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Sam Waterston
AKA: Samuel Atkinson Waterston
Acting
Born: 1940
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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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."
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Known For
The Dropout
George Shultz
2022 · US
Godless
Marshall John Cook
2017 · US
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015 · US
Jo
Role
2013 · FR
The Newsroom
Charlie Skinner
2012 · US
Prohibition
Reader (voice)
2011 · US
Masters of Science Fiction
Role
2007 · US
The Colbert Report
Role
2005 · US
Full Credits
| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Dropout | 2022 | George Shultz |
| Godless | 2017 | Marshall John Cook |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2015 | Self - Guest |
| Jo | 2013 | Contributor |
| The Newsroom | 2012 | Charlie Skinner |
| Prohibition | 2011 | Reader (voice) |
| Masters of Science Fiction | 2007 | Contributor |
| The Colbert Report | 2005 | Contributor |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | 2005 | Jack McCoy |
| The View | 1997 | Self |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | 1993 | Jack McCoy |
| HBO First Look | 1992 | Contributor |
| Law & Order | 1990 | Jack McCoy |
| Tales from the Crypt | 1989 | G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow") |
| Amazing Stories | 1985 | Jordan Manmouth |
| American Playhouse | 1982 | Robert Oppenheimer |
| Saturday Night Live | 1975 | Self (uncredited) |
| People's Choice Awards | 1975 | Self - Presenter |
| Film '72 | 1971 | Self |
| Dr. Kildare | 1961 | Mark |