Biography
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."
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Filmography
all 122
Movies 88
TV Shows 34
self 13
Voice 8
Narrator 4
A Case for Love (2024)
Merchant Ivory (2023)
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled (2023)
The Dropout (2022)
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)
The Man in the Woods (2020)
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story (2020)
On the Basis of Sex (2018)
The Mayo Clinic (2018)
Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018)
Godless (2017)
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators (2017)
Dateline: Saigon (2017)
Ken Burns: America's Storyteller (2017)
Miss Sloane (2016)
Anesthesia (2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
And It Was Good (2015)
Grace and Frankie (2015)
Dean Smith (2015)
Please Be Normal (2015)
Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut (2014)
Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen (2013)
Jo (2013)
The Newsroom (2012)
Prohibition (2011)
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (2010)
Masters of Science Fiction (2007)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
The Colbert Report (2005)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)
The Commission (2003)
Le Divorce (2003)
The Matthew Shepard Story (2002)
A House Divided (2000)
The Unfinished Journey (1999)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
In Bad Taste (1999)
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
Exiled (1998)
Miracle at Midnight (1998)
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997)
The View (1997)
Thomas Jefferson (1997)
Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
The Proprietor (1996)
Nixon (1995)
The Journey of August King (1995)
Time Life's Lost Civilizations (1995)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
The Enemy Within (1994)
Serial Mom (1994)
David's Mother (1994)
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now (1993)
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
A Captive in the Land (1993)
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
HBO First Look (1992)
Warburg: A Man of Influence (1992)
I'll Fly Away (1991)
The Man in the Moon (1991)
The Civil War (1990)
Law & Order (1990)
Mindwalk (1990)
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
The Nightmare Years (1989)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Welcome Home (1989)
Lantern Hill (1989)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988)
Lincoln (1988)
A Walk in the Woods (1988)
September (1987)
Devil's Paradise (1987)
Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
The Room Upstairs (1987)
Flagrant désir (1986)
Just Between Friends (1986)
The Fifth Missile (1986)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Amazing Stories (1985)
Warning Sign (1985)
Love Lives On (1985)
Finnegan Begin Again (1985)
The Killing Fields (1984)
The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984)
Jeopardy! (1984)
Dempsey (1983)
In Defense of Kids (1983)
Games Mother Never Taught You (1982)
Q.E.D. (1982)
Heaven's Gate (1980)
Friendly Fire (1980)
Oppenheimer (1980)
Hopscotch (1980)
Sweet William (1980)
Eagle's Wing (1979)
Interiors (1978)
Capricorn One (1977)
Sweet Revenge (1976)
Journey into Fear (1975)
Rancho Deluxe (1975)
People's Choice Awards (1975)
Reflections of Murder (1974)
The Great Gatsby (1974)
The Glass Menagerie (1973)
Much Ado About Nothing (1973)
Mahoney's Last Stand (1972)
Savages (1972)
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? (1971)
Cover Me Babe (1970)
Three (1969)
Generation (1969)
Fitzwilly (1967)
NET Playhouse (1966)
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean (1966)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Six Triple Eight
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1940-11-15 (83 years old)
Birth NameSamuel Atkinson Waterston
Birth PlaceCambridge, United States of America
Height
RelationshipsBarbara Rutledge Johns (1964-01-01 - 1969-01-01)
SpouseLynn Louisa Woodruff
ChildrenElisabeth Waterston, Katherine Waterston, James Waterston, Graham Waterston
FatherGeorge Chychele Waterston
MotherAlice Tucker Atkinson
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known As샘 워터스톤
AwardsEmmy Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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