
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.

Miss Sloane
as George Dupont

Serial Mom
as Eugene Sutphin

Nixon
as Richard Helms

The Six Triple Eight
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Heaven's Gate
as Frank Canton

The Killing Fields
as Sydney Schanberg

The Man in the Moon
as Matthew Trant

The Great Gatsby
as Nick Carraway

Hannah and Her Sisters
as David (uncredited)

Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Ben

Shadow Conspiracy
as The President

Capricorn One
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis

On the Basis of Sex
as Erwin Griswold

Anesthesia
as Prof. Walter Zarrow

Fitzwilly
as Oliver

Le Divorce
as Chester Walker

Interiors
as Mike

Rancho Deluxe
as Cecil Colson

Friendly Fire
as C.D.B. Bryan

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Daniel Chamberlain

September
as Peter

Night of 100 Stars III
as Self

Exiled
as Jack McCoy

The Commission
as J. Lee Rankin

Warning Sign
as Cal Morse

Hopscotch
as Jack Cutter

The Enemy Within
as President William Foster

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
as Jim Delmore

Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)

The Mayo Clinic
as Charlie Mayo (voice)

Dempsey
as Doc Kearns

Journey into Fear
as Mr. Graham

Eagle's Wing
as White Bull

The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)

The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
as Self

Mindwalk
as Jack Edwards

Jane Fonda in Five Acts
as Self - (archive footage)

In Bad Taste
as Self

The Glass Menagerie
as Tom Wingfield

Just Between Friends
as Harry Crandall

The Room Upstairs
as Travis Coles

Three
as Taylor

The Fifth Missile
as Capt. Allard Renslow

Swimming to Cambodia
as Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)

And It Was Good
as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger

The Boy Who Loved Trolls
as Ofoeti

Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
as Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)

Merchant Ivory
as Self

The Man in the Woods
as Headmaster Waldorf

Cover Me Babe
as Cameraman

Dateline: Saigon
as Narrator (voice)

Savages
as James, the Limping Man

Carousel
as Sam

The Matthew Shepard Story
as Dennis Shepard

Sweet Revenge
as Le Clerq

The Journey of August King
as Mooney Wright

Sweet William
as William McClusky

Miracle at Midnight
as Dr. Karl Koster

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
as Self (voice)

The Proprietor
as Harry Bancroft

Welcome Home
as Woody

A House Divided
as David Dickson

Games Mother Never Taught You
as David Bentells

Love Lives On
as Bernie

Much Ado About Nothing
as Benedick

Reflections of Murder
as Michael Elliott

Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
as Self / Host / Narrator

David's Mother
as John Nils

Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
as Self

Devil's Paradise
as Jones

Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
as Narrator (voice)

Finnegan Begin Again
as Paul Broadbent

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
as Alex Monte

Generation
as Desmond

In Defense of Kids
as Paul Wilcox

Lantern Hill
as Andrew Stuart

Dean Smith
as Narrator

A Case for Love
as Self

I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
as Forrest Bedford

Flagrant désir
as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison

The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
as Andy

A Captive in the Land
as Royce

A Walk in the Woods
as John Honeyman

Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
as Self (voice)

Mahoney's Last Stand
as Felix

Please Be Normal
as Dad

Serial Mom: Surreal Moments
as Self

Hammer and Cycle
as Self - Narrator

Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
as Narrator