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)
A Case for Love
as Self
(2024)
Merchant Ivory
as Self
(2021)
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
as Self (voice)
(2020)
(2020)
The Man in the Woods
as Headmaster Waldorf
(2018)
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
as Self - Actor
(2018)
On the Basis of Sex
as Erwin Griswold
(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)
And It Was Good
as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
(2015)
Dean Smith
as Narrator
(2015)
Please Be Normal
as Dad
(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)
The Commission
as J. Lee Rankin
(2003)
Le Divorce
as Chester Walker
(2002)
The Matthew Shepard Story
as Dennis Shepard
(2000)
A House Divided
as David Dickson
(1999)
In Bad Taste
as Self
(1999)
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
as Self / Host / Narrator
(1999)
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
(1999)
(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)
The Journey of August King
as Mooney Wright
(1995)
Nixon
as Richard Helms
(1995)
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
as (archive footage)
(1994)
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Daniel Chamberlain
(1994)
The Enemy Within
as President William Foster
(1994)
David's Mother
as John Nils
(1994)
Serial Mom
as Eugene Sutphin
(1994)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
(1993)
A Captive in the Land
as Royce
(1993)
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
as Forrest Bedford
(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)
Lantern Hill
as Andrew Stuart
(1989)
Welcome Home
as Woody
(1988)
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
as Jim Delmore
(1988)
A Walk in the Woods
as John Honeyman
(1987)
Devil's Paradise
as Jones
(1987)
September
as Peter
(1987)
The Room Upstairs
as Travis Coles
(1987)
Swimming to Cambodia
as Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
(1986)
The Fifth Missile
as Capt. Allard Renslow
(1986)
Hannah and Her Sisters
as David (uncredited)
(1986)
Flagrant désir
as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
(1986)
Just Between Friends
as Harry Crandall
(1985)
Warning Sign
as Cal Morse
(1985)
Love Lives On
as Bernie
(1985)
Finnegan Begin Again
as Paul Broadbent
(1984)
The Killing Fields
as Sydney Schanberg
(1984)
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
as Ofoeti
(1983)
In Defense of Kids
as Paul Wilcox
(1983)
Dempsey
as Doc Kearns
(1982)
Games Mother Never Taught You
as David Bentells
(1980)
Hopscotch
as Jack Cutter
(1980)
Heaven's Gate
as Frank Canton
(1980)
Friendly Fire
as C.D.B. Bryan
(1980)
Sweet William
as William McClusky
(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)
Journey into Fear
as Mr. Graham
(1975)
Rancho Deluxe
as Cecil Colson
(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