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Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

ActingBorn: November 15, 1940in 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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The Six Triple Eight

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The Six Triple Eight

as Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Merchant Ivory

Merchant Ivory

2024Documentary

as Self

Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour

Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour

2024Documentary

as Self (voice)

A Case for Love

A Case for Love

2024Documentary

as Self

Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled

Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled

2023Documentary

as Self

The Dropout

The Dropout

as George Shultz

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

2021Documentary

as Self (voice)

The Man in the Woods

The Man in the Woods

as Headmaster Waldorf

Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story

Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story

2020Documentary

as Self

On the Basis of Sex

On the Basis of Sex

as Erwin Griswold

The Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic

2018Documentary

as Charlie Mayo (voice)

Jane Fonda in Five Acts

Jane Fonda in Five Acts

2018Documentary

as Self - (archive footage)

Godless

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Godless

as Marshall John Cook

Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators

Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators

2017Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

Dateline: Saigon

Dateline: Saigon

2017Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

Miss Sloane

Miss Sloane

as George Dupont

Anesthesia

Anesthesia

as Prof. Walter Zarrow

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

And It Was Good

And It Was Good

as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger

Grace and Frankie

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Grace and Frankie

as Sol Bergstein

Dean Smith

Dean Smith

2015Documentary

as Narrator

Please Be Normal

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Please Be Normal

as Dad

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as Unknown

The Newsroom

The Newsroom

as Charlie Skinner

Prohibition

Prohibition

2011Documentary

as Reader (voice)

The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

as Self

Masters of Science Fiction

Fandango At Home

Masters of Science Fiction

as Unknown

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006Documentary

as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report

as Unknown

The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report

as Self (uncredited)

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

as Jack McCoy

Hammer and Cycle

Hammer and Cycle

2004Documentary

as Self - Narrator

The Commission

The Commission

as J. Lee Rankin

Le Divorce

Le Divorce

as Chester Walker

The Matthew Shepard Story

The Matthew Shepard Story

as Dennis Shepard

A House Divided

A House Divided

as David Dickson

The Unfinished Journey

The Unfinished Journey

1999Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Jack McCoy

In Bad Taste

In Bad Taste

1999Documentary

as Self

Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs

Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs

1999Documentary

as Self / Host / Narrator

Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels

Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels

1999Documentary

as Narrator

Family Guy

Family Guy

as Bruce Kaplan (voice)

Exiled

Exiled

as Jack McCoy

Miracle at Midnight

Miracle at Midnight

as Dr. Karl Koster

Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

1997Documentary

as Thomas Jefferson (voice)

The View

The View

as Self

The View

The View

as Self - Guest

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

1997Documentary

as Thomas Jefferson (voice)

Shadow Conspiracy

Shadow Conspiracy

as The President

The Proprietor

The Proprietor

as Harry Bancroft

Nixon

Nixon

as Richard Helms

The Journey of August King

The Journey of August King

as Mooney Wright

Amazing Stories: The Movie IV

Amazing Stories: The Movie IV

as Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)

Time Life's Lost Civilizations

Time Life's Lost Civilizations

1995Documentary

as Narrator

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

1994Documentary

as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)

The Enemy Within

The Enemy Within

as President William Foster

Serial Mom

Serial Mom

as Eugene Sutphin

David's Mother

David's Mother

as John Nils

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

as Daniel Chamberlain

I'll Fly Away: Then and Now

as Forrest Bedford

Homicide: Life on the Street

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Jack McCoy

Earth and the American Dream

Earth and the American Dream

1992Documentary

as Reader (voice)

HBO First Look

HBO First Look

1992Documentary

as Unknown

Mindwalk

Mindwalk

as Jack Edwards

I'll Fly Away

I'll Fly Away

as Forrest Bedford

The Man in the Moon

The Man in the Moon

as Matthew Trant

The Civil War

The Civil War

1990Documentary

as Abraham Lincoln (voice)

Law & Order

Law & Order

as Jack McCoy

Night of 100 Stars III

Night of 100 Stars III

as Self

A Captive in the Land

A Captive in the Land

as Royce

The Nightmare Years

The Nightmare Years

as Bill Shirer

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Crimes and Misdemeanors

as Ben

Welcome Home

Welcome Home

as Woody

Lantern Hill

Lantern Hill

as Andrew Stuart

Tales from the Crypt

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Tales from the Crypt

as G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

as Jim Delmore

Lincoln

Lincoln

as Abraham Lincoln

A Walk in the Woods

A Walk in the Woods

as John Honeyman

September

September

as Peter

Devil's Paradise

Devil's Paradise

as Jones

Swimming to Cambodia

Swimming to Cambodia

1987Documentary

as Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)

The Room Upstairs

The Room Upstairs

as Travis Coles

Flagrant désir

Flagrant désir

as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison

Just Between Friends

Just Between Friends

as Harry Crandall

The Fifth Missile

The Fifth Missile

as Capt. Allard Renslow

Hannah and Her Sisters

Hannah and Her Sisters

as David (uncredited)

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

as Jordan Manmouth

Warning Sign

Warning Sign

as Cal Morse

Love Lives On

Love Lives On

as Bernie

Finnegan Begin Again

Finnegan Begin Again

as Paul Broadbent

The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields

as Sydney Schanberg

The Boy Who Loved Trolls

The Boy Who Loved Trolls

as Ofoeti

Jeopardy!

Jeopardy!

as Self

Dempsey

Dempsey

as Doc Kearns

In Defense of Kids

In Defense of Kids

as Paul Wilcox

Games Mother Never Taught You

Games Mother Never Taught You

as David Bentells

Q.E.D.

Q.E.D.

as Professor Quentin Everett Deverill

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

as Robert Oppenheimer

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

as John Honeyman

Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate

as Frank Canton

Friendly Fire

Friendly Fire

as C.D.B. Bryan

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

as Robert Oppenheimer

Hopscotch

Hopscotch

as Jack Cutter

Sweet William

Sweet William

as William McClusky

Eagle's Wing

Eagle's Wing

as White Bull

Interiors

Interiors

as Mike

Capricorn One

Capricorn One

as Lt. Col. Peter Willis

Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge

as Le Clerq

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

Journey into Fear

Journey into Fear

as Mr. Graham

Rancho Deluxe

Rancho Deluxe

as Cecil Colson

People's Choice Awards

People's Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

Reflections of Murder

Reflections of Murder

as Michael Elliott

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

as Nick Carraway

The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie

as Tom Wingfield

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

as Benedick

Mahoney's Last Stand

Mahoney's Last Stand

as Felix

Savages

Savages

as James, the Limping Man

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

as Alex Monte

Film '72

as Self

Cover Me Babe

Cover Me Babe

as Cameraman

Three

Three

as Taylor

Generation

Generation

as Desmond

Fitzwilly

Fitzwilly

as Oliver

The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean

The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean

as Andy

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

as Mark

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Travis Coles

Serial Mom: Surreal Moments

as Self