Personal Info
Birthday
November 15, 1940
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Acting
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.
Acting Filmography (123)
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Movie2026
7.6
The Six Triple Eight
Movie2024
7.7
Merchant Ivory
Movie2024
0.0
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
Movie2024
0.0
A Case for Love
Movie2024
7.7
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
TV Series2023
7.3
The Dropout
TV Series2022
6.8
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Movie2021
4.8
The Man in the Woods
Movie2020
No Backdrop
0.0
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
Movie2020
7.3
On the Basis of Sex
Movie2018
7.0
The Mayo Clinic
Movie2018
7.1
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Movie2018
7.8
Godless
TV Series2017
7.3
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Movie2017
No Backdrop
8.0
Dateline: Saigon
Movie2017
7.4
Miss Sloane
Movie2016
5.7
Anesthesia
Movie2016
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV Series2015
0.0
And It Was Good
Movie2015
7.7
Grace and Frankie
TV Series2015
No Backdrop
6.0
Dean Smith
Movie2015
3.3
Please Be Normal
Movie2015
6.3
Jo
TV Series2013
8.1
The Newsroom
TV Series2012
7.9
Prohibition
TV Series2011
No Backdrop
5.9
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Movie2010
6.2
Masters of Science Fiction
TV Series2007
No Backdrop
0.0
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie2006
6.9
The Colbert Report
TV Series2005
8.1
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV Series2005
No Backdrop
8.0
Hammer and Cycle
Movie2004
No Backdrop
4.5
The Commission
Movie2003
5.0
Le Divorce
Movie2003
5.6
The Matthew Shepard Story
Movie2002
6.5
A House Divided
Movie2000
No Backdrop
6.5
The Unfinished Journey
Movie1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV Series1999
No Backdrop
8.0
In Bad Taste
Movie1999
No Backdrop
10.0
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
Movie1999
No Backdrop
0.0
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
Movie1999
7.4
Family Guy
TV Series1999
5.9
Exiled
Movie1998
7.5
Miracle at Midnight
Movie1998
7.6
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
TV Series1997
4.3
The View
TV Series1997
7.5
Thomas Jefferson
TV Series1997
5.0
Shadow Conspiracy
Movie1997
No Backdrop
7.0
The Proprietor
Movie1996
6.8
Nixon
Movie1995
6.9
The Journey of August King
Movie1995
No Backdrop
0.0
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
Movie1995
7.0
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
TV Series1995
No Backdrop
9.0
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Movie1994
5.8
The Enemy Within
Movie1994
6.7
Serial Mom
Movie1994
8.3
David's Mother
Movie1994
No Backdrop
6.3
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Movie1994
8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV Series1993
No Backdrop
6.7
Earth and the American Dream
Movie1992
No Backdrop
5.6
HBO First Look
TV Series1992
6.9
Mindwalk
Movie1991
7.5
I'll Fly Away
TV Series1991
7.4
The Man in the Moon
Movie1991
7.9
The Civil War
TV Series1990
7.3
Law & Order
TV Series1990
No Backdrop
4.0
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie1990
No Backdrop
5.6
A Captive in the Land
Movie1990
6.5
The Nightmare Years
TV Series1989
7.4
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Movie1989
6.6
Welcome Home
Movie1989
8.0
Lantern Hill
Movie1989
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
TV Series1989
No Backdrop
7.0
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
Movie1988
No Backdrop
7.5
Lincoln
TV Series1988
No Backdrop
8.5
A Walk in the Woods
Movie1988
6.2
September
Movie1987
No Backdrop
5.7
Devil's Paradise
Movie1987
6.9
Swimming to Cambodia
Movie1987
No Backdrop
4.8
The Room Upstairs
Movie1987
5.3
Flagrant désir
Movie1986
5.3
Just Between Friends
Movie1986
No Backdrop
5.5
The Fifth Missile
Movie1986
7.5
Hannah and Her Sisters
Movie1986
7.5
Amazing Stories
TV Series1985
5.9
Warning Sign
Movie1985
No Backdrop
8.0
Love Lives On
Movie1985
6.5
Finnegan Begin Again
Movie1985
7.5
The Killing Fields
Movie1984
No Backdrop
4.5
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
Movie1984
6.9
Jeopardy!
TV Series1984
6.3
Dempsey
Movie1983
No Backdrop
7.0
In Defense of Kids
Movie1983
No Backdrop
8.0
Games Mother Never Taught You
Movie1982
7.1
Q.E.D.
TV Series1982
6.6
American Playhouse
TV Series1982
6.7
Heaven's Gate
Movie1980
7.5
Friendly Fire
Movie1980
6.7
Oppenheimer
TV Series1980
7.0
Hopscotch
Movie1980
4.3
Sweet William
Movie1980
5.3
Eagle's Wing
Movie1979
6.8
Interiors
Movie1978
6.8
Capricorn One
Movie1977
5.7
Sweet Revenge
Movie1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
TV Series1975
6.0
Journey into Fear
Movie1975
5.3
Rancho Deluxe
Movie1975
9.2
People's Choice Awards
TV Series1975
6.8
Reflections of Murder
Movie1974
6.3
The Great Gatsby
Movie1974
7.7
The Glass Menagerie
Movie1973
6.0
Much Ado About Nothing
Movie1973
5.7
Mahoney's Last Stand
Movie1972
5.3
Savages
Movie1972
4.9
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Movie1971
4.7
Cover Me Babe
Movie1970
5.2
Three
Movie1969
5.5
Generation
Movie1969
6.2
Fitzwilly
Movie1967
8.3
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
Movie1966
5.7
Dr. Kildare
TV Series1961
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951