Sam Waterston
Known for: Acting
Born: November 15, 1940
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
90 movies · 35 TV shows, newest first
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Carousel
2026
7.6
The Six Triple Eight
2024
7.7
Merchant Ivory
2024
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Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
2024
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A Case for Love
2024
8.0
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
2023
7.3
The Dropout
2022
6.8
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
2021
4.8
The Man in the Woods
2020
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Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
2020
7.3
On the Basis of Sex
2018
7.0
The Mayo Clinic
2018
7.1
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
2018
7.7
Godless
2017
7.3
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
2017
8.0
Dateline: Saigon
2017
7.4
Miss Sloane
2016
5.7
Anesthesia
2016
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
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And It Was Good
2015
7.7
Grace and Frankie
2015
6.0
Dean Smith
2015
3.3
Please Be Normal
2015
6.3
Jo
2013
8.1
The Newsroom
2012
7.8
Prohibition
2011
5.9
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
2010
6.2
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
7.0
The Colbert Report
2005
8.1
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
8.0
Hammer and Cycle
2004
4.5
The Commission
2003
5.0
Le Divorce
2003
5.6
The Matthew Shepard Story
2002
6.5
A House Divided
2000
6.5
The Unfinished Journey
1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
8.0
In Bad Taste
1999
10.0
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
1999
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Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
1999
7.4
Family Guy
1999
5.9
Exiled
1998
7.5
Miracle at Midnight
1998
7.6
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
1997
4.3
The View
1997
7.5
Thomas Jefferson
1997
4.9
Shadow Conspiracy
1997
7.0
The Proprietor
1996
6.8
Nixon
1995
6.9
The Journey of August King
1995
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Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
1995
6.8
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
1995
9.0
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
5.8
The Enemy Within
1994
6.7
Serial Mom
1994
8.3
David's Mother
1994
6.3
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
19948.5
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
1993
8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
6.7
Earth and the American Dream
1992
5.5
HBO First Look
1992
6.9
Mindwalk
1991
7.5
I'll Fly Away
1991
7.4
The Man in the Moon
1991
7.9
The Civil War
1990
7.3
Law & Order
1990
4.3
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
5.6
A Captive in the Land
1990
6.5
The Nightmare Years
1989
7.4
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
6.6
Welcome Home
1989
8.0
Lantern Hill
1989
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
7.0
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988
7.5
Lincoln
1988
8.5
A Walk in the Woods
1988
6.2
September
1987
5.7
Devil's Paradise
1987
7.0
Swimming to Cambodia
1987
4.8
The Room Upstairs
1987
5.3
Flagrant désir
1986
5.2
Just Between Friends
1986
5.5
The Fifth Missile
1986
7.5
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
7.5
Amazing Stories
1985
5.9
Warning Sign
1985
8.0
Love Lives On
1985
6.5
Finnegan Begin Again
1985
7.5
The Killing Fields
1984
4.5
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
1984
6.9
Jeopardy!
1984
6.3
Dempsey
1983
7.0
In Defense of Kids
1983
8.0
Games Mother Never Taught You
1982
7.1
Q.E.D.
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
6.7
Heaven's Gate
1980
7.0
Friendly Fire
1980
6.7
Oppenheimer
1980
7.0
Hopscotch
1980
4.3
Sweet William
1980
5.4
Eagle's Wing
1979
6.8
Interiors
1978
6.8
Capricorn One
1977
5.7
Sweet Revenge
1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
6.0
Journey into Fear
1975
5.3
Rancho Deluxe
1975
9.2
People's Choice Awards
1975
6.8
Reflections of Murder
1974
6.3
The Great Gatsby
1974
7.7
The Glass Menagerie
1973
6.0
Much Ado About Nothing
1973
5.7
Mahoney's Last Stand
1972
5.3
Savages
1972
4.9
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
19715.1
Film '72
1971
4.7
Cover Me Babe
1970
5.2
Three
1969
5.5
Generation
1969
6.2
Fitzwilly
1967
8.3
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
1966
5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951