Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

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

2024

Merchant Ivory
Merchant Ivory
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/30/2024
A Case for Love
A Case for Love
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/23/2024
The Six Triple Eight
The Six Triple Eight
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Movie - Released: 12/6/2024

2023

Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
as Self
TV - Released: 5/21/2023

2022

The Dropout
The Dropout
as George Shultz
TV - Released: 3/3/2022

2021

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
as Self (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/19/2021

2020

The Man in the Woods
The Man in the Woods
as Headmaster Waldorf
Movie - Released: 11/24/2020
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/1/2020

2018

On the Basis of Sex
On the Basis of Sex
as Erwin Griswold
Movie - Released: 12/25/2018
The Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic
as Charlie Mayo
Movie - Released: 9/25/2018
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
as Self - Actor
Movie - Released: 1/21/2018

2017

Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/17/2017
Dateline: Saigon
Dateline: Saigon
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/7/2017
Godless
Godless
as Marshall John Cook
TV - Released: 11/22/2017

2016

Anesthesia
Anesthesia
as Prof. Walter Zarrow
Movie - Released: 1/8/2016
Miss Sloane
Miss Sloane
as George Dupont
Movie - Released: 11/25/2016

2015

Please Be Normal
Please Be Normal
as Dad
Movie - Released: 3/20/2015
Dean Smith
Dean Smith
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 3/25/2015
And It Was Good
And It Was Good
as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
Movie - Released: 6/5/2015
Grace and Frankie
Grace and Frankie
as Sol Bergstein
TV - Released: 5/8/2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2015

2013

Jo
Jo
TV - Released: 1/17/2013

2012

The Newsroom
The Newsroom
as Charlie Skinner
TV - Released: 6/24/2012

2011

Prohibition
Prohibition
as Reader (voice)
TV - Released: 10/2/2011

2010

The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/30/2010

2007

Masters of Science Fiction
Masters of Science Fiction
TV - Released: 8/4/2007

2006

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Movie - Released: 5/2/2006

2005

The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report
TV - Released: 10/17/2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Jack McCoy
TV - Released: 3/3/2005

2004

Hammer and Cycle
Hammer and Cycle
as Self - Narrator
Movie - Released: 4/9/2004

2003

Le Divorce
Le Divorce
as Chester Walker
Movie - Released: 8/8/2003
The Commission
The Commission
as J. Lee Rankin
Movie - Released: 11/7/2003

2002

The Matthew Shepard Story
The Matthew Shepard Story
as Dennis Shepard
Movie - Released: 3/16/2002

2000

A House Divided
A House Divided
as David Dickson
Movie - Released: 7/30/2000

1999

In Bad Taste
In Bad Taste
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/3/1999
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
as Self / Host / Narrator
Movie - Released: 7/18/1999
Movie
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/31/1999
Family Guy
Family Guy
as Bruce Kaplan (voice)
TV - Released: 1/31/1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jack McCoy
TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

Miracle at Midnight
Miracle at Midnight
as Dr. Karl Koster
Movie - Released: 3/17/1998
Exiled
Exiled
as Jack McCoy
Movie - Released: 11/8/1998

1997

Shadow Conspiracy
Shadow Conspiracy
as The President
Movie - Released: 1/25/1997
The View
The View
as Self
TV - Released: 8/11/1997
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
TV - Released: 2/18/1997
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
TV - Released: 11/4/1997
The View
The View
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 8/11/1997

1996

The Proprietor
The Proprietor
as Harry Bancroft
Movie - Released: 9/9/1996

1995

The Journey of August King
The Journey of August King
as Mooney Wright
Movie - Released: 9/14/1995
Nixon
Nixon
as Richard Helms
Movie - Released: 12/22/1995
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
as (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 8/18/1995
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
as Narrator
TV - Released: 6/25/1995

1994

Serial Mom
Serial Mom
as Eugene Sutphin
Movie - Released: 4/13/1994
The Enemy Within
The Enemy Within
as President William Foster
Movie - Released: 8/24/1994
David's Mother
David's Mother
as John Nils
Movie - Released: 4/10/1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Daniel Chamberlain
Movie - Released: 2/26/1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 12/19/1994

1993

Movie
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
as Forrest Bedford
Movie - Released: 10/11/1993
A Captive in the Land
A Captive in the Land
as Royce
Movie - Released: 1/15/1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Jack McCoy
TV - Released: 1/31/1993

1992

Earth and the American Dream
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/1/1992
HBO First Look
HBO First Look
TV - Released: 6/12/1992

1991

The Man in the Moon
The Man in the Moon
as Matthew Trant
Movie - Released: 9/30/1991
Mindwalk
Mindwalk
as Jack Edwards
Movie - Released: 12/5/1991
I'll Fly Away
I'll Fly Away
as Forrest Bedford
TV - Released: 10/7/1991

1990

Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/21/1990
Law & Order
Law & Order
as Jack McCoy
TV - Released: 9/13/1990
The Civil War
The Civil War
as Abraham Lincoln
TV - Released: 9/23/1990

1989

Crimes and Misdemeanors
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Ben
Movie - Released: 10/13/1989
Welcome Home
Welcome Home
as Woody
Movie - Released: 9/29/1989
Lantern Hill
Lantern Hill
as Andrew Stuart
Movie - Released: 8/29/1989
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt
as G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")
TV - Released: 6/10/1989
The Nightmare Years
The Nightmare Years
as Bill Shirer
TV - Released: 11/17/1989

1988

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
as Jim Delmore
Movie - Released: 12/30/1988
A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods
as John Honeyman
Movie - Released: 1/1/1988
Lincoln
Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
TV - Released: 3/27/1988

1987

September
September
as Peter
Movie - Released: 12/18/1987
Swimming to Cambodia
Swimming to Cambodia
as Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 3/13/1987
The Room Upstairs
The Room Upstairs
as Travis Coles
Movie - Released: 1/31/1987
Devil's Paradise
Devil's Paradise
as Jones
Movie - Released: 5/7/1987

1986

Hannah and Her Sisters
Hannah and Her Sisters
as David (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 2/7/1986
The Fifth Missile
The Fifth Missile
as Capt. Allard Renslow
Movie - Released: 2/23/1986
Flagrant désir
Flagrant désir
as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
Movie - Released: 6/11/1986
Just Between Friends
Just Between Friends
as Harry Crandall
Movie - Released: 3/21/1986

1985

Warning Sign
Warning Sign
as Cal Morse
Movie - Released: 8/23/1985
Movie
Love Lives On
as Bernie
Movie - Released: 3/31/1985
Finnegan Begin Again
Finnegan Begin Again
as Paul Broadbent
Movie - Released: 2/24/1985
Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories
as Jordan Manmouth
TV - Released: 9/29/1985

1984

The Killing Fields
The Killing Fields
as Sydney Schanberg
Movie - Released: 11/23/1984
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
as Ofoeti
Movie - Released: 10/29/1984
Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
TV - Released: 9/10/1984

1983

Dempsey
Dempsey
as Doc Kearns
Movie - Released: 9/28/1983
In Defense of Kids
In Defense of Kids
as Paul Wilcox
Movie - Released: 4/6/1983

1982

Games Mother Never Taught You
Games Mother Never Taught You
as David Bentells
Movie - Released: 11/27/1982
Q.E.D.
Q.E.D.
TV - Released: 3/23/1982

1980

Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate
as Frank Canton
Movie - Released: 11/19/1980
Hopscotch
Hopscotch
as Jack Cutter
Movie - Released: 9/26/1980
Sweet William
Sweet William
as William McClusky
Movie - Released: 4/11/1980
Friendly Fire
Friendly Fire
as C.D.B. Bryan
Movie - Released: 11/9/1980
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
as Robert Oppenheimer
TV - Released: 10/29/1980

1979

Eagle's Wing
Eagle's Wing
as White Bull
Movie - Released: 7/26/1979

1978

Interiors
Interiors
as Mike
Movie - Released: 8/2/1978

1977

Capricorn One
Capricorn One
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
Movie - Released: 12/10/1977

1976

Sweet Revenge
Sweet Revenge
as Le Clerq
Movie - Released: 6/6/1976

1975

Rancho Deluxe
Rancho Deluxe
as Cecil Colson
Movie - Released: 3/14/1975
Journey into Fear
Journey into Fear
as Mr. Graham
Movie - Released: 8/8/1975
People's Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 3/4/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
TV - Released: 10/11/1975

1974

The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
as Nick Carraway
Movie - Released: 3/27/1974
Reflections of Murder
Reflections of Murder
as Michael Elliott
Movie - Released: 11/24/1974

1973

The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie
as Tom Wingfield
Movie - Released: 12/16/1973
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
as Benedick
Movie - Released: 2/2/1973

1972

Mahoney's Last Stand
Mahoney's Last Stand
as Felix
Movie - Released: 11/1/1972
Savages
Savages
as James, the Limping Man
Movie - Released: 6/27/1972

1971

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
as Alex Monte
Movie - Released: 12/11/1971

1970

Cover Me Babe
Cover Me Babe
as Cameraman
Movie - Released: 10/1/1970

1969

Generation
Generation
as Desmond
Movie - Released: 12/15/1969
Three
Three
as Taylor
Movie - Released: 12/23/1969

1967

Fitzwilly
Fitzwilly
as Oliver
Movie - Released: 12/20/1967

1966

The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
as Andy
Movie - Released: 10/1/1966

1961

Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare
as Mark
TV - Released: 9/27/1961

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Travis Coles
TV - Released: 12/24/1951