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Sam Waterston
Actor

Sam Waterston

Born November 15, 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

17 films

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." C-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards

0 wins, 3 nominations

Filmography 17

The Six Triple Eight (2024) movie poster
The Six Triple Eight2024
Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018) movie poster
Jane Fonda in Five Acts2018
On the Basis of Sex (2018) movie poster
On the Basis of Sex2018
Anesthesia (2016) movie poster
Anesthesia2016
Le Divorce (2003) movie poster
Le Divorce2003
Serial Mom (1994) movie poster
Serial Mom1994
Mindwalk (1991) movie poster
Mindwalk1991
The Man in the Moon (1991) movie poster
The Man in the Moon1991
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) movie poster
Crimes and Misdemeanors1989
September (1987) movie poster
September1987
Warning Sign (1985) movie poster
Warning Sign1985
The Killing Fields (1984) movie poster
The Killing Fields1984
Heaven's Gate (1980) movie poster
Heaven's Gate1980
Hopscotch (1980) movie poster
Hopscotch1980
Interiors (1978) movie poster
Interiors1978
Capricorn One (1977) movie poster
Capricorn One1977
The Great Gatsby (1974) movie poster
The Great Gatsby1974