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Quick Facts

Born:
1940-11-15

Birthplace:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Credits:
125 Total Roles

Sam Waterston

Acting

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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

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 Carousel MOVIE Sam
2024 The Six Triple Eight MOVIE Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2024 Merchant Ivory MOVIE Self
2024 A Case for Love MOVIE Self
2023 Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled TV Self
2022 The Dropout TV George Shultz
2021 Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time MOVIE Self (voice)
2020 The Man in the Woods MOVIE Headmaster Waldorf
2020 Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story MOVIE Self
2018 On the Basis of Sex MOVIE Erwin Griswold

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