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:
- 84
- First Appeared:
- In the movie On the Basis of Sex
- Latest Project:
- Movie Miss Sloane 2016-11-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | On the Basis of Sex | Erwin Griswold | 2019 |
| Movie | Anesthesia | Prof. Walter Zarrow | 2016-01-08 |
| Movie | Miss Sloane | George Dupont | 2016-11-25 |
| Series | Grace and Frankie | Sol Bergstein | 2015-05-08 |
| Movie | Please Be Normal | Dad | 2015-03-20 |
| 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 | Exiled | Jack McCoy | 1998-11-08 |
| Movie | Miracle at Midnight | Dr. Karl Koster | 1998-03-17 |
| 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 | Nixon | Richard Helms | 1995-12-22 |
| Movie | The Journey of August King | Mooney Wright | 1995-09-14 |
| Movie | The Enemy Within | President William Foster | 1994-08-24 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Movie | The Man in the Moon | Matthew Trant | 1991-09-30 |
| Series | I'll Fly Away | 1991-10-07 | |
| Movie | Mindwalk | Jack Edwards | 1990-09-09 |
| Series | The Civil War | Abraham Lincoln | 1990-09-23 |
| Series | Law & Order | Jack McCoy | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Ben | 1989-10-13 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Welcome Home | Woody | 1989-09-29 |
| 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 | September | Peter | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | Devil's Paradise | Jones | 1987-05-07 |
| Movie | The Room Upstairs | Travis Coles | 1987-01-31 |
| Movie | Flagrant Désir | Inspecteur Gerry Morrison | 1986-06-11 |
| 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 | Finnegan Begin Again | Paul Broadbent | 1985-02-24 |
| Movie | Warning Sign | Cal Morse | 1985-08-23 |
| Movie | Love Lives On | Bernie | 1985-03-31 |
| Movie | The Boy Who Loved Trolls | Ofoeti | 1984-08-01 |
| Movie | The Killing Fields | Sydney Schanberg | 1984-11-02 |
| 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 | Hopscotch | Jack Cutter | 1980-09-26 |
| Movie | Sweet William | William McClusky | 1980-04-11 |
| Movie | Heaven's Gate | Frank Canton | 1980-11-19 |
| Series | Oppenheimer | Robert Oppenheimer | 1980-10-29 |
| Movie | Friendly Fire | C.D. Bryan | 1979-01-01 |
| Movie | Eagle's Wing | White Bull | 1979-11-23 |
| Movie | Interiors | Mike | 1978-08-02 |
| Movie | Capricorn One | Lt. Col. Peter Willis | 1977-12-10 |
| Movie | Sweet Revenge | Le Clerq | 1976-06-06 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Journey Into Fear | Mr. Graham | 1975-08-08 |
| Movie | Rancho Deluxe | Cecil Colson | 1975-01-01 |
| Movie | The Great Gatsby | Nick Carraway | 1974-03-27 |
| Movie | Reflections of Murder | Michael Elliott | 1974-11-24 |
| Movie | The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | 1973-12-16 |
| Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | 1973-02-02 |
| Movie | Savages | James, the Limping Man | 1972-06-27 |
| Movie | Mahoney's Last Stand | Felix | 1972-01-01 |
| 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 |