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Sam Waterston

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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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Born:
Nov 15, 1940 In Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
105
First Appeared:
In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
Latest Project:
Movie The Six Triple Eight 2024-12-06
Known For
Poster of Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Poster of Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Poster of Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Filmography
Movie A Case for Love Self 2024-01-23
Movie Merchant Ivory Self 2024-08-30
Movie The Six Triple Eight 2024-12-06
Movie Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time Self (voice) 2021-11-19
Movie The Man in the Woods Headmaster Waldorf 2020-11-24
Movie On the Basis of Sex Erwin Griswold 2018-12-25
Movie Jane Fonda in Five Acts Self - Actor 2018-01-21
Movie Dateline: Saigon Narrator (voice) 2017-03-07
Series Godless Marshall John Cook 2017-11-22
Movie Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators Narrator (voice) 2017-06-17
Movie Anesthesia Prof. Walter Zarrow 2016-01-08
Movie Miss Sloane George Dupont 2016-11-25
Movie Please Be Normal Dad 2015-03-20
Movie Dean Smith Narrator 2015-03-25
Series Grace and Frankie Sol Bergstein 2015-05-08
Movie And It Was Good Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger 2015-06-05
Series Jo Unknown 2013-01-17
Series The Newsroom Charlie Skinner 2012-06-24
Series Prohibition Reader (voice) 2011-10-02
Movie The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Self 2010-10-30
Series Masters of Science Fiction Unknown 2007-08-04
Movie The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods") 2006-05-02
Series Law & Order: Trial by Jury Jack McCoy 2005-03-03
Series The Colbert Report Unknown 2005-10-17
Movie Le Divorce Chester Walker 2003-08-08
Movie The Commission J. Lee Rankin 2003-11-07
Movie The Matthew Shepard Story Dennis Shepard 2002-03-16
Movie A House Divided David Dickson 2000-07-30
Movie In Bad Taste Self 1999-09-03
Series Family Guy Unknown 1999-01-31
Series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jack McCoy 1999-09-20
Movie Miracle at Midnight Dr. Karl Koster 1998-03-17
Movie Exiled Jack McCoy 1998-11-08
Movie Shadow Conspiracy The President 1997-01-25
Series Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery Thomas Jefferson (voice) 1997-11-04
Series Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (voice) 1997-02-18
Movie The Proprietor Harry Bancroft 1996-09-09
Movie The Journey of August King Mooney Wright 1995-09-14
Movie Nixon Richard Helms 1995-12-22
Movie Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker Daniel Chamberlain 1994-02-26
Movie David's Mother John Nils 1994-04-10
Movie Serial Mom Eugene Sutphin 1994-04-13
Movie Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage Tom Wingfield (archive footage) 1994-12-19
Movie The Enemy Within President William Foster 1994-08-24
Movie A Captive in the Land Royce 1993-01-15
Movie I'll Fly Away: Then and Now Forrest Bedford 1993-10-11
Series Homicide: Life on the Street Unknown 1993-01-31
Movie Earth and the American Dream Reader (voice) 1992-10-01
Movie The Man in the Moon Matthew Trant 1991-09-30
Movie Mindwalk Jack Edwards 1991-12-05
Series I'll Fly Away Forrest Bedford 1991-10-07
Movie Night of 100 Stars III Self 1990-05-21
Series Law & Order Jack McCoy 1990-09-13
Series The Civil War Abraham Lincoln 1990-09-23
Series Tales from the Crypt Unknown 1989-06-10
Movie Welcome Home Woody 1989-09-29
Movie Lantern Hill Andrew Stuart 1989-08-29
Series The Nightmare Years Bill Shirer 1989-11-17
Movie Crimes and Misdemeanors Ben 1989-10-13
Series Lincoln Abraham Lincoln 1988-03-27
Movie Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami Prosecutor 1988-12-30
Movie Swimming to Cambodia Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage) 1987-03-13
Movie The Room Upstairs Travis Coles 1987-01-31
Movie Devil's Paradise Jones 1987-05-07
Movie September Peter 1987-12-18
Movie Hannah and Her Sisters David (uncredited) 1986-02-07
Movie The Fifth Missile Capt. Allard Renslow 1986-02-23
Movie Just Between Friends Harry Crandall 1986-03-21
Movie Flagrant désir Inspecteur Gerry Morrison 1986-06-11
Movie Finnegan Begin Again Paul Broadbent 1985-02-24
Movie Warning Sign Cal Morse 1985-08-23
Movie Love Lives On Bernie 1985-03-31
Series Jeopardy! Unknown 1984-09-10
Movie The Boy Who Loved Trolls Ofoeti 1984-10-29
Movie The Killing Fields Sydney Schanberg 1984-11-23
Movie In Defense of Kids Paul Wilcox 1983-04-06
Movie Dempsey Doc Kearns 1983-09-28
Series Q.E.D. 1982-03-23
Movie Games Mother Never Taught You David Bentells 1982-11-27
Movie Sweet William William McClusky 1980-04-11
Movie Hopscotch Jack Cutter 1980-09-26
Movie Friendly Fire C.D.B. Bryan 1980-11-09
Movie Heaven's Gate Frank Canton 1980-11-19
Series Oppenheimer Robert Oppenheimer 1980-10-29
Movie Eagle's Wing White Bull 1979-07-26
Movie Interiors Mike 1978-08-02
Movie Capricorn One Lt. Col. Peter Willis 1977-12-10
Movie Sweet Revenge Le Clerq 1976-06-06
Movie Rancho Deluxe Cecil Colson 1975-03-14
Series Saturday Night Live Unknown 1975-10-11
Movie Journey into Fear Mr. Graham 1975-08-08
Movie The Great Gatsby Nick Carraway 1974-03-27
Movie Reflections of Murder Michael Elliott 1974-11-24
Movie The Glass Menagerie Tom Wingfield 1973-12-16
Movie Much Ado About Nothing Benedick 1973-02-02
Movie Savages James, the Limping Man 1972-06-27
Movie Mahoney's Last Stand Felix 1972-11-01
Movie Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? Alex Monte 1971-12-11
Movie Cover Me Babe Cameraman 1970-10-01
Movie Generation Desmond 1969-12-15
Movie Three Taylor 1969-12-23
Movie Fitzwilly Oliver 1967-12-20
Movie The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean Andy 1966-10-01
Series Dr. Kildare Unknown 1961-09-27
Series Hallmark Hall of Fame Unknown 1951-12-24