Sam Waterston
Nov 15, 1940 (84 years old) in 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."
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Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jack McCoy
Law & Order
Jack McCoy
Family Guy
Bruce Kaplan (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
Jack McCoy
Grace and Frankie
Sol Bergstein
Tales from the Crypt
G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")
Dr. Kildare
Mark
Amazing Stories
Jordan Manmouth
The Newsroom
Charlie Skinner
Credits
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Self (voice)★ NR -
The Six Triple Eight 2024Franklin Delano Roosevelt★ 7.6 -
Merchant Ivory 2024Self★ 7.7 -
A Case for Love 2024Self★ NR -
Self★ 7.7 -
The Dropout 2022George Shultz★ 7.3 -
Self (voice)★ 6.7 -
The Man in the Woods 2020Headmaster Waldorf★ 3.7 -
Self★ NR -
On the Basis of Sex 2018Erwin Griswold★ 7.4 -
The Mayo Clinic 2018Charlie Mayo★ 7 -
Self - Actor★ 7.5 -
Godless 2017Marshall John Cook★ 7.8 -
Narrator (voice)★ 7 -
Dateline: Saigon 2017Narrator (voice)★ 8 -
Miss Sloane 2016George Dupont★ 7.4 -
Anesthesia 2016Prof. Walter Zarrow★ 5.8 -
And It Was Good 2015Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger★ NR -
Grace and Frankie 2015Sol Bergstein★ 7.7 -
Dean Smith 2015Narrator★ 6 -
Please Be Normal 2015Dad★ 4 -
Jo 2013★ 6.3 -
The Newsroom 2012Charlie Skinner★ 8.1 -
Prohibition 2011Reader (voice)★ 7.9 -
Self★ 5.9 -
★ 6.2 -
John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")★ NR -
Jack McCoy★ 8 -
Hammer and Cycle 2004Self - Narrator★ NR -
The Commission 2003J. Lee Rankin★ NR -
Le Divorce 2003Chester Walker★ 5 -
Dennis Shepard★ 5.8 -
A House Divided 2000David Dickson★ 5 -
Narrator (voice)★ 6 -
Jack McCoy★ 7.9 -
In Bad Taste 1999Self★ 8 -
Self / Host / Narrator★ NR -
Family Guy 1999Bruce Kaplan (voice)★ 7.4 -
Exiled 1998Jack McCoy★ 5.5 -
Miracle at Midnight 1998Dr. Karl Koster★ 7.3 -
Thomas Jefferson (voice)★ 7.5 -
Thomas Jefferson 1997Thomas Jefferson (voice)★ 7.8 -
Shadow Conspiracy 1997The President★ 5 -
The Proprietor 1996Harry Bancroft★ NR -
Nixon 1995Richard Helms★ 6.9 -
Mooney Wright★ 6.7 -
(archive footage)★ NR -
Narrator★ 6 -
Tom Wingfield (archive footage)★ NR -
The Enemy Within 1994President William Foster★ 5.7 -
Serial Mom 1994Eugene Sutphin★ 6.7 -
David's Mother 1994John Nils★ 8 -
Daniel Chamberlain★ 6.2 -
Forrest Bedford★ 8
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Jack McCoy★ 8.1 -
Royce★ 5 -
Reader (voice)★ 6.7 -
HBO First Look 1992★ 4.9 -
Mindwalk 1991Jack Edwards★ 6.8 -
I'll Fly Away 1991Forrest Bedford★ 7.2 -
The Man in the Moon 1991Matthew Trant★ 7.4 -
The Civil War 1990Abraham Lincoln★ 8.1 -
Law & Order 1990Jack McCoy★ 7.4 -
Self★ 4 -
The Nightmare Years 1989Bill Shirer★ 5 -
Ben★ 7.4 -
Welcome Home 1989Woody★ 5.8 -
Lantern Hill 1989Andrew Stuart★ 8 -
Tales from the Crypt 1989G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")★ 8 -
Jim Delmore★ 6 -
Lincoln 1988Abraham Lincoln★ 7.2 -
A Walk in the Woods 1988John Honeyman★ NR -
September 1987Peter★ 6.2 -
Devil's Paradise 1987Jones★ 3.5 -
Swimming to Cambodia 1987Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)★ 6.8 -
The Room Upstairs 1987Travis Coles★ 4 -
Flagrant désir 1986Inspecteur Gerry Morrison★ 5 -
Just Between Friends 1986Harry Crandall★ 5.2 -
The Fifth Missile 1986Capt. Allard Renslow★ 6 -
David (uncredited)★ 7.5 -
Amazing Stories 1985Jordan Manmouth★ 7.4 -
Warning Sign 1985Cal Morse★ 6 -
Love Lives On 1985Bernie★ 8
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Finnegan Begin Again 1985Paul Broadbent★ 6.3 -
The Killing Fields 1984Sydney Schanberg★ 7.5 -
Ofoeti★ NR -
Jeopardy! 1984★ 6.9 -
Dempsey 1983Doc Kearns★ 6 -
In Defense of Kids 1983Paul Wilcox★ 5 -
David Bentells★ NR -
Q.E.D. 1982★ 6.8 -
Heaven's Gate 1980Frank Canton★ 6.8 -
Friendly Fire 1980C.D.B. Bryan★ 7.5 -
Oppenheimer 1980Robert Oppenheimer★ 6.7 -
Hopscotch 1980Jack Cutter★ 7 -
Sweet William 1980William McClusky★ 4 -
Eagle's Wing 1979White Bull★ 5.3 -
Interiors 1978Mike★ 6.9 -
Capricorn One 1977Lt. Col. Peter Willis★ 6.8 -
Sweet Revenge 1976Le Clerq★ 5.8 -
Journey into Fear 1975Mr. Graham★ 5.6 -
Rancho Deluxe 1975Cecil Colson★ 5.4 -
Self - Presenter★ 8.8 -
Michael Elliott★ 7 -
The Great Gatsby 1974Nick Carraway★ 6.3 -
The Glass Menagerie 1973Tom Wingfield★ 7.6 -
Benedick★ 5 -
Mahoney's Last Stand 1972Felix★ 5.4 -
Savages 1972James, the Limping Man★ 5 -
Alex Monte★ 4.6 -
Cover Me Babe 1970Cameraman★ 4.6 -
Three 1969Taylor★ 5 -
Generation 1969Desmond★ 4.5 -
Fitzwilly 1967Oliver★ 6.1 -
Andy★ 7.7 -
Dr. Kildare 1961Mark★ 5.5 -
Travis Coles★ 8.6