Sam Waterston

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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Known For

The Six Triple Eight 2024 ★ 7.6
The Dropout 2022 ★ 7.3
Godless 2017 ★ 7.7
Miss Sloane 2016 ★ 7.4
Grace and Frankie 2015 ★ 7.7
The Newsroom 2012 ★ 8.1
Prohibition 2011 ★ 7.9
Law & Order: Trial by Jury 2005 ★ 8.1
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 ★ 8.0
Family Guy 1999 ★ 7.4
Homicide: Life on the Street 1993 ★ 8.1
HBO First Look 1992 ★ 5.6
I'll Fly Away 1991 ★ 7.5
The Man in the Moon 1991 ★ 7.4
Law & Order 1990 ★ 7.3
The Civil War 1990 ★ 7.9
Tales from the Crypt 1989 ★ 8.0
Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 ★ 7.5
Amazing Stories 1985 ★ 7.5
The Killing Fields 1984 ★ 7.5
American Playhouse 1982 ★ 6.6
Heaven's Gate 1980 ★ 6.7
Capricorn One 1977 ★ 6.8
Dr. Kildare 1961 ★ 5.7