Sam Waterston
79 movies · 27 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 15, 1940 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Samuel Atkinson Waterston
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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Known for
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★ 7.4 Family Guy
1999 · TV
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★ 8.0 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV
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★ 7.4 Miss Sloane
2016 · Film
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★ 7.5 Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · Film
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★ 7.3 On the Basis of Sex
2018 · Film
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★ 8.0 Tales from the Crypt
1989 · TV
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★ 7.4 Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 · Film
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★ 7.5 The Killing Fields
1984 · Film
Sam Waterston: movies and TV shows
Acting (106)
- 2026 Carousel
as Sam
- 2024 The Six Triple Eight
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 2022
- 2020 The Man in the Woods
as Headmaster Waldorf
- 2018 On the Basis of Sex
as Erwin Griswold
- 2018 The Mayo Clinic
as Charlie Mayo (voice)
- 2017
- 2017 Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 Dateline: Saigon
as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 Miss Sloane
as George Dupont
- 2016 Anesthesia
as Prof. Walter Zarrow
- 2015 And It Was Good
as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
- 2015
- 2015 Dean Smith
as Narrator
- 2015 Please Be Normal
as Dad
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2007
- 2006 The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
- 2005
- 2003 The Commission
as J. Lee Rankin
- 2003 Le Divorce
as Chester Walker
- 2002 The Matthew Shepard Story
as Dennis Shepard
- 2000 A House Divided
as David Dickson
- 1999 The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998 Exiled
as Jack McCoy
- 1998 Miracle at Midnight
as Dr. Karl Koster
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997 Shadow Conspiracy
as The President
- 1996 The Proprietor
as Harry Bancroft
- 1995 Nixon
as Richard Helms
- 1995 The Journey of August King
as Mooney Wright
- 1995 Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
as Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
- 1995
- 1994 Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
- 1994 The Enemy Within
as President William Foster
- 1994 Serial Mom
as Eugene Sutphin
- 1994 David's Mother
as John Nils
- 1994 Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Daniel Chamberlain
- 1993 I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
as Forrest Bedford
- 1993
- 1992 Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
- 1992
- 1991 Mindwalk
as Jack Edwards
- 1991
- 1991 The Man in the Moon
as Matthew Trant
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990 A Captive in the Land
as Royce
- 1989
- 1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Ben
- 1989 Welcome Home
as Woody
- 1989 Lantern Hill
as Andrew Stuart
- 1989
- 1988 Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
as Jim Delmore
- 1988
- 1988 A Walk in the Woods
as John Honeyman
- 1987 September
as Peter
- 1987 Devil's Paradise
as Jones
- 1987 Swimming to Cambodia
as Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
- 1987 The Room Upstairs
as Travis Coles
- 1986 Flagrant désir
as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
- 1986 Just Between Friends
as Harry Crandall
- 1986 The Fifth Missile
as Capt. Allard Renslow
- 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters
as David (uncredited)
- 1985
- 1985 Warning Sign
as Cal Morse
- 1985 Love Lives On
as Bernie
- 1985 Finnegan Begin Again
as Paul Broadbent
- 1984 The Killing Fields
as Sydney Schanberg
- 1984 The Boy Who Loved Trolls
as Ofoeti
- 1983 Dempsey
as Doc Kearns
- 1983 In Defense of Kids
as Paul Wilcox
- 1982 Games Mother Never Taught You
as David Bentells
- 1982
- 1982
- 1980 Heaven's Gate
as Frank Canton
- 1980 Friendly Fire
as C.D.B. Bryan
- 1980
- 1980 Hopscotch
as Jack Cutter
- 1980 Sweet William
as William McClusky
- 1979 Eagle's Wing
as White Bull
- 1978 Interiors
as Mike
- 1977 Capricorn One
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
- 1976 Sweet Revenge
as Le Clerq
- 1975 Journey into Fear
as Mr. Graham
- 1975 Rancho Deluxe
as Cecil Colson
- 1974 Reflections of Murder
as Michael Elliott
- 1974 The Great Gatsby
as Nick Carraway
- 1973 The Glass Menagerie
as Tom
- 1973 Much Ado About Nothing
as Benedick
- 1972 Mahoney's Last Stand
as Felix
- 1972 Savages
as James, the Limping Man
- 1971 Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
as Alex Monte
- 1970 Cover Me Babe
as Cameraman
- 1969 Three
as Taylor
- 1969 Generation
as Desmond
- 1967 Fitzwilly
as Oliver
- 1966 The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
as Andy
- 1961
- 1951
Behind the camera (1)
- 1995 The Journey of August King
Producer
Talk shows and appearances (19)
- 2024
- 2024
- 2024
- 2023 Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
3 episodes
- 2021
- 2020
- 2018
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2 episodes
- 2010
- 2005 The Colbert Report
2 episodes
- 2004
- 1999
- 1999
- 1997 The View
2 episodes
- 1990
- 1984 Jeopardy!
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
2 episodes
- 1975 People's Choice Awards
1 episode
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode