Sam Waterston
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
- 2024 · The Six Triple Eight as
- 2024 · Merchant Ivory as Self
- 2024 · A Case for Love as Self
- 2023 · Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled as Self
- 2022 · The Dropout as George Shultz
- 2021 · Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time as Self (voice)
- 2020 · The Man in the Woods as Headmaster Waldorf
- 2020 · Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story as Self
- 2018 · On the Basis of Sex as Erwin Griswold
- 2018 · The Mayo Clinic as Charlie Mayo
- 2018 · Jane Fonda in Five Acts as Self - Actor
- 2017 · Godless as Marshall John Cook
- 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 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · And It Was Good as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Sol Bergstein
- 2015 · Dean Smith as Narrator
- 2015 · Please Be Normal as Dad
- 2013 · Jo as
- 2012 · The Newsroom as Charlie Skinner
- 2011 · Prohibition as Reader (voice)
- 2010 · The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear as Self
- 2007 · Masters of Science Fiction as
- 2006 · The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as
- 2005 · Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Jack McCoy
- 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 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Jack McCoy
- 1999 · In Bad Taste as Self
- 1999 · Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs as Self / Host / Narrator
- 1999 · Family Guy as Bruce Kaplan (voice)
- 1998 · Exiled as Jack McCoy
- 1998 · Miracle at Midnight as Dr. Karl Koster
- 1997 · Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · Thomas Jefferson as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
- 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 (archive footage)
- 1995 · Time Life's Lost Civilizations as Narrator
- 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 · Homicide: Life on the Street as
- 1993 · A Captive in the Land as Royce
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1991 · Mindwalk as Jack Edwards
- 1991 · I'll Fly Away as Forrest Bedford
- 1991 · The Man in the Moon as Matthew Trant
- 1990 · The Civil War as Abraham Lincoln
- 1990 · Law & Order as Jack McCoy
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1989 · The Nightmare Years as Bill Shirer
- 1989 · Crimes and Misdemeanors as Ben
- 1989 · Welcome Home as Woody
- 1989 · Lantern Hill as Andrew Stuart
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as G.G. Devoe
- 1988 · Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami as Prosecutor
- 1988 · Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
- 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 · Amazing Stories as Jordan Manmouth
- 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
- 1984 · Jeopardy! as
- 1983 · Dempsey as Doc Kearns
- 1983 · In Defense of Kids as Paul Wilcox
- 1982 · Games Mother Never Taught You as David Bentells
- 1982 · Q.E.D. as
- 1980 · Heaven's Gate as Frank Canton
- 1980 · Friendly Fire as C.D.B. Bryan
- 1980 · Oppenheimer as Robert Oppenheimer
- 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 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Journey into Fear as Mr. Graham
- 1975 · Rancho Deluxe as Cecil Colson
- 1975 · People's Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1974 · Reflections of Murder as Michael Elliott
- 1974 · The Great Gatsby as Nick Carraway
- 1973 · The Glass Menagerie as Tom Wingfield
- 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 · Dr. Kildare as Mark
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Travis Coles
- Future · Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour as Self (voice)