Sam Waterston

Actor

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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Waterston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: November 15, 1940 (Age 84) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Sam Waterston Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
A Captive in the Land Movie	5.3	Actor	Royce	1993
Anesthesia Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	5.9	Actor	Prof. Walter Zarrow	2016
Capricorn One Movie Available on 12 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Lt. Col. Peter Willis	1977
Cover Me Babe Movie	4.2	Actor	Cameraman	1970
Crimes and Misdemeanors Movie	7.9	Actor	Ben	1989
Eagle's Wing Movie	5.7	Actor	White Bull	1979
Fitzwilly Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Oliver	1967
Flagrant désir Movie	5.1	Actor	Inspecteur Gerry Morrison	1986
Generation Movie	5.6	Actor	Desmond	1969
Hannah and Her Sisters Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	David (uncredited)	1986
Heaven's Gate Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Frank Canton	1980
Hopscotch Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	Jack Cutter	1980
Interiors Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Mike	1978
Journey into Fear Movie	5.1	Actor	Mr. Graham	1975
Just Between Friends Movie	5.8	Actor	Harry Crandall	1986
The Killing Fields Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Sydney Schanberg	1984
Miss Sloane Movie	7.6	Actor	George Dupont	2016
Nixon Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7	Actor	Richard Helms	1995
Serial Mom Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7	Actor	Eugene Sutphin	1994
The Great Gatsby Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.2	Actor	Nick Carraway	1974
The Man in the Moon Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Matthew Trant	1991
Le Divorce Movie	5	Actor	Chester Walker	2003
September Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.3	Actor	Peter	1987
Shadow Conspiracy Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	5.1	Actor	The President	1997
Mindwalk Movie	7.5	Actor	Jack Edwards	1990
Warning Sign Movie	6.3	Actor	Cal Morse	1985
Rancho Deluxe Movie	6.1	Actor	Cecil Colson	1975
The Journey of August King Movie	6.3	Actor	Mooney Wright	1995
Savages Movie	5.3	Actor	James, the Limping Man	1972
Welcome Home Movie	5.5	Actor	Woody	1989
Three Movie	5.5	Actor	Taylor	1969
Sweet Revenge Movie	5.4	Actor	Le Clerq	1976
The Proprietor Movie	5.5	Actor	Harry Bancroft	1996
Sweet William Movie	5.1	Actor	William McClusky	1980
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? Movie	5.8	Actor	Alex Monte	1971
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators Movie	7.6	Actor	Narrator (voice)	2017
On the Basis of Sex Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	Erwin Griswold	2018
Mahoney's Last Stand Movie	6.5	Actor	Felix	1972
Please Be Normal Movie	5.5	Actor	Dad	2015
Devil's Paradise Movie	5.4	Actor	Jones	1987
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean Movie	6.3	Actor	Andy	1966
Jane Fonda in Five Acts Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	Self - Actor	2018
Dateline: Saigon Movie	9.3	Actor	Narrator (voice)	2017
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	8	Actor	Self (voice)	2021
The Man in the Woods Movie	5.2	Actor	Headmaster Waldorf	2020
The Commission Movie	6.6	Actor	J. Lee Rankin	2003
And It Was Good Movie		Actor	Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger	2015
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage Movie	8.1	Actor	Tom Wingfield (archive footage)	1994
Miracle at Midnight Movie	6.5	Actor	Dr. Karl Koster	1998
Merchant Ivory Movie	7.5	Actor	Self	2023
Earth and the American Dream Movie	6.7	Actor	Reader (voice)	1992
Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut Movie		Actor	Frank Canton	2014
A Case for Love Movie	9.7	Actor	Self	2024
Swimming to Cambodia Movie	7.4	Actor	Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)	1987
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV Movie		Actor	(archive footage)
The Six Triple Eight Movie		Actor		2024
The Newsroom TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	8.5	Actor	Charlie Skinner 25 Episodes	2012-2014
Law & Order TV Show Available on 15 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Jack McCoy 405 Episodes	1990
Grace and Frankie TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	8	Actor	Sol Bergstein 94 Episodes	2015-2022
Q.E.D. TV Show	7.6	Actor	7 Episodes	1982-1982
Hallmark Hall of Fame TV Show	7.9	Actor	Travis Coles 1 Episode	1951-1978
HBO First Look TV Show	6	Actor	1 Episode	1992
Amazing Stories TV Show	7.3	Actor	Jordan Manmouth 1 Episode	1985-1987
Lost Civilizations TV Show	8	Actor	Narrator 10 Episodes	1995
Tales from the Crypt TV Show	8.2	Actor	G.G. Devoe 1 Episode	1989-1996
Jo Limited Series Available on 3 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	1 Episode	2013-2013
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV Show Available on 18 streaming services.	8.2	Actor	Jack McCoy 4 Episodes	1999
Family Guy TV Show Available on 10 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Bruce Kaplan (voice) 2 Episodes	1999
The View TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	2.7	Actor	Self - Guest 1 Episode	1997
Jeopardy! TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	1 Episode	1984
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	7	Actor	Self 1 Episode	2015
The Colbert Report TV Show	8.2	Actor	1 Episode	2005-2014
Dr. Kildare TV Show	6.8	Actor	Mark 2 Episodes	1961-1966
Homicide: Life on the Street TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	8.5	Actor	2 Episodes	1993-1999
Masters of Science Fiction TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	1 Episode	2007-2007
Law & Order: Trial by Jury TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Jack McCoy 2 Episodes	2005-2006
The View TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	2.7	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1997
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled (TV) TV Show	7.8	Actor	Self 3 Episodes	2023-2023
I'll Fly Away TV Show	8.4	Actor	Forrest Bedford 39 Episodes	1991-1993
Saturday Night Live TV Show Available on 15 streaming services.	7.8	Actor	Self - Cameo (uncredited) 3 Episodes	1975
The Unfinished Journey Short Film	5.3	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1999
The Matthew Shepard Story Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	Dennis Shepard	2002
The Glass Menagerie Movie	7.1	Actor	Tom Wingfield	1973
The Enemy Within Movie	5.6	Actor	President William Foster	1994
Exiled Movie	6.3	Actor	Jack McCoy	1998
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker Movie	6	Actor	Daniel Chamberlain	1994
Finnegan Begin Again Movie	7	Actor	Paul Broadbent	1985
Reflections of Murder Movie	6.5	Actor	Michael Elliott	1974
A House Divided Movie	6.5	Actor	David Dickson	2000
Dempsey Movie	6	Actor	Doc Kearns	1983
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now Movie	7.4	Actor	Forrest Bedford	1993
The Room Upstairs Movie	5.5	Actor	Travis Coles	1987
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami Movie	6.2	Actor	Prosecutor	1988
The Fifth Missile Movie	6.1	Actor	Capt. Allard Renslow	1986
The Boy Who Loved Trolls Movie	6	Actor	Ofoeti	1984
The Mayo Clinic, Faith, Hope and Science Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Charlie Mayo	2018
In Defense of Kids Movie	4.4	Actor	Paul Wilcox	1983
Much Ado About Nothing Movie	7.6	Actor	Benedick	1973
A Walk in the Woods Movie	8.7	Actor	John Honeyman	1989
David's Mother Movie	6	Actor	John Nils	1994
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs Movie	8.9	Actor	Self / Host / Narrator	1999
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery Movie	8.3	Actor	Thomas Jefferson (voice) 2 Episodes	1997
Dean Smith Movie	8.1	Actor	Narrator	2015
Friendly Fire Movie	6.9	Actor	C.D.B. Bryan	1979
Lantern Hill Movie	6.7	Actor	Andrew Stuart	1989
Games Mother Never Taught You Movie	7.3	Actor	David Bentells	1982
Love Lives On Movie	6.2	Actor	Bernie	1985
Godless Limited Series Available on 1 streaming services.	8	Actor	Marshall John Cook 7 Episodes	2017-2017
The Civil War Limited Series Available on 6 streaming services.	8.8	Actor	Abraham Lincoln 9 Episodes	1990-1990
Prohibition Limited Series Available on 11 streaming services.	8	Actor	Reader (voice) 3 Episodes	2011-2011
Thomas Jefferson Limited Series Available on 1 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Thomas Jefferson (voice) 2 Episodes	1997
Lincoln Limited Series	6.8	Actor	Abraham Lincoln 2 Episodes	1988-1988
Oppenheimer Limited Series Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Robert Oppenheimer 7 Episodes	1980-1980
The Nightmare Years Limited Series	6.6	Actor	Bill Shirer 4 Episodes	1989
In Bad Taste Movie	7	Actor	Self	2000
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear TV Special	6.9	Actor	Self	2010
Night of 100 Stars III TV Special	5.5	Actor	Self	1990
The Dropout Limited Series Available on 1 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	George Shultz 5 Episodes	2022-2022
The Journey of August King Movie	6.3	Production	Producer	1995
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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