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
The Six Triple Eight
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2024
Merchant Ivory
Self
2024
A Case for Love
Self
2024
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Self · (3 episodes)
2023
The Dropout
George Shultz · (5 episodes)
2022
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Self (voice)
2021
The Man in the Woods
Headmaster Waldorf
2020
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
Self
2020
On the Basis of Sex
Erwin Griswold
2018
The Mayo Clinic
Charlie Mayo (voice)
2018
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Self - Actor
2018
Godless
Marshall John Cook · (7 episodes)
2017
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Narrator (voice)
2017
Dateline: Saigon
Narrator (voice)
2017
Miss Sloane
George Dupont
2016
Anesthesia
Prof. Walter Zarrow
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
And It Was Good
Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
2015
Grace and Frankie
Sol Bergstein · (94 episodes)
2015
Dean Smith
Narrator
2015
Please Be Normal
Dad
2015
Jo
(1 episode)
2013
The Newsroom
Charlie Skinner · (25 episodes)
2012
Prohibition
Reader (voice) · (3 episodes)
2011
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Self
2010
Masters of Science Fiction
(1 episode)
2007
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
2006
The Colbert Report
(1 episode)
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Jack McCoy · (2 episodes)
2005
Hammer and Cycle
Self - Narrator
2004
The Commission
J. Lee Rankin
2003
Le Divorce
Chester Walker
2003
The Matthew Shepard Story
Dennis Shepard
2002
A House Divided
David Dickson
2000
The Unfinished Journey
Narrator (voice)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jack McCoy · (4 episodes)
1999
In Bad Taste
Self
1999
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
Self / Host / Narrator
1999
Family Guy
Bruce Kaplan (voice) · (2 episodes)
1999
Exiled
Jack McCoy
1998
Miracle at Midnight
Dr. Karl Koster
1998
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Thomas Jefferson (voice) · (2 episodes)
1997
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
The View
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1997
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (voice) · (2 episodes)
1997
Shadow Conspiracy
The President
1997
The Proprietor
Harry Bancroft
1996
Nixon
Richard Helms
1995
The Journey of August King
Mooney Wright
1995
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
(archive footage)
1995
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
Narrator · (10 episodes)
1995
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
1994
The Enemy Within
President William Foster
1994
Serial Mom
Eugene Sutphin
1994
David's Mother
John Nils
1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Daniel Chamberlain
1994
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
Forrest Bedford
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Jack McCoy · (2 episodes)
1993
A Captive in the Land
Royce
1993
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
1992
HBO First Look
(1 episode)
1992
Mindwalk
Jack Edwards
1991
I'll Fly Away
Forrest Bedford · (39 episodes)
1991
The Man in the Moon
Matthew Trant
1991
The Civil War
Abraham Lincoln · (9 episodes)
1990
Law & Order
Jack McCoy · (405 episodes)
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
The Nightmare Years
Bill Shirer · (4 episodes)
1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Ben
1989
Welcome Home
Woody
1989
Lantern Hill
Andrew Stuart
1989
Tales from the Crypt
G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow") · (1 episode)
1989
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
Jim Delmore
1988
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln · (2 episodes)
1988
A Walk in the Woods
John Honeyman
1988
September
Peter
1987
Devil's Paradise
Jones
1987
Swimming to Cambodia
Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
1987
The Room Upstairs
Travis Coles
1987
Flagrant désir
Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
1986
Just Between Friends
Harry Crandall
1986
The Fifth Missile
Capt. Allard Renslow
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
David (uncredited)
1986
Amazing Stories
Jordan Manmouth · (1 episode)
1985
Warning Sign
Cal Morse
1985
Love Lives On
Bernie
1985
Finnegan Begin Again
Paul Broadbent
1985
The Killing Fields
Sydney Schanberg
1984
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
Ofoeti
1984
Jeopardy!
(1 episode)
1984
Dempsey
Doc Kearns
1983
In Defense of Kids
Paul Wilcox
1983
Games Mother Never Taught You
David Bentells
1982
Q.E.D.
(7 episodes)
1982
Heaven's Gate
Frank Canton
1980
Friendly Fire
C.D.B. Bryan
1980
Oppenheimer
Robert Oppenheimer · (7 episodes)
1980
Hopscotch
Jack Cutter
1980
Sweet William
William McClusky
1980
Eagle's Wing
White Bull
1979
Interiors
Mike
1978
Capricorn One
Lt. Col. Peter Willis
1977
Sweet Revenge
Le Clerq
1976
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (3 episodes)
1975
Journey into Fear
Mr. Graham
1975
Rancho Deluxe
Cecil Colson
1975
Reflections of Murder
Michael Elliott
1974
The Great Gatsby
Nick Carraway
1974
The Glass Menagerie
Tom Wingfield
1973
Much Ado About Nothing
Benedick
1973
Mahoney's Last Stand
Felix
1972
Savages
James, the Limping Man
1972
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Alex Monte
1971
Cover Me Babe
Cameraman
1970
Three
Taylor
1969
Generation
Desmond
1969
Fitzwilly
Oliver
1967
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
Andy
1966
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
Self (voice)
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1975
Dr. Kildare
Mark · (2 episodes)
1961
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Travis Coles · (1 episode)
1951