Sam Waterston

Acting·Nov 15, 1940·Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Carousel2026 · Sam	Sam
The Six Triple Eight2024 · Franklin Delano Roosevelt	Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Merchant Ivory2024 · Self	Self
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour2024 · Self (voice)	Self (voice)
A Case for Love2024 · Self	Self
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time2021 · Self (voice)	Self (voice)
The Man in the Woods2020 · Headmaster Waldorf	Headmaster Waldorf
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story2020 · Self	Self
On the Basis of Sex2018 · Erwin Griswold	Erwin Griswold
The Mayo Clinic2018 · Charlie Mayo (voice)	Charlie Mayo (voice)
Jane Fonda in Five Acts2018 · Self - (archive footage)	Self - (archive footage)
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators2017 · Narrator (voice)	Narrator (voice)
Dateline: Saigon2017 · Narrator (voice)	Narrator (voice)
Miss Sloane2016 · George Dupont	George Dupont
Anesthesia2016 · Prof. Walter Zarrow	Prof. Walter Zarrow
And It Was Good2015 · Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger	Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
Dean Smith2015 · Narrator	Narrator
Please Be Normal2015 · Dad	Dad
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear2010 · Self	Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays2006 · John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")	John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Hammer and Cycle2004 · Self - Narrator	Self - Narrator
The Commission2003 · J. Lee Rankin	J. Lee Rankin
Le Divorce2003 · Chester Walker	Chester Walker
The Matthew Shepard Story2002 · Dennis Shepard	Dennis Shepard
A House Divided2000 · David Dickson	David Dickson
The Unfinished Journey1999 · Narrator (voice)	Narrator (voice)
In Bad Taste1999 · Self	Self
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs1999 · Self / Host / Narrator	Self / Host / Narrator
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels1999 · Narrator	Narrator
Exiled1998 · Jack McCoy	Jack McCoy
Miracle at Midnight1998 · Dr. Karl Koster	Dr. Karl Koster
Shadow Conspiracy1997 · The President	The President
The Proprietor1996 · Harry Bancroft	Harry Bancroft
Nixon1995 · Richard Helms	Richard Helms
The Journey of August King1995 · Mooney Wright, Producer	Mooney Wright, Producer
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV1995 · Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)	Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage1994 · Tom Wingfield (archive footage)	Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
The Enemy Within1994 · President William Foster	President William Foster
Serial Mom1994 · Eugene Sutphin	Eugene Sutphin
David's Mother1994 · John Nils	John Nils
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker1994 · Daniel Chamberlain	Daniel Chamberlain
II'll Fly Away: Then and Now1993 · Forrest Bedford	Forrest Bedford
Earth and the American Dream1992 · Reader (voice)	Reader (voice)
Mindwalk1991 · Jack Edwards	Jack Edwards
The Man in the Moon1991 · Matthew Trant	Matthew Trant
Night of 100 Stars III1990 · Self	Self
A Captive in the Land1990 · Royce	Royce
Crimes and Misdemeanors1989 · Ben	Ben