Sam Waterston

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

125

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-11-15 (85 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

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

  • Jeopardy!

    Jeopardy!

  • The View

    The View

  • The View

    The View

  • Homicide: Life on the Street

    Homicide: Life on the Street

  • Grace and Frankie

    Grace and Frankie

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • The Newsroom

    The Newsroom

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

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

  • Amazing Stories

    Amazing Stories

  • The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

    The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

  • HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

  • Godless

    Godless

  • The Civil War

    The Civil War

  • Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

    Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

  • The Dropout

    The Dropout

  • Law & Order: Trial by Jury

    Law & Order: Trial by Jury

  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

  • Shadow Conspiracy

    Shadow Conspiracy

  • Mindwalk

    Mindwalk

  • Sweet Revenge

    Sweet Revenge

  • The Man in the Moon

    The Man in the Moon

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

    Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

  • Nixon

    Nixon

  • The Six Triple Eight

    The Six Triple Eight

  • Serial Mom

    Serial Mom

  • Savages

    Savages

  • People's Choice Awards

    People's Choice Awards

  • Welcome Home

    Welcome Home

  • Jo

    Jo

  • I'll Fly Away

    I'll Fly Away

  • Anesthesia

    Anesthesia

  • The Killing Fields

    The Killing Fields

  • September

    September

  • Merchant Ivory

    Merchant Ivory

  • Three

    Three

  • On the Basis of Sex

    On the Basis of Sex

  • Hopscotch

    Hopscotch

  • The Commission

    The Commission

  • Hannah and Her Sisters

    Hannah and Her Sisters

  • Warning Sign

    Warning Sign

  • Prohibition

    Prohibition

  • Friendly Fire

    Friendly Fire

  • Interiors

    Interiors

  • Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

    Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

  • Le Divorce

    Le Divorce

  • Dempsey

    Dempsey

  • Miss Sloane

    Miss Sloane

  • Lantern Hill

    Lantern Hill

  • Rancho Deluxe

    Rancho Deluxe

  • The Enemy Within

    The Enemy Within

  • Masters of Science Fiction

    Masters of Science Fiction

  • Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story

    Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story

  • Heaven's Gate

    Heaven's Gate

  • David's Mother

    David's Mother

  • Crimes and Misdemeanors

    Crimes and Misdemeanors

  • Fitzwilly

    Fitzwilly

  • Jane Fonda in Five Acts

    Jane Fonda in Five Acts

  • Capricorn One

    Capricorn One

  • Exiled

    Exiled

  • Night of 100 Stars III

    Night of 100 Stars III

  • The Room Upstairs

    The Room Upstairs

  • Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

    Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

  • Devil's Paradise

    Devil's Paradise

  • The Matthew Shepard Story

    The Matthew Shepard Story

  • The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

  • Eagle's Wing

    Eagle's Wing

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

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

    Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

  • The Mayo Clinic

    The Mayo Clinic

  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

  • Dean Smith

    Dean Smith

  • In Defense of Kids

    In Defense of Kids

  • Mahoney's Last Stand

    Mahoney's Last Stand

  • Earth and the American Dream

    Earth and the American Dream

  • The Glass Menagerie

    The Glass Menagerie

  • The Man in the Woods

    The Man in the Woods

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

  • Law and Order: Justice

    Law and Order: Justice

  • Miracle at Midnight

    Miracle at Midnight

  • The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean

    The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean

  • In Bad Taste

    In Bad Taste

  • Carousel

    Carousel

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

  • The Fifth Missile

    The Fifth Missile

  • Swimming to Cambodia

    Swimming to Cambodia

  • Amazing Stories: The Movie IV

    Amazing Stories: The Movie IV

  • Lincoln

    Lincoln

  • Reflections of Murder

    Reflections of Murder

  • A House Divided

    A House Divided

  • The Journey of August King

    The Journey of August King

  • Love Lives On

    Love Lives On

  • The Boy Who Loved Trolls

    The Boy Who Loved Trolls

  • Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled

    Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled

  • A Case for Love

    A Case for Love

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

    Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour

  • The Unfinished Journey

    The Unfinished Journey

  • Q.E.D.

    Q.E.D.

  • And It Was Good

    And It Was Good

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

    Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators

  • Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs

    Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs

  • Please Be Normal

    Please Be Normal

  • Flagrant désir

    Flagrant désir

  • The Proprietor

    The Proprietor

  • Cover Me Babe

    Cover Me Babe

  • The Nightmare Years

    The Nightmare Years

  • Journey into Fear

    Journey into Fear

  • Games Mother Never Taught You

    Games Mother Never Taught You

  • Just Between Friends

    Just Between Friends

  • Time Life's Lost Civilizations

    Time Life's Lost Civilizations

  • Dateline: Saigon

    Dateline: Saigon

  • A Captive in the Land

    A Captive in the Land

  • Generation

    Generation

  • Sweet William

    Sweet William

  • Finnegan Begin Again

    Finnegan Begin Again

  • I'll Fly Away: Then and Now

    I'll Fly Away: Then and Now

  • Hammer and Cycle

    Hammer and Cycle

  • A Walk in the Woods

    A Walk in the Woods

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

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