Sam Waterston
b. 1940 (age 86)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Actor
Director
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
Filmography
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★ 5.5
Carousel
2026 Actor
Sam
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★ 8.0
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
2024 Self
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★ 7.6
Merchant Ivory
2023 Self
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★ 7.6
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled (TV)
2023 Self
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★ 7.5
The Dropout
2022 Actor
George Shultz
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★ 5.4
The Man in the Woods
2020 Actor
Headmaster Waldorf
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The Future is Ours. The Moment is Now.
2020 Self
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Grace and Frankie Live Table Read
2020 Self
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★ 7.1
On the Basis of Sex
2018 Actor
Erwin Griswold
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★ 8.0
The Mayo Clinic, Faith, Hope and Science
2018 Actor
Charlie Mayo
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★ 7.7
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
2017 Actor
Narrator
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★ 7.2
Ken Burns: America's Storyteller
2017 Self
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★ 8.9
Dateline: Saigon
2016 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.2
Grace and Frankie
2015 Actor
Sol Bergstein
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★ 6.1
Anesthesia
2015 Actor
Walter Zarrow
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★ 8.1
Dean Smith
2015 Actor
Narrator
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★ 5.3
Please Be Normal
2014 Actor
Dad
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★ 7.4
Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen
2013 Actor
Narrator
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★ 8.4
The Newsroom: Season 2 - Invitation to the Set
2013 Self
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★ 5.6
The Path to Violence
2013 Actor
Narrator (2013)
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★ 8.6
The Newsroom
2012 Actor
Charlie Skinner
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★ 8.1
The Newsroom: Season 1 - Invitation to the Set
2012 Self
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President Lincoln's Inauguration Re-enactment
2011 Self
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The Last Boat Out
2010 Actor
Narrator
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Character Studies
2005 Self
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★ 8.6
Hammer and Cycle
2004 Actor
Narrator
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Abraham Lincoln's Cooper Union Address
2004 Self
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★ 7.0
The Commission
2003 Actor
J. Lee Rankin
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Restore America Honors
2003 Self
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★ 7.3
The Matthew Shepard Story
2002 Actor
Dennis Shepard
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★ 6.7
A House Divided
2000 Actor
David Dickson
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★ 5.4
The Unfinished Journey
1999 Actor
Narration
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★ 8.8
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
1999 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.7
Miracle at Midnight
1998 Actor
Dr. Karl Koster
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★ 7.6
Thomas Jefferson
1997 Actor
Thomas Jefferson
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★ 5.7
The Proprietor
1996 Actor
Harry Bancroft
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★ 6.5
The Journey of August King
1995 Actor
Mooney Wright
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★ 7.7
Lost Civilizations
1995 Self
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★ 6.8
Serial Mom
1994 Actor
Dad
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★ 5.7
The Enemy Within
1994 Actor
President William Foster
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★ 6.2
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994 Actor
Daniel Chamberlain
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★ 6.2
David's Mother
1994 Actor
John Nils
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The Visionaries
1994 Self
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★ 8.4
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
1993 Actor
Forrest Bedford
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★ 6.9
A Dog Race in Alaska
1993 Actor
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★ 7.1
Warburg: A Man of Influence
1992 Actor
Siegmund Warburg
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★ 7.2
The Man in the Moon
1991 Actor
Matthew Trant
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★ 8.6
I'll Fly Away
1991 Actor
Director
Forrest Bedford
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★ 7.8
Law & Order
1990 Actor
Interim DA Jack McCoy
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★ 9.0
The Civil War
1990 Actor
President Abraham Lincoln
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★ 7.6
Mindwalk
1990 Actor
Jack Edwards
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★ 5.1
A Captive in the Land
1990 Actor
Royce
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★ 5.7
Welcome Home
1989 Actor
Woody
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★ 6.9
Lantern Hill
1989 Actor
Andrew Stuart
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★ 6.8
The Nightmare Years
1989 Actor
Willam 'Bill' L. Shirer
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★ 8.5
A Walk in the Woods
1989 Actor
John Honeyman
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★ 7.0
Lincoln
1988 Actor
Abraham Lincoln
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★ 6.5
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988 Actor
Jim Delmore
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★ 6.5
September
1987 Actor
Peter
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★ 5.7
The Room Upstairs
1987 Actor
Travis Coles
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★ 5.2
Devil's Paradise
1987 Actor
Jones
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★ 6.0
Just Between Friends
1986 Actor
Harry Crandall
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★ 6.3
The Fifth Missile
1986 Actor
Capt. Allard Renslow
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★ 5.1
Trade Secrets
1986 Actor
Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
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★ 6.1
Warning Sign
1985 Actor
Cal Morse
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★ 6.5
Love Lives On
1985 Actor
Bernie
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★ 7.8
The Killing Fields
1984 Actor
Sydney Schanberg
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★ 7.2
Finnegan Begin Again
1984 Actor
Paul Broadbent
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★ 6.2
Dempsey
1983 Actor
Doc Kearns
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★ 4.1
In Defense of Kids
1983 Actor
Paul Wilcox
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★ 7.8
Q.E.D.
1982 Actor
Prof. Quentin E. Deverill
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★ 7.2
Games Mother Never Taught You
1982 Actor
David Bentells
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Nightcap
1982 Self
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★ 6.7
Heaven's Gate
1980 Actor
Canton
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★ 7.1
Hopscotch
1980 Actor
Joe Cutter
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★ 8.1
Oppenheimer
1980 Actor
Robert Oppenheimer
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★ 5.4
Sweet William
1980 Actor
William McClusky
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★ 5.9
Eagle's Wing
1979 Actor
White Bull
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★ 6.8
Capricorn One
1978 Actor
Peter Willis
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★ 7.3
Interiors
1978 Actor
Mike
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★ 5.7
Sweet Revenge
1976 Actor
Le Clerq
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★ 6.3
Rancho Deluxe
1975 Actor
Cecil Colson
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★ 5.3
Journey Into Fear
1975 Actor
Mr. Graham
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★ 6.4
The Great Gatsby
1974 Actor
Nick Carraway
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★ 6.7
Reflections of Murder
1974 Actor
Michael Elliott
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★ 7.3
The Glass Menagerie
1973 Actor
Tom Wingfield
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★ 7.8
Much Ado About Nothing
1973 Actor
Benedick
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★ 6.3
Mahoney's Estate
1972 Actor
Felix
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★ 6.0
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971 Actor
Alex Monte
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★ 4.4
Cover Me Babe
1970 Actor
Cameraman
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★ 5.7
Three
1969 Actor
Taylor
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★ 5.8
Generation
1969 Actor
Desmond
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★ 6.3
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
1966 Actor
Andy