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