Sam Waterston
Born November 15, 1940 (Age: 85)
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
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2026
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as Sam
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Age: 85
On the Basis of Sex
2018
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as Erwin Griswold
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Age: 78
Miss Sloane
2016
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as George Dupont
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Age: 76
Anesthesia
2016
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as Prof. Walter Zarrow
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Age: 75
And It Was Good
2015
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as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
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Age: 74
Hammer and Cycle
2004
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as Self - Narrator
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Age: 63
Le Divorce
2003
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as Chester Walker
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Age: 62
The Matthew Shepard Story
2002
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as Dennis Shepard
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Age: 61
A House Divided
2000
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as David Dickson
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Age: 59
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
1999
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as Narrator
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Age: 58
Exiled
1998
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as Jack McCoy
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Age: 57
Miracle at Midnight
1998
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as Dr. Karl Koster
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Age: 57
Shadow Conspiracy
1997
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as The President
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Age: 56
The Proprietor
1996
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as Harry Bancroft
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Age: 55
Nixon
1995
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as Richard Helms
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Age: 55
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
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as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
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Age: 54
Serial Mom
1994
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as Eugene Sutphin
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Age: 53
No Image
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
1993
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as Forrest Bedford
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Age: 52
Earth and the American Dream
1992
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as Reader (voice)
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Age: 51
Mindwalk
1991
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as Jack Edwards
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Age: 51
The Man in the Moon
1991
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as Matthew Trant
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Age: 50
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
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as Self
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Age: 49
A Captive in the Land
1990
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as Royce
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Age: 49
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
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as Ben
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Age: 48
Welcome Home
1989
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as Woody
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Age: 48
Lantern Hill
1989
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as Andrew Stuart
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Age: 48
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988
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as Jim Delmore
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Age: 48
A Walk in the Woods
1988
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as John Honeyman
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Age: 47
September
1987
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as Peter
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Age: 47
Devil's Paradise
1987
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as Jones
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Age: 46
Swimming to Cambodia
1987
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as Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
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Age: 46
The Room Upstairs
1987
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as Travis Coles
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Age: 46
Just Between Friends
1986
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as Harry Crandall
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Age: 45
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
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as David (uncredited)
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Age: 45
Warning Sign
1985
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as Cal Morse
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Age: 44
Love Lives On
1985
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as Bernie
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Age: 44
Finnegan Begin Again
1985
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as Paul Broadbent
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Age: 44
The Killing Fields
1984
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as Sydney Schanberg
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Age: 44
Heaven's Gate
1980
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as Frank Canton
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Age: 40
Friendly Fire
1980
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as C.D.B. Bryan
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Age: 39
Hopscotch
1980
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as Jack Cutter
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Age: 39
Sweet William
1980
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as William McClusky
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Age: 39
Interiors
1978
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as Mike
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Age: 37
Capricorn One
1977
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as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
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Age: 37
Reflections of Murder
1974
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as Michael Elliott
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Age: 34
The Great Gatsby
1974
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as Nick Carraway
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Age: 33
The Glass Menagerie
1973
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as Tom Wingfield
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Age: 33
Much Ado About Nothing
1973
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as Benedick
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Age: 32
Mahoney's Last Stand
1972
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as Felix
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Age: 31
Savages
1972
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as James, the Limping Man
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Age: 31
Three
1969
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as Taylor
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Age: 29
Generation
1969
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as Desmond
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Age: 29