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