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Sam Waterston
Born · November 15, 1940 (84 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Bio
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.
The Six Triple Eight
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
7.1
2024
Merchant Ivory
Self
7.5
2024
A Case for Love
Self
0.0
2024
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Self · (3 episodes)
8.0
2023
The Dropout
George Shultz · (5 episodes)
7.3
2022
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Self (voice)
6.7
2021
The Man in the Woods
Headmaster Waldorf
3.5
2020
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
Self
0.0
2020
On the Basis of Sex
Erwin Griswold
7.4
2018
The Mayo Clinic
Charlie Mayo
7.0
2018
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Self - Actor
7.5
2018
Godless
Marshall John Cook · (7 episodes)
7.8
2017
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Narrator (voice)
7.0
2017
Dateline: Saigon
Narrator (voice)
8.0
2017
Miss Sloane
George Dupont
7.4
2016
Anesthesia
Prof. Walter Zarrow
5.8
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2015
And It Was Good
Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
0.0
2015
Grace and Frankie
Sol Bergstein · (94 episodes)
7.7
2015
Dean Smith
Narrator
6.0
2015
Please Be Normal
Dad
4.0
2015
Jo
(1 episode)
6.3
2013
The Newsroom
Charlie Skinner · (25 episodes)
8.1
2012
Prohibition
Reader (voice) · (3 episodes)
7.9
2011
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Self
5.9
2010
Masters of Science Fiction
(1 episode)
6.2
2007
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
0.0
2006
The Colbert Report
(1 episode)
6.8
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Jack McCoy · (2 episodes)
8.0
2005
The Commission
J. Lee Rankin
0.0
2003
Le Divorce
Chester Walker
5.0
2003
The Matthew Shepard Story
Dennis Shepard
5.8
2002
A House Divided
David Dickson
5.0
2000
The Unfinished Journey
Narrator (voice)
6.0
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jack McCoy · (4 episodes)
7.9
1999
In Bad Taste
Self
8.0
1999
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
Self / Host / Narrator
0.0
1999
Family Guy
Bruce Kaplan (voice) · (2 episodes)
7.4
1999
Exiled
Jack McCoy
5.4
1998
Miracle at Midnight
Dr. Karl Koster
7.3
1998
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Thomas Jefferson (voice) · (2 episodes)
7.5
1997
The View
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
The View
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (voice) · (2 episodes)
8.8
1997
Shadow Conspiracy
The President
4.9
1997
The Proprietor
Harry Bancroft
0.0
1996
Nixon
Richard Helms
6.9
1995
The Journey of August King
Mooney Wright
6.7
1995
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
(archive footage)
0.0
1995
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
Narrator · (10 episodes)
6.0
1995
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
0.0
1994
The Enemy Within
President William Foster
5.7
1994
Serial Mom
Eugene Sutphin
6.8
1994
David's Mother
John Nils
8.5
1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Daniel Chamberlain
6.4
1994
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
Forrest Bedford
8.0
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
(2 episodes)
8.0
1993
A Captive in the Land
Royce
5.0
1993
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
6.7
1992
HBO First Look
(1 episode)
4.9
1992
Mindwalk
Jack Edwards
6.8
1991
I'll Fly Away
Forrest Bedford · (39 episodes)
7.0
1991
The Man in the Moon
Matthew Trant
7.4
1991
The Civil War
Abraham Lincoln · (9 episodes)
8.1
1990
Law & Order
Jack McCoy · (405 episodes)
7.4
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
4.0
1990
The Nightmare Years
Bill Shirer · (4 episodes)
5.0
1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Ben
7.4
1989
Welcome Home
Woody
5.8
1989
Lantern Hill
Andrew Stuart
8.0
1989
Tales from the Crypt
G.G. Devoe · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
Prosecutor
6.0
1988
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln · (2 episodes)
7.3
1988
A Walk in the Woods
John Honeyman
0.0
1988
September
Peter
6.2
1987
Devil's Paradise
Jones
3.5
1987
Swimming to Cambodia
Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
6.7
1987
The Room Upstairs
Travis Coles
4.0
1987
Flagrant désir
Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
5.0
1986
Just Between Friends
Harry Crandall
5.2
1986
The Fifth Missile
Capt. Allard Renslow
6.0
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
David (uncredited)
7.5
1986
Amazing Stories
Jordan Manmouth · (1 episode)
7.5
1985
Warning Sign
Cal Morse
6.0
1985
Love Lives On
Bernie
8.0
1985
Finnegan Begin Again
Paul Broadbent
6.3
1985
The Killing Fields
Sydney Schanberg
7.5
1984
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
Ofoeti
0.0
1984
Jeopardy!
(1 episode)
6.8
1984
Dempsey
Doc Kearns
6.0
1983
In Defense of Kids
Paul Wilcox
5.0
1983
Games Mother Never Taught You
David Bentells
0.0
1982
Q.E.D.
(7 episodes)
6.8
1982
Heaven's Gate
Frank Canton
6.8
1980
Friendly Fire
C.D.B. Bryan
7.5
1980
Oppenheimer
Robert Oppenheimer · (7 episodes)
6.7
1980
Hopscotch
Jack Cutter
6.9
1980
Sweet William
William McClusky
4.0
1980
Eagle's Wing
White Bull
5.3
1979
Interiors
Mike
6.8
1978
Capricorn One
Lt. Col. Peter Willis
6.8
1977
Sweet Revenge
Le Clerq
5.9
1976
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (3 episodes)
6.9
1975
Journey into Fear
Mr. Graham
5.6
1975
Rancho Deluxe
Cecil Colson
5.4
1975
Reflections of Murder
Michael Elliott
7.0
1974
The Great Gatsby
Nick Carraway
6.3
1974
The Glass Menagerie
Tom Wingfield
7.6
1973
Much Ado About Nothing
Benedick
5.0
1973
Mahoney's Last Stand
Felix
5.4
1972
Savages
James, the Limping Man
5.0
1972
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Alex Monte
4.6
1971
Cover Me Babe
Cameraman
4.6
1970
Three
Taylor
5.0
1969
Generation
Desmond
4.5
1969
Fitzwilly
Oliver
6.1
1967
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
Andy
7.7
1966
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
Self (voice)
0.0
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
8.8
1975
Dr. Kildare
Mark · (2 episodes)
5.4
1961
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Travis Coles · (1 episode)
8.7
1951