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Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Known for: Actor
Born: 15 November 1940 (age 85), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Credits: 60+ titles

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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Filmography

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2026 · as Sam
 The Six Triple Eight
The Six Triple Eight
2024 · as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 The Dropout
The Dropout
2022 · as George Shultz
 The Man in the Woods
The Man in the Woods
2020 · as Headmaster Waldorf
 The Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic
2018 · as Charlie Mayo (voice)
 Godless
Godless
2017 · as Marshall John Cook
 Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
2017 · as Narrator (voice)
 Dateline: Saigon
Dateline: Saigon
2017 · as Narrator (voice)
 Miss Sloane
Miss Sloane
2016 · as George Dupont
 Anesthesia
Anesthesia
2016 · as Prof. Walter Zarrow
 And It Was Good
And It Was Good
2015 · as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
 Grace and Frankie
Grace and Frankie
2015 · as Sol Bergstein
 Dean Smith
Dean Smith
2015 · as Narrator
 Please Be Normal
Please Be Normal
2015 · as Dad
 Jo
Jo
2013
 The Newsroom
The Newsroom
2012 · as Charlie Skinner
 Prohibition
Prohibition
2011 · as Reader (voice)
 Masters of Science Fiction
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
 The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
 The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report
2005
 Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · as Jack McCoy
 The Commission
The Commission
2003 · as J. Lee Rankin
 Le Divorce
Le Divorce
2003 · as Chester Walker
 The Matthew Shepard Story
The Matthew Shepard Story
2002 · as Dennis Shepard
 A House Divided
A House Divided
2000 · as David Dickson
 The Unfinished Journey
The Unfinished Journey
1999 · as Narrator (voice)
 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · as Jack McCoy
 Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
1999 · as Narrator
 Family Guy
Family Guy
1999 · as Bruce Kaplan (voice)
 Exiled
Exiled
1998 · as Jack McCoy
 Miracle at Midnight
Miracle at Midnight
1998 · as Dr. Karl Koster
 Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997 · as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
 Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
1997 · as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
 Shadow Conspiracy
Shadow Conspiracy
1997 · as The President
 The Proprietor
The Proprietor
1996 · as Harry Bancroft
 Nixon
Nixon
1995 · as Richard Helms
 The Journey of August King
The Journey of August King
1995 · as Mooney Wright
 Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
1995 · as Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
 Time Life's Lost Civilizations
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
1995 · as Narrator
 Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994 · as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
 The Enemy Within
The Enemy Within
1994 · as President William Foster
 Serial Mom
Serial Mom
1994 · as Eugene Sutphin
 David's Mother
David's Mother
1994 · as John Nils
 Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994 · as Daniel Chamberlain
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
1993 · as Forrest Bedford
 Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · as Jack McCoy
 Earth and the American Dream
Earth and the American Dream
1992 · as Reader (voice)
 HBO First Look
HBO First Look
1992
 Mindwalk
Mindwalk
1991 · as Jack Edwards
 I'll Fly Away
I'll Fly Away
1991 · as Forrest Bedford
 The Man in the Moon
The Man in the Moon
1991 · as Matthew Trant
 The Civil War
The Civil War
1990 · as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
 Law & Order
Law & Order
1990 · as Jack McCoy
 A Captive in the Land
A Captive in the Land
1990 · as Royce
 The Nightmare Years
The Nightmare Years
1989 · as Bill Shirer
 Crimes and Misdemeanors
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 · as Ben
 Welcome Home
Welcome Home
1989 · as Woody
 Lantern Hill
Lantern Hill
1989 · as Andrew Stuart
 Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · as G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")
 Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988 · as Jim Delmore

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