cambodia
![The Room Upstairs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wTzrGsznUP6lMcDi3HY5EF1WACD.jpg)
The Room Upstairs
![Flagrant désir](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tjHLvuBeoSriUcSjlMcZ5JBCMxb.jpg)
Flagrant désir
![Just Between Friends](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fQoi0iRtSA3xwNlmCUGvKc5R8FD.jpg)
Just Between Friends
![The Fifth Missile](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zartXueG3XQbf0El0ljudd2eokD.jpg)
The Fifth Missile
![Hannah and Her Sisters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gARgIRb2QFRFVrsziwWE389u1pK.jpg)
Hannah and Her Sisters
![Amazing Stories](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rrRDymHWaQUa8LAsIxJc5OOigea.jpg)
Amazing Stories
![Warning Sign](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bcwnXp1fESWS4oMnEgSgT7weEWC.jpg)
Warning Sign
![Finnegan Begin Again](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4OQFxSBcS3JjQrKlHQ4IEFZ5BYD.jpg)
Finnegan Begin Again
![The Killing Fields](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cX6Bv7natnZwQjsV9bLL8mmWjkS.jpg)
The Killing Fields
![The Boy Who Loved Trolls](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bJRxRnmdcZ7DdUcLLCDzjpgXo7Y.jpg)
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
![Jeopardy!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/11rWvQOEZBouD7wet0sWHwu7NDs.jpg)
Jeopardy!
![Dempsey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pTrtExLHfqdjyRD8nAuQI2WdNYC.jpg)
Dempsey
![In Defense of Kids](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fD4og3vqiO1SX4rOcyVEMDnR85i.jpg)
In Defense of Kids
![Games Mother Never Taught You](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/u3rFXoasLZokoTRHbQojxJubJcG.jpg)
Games Mother Never Taught You
![Q.E.D.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r0NFauKaMcCdcXmfKxIcoWgxQLl.jpg)
Q.E.D.
![Heaven's Gate](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kW4Vk31nhtKPKGuYMaVATq3wcHC.jpg)
Heaven's Gate
![Friendly Fire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xqklO81TK9oGRKTtkQ8w4sCo59y.jpg)
Friendly Fire
![Oppenheimer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vP5dFYoP6vUUNavVDX98a5q01tq.jpg)
Oppenheimer
![Hopscotch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7ZTasNoTehrypra0X97zh8Amk3.jpg)
Hopscotch
![Sweet William](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zfCzPjYWkfBy37xNlK8RNFIxcPy.jpg)
Sweet William
![Eagle's Wing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jlK1K4h1Iroi9fvW8I71RjjMGHg.jpg)
Eagle's Wing
![Interiors](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sTPy6Kfa1FRED1eaZdVex8b2MdB.jpg)
Interiors
![Capricorn One](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vFkBk0mJvZhRhMbQ0kkS1tThUCp.jpg)
Capricorn One
![Sweet Revenge](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7Cct7dIcrVvuJOgeKHlDxkDUGa0.jpg)
Sweet Revenge
![Saturday Night Live](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sHGuKFjIBisPk8cvtCZTDVktYfs.jpg)
Saturday Night Live
![Journey into Fear](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hpwhvnefWCqcfSjkmSqkoKf2GJE.jpg)
Journey into Fear
![Rancho Deluxe](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1eoX9LIRA1dhJzLSoVw7Oig0DSf.jpg)
Rancho Deluxe
![People's Choice Awards](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yLGYNJ7kXaBjFoNvGrXru6SwTAc.jpg)
People's Choice Awards
![Reflections of Murder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2EGLLqOKI7hyppbSZ9LtGti6u4P.jpg)
Reflections of Murder
![The Great Gatsby](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zCjwyhfDTFgunVVzBoEFzafpjbV.jpg)
The Great Gatsby
![The Glass Menagerie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/57AiOjvmzuD4vWN8wUX26JttimX.jpg)
The Glass Menagerie
![Much Ado About Nothing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7ImErJAUUC6MD8m9cOvG0DwpwKK.jpg)
Much Ado About Nothing
![Mahoney's Last Stand](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/maqfaDGKWMy7UyZ1MxR9iOz6WyY.jpg)
Mahoney's Last Stand
![Savages](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sWVc9qxhyWvCW31XFkyTXVeO0Bh.jpg)
Savages
![Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nPWBYps8oSYSKEMY0bJrk8Ux4MV.jpg)
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
![Cover Me Babe](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5B0Abwb4Vp52BvRqv6wUPe8ddlz.jpg)
Cover Me Babe
![Three](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/daY3yvWRGmwuk0nrRq6uaOm31pQ.jpg)
Three
![Generation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m3LoWlSdeWwVux2n1eVqahIcD52.jpg)
Generation
![Fitzwilly](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xYdN2e6FJFqpOWX0AQydVTABFli.jpg)
Fitzwilly
![The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/35mKu43Yco3t0Wmw6bf6xpEB5RU.jpg)
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
![Dr. Kildare](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1zJFzPsnC3ih1sdY25XbHactXiB.jpg)
Dr. Kildare
![Hallmark Hall of Fame](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dSeAHZYT2JLidmA9hfH15Ae3NPk.jpg)
Hallmark Hall of Fame