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Sam Waterston
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1940Born, Cambridge
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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."…
Known for
Family GuyBruce Kaplan (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitJack McCoy
Miss SloaneGeorge Dupont
Hannah and Her SistersDavid (uncredited)
On the Basis of SexErwin Griswold2026Line of FireThomas Barnes · 2 episodesShow
2026CarouselSamMovie
2024The Six Triple EightFranklin Delano RooseveltMovie
2022The DropoutGeorge Shultz · 5 episodesShow
2020The Man in the WoodsHeadmaster WaldorfMovie
2018On the Basis of SexErwin GriswoldMovie
2018The Mayo ClinicCharlie Mayo (voice)Movie
2017GodlessMarshall John Cook · 7 episodesShow
2017Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's CreatorsNarrator (voice)Movie
2017Dateline: SaigonNarrator (voice)Movie
2016Miss SloaneGeorge DupontMovie
2016AnesthesiaProf. Walter ZarrowMovie
2015And It Was GoodJudge Alexander Baas / Doctor / GravediggerMovie
2015Grace and FrankieSol Bergstein · 94 episodesShow
2015Dean SmithNarratorMovie
2015Please Be NormalDadMovie
2013Jo1 episodeShow
2012The NewsroomCharlie Skinner · 25 episodesShow
2011ProhibitionReader (voice) · 3 episodesShow
2007Masters of Science Fiction1 episodeShow
2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysJohn Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")Movie
2005Law & Order: Trial by JuryJack McCoy · 2 episodesShow
2003The CommissionJ. Lee RankinMovie
2003Le DivorceChester WalkerMovie
2002The Matthew Shepard StoryDennis ShepardMovie
2000A House DividedDavid DicksonMovie
1999The Unfinished JourneyNarrator (voice)Movie
1999Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan DanielsNarratorMovie
1998ExiledJack McCoyMovie
1998Miracle at MidnightDr. Karl KosterMovie
1997Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of DiscoveryThomas Jefferson (voice) · 2 episodesShow
1997Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson (voice) · 2 episodesShow
1997Shadow ConspiracyThe PresidentMovie
1996The ProprietorHarry BancroftMovie
1995NixonRichard HelmsMovie
1995The Journey of August KingMooney WrightMovie
1995Amazing Stories: The Movie IVJordan Manmouth (archive footage)Movie
1995Time Life's Lost CivilizationsNarrator · 10 episodesShow
1994Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American StageTom Wingfield (archive footage)Movie
1994The Enemy WithinPresident William FosterMovie
1994Serial MomEugene SutphinMovie
1994David's MotherJohn NilsMovie
1994Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson WhittakerDaniel ChamberlainMovie
1993I'll Fly Away: Then and NowForrest BedfordMovie
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetJack McCoy · 2 episodesShow
1992Earth and the American DreamReader (voice)Movie
1992HBO First Look1 episodeShow
1991MindwalkJack EdwardsMovie
1991I'll Fly AwayForrest Bedford · 39 episodesShow
1991The Man in the MoonMatthew TrantMovie
1990The Civil WarAbraham Lincoln (voice) · 9 episodesShow
1990A Captive in the LandRoyceMovie
1989The Nightmare YearsBill Shirer · 4 episodesShow
1989Crimes and MisdemeanorsBenMovie
1989Welcome HomeWoodyMovie
1989Lantern HillAndrew StuartMovie
1989Tales from the CryptG.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow") · 1 episodeShow
1988Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim AjamiJim DelmoreMovie
1988LincolnAbraham Lincoln · 2 episodesShow
1988A Walk in the WoodsJohn HoneymanMovie
1987SeptemberPeterMovie
1987Devil's ParadiseJonesMovie
1987Swimming to CambodiaAdditional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)Movie
1987The Room UpstairsTravis ColesMovie
1986Flagrant désirInspecteur Gerry MorrisonMovie
1986Just Between FriendsHarry CrandallMovie
1986The Fifth MissileCapt. Allard RenslowMovie
1986Hannah and Her SistersDavid (uncredited)Movie
1985Amazing StoriesJordan Manmouth · 1 episodeShow
1985Warning SignCal MorseMovie
1985Love Lives OnBernieMovie
1985Finnegan Begin AgainPaul BroadbentMovie
1984The Killing FieldsSydney SchanbergMovie
1984The Boy Who Loved TrollsOfoetiMovie
1983DempseyDoc KearnsMovie
1983In Defense of KidsPaul WilcoxMovie
1982Games Mother Never Taught YouDavid BentellsMovie
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