Cast
Sam Waterston
Acting
Cast
Sam Waterston
Known for
Acting
Born
1940-11-15
From
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as Samuel Atkinson Waterston
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.
★7.6
MOVIE2024
The Six Triple Eight
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
★6.7
MOVIE1980
Heaven's Gate
as Frank Canton
★5.7
MOVIE1987
Devil's Paradise
as Jones
★7.4
MOVIE2016
Miss Sloane
as George Dupont
★7.5
MOVIE1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
as David (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1974
The Great Gatsby
as Nick Carraway
★7.5
MOVIE1984
The Killing Fields
as Sydney Schanberg
★7.3
MOVIE2018
On the Basis of Sex
as Erwin Griswold
★7.4
MOVIE1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Ben
★7.4
MOVIE1991
The Man in the Moon
as Matthew Trant
★6.7
MOVIE1994
Serial Mom
as Eugene Sutphin
★5.7
MOVIE2016
Anesthesia
as Prof. Walter Zarrow
★6.8
MOVIE1978
Interiors
as Mike
★8.0
MOVIE2017
Dateline: Saigon
as Narrator (voice)
★7.7
MOVIE2024
Merchant Ivory
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE1977
Capricorn One
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
★6.8
MOVIE1995
Nixon
as Richard Helms
★5.8
MOVIE1994
The Enemy Within
as President William Foster
★7.1
MOVIE2018
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
as Self - (archive footage)
★5.6
MOVIE1990
A Captive in the Land
as Royce
★5.0
MOVIE1997
Shadow Conspiracy
as The President
★6.5
MOVIE1985
Finnegan Begin Again
as Paul Broadbent
★5.0
MOVIE2003
Le Divorce
as Chester Walker
★5.3
MOVIE1979
Eagle's Wing
as White Bull
★5.2
MOVIE1969
Three
as Taylor
★4.8
MOVIE2020
The Man in the Woods
as Headmaster Waldorf
★6.8
MOVIE1974
Reflections of Murder
as Michael Elliott
★6.7
MOVIE1992
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
MOVIE2015
And It Was Good
as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
★6.5
MOVIE1999
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE1998
Exiled
as Jack McCoy
★4.0
MOVIE1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE1986
Flagrant désir
as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
★7.5
MOVIE1998
Miracle at Midnight
as Dr. Karl Koster
★7.0
MOVIE1980
Hopscotch
as Jack Cutter
★6.0
MOVIE1975
Journey into Fear
as Mr. Graham
★7.0
MOVIE2018
The Mayo Clinic
as Charlie Mayo (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE1967
Fitzwilly
as Oliver
★6.5
MOVIE2000
A House Divided
as David Dickson
★5.3
MOVIE1986
Just Between Friends
as Harry Crandall
★5.9
MOVIE1985
Warning Sign
as Cal Morse
★5.5
MOVIE1986
The Fifth Missile
as Capt. Allard Renslow
★6.9
MOVIE1995
The Journey of August King
as Mooney Wright
★5.6
MOVIE2002
The Matthew Shepard Story
as Dennis Shepard
★6.6
MOVIE1989
Welcome Home
as Woody
★6.9
MOVIE1991
Mindwalk
as Jack Edwards
★8.3
MOVIE1994
David's Mother
as John Nils
★5.5
MOVIE1969
Generation
as Desmond
★7.5
MOVIE1980
Friendly Fire
as C.D.B. Bryan
★5.3
MOVIE1975
Rancho Deluxe
as Cecil Colson
★6.0
MOVIE1973
Much Ado About Nothing
as Benedick
★4.8
MOVIE1987
The Room Upstairs
as Travis Coles
★8.0
MOVIE1989
Lantern Hill
as Andrew Stuart
★6.3
MOVIE1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Daniel Chamberlain
★6.2
MOVIE1987
September
as Peter
★4.5
MOVIE1984
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
as Ofoeti
MOVIE1995
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
as Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
★4.9
MOVIE1971
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
as Alex Monte
★8.0
MOVIE1999
In Bad Taste
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2021
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
as Self (voice)
MOVIETBA
Serial Mom: Surreal Moments
as Self
★4.3
MOVIE1980
Sweet William
as William McClusky
★7.0
MOVIE1988
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
as Jim Delmore
MOVIE2026
Carousel
as Sam
★4.5
MOVIE2003
The Commission
as J. Lee Rankin
★8.5
MOVIE1988
A Walk in the Woods
as John Honeyman
★4.7
MOVIE1970
Cover Me Babe
as Cameraman
★5.7
MOVIE1976
Sweet Revenge
as Le Clerq
★7.0
MOVIE1983
In Defense of Kids
as Paul Wilcox
★7.7
MOVIE1973
The Glass Menagerie
as Tom Wingfield
★5.3
MOVIE1972
Savages
as James, the Limping Man
★5.7
MOVIE1972
Mahoney's Last Stand
as Felix
★7.0
MOVIE1996
The Proprietor
as Harry Bancroft
MOVIE2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
★8.0
MOVIE1985
Love Lives On
as Bernie
★6.3
MOVIE1983
Dempsey
as Doc Kearns
★5.9
MOVIE2010
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE1987
Swimming to Cambodia
as Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
★8.5
MOVIE1993
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
as Forrest Bedford
★6.0
MOVIE2015
Dean Smith
as Narrator
MOVIE2024
A Case for Love
as Self
★3.3
MOVIE2015
Please Be Normal
as Dad
★8.0
MOVIE1982
Games Mother Never Taught You
as David Bentells
★9.0
MOVIE1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
★7.3
MOVIE2017
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
as Narrator (voice)
★10.0
MOVIE1999
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
as Self / Host / Narrator
★8.0
MOVIE2004
Hammer and Cycle
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE2020
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
as Self
MOVIE2024
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
as Self (voice)
★8.3
MOVIE1966
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
as Andy
MOVIE1999
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
as Narrator