Sam Waterston

85, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

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."

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Timeline

2026Aged 86

  • Poster for Carousel

    Sam

2024Aged 84

  • Poster for A Case for Love

    Self

  • Poster for Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour

    Self (voice)

  • Poster for Merchant Ivory

    Self

  • Poster for The Six Triple Eight

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt

2021Aged 81

  • Poster for Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

    Self (voice)

2020Aged 80

  • Poster for Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story

    Self

  • Poster for The Man in the Woods

    Headmaster Waldorf

2018Aged 78

  • Poster for Jane Fonda in Five Acts

    Self - (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Mayo Clinic

    Charlie Mayo (voice)

  • Poster for On the Basis of Sex

    Erwin Griswold

2017Aged 77

  • Poster for Dateline: Saigon

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators

    Narrator (voice)

2016Aged 76

  • Poster for Anesthesia

    Prof. Walter Zarrow

  • Poster for Miss Sloane

    George Dupont

2015Aged 75

  • Poster for Please Be Normal

    Dad

  • Poster for Dean Smith

    Narrator

  • Poster for And It Was Good

    Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger

2010Aged 70

  • Poster for The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

    Self

2006Aged 66

  • Poster for The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

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

2004Aged 64

  • Poster for Hammer and Cycle

    Self - Narrator

2003Aged 63

  • Poster for Le Divorce

    Chester Walker

  • Poster for The Commission

    J. Lee Rankin

2002Aged 62

  • Poster for The Matthew Shepard Story

    Dennis Shepard

2000Aged 60

  • Poster for A House Divided

    David Dickson

1999Aged 59

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

    Narrator

  • Poster for Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs

    Self / Host / Narrator

  • Poster for In Bad Taste

    Self

  • Poster for The Unfinished Journey

    Narrator (voice)

1998Aged 58

  • Poster for Miracle at Midnight

    Dr. Karl Koster

  • Poster for Exiled

    Jack McCoy

1997Aged 57

  • Poster for Shadow Conspiracy

    The President

1996Aged 56

  • Poster for The Proprietor

    Harry Bancroft

1995Aged 55

  • Poster for Amazing Stories: The Movie IV

    Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Journey of August King

    Mooney Wright

  • Poster for Nixon

    Richard Helms

1994Aged 54

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

    Daniel Chamberlain

  • Poster for David's Mother

    John Nils

  • Poster for Serial Mom

    Eugene Sutphin

  • Poster for The Enemy Within

    President William Foster

  • Poster for Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

    Tom Wingfield (archive footage)

1993Aged 53

1992Aged 52

  • Poster for Earth and the American Dream

    Reader (voice)

1991Aged 51

  • Poster for The Man in the Moon

    Matthew Trant

  • Poster for Mindwalk

    Jack Edwards

1990Aged 50

  • Poster for A Captive in the Land

    Royce

  • Poster for Night of 100 Stars III

    Self

1989Aged 49

  • Poster for Lantern Hill

    Andrew Stuart

  • Poster for Welcome Home

    Woody

  • Poster for Crimes and Misdemeanors

    Ben

1988Aged 48

  • Poster for A Walk in the Woods

    John Honeyman

  • Poster for Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

    Jim Delmore

1987Aged 47

  • Poster for The Room Upstairs

    Travis Coles

  • Poster for Swimming to Cambodia

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

  • Poster for Devil's Paradise

    Jones

  • Poster for September

    Peter

1986Aged 46

  • Poster for Hannah and Her Sisters

    David (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Fifth Missile

    Capt. Allard Renslow

  • Poster for Just Between Friends

    Harry Crandall

  • Poster for Flagrant désir

    Inspecteur Gerry Morrison

1985Aged 45

  • Poster for Finnegan Begin Again

    Paul Broadbent

  • Poster for Love Lives On

    Bernie

  • Poster for Warning Sign

    Cal Morse

1984Aged 44

  • Poster for The Boy Who Loved Trolls

    Ofoeti

  • Poster for The Killing Fields

    Sydney Schanberg

1983Aged 43

  • Poster for In Defense of Kids

    Paul Wilcox

  • Poster for Dempsey

    Doc Kearns

1982Aged 42

  • Poster for Games Mother Never Taught You

    David Bentells

1980Aged 40

  • Poster for Sweet William

    William McClusky

  • Poster for Hopscotch

    Jack Cutter

  • Poster for Friendly Fire

    C.D.B. Bryan

  • Poster for Heaven's Gate

    Frank Canton

1979Aged 39

  • Poster for Eagle's Wing

    White Bull

1978Aged 38

  • Poster for Interiors

    Mike

1977Aged 37

  • Poster for Capricorn One

    Lt. Col. Peter Willis

1976Aged 36

  • Poster for Sweet Revenge

    Le Clerq

1975Aged 35

  • Poster for Rancho Deluxe

    Cecil Colson

  • Poster for Journey into Fear

    Mr. Graham

1974Aged 34

  • Poster for The Great Gatsby

    Nick Carraway

  • Poster for Reflections of Murder

    Michael Elliott

1973Aged 33

  • Poster for Much Ado About Nothing

    Benedick

  • Poster for The Glass Menagerie

    Tom Wingfield

1972Aged 32

  • Poster for Savages

    James, the Limping Man

  • Poster for Mahoney's Last Stand

    Felix

1971Aged 31

  • Poster for Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

    Alex Monte

1970Aged 30

  • Poster for Cover Me Babe

    Cameraman

1969Aged 29

  • Poster for Generation

    Desmond

  • Poster for Three

    Taylor

1967Aged 27

  • Poster for Fitzwilly

    Oliver

1966Aged 26

  • Poster for The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean

    Andy