Sam Waterston
Acting
Born November 15, 1940 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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 ha…
Known For · 40 titles
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Law & Order
Family Guy
Jeopardy!
Saturday Night Live
The Colbert Report
The View
Homicide: Life on the Street
Dr. Kildare
American Playhouse
Tales from the Crypt
Grace and Frankie
Film '72
Amazing Stories
People's Choice Awards
The Newsroom
HBO First Look
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
The Dropout
The Six Triple Eight
Godless
The Civil War
I'll Fly Away
Heaven's Gate
The Killing Fields
Prohibition
Miss Sloane
Masters of Science Fiction
The Man in the Moon
Hannah and Her Sisters
On the Basis of Sex
The Great Gatsby
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Jo
Serial Mom
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Nixon
Devil's Paradise
Q.E.D.