Sam Waterston

About

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.

Known for

Law & OrderSeries • 1990Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999Family GuySeries • 1999Homicide: Life on the StreetSeries • 1993American PlayhouseSeries • 1982Dr. KildareSeries • 1961Grace and FrankieSeries • 2015Tales from the CryptSeries • 1989Amazing StoriesSeries • 1985The NewsroomSeries • 2012The DropoutSeries • 2022Miss SloaneMovie • 2016HBO First LookSeries • 1992Law & Order: Trial by JurySeries • 2005GodlessSeries • 2017I'll Fly AwaySeries • 1991The Civil WarSeries • 1990The Six Triple EightMovie • 2024The Killing FieldsMovie • 1984ProhibitionSeries • 2011Hannah and Her SistersMovie • 1986On the Basis of SexMovie • 2018Heaven's GateMovie • 1980JoSeries • 2013