Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1940-11-15 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Also known As
샘 워터스톤
Samuel Atkinson Waterston
سام واترستون
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 quietl...
1984
as Sydney Schanberg
1980
as Frank Canton
1974
as Nick Carraway
1986
as David (uncredited)
1989
as Ben
1994
as Eugene Sutphin
1987
as Peter
1977
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
1980
as Jack Cutter
2003
as Chester Walker
1985
as Cal Morse
1975
as Cecil Colson
1978
as Mike
1995
as Mooney Wright
2002
as Dennis Shepard
1997
as The President
1991
as Matthew Trant
1991
as Jack Edwards
2010
1989
as Woody
1973
as Tom Wingfield
1969
as Desmond
1994
as President William Foster
1974
as Michael Elliott
1996
as Harry Bancroft
2024
as Self
1979
as White Bull
1986
as Capt. Allard Renslow
1987
as Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
1982
as David Bentells
1975
as Mr. Graham
1987
as Travis Coles
1998
as Dr. Karl Koster
1969
as Taylor
1988
as Jim Delmore
1995
as Richard Helms
1989
as Andrew Stuart
1972
as Felix
2024
as Self
1994
as John Nils
1993
as Forrest Bedford
1983
as Doc Kearns
1980
as William McClusky
1994
as Daniel Chamberlain
1970
as Cameraman
1990
as Self
1971
as Alex Monte
2015
as Dad
2016
as Prof. Walter Zarrow
1984
as Ofoeti
1986
as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
1985
as Bernie
1998
as Jack McCoy
2024
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1986
as Harry Crandall
1993
as Royce
1973
as Benedick
1972
as James, the Limping Man
2000
as David Dickson
2016
as George Dupont
1995
as (archive footage)
1967
as Oliver
1987
as Jones
1966
1976
as Le Clerq
1985
as Paul Broadbent
1983
as Paul Wilcox
2017
as Narrator (voice)
2018
as Erwin Griswold
2020
as Headmaster Waldorf
1994
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
2018
as Charlie Mayo (voice)
2006
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
1988
as John Honeyman
1999
as Self
2018
as Self - Actor
2015
as Narrator
2017
as Narrator (voice)
1992
as Reader (voice)
1980
as C.D.B. Bryan
2021
as Self (voice)
1999
as Self / Host / Narrator
2020
2003
as J. Lee Rankin
1999
as Narrator (voice)
2015
as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
-
as Self (voice)
2004
as Self - Narrator
1995
as Producer
© All Rights Reserved 2025