Sam Waterston
Acting
Born: November 15, 1940 (age 85) · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Family Guy
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Miss Sloane
2016
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
On the Basis of Sex
2018
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
The Killing Fields
1984
Serial Mom
1994
The Newsroom
2012
Godless
2017
The Six Triple Eight
2024
Photos (5)
Movies (78)
Miss Sloane
George Dupont
The Six Triple Eight
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Hannah and Her Sisters
David (uncredited)
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Ben
On the Basis of Sex
Erwin Griswold
Capricorn One
Lt. Col. Peter Willis
The Killing Fields
Sydney Schanberg
Heaven's Gate
Frank Canton
Shadow Conspiracy
The President
The Man in the Moon
Matthew Trant
Le Divorce
Chester Walker
The Great Gatsby
Nick Carraway
Serial Mom
Eugene Sutphin
Nixon
Richard Helms
Warning Sign
Cal Morse
Interiors
Mike
September
Peter
Eagle's Wing
White Bull
Swimming to Cambodia
Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
The Matthew Shepard Story
Dennis Shepard
Hopscotch
Jack Cutter
Three
Taylor
Miracle at Midnight
Dr. Karl Koster
Friendly Fire
C.D.B. Bryan
The Enemy Within
President William Foster
Anesthesia
Prof. Walter Zarrow
Journey into Fear
Mr. Graham
Just Between Friends
Harry Crandall
Mahoney's Last Stand
Felix
Dempsey
Doc Kearns
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Alex Monte
A House Divided
David Dickson
Exiled
Jack McCoy
Sweet William
William McClusky
The Mayo Clinic
Charlie Mayo (voice)
Rancho Deluxe
Cecil Colson
Mindwalk
Jack Edwards
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
Andy
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Lantern Hill
Andrew Stuart
Flagrant désir
Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
Fitzwilly
Oliver
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Daniel Chamberlain
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
The Glass Menagerie
Tom
The Journey of August King
Mooney Wright
Carousel
Sam
Much Ado About Nothing
Benedick
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Narrator (voice)
Reflections of Murder
Michael Elliott
Welcome Home
Woody
The Man in the Woods
Headmaster Waldorf
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
Jim Delmore
Cover Me Babe
Cameraman
And It Was Good
Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
In Defense of Kids
Paul Wilcox
Sweet Revenge
Le Clerq
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
Ofoeti
Dean Smith
Narrator
David's Mother
John Nils
Dateline: Saigon
Narrator (voice)
Generation
Desmond
A Captive in the Land
Royce
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
The Proprietor
Harry Bancroft
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
Narrator
Games Mother Never Taught You
David Bentells
Love Lives On
Bernie
The Commission
J. Lee Rankin
Finnegan Begin Again
Paul Broadbent
A Walk in the Woods
John Honeyman
The Room Upstairs
Travis Coles
The Fifth Missile
Capt. Allard Renslow
Savages
James, the Limping Man
The Unfinished Journey
Narrator (voice)
Devil's Paradise
Jones
Please Be Normal
Dad
TV Shows (29)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jack McCoy · 4 eps
Law & Order
Jack McCoy · 405 eps
Family Guy
Bruce Kaplan (voice) · 2 eps
The Colbert Report
1 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
Jack McCoy · 2 eps
American Playhouse
Robert Oppenheimer · 7 eps
American Playhouse
John Honeyman · 1 eps
Grace and Frankie
Sol Bergstein · 94 eps
Dr. Kildare
Mark · 2 eps
Tales from the Crypt
G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow") · 1 eps
Amazing Stories
Jordan Manmouth · 1 eps
The Newsroom
Charlie Skinner · 25 eps
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Jack McCoy · 2 eps
Godless
Marshall John Cook · 7 eps
HBO First Look
1 eps
The Dropout
George Shultz · 5 eps
I'll Fly Away
Forrest Bedford · 39 eps
The Civil War
Abraham Lincoln (voice) · 9 eps
Jo
1 eps
Masters of Science Fiction
1 eps
Prohibition
Reader (voice) · 3 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Travis Coles · 1 eps
Oppenheimer
Robert Oppenheimer · 7 eps
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (voice) · 2 eps
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Thomas Jefferson (voice) · 2 eps
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln · 2 eps
Q.E.D.
Professor Quentin Everett Deverill · 6 eps
The Nightmare Years
Bill Shirer · 4 eps
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
Narrator · 10 eps
Self / Appearances (19)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited) · 2 eps
The Colbert Report
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
The View
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Jeopardy!
Self · 1 eps
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Self · 3 eps
Merchant Ivory
Self
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Self - (archive footage)
In Bad Taste
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Self (voice)
Hammer and Cycle
Self - Narrator
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
Self / Host / Narrator
A Case for Love
Self
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
Self
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Self
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
Self (voice)