Sam Waterston
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jack McCoy
1999
Series
Law & Order
Jack McCoy
1990
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Family Guy
Bruce Kaplan (voice)
1999
Series
Jeopardy!
Self
1984
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Series
The Colbert Report
2005
Series
The Colbert Report
Self (uncredited)
2005
Series
Homicide: Life on the Street
Jack McCoy
1993
Series
Dr. Kildare
Mark
1961
Series
Tales from the Crypt
G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")
1989
Series
Grace and Frankie
Sol Bergstein
2015
Series
The Newsroom
Charlie Skinner
2012
Series
American Playhouse
Robert Oppenheimer
1982
Series
American Playhouse
John Honeyman
1982
Series
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975
Series
Amazing Stories
Jordan Manmouth
1985
Film '72
Self
1971
Film
The Six Triple Eight
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2024
Series
Godless
Marshall John Cook
2017
Series
The Dropout
George Shultz
2022
Series
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Jack McCoy
2005
Series
HBO First Look
1992
Film
Miss Sloane
George Dupont
2016
Film
The Great Gatsby
Nick Carraway
1974
Series
I'll Fly Away
Forrest Bedford
1991
Series
The Civil War
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
1990
Film
Hannah and Her Sisters
David (uncredited)
1986
Film
Heaven's Gate
Frank Canton
1980
Film
The Man in the Moon
Matthew Trant
1991
Series
Prohibition
Reader (voice)
2011
Film
On the Basis of Sex
Erwin Griswold
2018
Film
The Killing Fields
Sydney Schanberg
1984
Series
Jo
2013
Film
Serial Mom
Eugene Sutphin
1994
Series
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
Film
Capricorn One
Lt. Col. Peter Willis
1977
Film
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Ben
1989
Film
Le Divorce
Chester Walker
2003
Series
Oppenheimer
Robert Oppenheimer
1980
Series
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
Self
2023
Series
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
1988
Film
Nixon
Richard Helms
1995
Film
Hopscotch
Jack Cutter
1980
Series
Q.E.D.
Professor Quentin Everett Deverill
1982
Film
Interiors
Mike
1978
Film
Devil's Paradise
Jones
1987
Film
Anesthesia
Prof. Walter Zarrow
2016
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Travis Coles
1951
Film
Merchant Ivory
Self
2024
Film
Shadow Conspiracy
The President
1997
Film
Warning Sign
Cal Morse
1985
Film
The Enemy Within
President William Foster
1994
Film
Eagle's Wing
White Bull
1979
Film
September
Peter
1987
Film
The Mayo Clinic
Charlie Mayo (voice)
2018
Film
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
1992
Series
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
1997
Film
Fitzwilly
Oliver
1967
Film
Three
Taylor
1969
Film
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Film
The Matthew Shepard Story
Dennis Shepard
2002
Film
The Unfinished Journey
Narrator (voice)
1999
Film
Exiled
Jack McCoy
1998
Film
The Journey of August King
Mooney Wright
1995
Film
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
2006
Series
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
1997
Film
A Captive in the Land
Royce
1990
Film
Sweet William
William McClusky
1980
Series
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
Narrator
1995
Film
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Self - (archive footage)
2018
Series
The Nightmare Years
Bill Shirer
1989
Film
Carousel
Sam
2026
Film
The Man in the Woods
Headmaster Waldorf
2020
Film
Dateline: Saigon
Narrator (voice)
2017
Film
The Room Upstairs
Travis Coles
1987
Film
Friendly Fire
C.D.B. Bryan
1980
Film
Miracle at Midnight
Dr. Karl Koster
1998
Film
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Self
2010
Film
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
1995
Film
The Commission
J. Lee Rankin
2003
Film
Rancho Deluxe
Cecil Colson
1975
Film
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Daniel Chamberlain
1994
Film
Journey into Fear
Mr. Graham
1975
Film
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
Jim Delmore
1988
Film
And It Was Good
Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
2015
Film
The Proprietor
Harry Bancroft
1996
Film
Flagrant désir
Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
1986
Film
Mindwalk
Jack Edwards
1991
Film
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
Ofoeti
1984
Film
Welcome Home
Woody
1989
Film
Generation
Desmond
1969
Film
Just Between Friends
Harry Crandall
1986
Film
Games Mother Never Taught You
David Bentells
1982
Film
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Alex Monte
1971
Film
Cover Me Babe
Cameraman
1970
Film
Reflections of Murder
Michael Elliott
1974
Film
A House Divided
David Dickson
2000
Film
Swimming to Cambodia
Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
1987
Film
David's Mother
John Nils
1994
Film
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
Andy
1966
Film
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Self (voice)
2021
Film
Dempsey
Doc Kearns
1983
Film
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
1994
Film
Dean Smith
Narrator
2015
Film
Love Lives On
Bernie
1985
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
Forrest Bedford
1993
Film
The Fifth Missile
Capt. Allard Renslow
1986
Film
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
Self / Host / Narrator
1999
Film
The Glass Menagerie
Tom
1973
Film
In Bad Taste
Self
1999
Film
Finnegan Begin Again
Paul Broadbent
1985
Film
Savages
James, the Limping Man
1972
Film
Much Ado About Nothing
Benedick
1973
Film
Sweet Revenge
Le Clerq
1976
Film
A Walk in the Woods
John Honeyman
1988
Film
Mahoney's Last Stand
Felix
1972
Film
Lantern Hill
Andrew Stuart
1989
Film
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Narrator (voice)
2017
Film
A Case for Love
Self
2024
Film
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
Self
2020
Film
In Defense of Kids
Paul Wilcox
1983
Film
Please Be Normal
Dad
2015
Film
Hammer and Cycle
Self - Narrator
2004
Film
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
Narrator
1999
Film
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
Self (voice)
2024