Sam Waterston

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

124

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-11-15 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Sam Waterston

Biography

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: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Jeopardy!

    Jeopardy!

  • The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The View

    The View

  • The View

    The View

  • Amazing Stories

    Amazing Stories

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Grace and Frankie

    Grace and Frankie

  • Homicide: Life on the Street

    Homicide: Life on the Street

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • The Newsroom

    The Newsroom

  • HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

  • Law & Order: Trial by Jury

    Law & Order: Trial by Jury

  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

  • Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

    Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

  • The Civil War

    The Civil War

  • The Dropout

    The Dropout

  • Godless

    Godless

  • Shadow Conspiracy

    Shadow Conspiracy

  • Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

    Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

  • The Six Triple Eight

    The Six Triple Eight

  • I'll Fly Away

    I'll Fly Away

  • Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

    Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

  • Reflections of Murder

    Reflections of Murder

  • The Man in the Moon

    The Man in the Moon

  • In Bad Taste

    In Bad Taste

  • Nixon

    Nixon

  • Warning Sign

    Warning Sign

  • Capricorn One

    Capricorn One

  • Jane Fonda in Five Acts

    Jane Fonda in Five Acts

  • September

    September

  • In Defense of Kids

    In Defense of Kids

  • Prohibition

    Prohibition

  • Rancho Deluxe

    Rancho Deluxe

  • Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

    Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

  • Devil's Paradise

    Devil's Paradise

  • People's Choice Awards

    People's Choice Awards

  • The Journey of August King

    The Journey of August King

  • Miss Sloane

    Miss Sloane

  • Heaven's Gate

    Heaven's Gate

  • Serial Mom

    Serial Mom

  • David's Mother

    David's Mother

  • Lantern Hill

    Lantern Hill

  • The Enemy Within

    The Enemy Within

  • The Killing Fields

    The Killing Fields

  • The Glass Menagerie

    The Glass Menagerie

  • The Fifth Missile

    The Fifth Missile

  • Masters of Science Fiction

    Masters of Science Fiction

  • Savages

    Savages

  • The Mayo Clinic

    The Mayo Clinic

  • The Matthew Shepard Story

    The Matthew Shepard Story

  • Jo

    Jo

  • Hopscotch

    Hopscotch

  • Love Lives On

    Love Lives On

  • Earth and the American Dream

    Earth and the American Dream

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Interiors

    Interiors

  • On the Basis of Sex

    On the Basis of Sex

  • Night of 100 Stars III

    Night of 100 Stars III

  • The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean

    The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

  • Swimming to Cambodia

    Swimming to Cambodia

  • The Commission

    The Commission

  • The Room Upstairs

    The Room Upstairs

  • Friendly Fire

    Friendly Fire

  • Welcome Home

    Welcome Home

  • Hannah and Her Sisters

    Hannah and Her Sisters

  • Sweet Revenge

    Sweet Revenge

  • Anesthesia

    Anesthesia

  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

  • A House Divided

    A House Divided

  • Mindwalk

    Mindwalk

  • A Case for Love

    A Case for Love

  • Miracle at Midnight

    Miracle at Midnight

  • Dempsey

    Dempsey

  • Three

    Three

  • The Unfinished Journey

    The Unfinished Journey

  • The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

  • Crimes and Misdemeanors

    Crimes and Misdemeanors

  • Q.E.D.

    Q.E.D.

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

  • Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs

    Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs

  • Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled

    Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled

  • Merchant Ivory

    Merchant Ivory

  • Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

    Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

  • Exiled

    Exiled

  • Eagle's Wing

    Eagle's Wing

  • The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

    The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

  • The Man in the Woods

    The Man in the Woods

  • Amazing Stories: The Movie IV

    Amazing Stories: The Movie IV

  • The Proprietor

    The Proprietor

  • And It Was Good

    And It Was Good

  • The Boy Who Loved Trolls

    The Boy Who Loved Trolls

  • Le Divorce

    Le Divorce

  • Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

    Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

  • Dateline: Saigon

    Dateline: Saigon

  • Fitzwilly

    Fitzwilly

  • The Nightmare Years

    The Nightmare Years

  • Please Be Normal

    Please Be Normal

  • Dean Smith

    Dean Smith

  • Flagrant désir

    Flagrant désir

  • Time Life's Lost Civilizations

    Time Life's Lost Civilizations

  • Carousel

    Carousel

  • Just Between Friends

    Just Between Friends

  • Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators

    Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators

  • Journey into Fear

    Journey into Fear

  • Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story

    Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story

  • Hammer and Cycle

    Hammer and Cycle

  • Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour

    Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour

  • A Captive in the Land

    A Captive in the Land

  • Mahoney's Last Stand

    Mahoney's Last Stand

  • Finnegan Begin Again

    Finnegan Begin Again

  • Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels

    Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels

  • I'll Fly Away: Then and Now

    I'll Fly Away: Then and Now

  • A Walk in the Woods

    A Walk in the Woods

  • Sweet William

    Sweet William

  • Cover Me Babe

    Cover Me Babe

  • Games Mother Never Taught You

    Games Mother Never Taught You

  • Generation

    Generation