Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

83 · Born: Nov 15, 1940

Personal Details

Born Nov 15, 1940 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse
  • Lynn Louisa Woodruff

    ( Jan 26, 1976 to Apr 28, 2024 )
  • Barbara Rutledge Johns

    ( Dec 28, 1964 to Sep 16, 1975 )
Parents
  • Alice Tucker Atkinson (Brookline)
  • George Chychele 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.

Career

2022
The Dropout
The Dropout as George Shultz
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2020
The Man in the Woods
The Man in the Woods as Headmaster Waldorf
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2018
The Mayo Clinic, Faith, Hope and Science
The Mayo Clinic, Faith, Hope and Science as Charlie Mayo
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On the Basis of Sex
On the Basis of Sex as Erwin Griswold
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2017
Dateline: Saigon
Dateline: Saigon as Narrator (voice)
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Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Godless
Godless as Marshall John Cook
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2016
Anesthesia
Anesthesia as Prof. Walter Zarrow
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2015
Please Be Normal
Please Be Normal as Dad
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And It Was Good
And It Was Good as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
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Dean Smith
Dean Smith as Narrator
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Grace and Frankie
Grace and Frankie as Sol Bergstein
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2013
Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen
Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen as Narrator
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2012
The Newsroom
The Newsroom as Charlie Skinner
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2011
Prohibition
Prohibition as Reader (voice)
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2003
Le divorce
Le divorce as Chester Walker
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The Commission
The Commission as J. Lee Rankin
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2002
The Matthew Shepard Story
The Matthew Shepard Story as Dennis Shepard
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2000
A House Divided
A House Divided as David Dickson
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1999
Family Guy
Family Guy as Bruce Kaplan (voice)
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1998
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney as Dr. Karl Koster
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1997
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
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1996
The Proprietor
The Proprietor as Harry Bancroft
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1995
The Journey of August King
The Journey of August King as Mooney Wright
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1994
David's Mother
David's Mother as John Nils
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Serial Mom
Serial Mom as Eugene Sutphin
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The Enemy Within
The Enemy Within as President William Foster
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Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Law & Order
Law & Order as Jack McCoy
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1993
A Captive in the Land
A Captive in the Land as Royce
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I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now as Forrest Bedford
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Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt as G.G. Devoe
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1992
HBO First Look
HBO First Look
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1991
The Man in the Moon
The Man in the Moon as Matthew Trant
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I'll Fly Away
I'll Fly Away as Forrest Bedford
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1990
Mindwalk
Mindwalk as Jack Edwards
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The Civil War
The Civil War as Abraham Lincoln
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1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Crimes and Misdemeanors as Ben
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Welcome Home
Welcome Home as Woody
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Lantern Hill
Lantern Hill as Andrew Stuart
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The Nightmare Years
The Nightmare Years as Bill Shirer
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1988
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods as John Honeyman
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Lincoln
Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
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1987
The Room Upstairs
The Room Upstairs as Travis Coles
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Swimming to Cambodia
Swimming to Cambodia as Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields'
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September
September as Peter
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1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
Hannah and Her Sisters as David
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Just Between Friends
Just Between Friends as Harry Crandall
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The Fifth Missile
The Fifth Missile as Capt. Allard Renslow
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1985
Finnegan Begin Again
Finnegan Begin Again as Paul Broadbent
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Warning Sign
Warning Sign as Cal Morse
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Love Lives On
Love Lives On as Bernie
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Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories as Jordan Manmouth
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1984
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
The Boy Who Loved Trolls as Ofoeti
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The Killing Fields
The Killing Fields as Sydney Schanberg
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1983
In Defense of Kids
In Defense of Kids as Paul Wilcox
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Dempsey
Dempsey as Doc Kearns
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1982
Q.E.D.
Q.E.D.
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1980
Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate as Frank Canton
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Hopscotch
Hopscotch as Jack Cutter
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Sweet William
Sweet William as William McClusky
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Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer as Robert Oppenheimer
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1979
Eagle's Wing
Eagle's Wing as White Bull
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1978
Interiors
Interiors as Mike
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1977
Capricorn One
Capricorn One as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
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1976
Sweet Revenge
Sweet Revenge as Le Clerq
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1975
Rancho Deluxe
Rancho Deluxe as Cecil Colson
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Journey Into Fear
Journey Into Fear as Mr. Graham
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1974
Reflections of Murder
Reflections of Murder as Michael Elliott
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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby as Nick Carraway
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1973
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing as Benedick
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The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie as Tom Wingfield
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1972
Mahoney's Estate
Mahoney's Estate as Felix
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1971
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? as Alex Monte
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1970
Cover Me Babe
Cover Me Babe as Cameraman
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1969
Generation
Generation as Desmond
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Three
Three as Taylor
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1966
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
2023
Merchant Ivory
Merchant Ivory
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2021
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2020
2018
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
2017
Ken Burns: America's Storyteller