Sam Waterston
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Nov 15, 1940 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
| 2026 | CarouselSam | |
| 2024 | Merchant IvorySelf | |
| 2024 | A Case for LoveSelf | |
| 2024 | The Six Triple EightFranklin Delano Roosevelt | |
| 2023 | Liv Ullmann: A Road Less TravelledSelf | |
| 2022 | The DropoutGeorge Shultz | |
| 2021 | Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in TimeSelf (voice) | |
| 2020 | The Man in the WoodsHeadmaster Waldorf | |
| 2020 | Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold StorySelf | |
| 2018 | On the Basis of SexErwin Griswold | |
| 2018 | The Mayo ClinicCharlie Mayo (voice) | |
| 2018 | Jane Fonda in Five ActsSelf - (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's CreatorsNarrator (voice) | |
| 2017 | Dateline: SaigonNarrator (voice) | |
| 2017 | GodlessMarshall John Cook | |
| 2016 | AnesthesiaProf. Walter Zarrow | |
| 2016 | Miss SloaneGeorge Dupont | |
| 2015 | Please Be NormalDad | |
| 2015 | Dean SmithNarrator | |
| 2015 | And It Was GoodJudge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger | |
| 2015 | Grace and FrankieSol Bergstein | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest | |
| 2013 | Jo | |
| 2012 | The NewsroomCharlie Skinner | |
| 2011 | ProhibitionReader (voice) | |
| 2010 | The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or FearSelf | |
| 2007 | Masters of Science Fiction | |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysJohn Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods") | |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by JuryJack McCoy | |
| 2005 | The Colbert ReportSelf (uncredited) | |
| 2004 | Hammer and CycleSelf - Narrator | |
| 2003 | Le DivorceChester Walker | |
| 2003 | The CommissionJ. Lee Rankin | |
| 2002 | The Matthew Shepard StoryDennis Shepard | |
| 2000 | A House DividedDavid Dickson | |
| 1999 | In Bad TasteSelf | |
| 1999 | Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize PhotographsSelf / Host / Narrator | |
| 1999 | The Unfinished JourneyNarrator (voice) | |
| 1999 | Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan DanielsNarrator | |
| 1999 | Family GuyBruce Kaplan (voice) | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims UnitJack McCoy | |
| 1998 | Miracle at MidnightDr. Karl Koster | |
| 1998 | ExiledJack McCoy | |
| 1997 | Shadow ConspiracyThe President | |
| 1997 | The ViewSelf | |
| 1997 | Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson (voice) | |
| 1997 | Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of DiscoveryThomas Jefferson (voice) | |
| 1997 | The ViewSelf - Guest | |
| 1996 | The ProprietorHarry Bancroft | |
| 1995 | The Journey of August KingMooney Wright | |
| 1995 | NixonRichard Helms | |
| 1995 | Amazing Stories: The Movie IV(archive footage) | |
| 1995 | Time Life's Lost CivilizationsNarrator | |
| 1994 | Serial MomEugene Sutphin | |
| 1994 | The Enemy WithinPresident William Foster | |
| 1994 | David's MotherJohn Nils | |
| 1994 | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson WhittakerDaniel Chamberlain | |
| 1994 | Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American StageTom Wingfield (archive footage) | |
| 1993 | I'll Fly Away: Then and NowForrest Bedford | |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the StreetJack McCoy | |
| 1992 | Earth and the American DreamReader (voice) | |
| 1992 | HBO First Look | |
| 1991 | The Man in the MoonMatthew Trant | |
| 1991 | MindwalkJack Edwards | |
| 1991 | I'll Fly AwayForrest Bedford | |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars IIISelf | |
| 1990 | A Captive in the LandRoyce | |
| 1990 | Law & OrderJack McCoy | |
| 1990 | The Civil WarAbraham Lincoln | |
| 1989 | Crimes and MisdemeanorsBen | |
| 1989 | Welcome HomeWoody | |
| 1989 | Lantern HillAndrew Stuart | |
| 1989 | Tales from the CryptG.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow") | |
| 1989 | The Nightmare YearsBill Shirer | |
| 1988 | Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim AjamiJim Delmore | |
| 1988 | A Walk in the WoodsJohn Honeyman | |
| 1988 | LincolnAbraham Lincoln | |
| 1987 | SeptemberPeter | |
| 1987 | Swimming to CambodiaAdditional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage) | |
| 1987 | The Room UpstairsTravis Coles | |
| 1987 | Devil's ParadiseJones | |
| 1986 | Hannah and Her SistersDavid (uncredited) | |
| 1986 | The Fifth MissileCapt. Allard Renslow | |
| 1986 | Flagrant désirInspecteur Gerry Morrison | |
| 1986 | Just Between FriendsHarry Crandall | |
| 1985 | Warning SignCal Morse | |
| 1985 | Love Lives OnBernie | |
| 1985 | Finnegan Begin AgainPaul Broadbent | |
| 1985 | Amazing StoriesJordan Manmouth | |
| 1984 | The Killing FieldsSydney Schanberg | |
| 1984 | The Boy Who Loved TrollsOfoeti | |
| 1984 | Jeopardy!Self | |
| 1983 | DempseyDoc Kearns | |
| 1983 | In Defense of KidsPaul Wilcox | |
| 1982 | Games Mother Never Taught YouDavid Bentells | |
| 1982 | Q.E.D. | |
| 1980 | Heaven's GateFrank Canton | |
| 1980 | HopscotchJack Cutter | |
| 1980 | Sweet WilliamWilliam McClusky | |
| 1980 | Friendly FireC.D.B. Bryan | |
| 1980 | OppenheimerRobert Oppenheimer | |
| 1979 | Eagle's WingWhite Bull | |
| 1978 | InteriorsMike | |
| 1977 | Capricorn OneLt. Col. Peter Willis | |
| 1976 | Sweet RevengeLe Clerq | |
| 1975 | Rancho DeluxeCecil Colson | |
| 1975 | Journey into FearMr. Graham | |
| 1975 | People's Choice AwardsSelf - Presenter | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1974 | The Great GatsbyNick Carraway | |
| 1974 | Reflections of MurderMichael Elliott | |
| 1973 | The Glass MenagerieTom Wingfield | |
| 1973 | Much Ado About NothingBenedick | |
| 1972 | Mahoney's Last StandFelix | |
| 1972 | SavagesJames, the Limping Man | |
| 1971 | Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?Alex Monte | |
| 1970 | Cover Me BabeCameraman | |
| 1969 | GenerationDesmond | |
| 1969 | ThreeTaylor | |
| 1967 | FitzwillyOliver | |
| 1966 | The Plastic Dome of Norma JeanAndy | |
| 1961 | Dr. KildareMark | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameTravis Coles | |
| - | Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest HourSelf (voice) |
| 1995 | The Journey of August KingProducer |