Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

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Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday15 November 1940 (85 years old)
Place of birthCambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Known credits125

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 ha…

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2026 · Sam
The Six Triple Eight
The Six Triple Eight
2024 · Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Merchant Ivory
Merchant Ivory
2024 · Self
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
2024 · Self (voice)
A Case for Love
A Case for Love
2024 · Self
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023 · Self
The Dropout
The Dropout
2022 · George Shultz
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
2021 · Self (voice)
The Man in the Woods
The Man in the Woods
2020 · Headmaster Waldorf
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
2020 · Self
On the Basis of Sex
On the Basis of Sex
2018 · Erwin Griswold
The Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic
2018 · Charlie Mayo (voice)
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
2018 · Self - (archive footage)
Godless
Godless
2017 · Marshall John Cook
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
2017 · Narrator (voice)
Dateline: Saigon
Dateline: Saigon
2017 · Narrator (voice)
Miss Sloane
Miss Sloane
2016 · George Dupont
Anesthesia
Anesthesia
2016 · Prof. Walter Zarrow
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
And It Was Good
And It Was Good
2015 · Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
Grace and Frankie
Grace and Frankie
2015 · Sol Bergstein
Dean Smith
Dean Smith
2015 · Narrator
Please Be Normal
Please Be Normal
2015 · Dad
Jo
Jo
2013
The Newsroom
The Newsroom
2012 · Charlie Skinner
Prohibition
Prohibition
2011 · Reader (voice)
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
2010 · Self
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 · John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report
2005
The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report
2005 · Self (uncredited)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · Jack McCoy
Hammer and Cycle
Hammer and Cycle
2004 · Self - Narrator
The Commission
The Commission
2003 · J. Lee Rankin
Le Divorce
Le Divorce
2003 · Chester Walker
The Matthew Shepard Story
The Matthew Shepard Story
2002 · Dennis Shepard
A House Divided
A House Divided
2000 · David Dickson
The Unfinished Journey
The Unfinished Journey
1999 · Narrator (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Jack McCoy
In Bad Taste
In Bad Taste
1999 · Self
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
1999 · Self / Host / Narrator
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
1999 · Narrator
Family Guy
Family Guy
1999 · Bruce Kaplan (voice)
Exiled
Exiled
1998 · Jack McCoy
Miracle at Midnight
Miracle at Midnight
1998 · Dr. Karl Koster
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997 · Thomas Jefferson (voice)
The View
The View
1997 · Self
The View
The View
1997 · Self - Guest
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