SAM WATERSTON
Sam Waterston
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: November 15, 1940
Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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."
Filmography
Starring
Self
2026·
CarouselSam
Self (voice)
2024·
The Six Triple EightFranklin Delano Roosevelt
2024·
A Case for LoveSelf
2024·
Merchant IvorySelf
Self
2022·
The DropoutGeorge Shultz
Self (voice)
2020·
The Man in the WoodsHeadmaster Waldorf
Self - (archive footage)
2018·
The Mayo ClinicCharlie Mayo (voice)
2018·
On the Basis of SexErwin Griswold
2017·
GodlessMarshall John Cook
2017·
Dateline: SaigonNarrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
2016·
Miss SloaneGeorge Dupont
2016·
AnesthesiaProf. Walter Zarrow
Self - Guest
2015·
Grace and FrankieSol Bergstein
2015·
And It Was GoodJudge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
2015·
Dean SmithNarrator
2015·
Please Be NormalDad
2013·
Jo2012·
The NewsroomCharlie Skinner
2011·
ProhibitionReader (voice)
John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
2005·
The Colbert ReportSelf (uncredited)
Jack McCoy
2004·
Hammer and CycleSelf - Narrator
2003·
The CommissionJ. Lee Rankin
2003·
Le DivorceChester Walker
Dennis Shepard
2000·
A House DividedDavid Dickson
Jack McCoy
1999·
Family GuyBruce Kaplan (voice)
Narrator
Narrator (voice)
Self / Host / Narrator
1999·
In Bad TasteSelf
1998·
ExiledJack McCoy
1998·
Miracle at MidnightDr. Karl Koster
1997·
The ViewSelf - Guest, Self
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
1997·
Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson (voice)
1997·
Shadow ConspiracyThe President
1996·
The ProprietorHarry Bancroft
Narrator
Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
1995·
NixonRichard Helms
Mooney Wright
Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
Daniel Chamberlain
1994·
David's MotherJohn Nils
1994·
The Enemy WithinPresident William Foster
1994·
Serial MomEugene Sutphin
Jack McCoy
Forrest Bedford
1992·
HBO First LookReader (voice)
1991·
I'll Fly AwayForrest Bedford
1991·
MindwalkJack Edwards
1991·
The Man in the MoonMatthew Trant
1990·
The Civil WarAbraham Lincoln (voice)
1990·
Law & OrderJack McCoy
Royce
Self
1989·
The Nightmare YearsBill Shirer
1989·
Tales from the CryptG.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")
1989·
Lantern HillAndrew Stuart
1989·
Welcome HomeWoody
Ben
1988·
LincolnAbraham Lincoln
1988·
A Walk in the WoodsJohn Honeyman
Jim Delmore
1987·
Devil's ParadiseJones
1987·
The Room UpstairsTravis Coles
1987·
Swimming to CambodiaAdditional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
1987·
SeptemberPeter
1986·
Just Between FriendsHarry Crandall
1986·
Flagrant désirInspecteur Gerry Morrison
1986·
The Fifth MissileCapt. Allard Renslow
David (uncredited)
1985·
Amazing StoriesJordan Manmouth
1985·
Finnegan Begin AgainPaul Broadbent
1985·
Love Lives OnBernie
1985·
Warning SignCal Morse
1984·
Jeopardy!Self
Ofoeti
1984·
The Killing FieldsSydney Schanberg
1983·
In Defense of KidsPaul Wilcox
1983·
DempseyDoc Kearns
1982·
Q.E.D.David Bentells
1980·
OppenheimerRobert Oppenheimer
1980·
Friendly FireC.D.B. Bryan
1980·
Sweet WilliamWilliam McClusky
1980·
HopscotchJack Cutter
1980·
Heaven's GateFrank Canton
1979·
Eagle's WingWhite Bull
1978·
InteriorsMike
1977·
Capricorn OneLt. Col. Peter Willis
1976·
Sweet RevengeLe Clerq
1975·
Saturday Night LiveSelf (uncredited)
Self - Presenter
1975·
Journey into FearMr. Graham
1975·
Rancho DeluxeCecil Colson
Michael Elliott
1974·
The Great GatsbyNick Carraway
Benedick
1973·
The Glass MenagerieTom Wingfield
1972·
SavagesJames, the Limping Man
1972·
Mahoney's Last StandFelix
1971·
Film '72Self
Alex Monte
1970·
Cover Me BabeCameraman
1969·
ThreeTaylor
1969·
GenerationDesmond
1967·
FitzwillyOliver
Andy
1961·
Dr. KildareMark
Travis Coles
Production
Producer