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