Sam Waterston

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Acting

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

• Carousel (2026)
• The Six Triple Eight (2024)
• Merchant Ivory (2024)
• Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour (2024)
• A Case for Love (2024)
• Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)
• The Man in the Woods (2020)
• Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story (2020)
• On the Basis of Sex (2018)
• The Mayo Clinic (2018)
• Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018)
• Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators (2017)
• Dateline: Saigon (2017)
• Miss Sloane (2016)
• Anesthesia (2016)
• And It Was Good (2015)
• Dean Smith (2015)
• Please Be Normal (2015)
• The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (2010)
• The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
• Hammer and Cycle (2004)
• The Commission (2003)
• Le Divorce (2003)
• The Matthew Shepard Story (2002)
• A House Divided (2000)
• The Unfinished Journey (1999)
• In Bad Taste (1999)
• Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs (1999)
• Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels (1999)
• Exiled (1998)
• Miracle at Midnight (1998)
• Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
• The Proprietor (1996)
• Nixon (1995)
• The Journey of August King (1995)
• Amazing Stories: The Movie IV (1995)
• Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
• The Enemy Within (1994)
• Serial Mom (1994)
• David's Mother (1994)
• Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)
• I'll Fly Away: Then and Now (1993)
• Earth and the American Dream (1992)
• Mindwalk (1991)
• The Man in the Moon (1991)
• Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
• A Captive in the Land (1990)
• Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
• Welcome Home (1989)
• Lantern Hill (1989)
• Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988)
• A Walk in the Woods (1988)
• September (1987)
• Devil's Paradise (1987)
• Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
• The Room Upstairs (1987)
• Flagrant désir (1986)
• Just Between Friends (1986)
• The Fifth Missile (1986)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
• Warning Sign (1985)
• Love Lives On (1985)
• Finnegan Begin Again (1985)
• The Killing Fields (1984)
• The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984)
• Dempsey (1983)
• In Defense of Kids (1983)
• Games Mother Never Taught You (1982)
• Heaven's Gate (1980)
• Friendly Fire (1980)
• Hopscotch (1980)
• Sweet William (1980)
• Eagle's Wing (1979)
• Interiors (1978)
• Capricorn One (1977)
• Sweet Revenge (1976)
• Journey into Fear (1975)
• Rancho Deluxe (1975)
• Reflections of Murder (1974)
• The Great Gatsby (1974)
• The Glass Menagerie (1973)
• Much Ado About Nothing (1973)
• Mahoney's Last Stand (1972)
• Savages (1972)
• Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? (1971)
• Cover Me Babe (1970)
• Three (1969)
• Generation (1969)
• Fitzwilly (1967)
• The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean (1966)