Sam Waterston
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 15, 1940 (age 85)
- Birthplace
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Waterston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie · as Sam
Line of Fire
TV · as Thomas Barnes · 3 eps
Merchant Ivory
Movie · as Self
A Case for Love
Movie · as Self
The Six Triple Eight
Movie · as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
Movie · as Self (voice)
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Dropout
TV · as George Shultz · 5 eps
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Movie · as Self (voice)
The Man in the Woods
Movie · as Headmaster Waldorf
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
Movie · as Self
On the Basis of Sex
Movie · as Erwin Griswold
The Mayo Clinic
Movie · as Charlie Mayo (voice)
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Dateline: Saigon
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Godless
TV · as Marshall John Cook · 7 eps
Anesthesia
Movie · as Prof. Walter Zarrow
Miss Sloane
Movie · as George Dupont
Please Be Normal
Movie · as Dad
Dean Smith
Movie · as Narrator
And It Was Good
Movie · as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
Grace and Frankie
TV · as Sol Bergstein · 94 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Jo
TV · 1 ep
The Newsroom
TV · as Charlie Skinner · 25 eps
Prohibition
TV · as Reader (voice) · 3 eps
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Movie · as Self
Masters of Science Fiction
TV · 1 ep
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie · as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
The Colbert Report
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV · as Jack McCoy · 2 eps
Hammer and Cycle
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Le Divorce
Movie · as Chester Walker
The Commission
Movie · as J. Lee Rankin
The Matthew Shepard Story
Movie · as Dennis Shepard
A House Divided
Movie · as David Dickson
In Bad Taste
Movie · as Self
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
Movie · as Self / Host / Narrator
The Unfinished Journey
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
Movie · as Narrator
Family Guy
TV · as Bruce Kaplan (voice) · 2 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Jack McCoy · 4 eps
Miracle at Midnight
Movie · as Dr. Karl Koster
Exiled
Movie · as Jack McCoy
Shadow Conspiracy
Movie · as The President
The View
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Thomas Jefferson
TV · as Thomas Jefferson (voice) · 2 eps
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
TV · as Thomas Jefferson (voice) · 2 eps
The Proprietor
Movie · as Harry Bancroft
The Journey of August King
Movie · as Mooney Wright
Nixon
Movie · as Richard Helms
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
Movie · as Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
TV · as Narrator · 10 eps
Serial Mom
Movie · as Eugene Sutphin
The Enemy Within
Movie · as President William Foster
David's Mother
Movie · as John Nils
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Movie · as Daniel Chamberlain
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Movie · as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
Movie · as Forrest Bedford
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV · as Jack McCoy · 2 eps
Earth and the American Dream
Movie · as Reader (voice)
HBO First Look
TV · 1 ep
The Man in the Moon
Movie · as Matthew Trant
Mindwalk
Movie · as Jack Edwards
I'll Fly Away
TV · as Forrest Bedford · 39 eps
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie · as Self
A Captive in the Land
Movie · as Royce
Law & Order
TV · as Jack McCoy · 405 eps
The Civil War
TV · as Abraham Lincoln (voice) · 9 eps
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Movie · as Ben
Welcome Home
Movie · as Woody
Lantern Hill
Movie · as Andrew Stuart
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow") · 1 ep
The Nightmare Years
TV · as Bill Shirer · 4 eps
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
Movie · as Jim Delmore
A Walk in the Woods
Movie · as John Honeyman
Lincoln
TV · as Abraham Lincoln · 2 eps
September
Movie · as Peter
Swimming to Cambodia
Movie · as Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
The Room Upstairs
Movie · as Travis Coles
Devil's Paradise
Movie · as Jones
Hannah and Her Sisters
Movie · as David (uncredited)
The Fifth Missile
Movie · as Capt. Allard Renslow
Flagrant désir
Movie · as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
Just Between Friends
Movie · as Harry Crandall
Warning Sign
Movie · as Cal Morse
Love Lives On
Movie · as Bernie
Finnegan Begin Again
Movie · as Paul Broadbent
Amazing Stories
TV · as Jordan Manmouth · 1 ep
The Killing Fields
Movie · as Sydney Schanberg
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
Movie · as Ofoeti
Jeopardy!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dempsey
Movie · as Doc Kearns
In Defense of Kids
Movie · as Paul Wilcox
Games Mother Never Taught You
Movie · as David Bentells
Q.E.D.
TV · as Professor Quentin Everett Deverill · 6 eps
American Playhouse
TV · as Robert Oppenheimer, John Honeyman · 7 eps
Heaven's Gate
Movie · as Frank Canton
Hopscotch
Movie · as Jack Cutter
Sweet William
Movie · as William McClusky
Friendly Fire
Movie · as C.D.B. Bryan
Oppenheimer
TV · as Robert Oppenheimer · 7 eps
Eagle's Wing
Movie · as White Bull
Interiors
Movie · as Mike
Capricorn One
Movie · as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
Sweet Revenge
Movie · as Le Clerq
Rancho Deluxe
Movie · as Cecil Colson
Journey into Fear
Movie · as Mr. Graham
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 2 eps
The Great Gatsby
Movie · as Nick Carraway
Reflections of Murder
Movie · as Michael Elliott
The Glass Menagerie
Movie · as Tom
Much Ado About Nothing
Movie · as Benedick
Mahoney's Last Stand
Movie · as Felix
Savages
Movie · as James, the Limping Man
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Movie · as Alex Monte
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cover Me Babe
Movie · as Cameraman
Generation
Movie · as Desmond
Three
Movie · as Taylor
Fitzwilly
Movie · as Oliver
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
Movie · as Andy
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Mark · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Travis Coles · 1 ep