Sam Waterston
Known for acting · Born 15 November 1940 · 85 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
126 credits
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
Law & Order
1990
Grace and Frankie
2015
The Newsroom
2012
The Killing Fields
1984
Serial Mom
1994
The Six Triple Eight
2024
On the Basis of Sex
2018
September
1987
Hopscotch
1980
Capricorn One
1977
The Great Gatsby
1974
Heaven's Gate
1980
Acting (125)
2026CarouselSamFilm
2024The Six Triple EightFranklin Delano RooseveltFilm
2024Merchant IvorySelfFilm
2024A Case for LoveSelfFilm
2024Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest HourSelf (voice)Film
2023Liv Ullmann: A Road Less TravelledSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2022The DropoutGeorge Shultz · 5 episodesSeries
2021Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in TimeSelf (voice)Film
2020The Man in the WoodsHeadmaster WaldorfFilm
2020Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold StorySelfFilm
2018On the Basis of SexErwin GriswoldFilm
2018Jane Fonda in Five ActsSelf - (archive footage)Film
2018The Mayo ClinicCharlie Mayo (voice)Film
2017GodlessMarshall John Cook · 7 episodesSeries
2017Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's CreatorsNarrator (voice)Film
2017Dateline: SaigonNarrator (voice)Film
2016Miss SloaneGeorge DupontFilm
2016AnesthesiaProf. Walter ZarrowFilm
2015Grace and FrankieSol Bergstein · 94 episodesSeries
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2015Please Be NormalDadFilm
2015Dean SmithNarratorFilm
2015And It Was GoodJudge Alexander Baas / Doctor / GravediggerFilm
2013JoSeries
2012The NewsroomCharlie Skinner · 25 episodesSeries
2011ProhibitionReader (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2010The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or FearSelfFilm
2007Masters of Science FictionSeries
2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysJohn Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")Film
2005The Colbert Report, Self (uncredited)Series
2005Law & Order: Trial by JuryJack McCoy · 2 episodesSeries
2004Hammer and CycleSelf - NarratorFilm
2003Le DivorceChester WalkerFilm
2003The CommissionJ. Lee RankinFilm
2002The Matthew Shepard StoryDennis ShepardFilm
2000A House DividedDavid DicksonFilm
1999Family GuyBruce Kaplan (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitJack McCoy · 4 episodesSeries
1999In Bad TasteSelfFilm
1999The Unfinished JourneyNarrator (voice)Film
1999Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize PhotographsSelf / Host / NarratorFilm
1999Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan DanielsNarratorFilm
1998ExiledJack McCoyFilm
1998Miracle at MidnightDr. Karl KosterFilm
1997The ViewSelf, Self - GuestSeries
1997Shadow ConspiracyThe PresidentFilm
1997Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of DiscoveryThomas Jefferson (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1997Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1996The ProprietorHarry BancroftFilm
1995NixonRichard HelmsFilm
1995The Journey of August KingMooney WrightFilm
1995Time Life's Lost CivilizationsNarrator · 10 episodesSeries
1995Amazing Stories: The Movie IVJordan Manmouth (archive footage)Film
1994Serial MomEugene SutphinFilm
1994The Enemy WithinPresident William FosterFilm
1994Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson WhittakerDaniel ChamberlainFilm
1994David's MotherJohn NilsFilm
1994Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American StageTom Wingfield (archive footage)Film
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetJack McCoy · 2 episodesSeries
1993I'll Fly Away: Then and NowForrest BedfordFilm
1992HBO First LookSeries
1992Earth and the American DreamReader (voice)Film
1991The Man in the MoonMatthew TrantFilm
1991MindwalkJack EdwardsFilm
1991I'll Fly AwayForrest Bedford · 39 episodesSeries
1990Law & OrderJack McCoy · 405 episodesSeries
1990The Civil WarAbraham Lincoln (voice) · 9 episodesSeries
1990A Captive in the LandRoyceFilm
1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelfFilm
1989Tales from the CryptG.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")Series
1989Crimes and MisdemeanorsBenFilm
1989Welcome HomeWoodyFilm
1989The Nightmare YearsBill Shirer · 4 episodesSeries
1989Lantern HillAndrew StuartFilm
1988LincolnAbraham Lincoln · 2 episodesSeries
1988Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim AjamiJim DelmoreFilm
1988A Walk in the WoodsJohn HoneymanFilm
1987SeptemberPeterFilm
1987Swimming to CambodiaAdditional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)Film
1987The Room UpstairsTravis ColesFilm
1987Devil's ParadiseJonesFilm
1986Hannah and Her SistersDavid (uncredited)Film
1986Just Between FriendsHarry CrandallFilm
1986Flagrant désirInspecteur Gerry MorrisonFilm
1986The Fifth MissileCapt. Allard RenslowFilm
1985Amazing StoriesJordan ManmouthSeries
1985Warning SignCal MorseFilm
1985Finnegan Begin AgainPaul BroadbentFilm
1985Love Lives OnBernieFilm
1984The Killing FieldsSydney SchanbergFilm
1984Jeopardy!SelfSeries
1984The Boy Who Loved TrollsOfoetiFilm
1983DempseyDoc KearnsFilm
1983In Defense of KidsPaul WilcoxFilm
1982American PlayhouseRobert Oppenheimer · 7 episodes, John HoneymanSeries
1982Q.E.D.Professor Quentin Everett Deverill · 6 episodesSeries
1982Games Mother Never Taught YouDavid BentellsFilm
1980Heaven's GateFrank CantonFilm
1980HopscotchJack CutterFilm
1980OppenheimerRobert Oppenheimer · 7 episodesSeries
1980Sweet WilliamWilliam McCluskyFilm
1980Friendly FireC.D.B. BryanFilm
1979Eagle's WingWhite BullFilm
1978InteriorsMikeFilm
1977Capricorn OneLt. Col. Peter WillisFilm
1976Sweet RevengeLe ClerqFilm
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf (uncredited) · 2 episodesSeries
1975Rancho DeluxeCecil ColsonFilm
1975Journey into FearMr. GrahamFilm
1975People's Choice AwardsSelf - PresenterSeries
1974The Great GatsbyNick CarrawayFilm
1974Reflections of MurderMichael ElliottFilm
1973The Glass MenagerieTomFilm
1973Much Ado About NothingBenedickFilm
1972SavagesJames, the Limping ManFilm
1972Mahoney's Last StandFelixFilm
1971Film '72SelfSeries
1971Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?Alex MonteFilm
1970Cover Me BabeCameramanFilm
1969ThreeTaylorFilm
1969GenerationDesmondFilm
1967FitzwillyOliverFilm
1966The Plastic Dome of Norma JeanAndyFilm
1961Dr. KildareMark · 2 episodesSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameTravis ColesSeries
Production (1)
1995The Journey of August KingProducerFilm