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:
- 87
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Man in the Woods
- Latest Project:
- Movie On the Basis of Sex 2018-12-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Man in the Woods | Headmaster Waldorf | 2020 |
| Movie | On the Basis of Sex | Erwin Griswold | 2018-12-25 |
| 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 | Grace and Frankie | Sol Bergstein | 2015-05-08 |
| Series | Jo | Unknown | 2013-01-17 |
| Series | The Newsroom | Charlie Skinner | 2012-06-24 |
| Series | Prohibition | Reader (voice) | 2011-10-02 |
| Movie | The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear | Himself | 2010-10-30 |
| Series | Masters of Science Fiction | Unknown | 2007-08-03 |
| 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 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | Miracle at Midnight | Dr. Karl Koster | 1998-03-17 |
| Movie | Exiled | Jack McCoy | 1998-11-08 |
| Movie | Shadow Conspiracy | The President | 1997-01-31 |
| Series | Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson (voice) | 1997-02-18 |
| Movie | The Proprietor | Harry Bancroft | 1996-09-09 |
| Movie | The Journey of August King | Mooney Wright | 1995-09-14 |
| Movie | Nixon | Richard Helms | 1995-12-22 |
| Movie | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Daniel Chamberlain | 1994-02-26 |
| Movie | David's Mother | John Nils | 1994-04-10 |
| Movie | The Enemy Within | President William Foster | 1994-08-24 |
| Movie | Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage | Tom Wingfield (archive footage) | 1994-12-19 |
| Movie | Serial Mom | Eugene Sutphin | 1994-04-13 |
| Movie | A Captive in the Land | Royce | 1993-01-15 |
| Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown | 1993-01-31 |
| Movie | I'll Fly Away: Then and Now | Forrest Bedford | 1993-10-11 |
| Series | I'll Fly Away | 1991-10-07 | |
| Movie | The Man in the Moon | Matthew Trant | 1991-09-30 |
| Movie | Mindwalk | Jack Edwards | 1990-09-09 |
| Series | Law & Order | Jack McCoy | 1990-09-13 |
| Series | The Civil War | Abraham Lincoln | 1990-09-23 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Welcome Home | Woody | 1989-09-29 |
| Movie | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Ben | 1989-10-13 |
| Movie | Lantern hill | Andrew Stuart | 1989-08-29 |
| Series | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | 1988-03-27 |
| Movie | Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami | Prosecutor | 1988-12-30 |
| Movie | Devil's Paradise | Jones | 1987-05-07 |
| Movie | September | Peter | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | The Room Upstairs | Travis Coles | 1987-01-31 |
| Movie | Hannah and Her Sisters | David | 1986-02-07 |
| Movie | The Fifth Missile | Capt. Allard Renslow | 1986-02-23 |
| Movie | Just Between Friends | Harry Crandall | 1986-03-21 |
| Movie | Flagrant Désir | Inspecteur Gerry Morrison | 1986-06-11 |
| Movie | Finnegan Begin Again | Paul Broadbent | 1985-02-24 |
| Movie | Love Lives On | Bernie | 1985-03-31 |
| Movie | Warning Sign | Cal Morse | 1985-08-23 |
| Movie | The Killing Fields | Sydney Schanberg | 1984-11-02 |
| Movie | The Boy Who Loved Trolls | Ofoeti | 1984-08-01 |
| Movie | Dempsey | Doc Kearns | 1983-09-28 |
| Movie | In Defense of Kids | Paul Wilcox | 1983-04-06 |
| Series | Q.E.D. | 1982-03-23 | |
| Movie | Sweet William | William McClusky | 1980-04-11 |
| Series | Oppenheimer | Robert Oppenheimer | 1980-10-29 |
| Movie | Hopscotch | Jack Cutter | 1980-09-26 |
| Movie | Heaven's Gate | Frank Canton | 1980-11-19 |
| Movie | Eagle's Wing | White Bull | 1979-11-23 |
| Movie | Friendly Fire | C.D. Bryan | 1979-01-01 |
| Movie | Interiors | Mike | 1978-08-02 |
| Movie | Capricorn One | Lt. Col. Peter Willis | 1977-12-10 |
| Movie | Sweet Revenge | Le Clerq | 1976-06-06 |
| Movie | Rancho Deluxe | Cecil Colson | 1975-01-01 |
| Movie | Journey Into Fear | Mr. Graham | 1975-08-08 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Reflections of Murder | Michael Elliott | 1974-11-24 |
| Movie | The Great Gatsby | Nick Carraway | 1974-03-27 |
| Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | 1973-02-02 |
| Movie | The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | 1973-12-16 |
| Movie | Mahoney's Last Stand | Felix | 1972-01-01 |
| Movie | Savages | James, the Limping Man | 1972-06-27 |
| Movie | Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? | Alex Monte | 1971-12-11 |
| Movie | Cover Me Babe | Cameraman | 1970-10-01 |
| Movie | Three | Taylor | 1969-12-23 |
| Movie | Generation | Desmond | 1969-12-15 |
| Movie | Fitzwilly | Oliver | 1967-04-19 |
| Movie | The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean | 1966-10-01 | |
| Series | Jeopardy! | Unknown | 1964-03-30 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |