Sam Waterston

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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Sam Waterston is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 23 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes The Six Triple Eight (2024), Merchant Ivory (2024), Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled (2023), On the Basis of Sex (2018), Godless (2017), Dateline: Saigon (2017), Grace and Frankie (2015), The Newsroom (2012). The recorded credits span 1977 to 2024, including 12 movies and 11 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.