Sam Waterston
Acting
Born: Nov 15, 1940
From: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Waterston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant Ivory | Self | 2024 | 7.7 |
| The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear | Self | 2010 | 5.9 |
| Le Divorce | Chester Walker | 2003 | 4.944 |
| The Matthew Shepard Story | Dennis Shepard | 2002 | 5.574 |
| Shadow Conspiracy | The President | 1997 | 5.029 |
| The Proprietor | Harry Bancroft | 1996 | 7.0 |
| The Journey of August King | Mooney Wright | 1995 | 6.906 |
| Serial Mom | Eugene Sutphin | 1994 | 6.724 |
| The Enemy Within | President William Foster | 1994 | 5.75 |
| The Man in the Moon | Matthew Trant | 1991 | 7.351 |
| Mindwalk | Jack Edwards | 1991 | 6.911 |
| Crimes and Misdemeanors | Ben | 1989 | 7.422 |
| Welcome Home | Woody | 1989 | 6.333 |
| September | Peter | 1987 | 6.188 |
| Swimming to Cambodia | Additional Cast from 'The Killing … | 1987 | 6.907 |
| Hannah and Her Sisters | David (uncredited) | 1986 | 7.471 |
| The Fifth Missile | Capt. Allard Renslow | 1986 | 5.5 |
| Warning Sign | Cal Morse | 1985 | 5.9 |
| The Killing Fields | Sydney Schanberg | 1984 | 7.465 |
| Games Mother Never Taught You | David Bentells | 1982 | 8.0 |
| Heaven's Gate | Frank Canton | 1980 | 6.759 |
| Hopscotch | Jack Cutter | 1980 | 7.02 |
| Eagle's Wing | White Bull | 1979 | 5.296 |
| Interiors | Mike | 1978 | 6.844 |
| Capricorn One | Lt. Col. Peter Willis | 1977 | 6.783 |
| Rancho Deluxe | Cecil Colson | 1975 | 5.391 |
| The Great Gatsby | Nick Carraway | 1974 | 6.299 |
| Reflections of Murder | Michael Elliott | 1974 | 6.75 |
| The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | 1973 | 7.706 |
| Generation | Desmond | 1969 | 5.333 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1940 |
| From | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |