1940-11-15 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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The Six Triple Eight | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 2024-12-06 |
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Merchant Ivory | Self | 2024-08-30 |
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A Case for Love | Self | 2024-01-23 |
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time | Self (voice) | 2021-11-19 |
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Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story | Self | 2020-09-01 |
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The Man in the Woods | Headmaster Waldorf | 2020-11-24 |
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On the Basis of Sex | Erwin Griswold | 2018-12-25 |
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Jane Fonda in Five Acts | Self - Actor | 2018-01-21 |
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The Mayo Clinic | Charlie Mayo | 2018-09-25 |
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Dateline: Saigon | Narrator (voice) | 2017-03-07 |
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Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators | Narrator (voice) | 2017-06-17 |
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Miss Sloane | George Dupont | 2016-11-25 |
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Anesthesia | Prof. Walter Zarrow | 2016-01-08 |
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Please Be Normal | Dad | 2015-03-20 |
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And It Was Good | Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger | 2015-06-05 |
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Dean Smith | Narrator | 2015-03-25 |
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The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear | Self | 2010-10-30 |
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods") | 2006-05-02 |
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Hammer and Cycle | Self - Narrator | 2004-04-09 |
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Le Divorce | Chester Walker | 2003-08-08 |
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The Commission | J. Lee Rankin | 2003-11-07 |
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The Matthew Shepard Story | Dennis Shepard | 2002-03-16 |
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A House Divided | David Dickson | 2000-07-30 |
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Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs | Self / Host / Narrator | 1999-07-18 |
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The Unfinished Journey | Narrator (voice) | 1999-12-31 |
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In Bad Taste | Self | 1999-09-03 |
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Miracle at Midnight | Dr. Karl Koster | 1998-03-17 |
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Exiled | Jack McCoy | 1998-11-08 |
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Shadow Conspiracy | The President | 1997-01-25 |
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The Proprietor | Harry Bancroft | 1996-09-09 |
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Nixon | Richard Helms | 1995-12-22 |
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The Journey of August King | Mooney Wright | 1995-09-14 |
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Amazing Stories: The Movie IV | (archive footage) | 1995-08-18 |
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Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage | Tom Wingfield (archive footage) | 1994-12-19 |
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David's Mother | John Nils | 1994-04-10 |
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Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Daniel Chamberlain | 1994-02-26 |
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Serial Mom | Eugene Sutphin | 1994-04-13 |
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The Enemy Within | President William Foster | 1994-08-24 |
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I'll Fly Away: Then and Now | Forrest Bedford | 1993-10-11 |
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A Captive in the Land | Royce | 1993-01-15 |
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Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
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The Man in the Moon | Matthew Trant | 1991-09-30 |
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Mindwalk | Jack Edwards | 1991-12-05 |
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Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
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Welcome Home | Woody | 1989-09-29 |
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Crimes and Misdemeanors | Ben | 1989-10-13 |
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Lantern Hill | Andrew Stuart | 1989-08-29 |
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A Walk in the Woods | John Honeyman | 1988-01-01 |
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Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami | Prosecutor | 1988-12-30 |
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Des Teufels Paradies | Jones | 1987-05-07 |
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September | Peter | 1987-12-18 |
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The Room Upstairs | Travis Coles | 1987-01-31 |
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Swimming to Cambodia | Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage) | 1987-03-13 |
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The Fifth Missile | Capt. Allard Renslow | 1986-02-23 |
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Flagrant désir | Inspecteur Gerry Morrison | 1986-06-11 |
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Hannah and Her Sisters | David (uncredited) | 1986-02-07 |
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Just Between Friends | Harry Crandall | 1986-03-21 |
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Finnegan Begin Again | Paul Broadbent | 1985-02-24 |
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Warning Sign | Cal Morse | 1985-08-23 |
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Love Lives On | Bernie | 1985-03-31 |
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The Killing Fields | Sydney Schanberg | 1984-11-23 |
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The Boy Who Loved Trolls | Ofoeti | 1984-10-29 |
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Dempsey | Doc Kearns | 1983-09-28 |
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In Defense of Kids | Paul Wilcox | 1983-04-06 |
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Games Mother Never Taught You | David Bentells | 1982-11-27 |
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Hopscotch | Jack Cutter | 1980-09-26 |
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Friendly Fire | C.D.B. Bryan | 1980-11-09 |
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Sweet William | William McClusky | 1980-04-11 |
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Heaven's Gate | Frank Canton | 1980-11-19 |
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Eagle's Wing | White Bull | 1979-07-26 |
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Interiors | Mike | 1978-08-02 |
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Capricorn One | Lt. Col. Peter Willis | 1977-12-10 |
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Sweet Revenge | Le Clerq | 1976-06-06 |
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Rancho Deluxe | Cecil Colson | 1975-03-14 |
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Journey into Fear | Mr. Graham | 1975-08-08 |
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Reflections of Murder | Michael Elliott | 1974-11-24 |
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The Great Gatsby | Nick Carraway | 1974-03-27 |
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The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | 1973-12-16 |
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Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | 1973-02-02 |
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Mahoney's Last Stand | Felix | 1972-11-01 |
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Savages | James, the Limping Man | 1972-06-27 |
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Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? | Alex Monte | 1971-12-11 |
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Cover Me Babe | Cameraman | 1970-10-01 |
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Generation | Desmond | 1969-12-15 |
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Three | Taylor | 1969-12-23 |
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Fitzwilly | Oliver | 1967-12-20 |
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The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean | Andy | 1966-10-01 |
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Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour | Self (voice) |