Sam Waterston
Known for Acting · 125 credits
- Born
- 1940-11-15 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Samuel Atkinson Waterston
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."
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Known For
TV Shows (34)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Jack McCoy
Law & Order
1990
as Jack McCoy
Family Guy
1999
as Bruce Kaplan (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self (uncredited)
The View
1997
as Self / Self - Guest
Jeopardy!
1984
as Self
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Jack McCoy
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Mark
Grace and Frankie
2015
as Sol Bergstein
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")
The Newsroom
2012
as Charlie Skinner
Amazing Stories
1985
as Jordan Manmouth
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter
Film '72
1971
as Self
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Jack McCoy
The Dropout
2022
as George Shultz
HBO First Look
1992
Godless
2017
as Marshall John Cook
The Civil War
1990
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
I'll Fly Away
1991
as Forrest Bedford
Jo
2013
Prohibition
2011
as Reader (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Travis Coles
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
Oppenheimer
1980
as Robert Oppenheimer
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023
as Self
Lincoln
1988
as Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
1997
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Q.E.D.
1982
The Nightmare Years
1989
as Bill Shirer
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
1995
as Narrator
Movies (91)
Miss Sloane
2016
as George Dupont
The Six Triple Eight
2024
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Nixon
1995
as Richard Helms
Heaven's Gate
1980
as Frank Canton
Serial Mom
1994
as Eugene Sutphin
The Man in the Moon
1991
as Matthew Trant
The Great Gatsby
1974
as Nick Carraway
The Killing Fields
1984
as Sydney Schanberg
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
as Ben
Capricorn One
1977
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as David (uncredited)
Le Divorce
2003
as Chester Walker
On the Basis of Sex
2018
as Erwin Griswold
Interiors
1978
as Mike
Shadow Conspiracy
1997
as The President
Friendly Fire
1980
as C.D.B. Bryan
September
1987
as Peter
Anesthesia
2016
as Prof. Walter Zarrow
Hopscotch
1980
as Jack Cutter
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Exiled
1998
as Jack McCoy
Fitzwilly
1967
as Oliver
The Commission
2003
as J. Lee Rankin
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988
as Jim Delmore
Rancho Deluxe
1975
as Cecil Colson
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
Warning Sign
1985
as Cal Morse
The Mayo Clinic
2018
as Charlie Mayo (voice)
The Enemy Within
1994
as President William Foster
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994
as Daniel Chamberlain
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
2010
as Self
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
2018
as Self - (archive footage)
The Unfinished Journey
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
Just Between Friends
1986
as Harry Crandall
Eagle's Wing
1979
as White Bull
Mindwalk
1991
as Jack Edwards
In Bad Taste
1999
as Self
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
1995
as Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
Merchant Ivory
2024
as Self
Three
1969
as Taylor
Journey into Fear
1975
as Mr. Graham
The Glass Menagerie
1973
as Tom Wingfield
Savages
1972
as James, the Limping Man
The Room Upstairs
1987
as Travis Coles
Dempsey
1983
as Doc Kearns
Sweet William
1980
as William McClusky
The Fifth Missile
1986
as Capt. Allard Renslow
A House Divided
2000
as David Dickson
Sweet Revenge
1976
as Le Clerq
Lantern Hill
1989
as Andrew Stuart
The Journey of August King
1995
as Mooney Wright
Devil's Paradise
1987
as Jones
Miracle at Midnight
1998
as Dr. Karl Koster
Swimming to Cambodia
1987
as Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
The Proprietor
1996
as Harry Bancroft
Finnegan Begin Again
1985
as Paul Broadbent
The Matthew Shepard Story
2002
as Dennis Shepard
Cover Me Babe
1970
as Cameraman
And It Was Good
2015
as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
2021
as Self (voice)
David's Mother
1994
as John Nils
Love Lives On
1985
as Bernie
Reflections of Murder
1974
as Michael Elliott
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
1999
as Self / Host / Narrator
Welcome Home
1989
as Woody
Dateline: Saigon
2017
as Narrator (voice)
The Man in the Woods
2020
as Headmaster Waldorf
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
1984
as Ofoeti
Generation
1969
as Desmond
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Dean Smith
2015
as Narrator
Flagrant désir
1986
as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
Much Ado About Nothing
1973
as Benedick
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
1993
as Forrest Bedford
Carousel
2026
as Sam
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
2020
as Self
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
1966
as Andy
Games Mother Never Taught You
1982
as David Bentells
In Defense of Kids
1983
as Paul Wilcox
A Case for Love
2024
as Self
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971
as Alex Monte
A Captive in the Land
1990
as Royce
A Walk in the Woods
1988
as John Honeyman
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
as Self (voice)
Mahoney's Last Stand
1972
as Felix
Serial Mom: Surreal Moments
as Self
Please Be Normal
2015
as Dad
Hammer and Cycle
2004
as Self - Narrator
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
1999
as Narrator
About Sam Waterston
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… With 125 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Sam Waterston has appeared in 91 films and 34 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sam Waterston Movies
- Miss Sloane (2016) — as George Dupont
- The Six Triple Eight (2024) — as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Nixon (1995) — as Richard Helms
- Heaven's Gate (1980) — as Frank Canton
- Serial Mom (1994) — as Eugene Sutphin
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