Sam Waterston
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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
Credits
Miss Sloane (2016)
as George Dupont
On the Basis of Sex (2018)
as Erwin Griswold
The Six Triple Eight (2024)
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The Killing Fields (1984)
as Sydney Schanberg
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
as David (uncredited)
Heaven's Gate (1980)
as Frank Canton
The Great Gatsby (1974)
as Nick Carraway
Interiors (1978)
as Mike
Anesthesia (2016)
as Prof. Walter Zarrow
Fitzwilly (1967)
as Oliver
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
as Ben
Capricorn One (1977)
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
Merchant Ivory (2024)
as Self
Serial Mom (1994)
as Eugene Sutphin
The Man in the Moon (1991)
as Matthew Trant
Nixon (1995)
as Richard Helms
Le Divorce (2003)
as Chester Walker
Carousel (2026)
as Sam
Dateline: Saigon (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
as The President
Warning Sign (1985)
as Cal Morse
The Room Upstairs (1987)
as Travis Coles
Flagrant désir (1986)
as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
The Mayo Clinic (2018)
as Charlie Mayo (voice)
Hopscotch (1980)
as Jack Cutter
The Enemy Within (1994)
as President William Foster
A Captive in the Land (1990)
as Royce
The Matthew Shepard Story (2002)
as Dennis Shepard
Rancho Deluxe (1975)
as Cecil Colson
Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018)
as Self - (archive footage)
And It Was Good (2015)
as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)
as Daniel Chamberlain
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
September (1987)
as Peter
The Journey of August King (1995)
as Mooney Wright
Eagle's Wing (1979)
as White Bull
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988)
as Jim Delmore
Cover Me Babe (1970)
as Cameraman
Devil's Paradise (1987)
as Jones
The Man in the Woods (2020)
as Headmaster Waldorf
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Exiled (1998)
as Jack McCoy
Sweet William (1980)
as William McClusky
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
Miracle at Midnight (1998)
as Dr. Karl Koster
A Walk in the Woods (1988)
as John Honeyman
Games Mother Never Taught You (1982)
as David Bentells
The Unfinished Journey (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
Just Between Friends (1986)
as Harry Crandall
Dempsey (1983)
as Doc Kearns
Mahoney's Last Stand (1972)
as Felix
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)
as Self (voice)
Mindwalk (1991)
as Jack Edwards
Journey into Fear (1975)
as Mr. Graham
A House Divided (2000)
as David Dickson
Welcome Home (1989)
as Woody
The Fifth Missile (1986)
as Capt. Allard Renslow
Savages (1972)
as James, the Limping Man
Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
as Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
David's Mother (1994)
as John Nils
Friendly Fire (1980)
as C.D.B. Bryan
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV (1995)
as Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984)
as Ofoeti
A Case for Love (2024)
as Self
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now (1993)
as Forrest Bedford
Much Ado About Nothing (1973)
as Benedick
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (2010)
as Self
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story (2020)
as Self
Reflections of Murder (1974)
as Michael Elliott
The Proprietor (1996)
as Harry Bancroft
Finnegan Begin Again (1985)
as Paul Broadbent
Hammer and Cycle (2004)
as Self - Narrator
Three (1969)
as Taylor
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean (1966)
as Andy
Love Lives On (1985)
as Bernie
Generation (1969)
as Desmond
Lantern Hill (1989)
as Andrew Stuart
In Bad Taste (1999)
as Self
Sweet Revenge (1976)
as Le Clerq
In Defense of Kids (1983)
as Paul Wilcox
The Glass Menagerie (1973)
as Tom
The Commission (2003)
as J. Lee Rankin
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? (1971)
as Alex Monte
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs (1999)
as Self / Host / Narrator
Dean Smith (2015)
as Narrator
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels (1999)
as Narrator
Please Be Normal (2015)
as Dad
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour (2024)
as Self (voice)