Sam Waterston
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieThe Six Triple Eight
2024
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
tvThe Dropout
2022
George Shultz
movieKurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
2021
Self (voice)
movieThe Man in the Woods
2020
Headmaster Waldorf
movieOn the Basis of Sex
2018
Erwin Griswold
movieThe Mayo Clinic
2018
Charlie Mayo (voice)
movieJane Fonda in Five Acts
2018
Self - (archive footage)
tvGodless
2017
Marshall John Cook
movieDateline: Saigon
2017
Narrator (voice)
movieMiss Sloane
2016
George Dupont
movieAnesthesia
2016
Prof. Walter Zarrow
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
movieAnd It Was Good
2015
Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
tvGrace and Frankie
2015
Sol Bergstein
movieDean Smith
2015
Narrator
tvThe Newsroom
2012
Charlie Skinner
tvProhibition
2011
Reader (voice)
movieThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
tvThe Colbert Report
2005
Self (uncredited)
tvLaw & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Jack McCoy
movieHammer and Cycle
2004
Self - Narrator
movieThe Commission
2003
J. Lee Rankin
movieLe Divorce
2003
Chester Walker
movieThe Matthew Shepard Story
2002
Dennis Shepard
movieA House Divided
2000
David Dickson
movieThe Unfinished Journey
1999
Narrator (voice)
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Jack McCoy
movieMoment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
1999
Self / Host / Narrator
tvFamily Guy
1999
Bruce Kaplan (voice)
movieExiled
1998
Jack McCoy
movieMiracle at Midnight
1998
Dr. Karl Koster
tvLewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
tvThe View
1997
Self / Self - Guest
tvThomas Jefferson
1997
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
movieShadow Conspiracy
1997
The President
movieThe Proprietor
1996
Harry Bancroft
movieNixon
1995
Richard Helms
movieThe Journey of August King
1995
Mooney Wright
movieAmazing Stories: The Movie IV
1995
Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
movieTennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
movieThe Enemy Within
1994
President William Foster
movieSerial Mom
1994
Eugene Sutphin
movieDavid's Mother
1994
John Nils
movieAssault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994
Daniel Chamberlain
tvHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
Jack McCoy
movieEarth and the American Dream
1992
Reader (voice)
movieMindwalk
1991
Jack Edwards
tvI'll Fly Away
1991
Forrest Bedford
movieThe Man in the Moon
1991
Matthew Trant
tvThe Civil War
1990
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
tvLaw & Order
1990
Jack McCoy
tvThe Nightmare Years
1989
Bill Shirer
movieLantern Hill
1989
Andrew Stuart
tvTales from the Crypt
1989
G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")
tvLincoln
1988
Abraham Lincoln
movieA Walk in the Woods
1988
John Honeyman
movieSeptember
1987
Peter
movieSwimming to Cambodia
1987
Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
movieThe Room Upstairs
1987
Travis Coles
movieFlagrant désir
1986
Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
movieJust Between Friends
1986
Harry Crandall
movieThe Fifth Missile
1986
Capt. Allard Renslow
movieHannah and Her Sisters
1986
David (uncredited)
tvAmazing Stories
1985
Jordan Manmouth
movieWarning Sign
1985
Cal Morse
movieLove Lives On
1985
Bernie
movieFinnegan Begin Again
1985
Paul Broadbent
movieThe Killing Fields
1984
Sydney Schanberg
tvJeopardy!
1984
Self
movieDempsey
1983
Doc Kearns
movieIn Defense of Kids
1983
Paul Wilcox
movieGames Mother Never Taught You
1982
David Bentells
tvQ.E.D.
1982
Professor Quentin Everett Deverill
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Robert Oppenheimer / John Honeyman
movieHeaven's Gate
1980
Frank Canton
movieFriendly Fire
1980
C.D.B. Bryan
tvOppenheimer
1980
Robert Oppenheimer
movieHopscotch
1980
Jack Cutter
movieSweet William
1980
William McClusky
movieEagle's Wing
1979
White Bull
movieCapricorn One
1977
Lt. Col. Peter Willis
movieSweet Revenge
1976
Le Clerq
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self (uncredited)
movieJourney into Fear
1975
Mr. Graham
movieRancho Deluxe
1975
Cecil Colson
tvPeople's Choice Awards
1975
Self - Presenter
movieReflections of Murder
1974
Michael Elliott
movieThe Great Gatsby
1974
Nick Carraway
movieThe Glass Menagerie
1973
Tom Wingfield
movieMuch Ado About Nothing
1973
Benedick
movieSavages
1972
James, the Limping Man
movieWho Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971
Alex Monte
movieCover Me Babe
1970
Cameraman
movieThree
1969
Taylor
movieGeneration
1969
Desmond
movieFitzwilly
1967
Oliver
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Travis Coles