Sam Waterston
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
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- Born:
- Nov 15, 1940 In Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 82
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Man in the Woods 2021
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Man in the Woods | Headmaster Waldorf | 2021 |
| Movie | On the Basis of Sex | Erwin Griswold | 2018-12-25 |
| Movie | Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators | Narrator (voice) | 2017-06-17 |
| Series | Godless | Marshall John Cook | 2017-11-22 |
| Movie | Anesthesia | Prof. Walter Zarrow | 2016-01-08 |
| Movie | Miss Sloane | George Dupont | 2016-11-25 |
| Series | Grace and Frankie | Sol Bergstein | 2015-05-08 |
| Movie | Please Be Normal | Dad | 2015-03-20 |
| Series | The Newsroom | Charlie Skinner | 2012-06-24 |
| Series | Prohibition | Reader (voice) | 2011-10-02 |
| Movie | The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear | Himself | 2010-10-30 |
| Series | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Unknown | 2005-03-03 |
| Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
| Movie | Le Divorce | Chester Walker | 2003-08-08 |
| Movie | The Matthew Shepard Story | Dennis Shepard | 2002-03-16 |
| Movie | In Bad Taste | Himself | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | A House Divided | David Dickson | 2000-07-30 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | Miracle at Midnight | Dr. Karl Koster | 1998-03-17 |
| Movie | Exiled | Jack McCoy | 1998-11-08 |
| Movie | Shadow Conspiracy | The President | 1997-01-31 |
| Series | Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery | Thomas Jefferson (voice) | 1997-11-04 |
| Series | Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson (voice) | 1997-02-18 |
| Movie | The Proprietor | Harry Bancroft | 1996-09-09 |
| Movie | Nixon | Richard Helms | 1995-12-22 |
| Movie | David's Mother | John Nils | 1994-04-10 |
| Movie | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Daniel Chamberlain | 1994-02-26 |
| Movie | Serial Mom | Eugene Sutphin | 1994-04-13 |
| Movie | The Enemy Within | President William Foster | 1994-08-24 |
| Movie | A Captive in the Land | Royce | 1993-01-15 |
| Movie | I'll Fly Away: Then and Now | Forrest Bedford | 1993-10-11 |
| Movie | The Man in the Moon | Matthew Trant | 1991-09-30 |
| Movie | The Civil War | President Abraham Lincoln | 1990-09-23 |
| Movie | Mindwalk | Jack Edwards | 1990-09-09 |
| Series | Law & Order | Jack McCoy | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | Lantern Hill | Andrew Stuart | 1989-08-29 |
| Movie | Welcome Home | Woody | 1989-09-29 |
| Movie | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Ben | 1989-10-13 |
| Series | The Nightmare Years | Bill Shirer | 1989-11-17 |
| Movie | Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami | Prosecutor | 1988-12-30 |
| Movie | The Room Upstairs | Travis Coles | 1987-01-31 |
| Movie | September | Peter | 1987-12-18 |
| Movie | Devil's Paradise | Jones | 1987-05-07 |
| Movie | Hannah and Her Sisters | David | 1986-02-07 |
| Movie | The Fifth Missile | Capt. Allard Renslow | 1986-02-23 |
| Movie | Just Between Friends | Harry Crandall | 1986-03-21 |
| Movie | Flagrant Désir | Inspecteur Gerry Morrison | 1986-06-11 |
| Movie | Finnegan Begin Again | Paul Broadbent | 1985-02-24 |
| Movie | Warning Sign | Cal Morse | 1985-08-23 |
| Movie | Love Lives On | Bernie | 1985-03-31 |
| Movie | The Boy Who Loved Trolls | Ofoeti | 1984-08-01 |
| Movie | The Killing Fields | Sydney Schanberg | 1984-11-02 |
| Movie | In Defense of Kids | Paul Wilcox | 1983-04-06 |
| Movie | Dempsey | Doc Kearns | 1983-09-28 |
| Series | Q.E.D. | 1982-03-23 | |
| Movie | Sweet William | William McClusky | 1980-04-11 |
| Movie | Hopscotch | Jack Cutter | 1980-09-26 |
| Movie | Heaven's Gate | Frank Canton | 1980-11-19 |
| Movie | Oppenheimer | Robert Oppenheimer | 1980-10-29 |
| Movie | Friendly Fire | C.D. Bryan | 1979-01-01 |
| Movie | Eagle's Wing | White Bull | 1979-11-23 |
| Movie | Interiors | Mike | 1978-08-02 |
| Movie | Capricorn One | Lt. Col. Peter Willis | 1977-12-10 |
| Movie | Sweet Revenge | Le Clerq | 1976-06-06 |
| Movie | Journey Into Fear | Mr. Graham | 1975-08-08 |
| Movie | Rancho Deluxe | Cecil Colson | 1975-01-01 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | The Great Gatsby | Nick Carraway | 1974-03-27 |
| Movie | Reflections of Murder | Michael Elliott | 1974-11-24 |
| Movie | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | 1973-02-02 |
| Movie | The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | 1973-12-16 |
| Movie | Mahoney's Last Stand | Felix | 1972-01-01 |
| Movie | Savages | James, the Limping Man | 1972-06-27 |
| Movie | Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? | Alex Monte | 1971-12-11 |
| Movie | Cover Me Babe | Cameraman | 1970-10-01 |
| Movie | Generation | Desmond | 1969-12-15 |
| Movie | Three | Taylor | 1969-12-23 |
| Movie | Fitzwilly | Oliver | 1967-04-19 |
| Movie | The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean | 1966-10-01 | |
| Series | Jeopardy! | Unknown | 1964-03-30 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |