Sam Waterston
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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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Waterston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Six Triple Eight (2024)
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
as David (uncredited)
Heaven's Gate (1980)
as Frank Canton
Miss Sloane (2016)
as George Dupont
Devil's Paradise (1987)
as Jones
The Great Gatsby (1974)
as Nick Carraway
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
as Ben
The Killing Fields (1984)
as Sydney Schanberg
The Man in the Moon (1991)
as Matthew Trant
Serial Mom (1994)
as Eugene Sutphin
Dateline: Saigon (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
On the Basis of Sex (2018)
as Erwin Griswold
Anesthesia (2016)
as Prof. Walter Zarrow
Capricorn One (1977)
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
Interiors (1978)
as Mike
Nixon (1995)
as Richard Helms
Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
as The President
Merchant Ivory (2024)
as Self
The Enemy Within (1994)
as President William Foster
Le Divorce (2003)
as Chester Walker
Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018)
as Self - (archive footage)
Fitzwilly (1967)
as Oliver
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
Reflections of Murder (1974)
as Michael Elliott
A Captive in the Land (1990)
as Royce
Warning Sign (1985)
as Cal Morse
Exiled (1998)
as Jack McCoy
The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984)
as Ofoeti
Just Between Friends (1986)
as Harry Crandall
Hopscotch (1980)
as Jack Cutter
September (1987)
as Peter
The Matthew Shepard Story (2002)
as Dennis Shepard
The Journey of August King (1995)
as Mooney Wright
And It Was Good (2015)
as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
Three (1969)
as Taylor
The Unfinished Journey (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
A House Divided (2000)
as David Dickson
The Mayo Clinic (2018)
as Charlie Mayo (voice)
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
The Fifth Missile (1986)
as Capt. Allard Renslow
Welcome Home (1989)
as Woody
Finnegan Begin Again (1985)
as Paul Broadbent
Generation (1969)
as Desmond
Eagle's Wing (1979)
as White Bull
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)
as Daniel Chamberlain
Miracle at Midnight (1998)
as Dr. Karl Koster
The Proprietor (1996)
as Harry Bancroft
Flagrant désir (1986)
as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
The Man in the Woods (2020)
as Headmaster Waldorf
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV (1995)
as Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
Journey into Fear (1975)
as Mr. Graham
Rancho Deluxe (1975)
as Cecil Colson
Friendly Fire (1980)
as C.D.B. Bryan
Savages (1972)
as James, the Limping Man
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? (1971)
as Alex Monte
The Commission (2003)
as J. Lee Rankin
Mindwalk (1991)
as Jack Edwards
Much Ado About Nothing (1973)
as Benedick
The Glass Menagerie (1973)
as Tom Wingfield
In Defense of Kids (1983)
as Paul Wilcox
Cover Me Babe (1970)
as Cameraman
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988)
as Jim Delmore
Serial Mom: Surreal Moments (—)
as Self
David's Mother (1994)
as John Nils
Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
as Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (2010)
as Self
Carousel (2026)
as Sam
Sweet William (1980)
as William McClusky
Sweet Revenge (1976)
as Le Clerq
Mahoney's Last Stand (1972)
as Felix
The Room Upstairs (1987)
as Travis Coles
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)
as Self (voice)
Dempsey (1983)
as Doc Kearns
A Case for Love (2024)
as Self
In Bad Taste (1999)
as Self
Lantern Hill (1989)
as Andrew Stuart
Love Lives On (1985)
as Bernie
Please Be Normal (2015)
as Dad
A Walk in the Woods (1988)
as John Honeyman
Hammer and Cycle (2004)
as Self - Narrator
Games Mother Never Taught You (1982)
as David Bentells
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now (1993)
as Forrest Bedford
Dean Smith (2015)
as Narrator
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story (2020)
as Self
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs (1999)
as Self / Host / Narrator
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels (1999)
as Narrator
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean (1966)
as Andy
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour (2024)
as Self (voice)