Sam Waterston
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-11-15 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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
Acting
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
as Self (voice)
(2024)
The Six Triple Eight
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(2024)
Merchant Ivory
as Self
(2024)
A Case for Love
as Self
(2021)
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
as Self (voice)
(2020)
The Man in the Woods
as Headmaster Waldorf
(2020)
(2018)
On the Basis of Sex
as Erwin Griswold
(2018)
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
as Self - Actor
(2018)
The Mayo Clinic
as Charlie Mayo (voice)
(2017)
Dateline: Saigon
as Narrator (voice)
(2017)
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
as Narrator (voice)
(2016)
Miss Sloane
as George Dupont
(2016)
Anesthesia
as Prof. Walter Zarrow
(2015)
Dean Smith
as Narrator
(2015)
Please Be Normal
as Dad
(2015)
And It Was Good
as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
(2010)
(2006)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
(2004)
Hammer and Cycle
as Self - Narrator
(2003)
Le Divorce
as Chester Walker
(2003)
The Commission
as J. Lee Rankin
(2002)
The Matthew Shepard Story
as Dennis Shepard
(2000)
A House Divided
as David Dickson
(1999)
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
(1999)
In Bad Taste
as Self
(1999)
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
as Self / Host / Narrator
(1998)
Exiled
as Jack McCoy
(1998)
Miracle at Midnight
as Dr. Karl Koster
(1997)
Shadow Conspiracy
as The President
(1996)
The Proprietor
as Harry Bancroft
(1995)
Nixon
as Richard Helms
(1995)
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
as (archive footage)
(1995)
The Journey of August King
as Mooney Wright
(1994)
Serial Mom
as Eugene Sutphin
(1994)
The Enemy Within
as President William Foster
(1994)
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Daniel Chamberlain
(1994)
David's Mother
as John Nils
(1994)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
(1993)
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
as Forrest Bedford
(1993)
A Captive in the Land
as Royce
(1992)
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
(1991)
The Man in the Moon
as Matthew Trant
(1991)
Mindwalk
as Jack Edwards
(1990)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1989)
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Ben
(1989)
Welcome Home
as Woody
(1989)
Lantern Hill
as Andrew Stuart
(1988)
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
as Jim Delmore
(1988)
A Walk in the Woods
as John Honeyman
(1987)
September
as Peter
(1987)
The Room Upstairs
as Travis Coles
(1987)
Swimming to Cambodia
as Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
(1987)
Devil's Paradise
as Jones
(1986)
Hannah and Her Sisters
as David (uncredited)
(1986)
Just Between Friends
as Harry Crandall
(1986)
Flagrant désir
as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
(1986)
The Fifth Missile
as Capt. Allard Renslow
(1985)
Warning Sign
as Cal Morse
(1985)
Finnegan Begin Again
as Paul Broadbent
(1985)
Love Lives On
as Bernie
(1984)
The Killing Fields
as Sydney Schanberg
(1984)
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
as Ofoeti
(1983)
Dempsey
as Doc Kearns
(1983)
In Defense of Kids
as Paul Wilcox
(1982)
Games Mother Never Taught You
as David Bentells
(1980)
Heaven's Gate
as Frank Canton
(1980)
Hopscotch
as Jack Cutter
(1980)
Sweet William
as William McClusky
(1980)
Friendly Fire
as C.D.B. Bryan
(1979)
Eagle's Wing
as White Bull
(1978)
Interiors
as Mike
(1977)
Capricorn One
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
(1976)
Sweet Revenge
as Le Clerq
(1975)
Rancho Deluxe
as Cecil Colson
(1975)
Journey into Fear
as Mr. Graham
(1974)
The Great Gatsby
as Nick Carraway
(1974)
Reflections of Murder
as Michael Elliott
(1973)
The Glass Menagerie
as Tom Wingfield
(1973)
Much Ado About Nothing
as Benedick
(1972)
Savages
as James, the Limping Man
(1972)
Mahoney's Last Stand
as Felix
(1971)
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
as Alex Monte
(1970)
Cover Me Babe
as Cameraman
(1969)
Three
as Taylor
(1969)
Generation
as Desmond
(1967)
Fitzwilly
as Oliver
(1966)
Crew
(1995)
The Journey of August King
Producer