Sam Waterston
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
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- Born:
- Nov 15, 1940 In Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 84
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie A Case for Love 2024-01-23
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | A Case for Love | Self | 2024-01-23 |
| Movie | Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time | Self (voice) | 2021-11-19 |
| Movie | The Man in the Woods | Headmaster Waldorf | 2020-11-24 |
| Movie | On the Basis of Sex | Erwin Griswold | 2018-12-25 |
| Movie | Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators | Narrator (voice) | 2017-06-17 |
| Series | Godless | Marshall John Cook | 2017-11-22 |
| Movie | Miss Sloane | George Dupont | 2016-11-25 |
| Movie | Anesthesia | Prof. Walter Zarrow | 2016-01-08 |
| Movie | Please Be Normal | Dad | 2015-03-20 |
| Series | The Newsroom | Charlie Skinner | 2012-06-24 |
| Series | Prohibition | Reader (voice) | 2011-10-02 |
| Movie | The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear | Self | 2010-10-30 |
| Series | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Unknown | 2005-03-03 |
| Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
| Movie | Le Divorce | Chester Walker | 2003-08-08 |
| Movie | The Matthew Shepard Story | Dennis Shepard | 2002-03-16 |
| Movie | A House Divided | David Dickson | 2000-07-30 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | In Bad Taste | Self | 1999-09-03 |
| Movie | Miracle at Midnight | Dr. Karl Koster | 1998-03-17 |
| Movie | Exiled | Jack McCoy | 1998-11-08 |
| Movie | Shadow Conspiracy | The President | 1997-01-25 |
| Series | Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson (voice) | 1997-02-18 |
| Series | Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery | Thomas Jefferson (voice) | 1997-11-04 |
| Movie | The Proprietor | Harry Bancroft | 1996-09-09 |
| Movie | Nixon | Richard Helms | 1995-12-22 |
| Movie | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Daniel Chamberlain | 1994-02-26 |
| Movie | The Enemy Within | President William Foster | 1994-08-24 |
| Movie | David's Mother | John Nils | 1994-04-10 |
| Movie | Serial Mom | Eugene Sutphin | 1994-04-13 |
| Movie | A Captive in the Land | Royce | 1993-01-15 |
| Movie | I'll Fly Away: Then and Now | Forrest Bedford | 1993-10-11 |
| Movie | The Man in the Moon | Matthew Trant | 1991-09-30 |
| Movie | Mindwalk | Jack Edwards | 1990-09-09 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
| Series | Law & Order | Jack McCoy | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | The Civil War | President Abraham Lincoln | 1990-09-23 |
| Movie | Lantern Hill | Andrew Stuart | 1989-08-29 |
| Movie | Welcome Home | Woody | 1989-09-29 |
| Series | The Nightmare Years | Bill Shirer | 1989-11-17 |
| Movie | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Ben | 1989-10-13 |
| Movie | Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami | Prosecutor | 1988-12-30 |
| Movie | September | Peter | 1987-12-18 |
| Movie | The Room Upstairs | Travis Coles | 1987-01-31 |
| Movie | Swimming to Cambodia | Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage) | 1987-03-13 |
| Movie | Devil's Paradise | Jones | 1987-05-07 |
| Movie | Hannah and Her Sisters | David (uncredited) | 1986-02-07 |
| Movie | The Fifth Missile | Capt. Allard Renslow | 1986-02-23 |
| Movie | Flagrant désir | Inspecteur Gerry Morrison | 1986-06-11 |
| Movie | Just Between Friends | Harry Crandall | 1986-03-21 |
| Movie | Finnegan Begin Again | Paul Broadbent | 1985-02-24 |
| Movie | Warning Sign | Cal Morse | 1985-08-23 |
| Movie | Love Lives On | Bernie | 1985-03-31 |
| Movie | The Boy Who Loved Trolls | Ofoeti | 1984-10-29 |
| Series | Jeopardy! | Unknown | 1984-09-10 |
| Movie | The Killing Fields | Sydney Schanberg | 1984-11-23 |
| Movie | In Defense of Kids | Paul Wilcox | 1983-04-06 |
| Movie | Dempsey | Doc Kearns | 1983-09-28 |
| Movie | Hopscotch | Jack Cutter | 1980-09-26 |
| Movie | Oppenheimer | Robert Oppenheimer | 1980-10-29 |
| Movie | Sweet William | William McClusky | 1980-04-11 |
| Movie | Heaven's Gate | Frank Canton | 1980-11-19 |
| Movie | Friendly Fire | C.D.B. Bryan | 1980-11-09 |
| Movie | Eagle's Wing | White Bull | 1979-07-26 |
| Movie | Interiors | Mike | 1978-08-02 |
| Movie | Capricorn One | Lt. Col. Peter Willis | 1977-12-10 |
| Movie | Sweet Revenge | Le Clerq | 1976-06-06 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Rancho Deluxe | Cecil Colson | 1975-03-14 |
| Movie | Journey into Fear | Mr. Graham | 1975-08-08 |
| Movie | The Great Gatsby | Nick Carraway | 1974-03-27 |
| Movie | Reflections of Murder | Michael Elliott | 1974-11-24 |
| Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | 1973-02-02 |
| Movie | The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | 1973-12-16 |
| Movie | Savages | James, the Limping Man | 1972-06-27 |
| Movie | Mahoney's Last Stand | Felix | 1972-11-01 |
| Movie | Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? | Alex Monte | 1971-12-11 |
| Movie | Cover Me Babe | Cameraman | 1970-10-01 |
| Movie | Generation | Desmond | 1969-12-15 |
| Movie | Three | Taylor | 1969-12-23 |
| Movie | Fitzwilly | Oliver | 1967-12-20 |
| Movie | The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean | Andy | 1966-10-01 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |