Sam Waterston
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 15, 1940
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Carousel 2026
as Sam
The Six Triple Eight 2024
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Merchant Ivory 2024
as Self
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour 2024
as Self (voice)
A Case for Love 2024
as Self
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time 2021
as Self (voice)
The Man in the Woods 2020
as Headmaster Waldorf
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story 2020
as Self
On the Basis of Sex 2018
as Erwin Griswold
The Mayo Clinic 2018
as Charlie Mayo (voice)
Jane Fonda in Five Acts 2018
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators 2017
as Narrator (voice)
Dateline: Saigon 2017
as Narrator (voice)
Miss Sloane 2016
as George Dupont
Anesthesia 2016
as Prof. Walter Zarrow
And It Was Good 2015
as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
Dean Smith 2015
as Narrator
Please Be Normal 2015
as Dad
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear 2010
as Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays 2006
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
Hammer and Cycle 2004
as Self - Narrator
The Commission 2003
as J. Lee Rankin
Le Divorce 2003
as Chester Walker
The Matthew Shepard Story 2002
as Dennis Shepard
A House Divided 2000
as David Dickson
The Unfinished Journey 1999
as Narrator (voice)
In Bad Taste 1999
as Self
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs 1999
as Self / Host / Narrator
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels 1999
as Narrator
Exiled 1998
as Jack McCoy
Miracle at Midnight 1998
as Dr. Karl Koster
Shadow Conspiracy 1997
as The President
The Proprietor 1996
as Harry Bancroft
Nixon 1995
as Richard Helms
The Journey of August King 1995
as Mooney Wright, Producer
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV 1995
as Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage 1994
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
The Enemy Within 1994
as President William Foster
Serial Mom 1994
as Eugene Sutphin
David's Mother 1994
as John Nils
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker 1994
as Daniel Chamberlain
- I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now 1993
as Forrest Bedford
Earth and the American Dream 1992
as Reader (voice)
Mindwalk 1991
as Jack Edwards
The Man in the Moon 1991
as Matthew Trant
Night of 100 Stars III 1990
as Self
A Captive in the Land 1990
as Royce
Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989
as Ben
Welcome Home 1989
as Woody
Lantern Hill 1989
as Andrew Stuart
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami 1988
as Jim Delmore
A Walk in the Woods 1988
as John Honeyman
September 1987
as Peter
Devil's Paradise 1987
as Jones
Swimming to Cambodia 1987
as Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
The Room Upstairs 1987
as Travis Coles
Flagrant désir 1986
as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
Just Between Friends 1986
as Harry Crandall
The Fifth Missile 1986
as Capt. Allard Renslow
Hannah and Her Sisters 1986
as David (uncredited)
Warning Sign 1985
as Cal Morse
Love Lives On 1985
as Bernie
Finnegan Begin Again 1985
as Paul Broadbent
The Killing Fields 1984
as Sydney Schanberg
The Boy Who Loved Trolls 1984
as Ofoeti
Dempsey 1983
as Doc Kearns
In Defense of Kids 1983
as Paul Wilcox
Games Mother Never Taught You 1982
as David Bentells
Heaven's Gate 1980
as Frank Canton
Friendly Fire 1980
as C.D.B. Bryan
Hopscotch 1980
as Jack Cutter
Sweet William 1980
as William McClusky
Eagle's Wing 1979
as White Bull
Interiors 1978
as Mike
Capricorn One 1977
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
Sweet Revenge 1976
as Le Clerq
Journey into Fear 1975
as Mr. Graham
Rancho Deluxe 1975
as Cecil Colson
Reflections of Murder 1974
as Michael Elliott
The Great Gatsby 1974
as Nick Carraway
The Glass Menagerie 1973
as Tom
Much Ado About Nothing 1973
as Benedick
Mahoney's Last Stand 1972
as Felix
Savages 1972
as James, the Limping Man
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? 1971
as Alex Monte
Cover Me Babe 1970
as Cameraman
Three 1969
as Taylor
Generation 1969
as Desmond
Fitzwilly 1967
as Oliver
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean 1966
as Andy
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