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2026 · Movie
as Sam
Sam Waterston
1940-11-15
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Filmography
Merchant Ivory
2024 · Movie
as Self
A Case for Love
2024 · Movie
as Self
The Six Triple Eight
2024 · Movie
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
2024 · Movie
as Self (voice)
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023 · TV Show
as Self
The Dropout
2022 · TV Show
as George Shultz
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
2021 · Movie
as Self (voice)
The Man in the Woods
2020 · Movie
as Headmaster Waldorf
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
2020 · Movie
as Self
On the Basis of Sex
2018 · Movie
as Erwin Griswold
The Mayo Clinic
2018 · Movie
as Charlie Mayo (voice)
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
2018 · Movie
as Self - (archive footage)
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
2017 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Dateline: Saigon
2017 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Godless
2017 · TV Show
as Marshall John Cook
Anesthesia
2016 · Movie
as Prof. Walter Zarrow
Miss Sloane
2016 · Movie
as George Dupont
Please Be Normal
2015 · Movie
as Dad
Dean Smith
2015 · Movie
as Narrator
And It Was Good
2015 · Movie
as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
Grace and Frankie
2015 · TV Show
as Sol Bergstein
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Jo
2013 · TV Show
The Newsroom
2012 · TV Show
as Charlie Skinner
Prohibition
2011 · TV Show
as Reader (voice)
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
2010 · Movie
as Self
Masters of Science Fiction
2007 · TV Show
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · Movie
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
The Colbert Report
2005 · TV Show
as Self (uncredited)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · TV Show
as Jack McCoy
Hammer and Cycle
2004 · Movie
as Self - Narrator
Le Divorce
2003 · Movie
as Chester Walker
The Commission
2003 · Movie
as J. Lee Rankin
The Matthew Shepard Story
2002 · Movie
as Dennis Shepard
A House Divided
2000 · Movie
as David Dickson
In Bad Taste
1999 · Movie
as Self
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
1999 · Movie
as Self / Host / Narrator
The Unfinished Journey
1999 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
1999 · Movie
as Narrator
Family Guy
1999 · TV Show
as Bruce Kaplan (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
as Jack McCoy
Miracle at Midnight
1998 · Movie
as Dr. Karl Koster
Exiled
1998 · Movie
as Jack McCoy
Shadow Conspiracy
1997 · Movie
as The President
The View
1997 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest
Thomas Jefferson
1997 · TV Show
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997 · TV Show
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
The Proprietor
1996 · Movie
as Harry Bancroft
The Journey of August King
1995 · Movie
as Mooney Wright
Nixon
1995 · Movie
as Richard Helms
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
1995 · Movie
as Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
1995 · TV Show
as Narrator
Serial Mom
1994 · Movie
as Eugene Sutphin
The Enemy Within
1994 · Movie
as President William Foster
David's Mother
1994 · Movie
as John Nils
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994 · Movie
as Daniel Chamberlain
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994 · Movie
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
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I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
1993 · Movie
as Forrest Bedford
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · TV Show
as Jack McCoy
Earth and the American Dream
1992 · Movie
as Reader (voice)
HBO First Look
1992 · TV Show
The Man in the Moon
1991 · Movie
as Matthew Trant
Mindwalk
1991 · Movie
as Jack Edwards
I'll Fly Away
1991 · TV Show
as Forrest Bedford
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Movie
as Self
A Captive in the Land
1990 · Movie
as Royce
Law & Order
1990 · TV Show
as Jack McCoy
The Civil War
1990 · TV Show
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 · Movie
as Ben
Welcome Home
1989 · Movie
as Woody
Lantern Hill
1989 · Movie
as Andrew Stuart
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · TV Show
as G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")
The Nightmare Years
1989 · TV Show
as Bill Shirer
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988 · Movie
as Jim Delmore
A Walk in the Woods
1988 · Movie
as John Honeyman
Lincoln
1988 · TV Show
as Abraham Lincoln
September
1987 · Movie
as Peter
Swimming to Cambodia
1987 · Movie
as Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
The Room Upstairs
1987 · Movie
as Travis Coles
Devil's Paradise
1987 · Movie
as Jones
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · Movie
as David (uncredited)
The Fifth Missile
1986 · Movie
as Capt. Allard Renslow
Flagrant désir
1986 · Movie
as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
Just Between Friends
1986 · Movie
as Harry Crandall
Warning Sign
1985 · Movie
as Cal Morse
Love Lives On
1985 · Movie
as Bernie
Finnegan Begin Again
1985 · Movie
as Paul Broadbent
Amazing Stories
1985 · TV Show
as Jordan Manmouth
The Killing Fields
1984 · Movie
as Sydney Schanberg
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
1984 · Movie
as Ofoeti
Jeopardy!
1984 · TV Show
as Self
Dempsey
1983 · Movie
as Doc Kearns
In Defense of Kids
1983 · Movie
as Paul Wilcox
Games Mother Never Taught You
1982 · Movie
as David Bentells
Q.E.D.
1982 · TV Show
as Professor Quentin Everett Deverill
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
as Robert Oppenheimer, John Honeyman
Heaven's Gate
1980 · Movie
as Frank Canton
Hopscotch
1980 · Movie
as Jack Cutter
Sweet William
1980 · Movie
as William McClusky
Friendly Fire
1980 · Movie
as C.D.B. Bryan
Oppenheimer
1980 · TV Show
as Robert Oppenheimer
Eagle's Wing
1979 · Movie
as White Bull
Interiors
1978 · Movie
as Mike
Capricorn One
1977 · Movie
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
Sweet Revenge
1976 · Movie
as Le Clerq
Rancho Deluxe
1975 · Movie
as Cecil Colson
Journey into Fear
1975 · Movie
as Mr. Graham
People's Choice Awards
1975 · TV Show
as Self - Presenter
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as Self (uncredited)
The Great Gatsby
1974 · Movie
as Nick Carraway
Reflections of Murder
1974 · Movie
as Michael Elliott
The Glass Menagerie
1973 · Movie
as Tom
Much Ado About Nothing
1973 · Movie
as Benedick
Mahoney's Last Stand
1972 · Movie
as Felix
Savages
1972 · Movie
as James, the Limping Man
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971 · Movie
as Alex Monte
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Film '72
1971 · TV Show
as Self
Cover Me Babe
1970 · Movie
as Cameraman
Generation
1969 · Movie
as Desmond
Three
1969 · Movie
as Taylor
Fitzwilly
1967 · Movie
as Oliver
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
1966 · Movie
as Andy
Dr. Kildare
1961 · TV Show
as Mark
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
as Travis Coles
