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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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Six Triple Eight (2024) | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 7.3 |
| 2 | The Man in the Woods (2020) | Headmaster Waldorf | - |
| 3 | The Mayo Clinic (2018) | Charlie Mayo (voice) | - |
| 4 | Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018) | Self - (archive footage) | 8 |
| 5 | On the Basis of Sex (2018) | Erwin Griswold | 7.6 |
| 6 | Anesthesia (2016) | Prof. Walter Zarrow | 6 |
| 7 | Miss Sloane (2016) | George Dupont | 7.7 |
| 8 | The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (2010) | Self | 6 |
| 9 | Le Divorce (2003) | Chester Walker | 6 |
| 10 | The Matthew Shepard Story (2002) | Dennis Shepard | - |
| 11 | A House Divided (2000) | David Dickson | - |
| 12 | Exiled (1998) | Jack McCoy | - |
| 13 | Nixon (1995) | Richard Helms | 7.6 |
| 14 | The Journey of August King (1995) | Mooney Wright | - |
| 15 | Serial Mom (1994) | Eugene Sutphin | 8.2 |
| 16 | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994) | Daniel Chamberlain | - |
| 17 | The Enemy Within (1994) | President William Foster | 7 |
| 18 | Mindwalk (1991) | Jack Edwards | 7 |
| 19 | The Man in the Moon (1991) | Matthew Trant | 6 |
| 20 | Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) | Ben | 7 |
| 21 | Welcome Home (1989) | Woody | - |
| 22 | September (1987) | Peter | 6.5 |
| 23 | Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) | David (uncredited) | 8.2 |
| 24 | Warning Sign (1985) | Cal Morse | 7 |
| 25 | The Killing Fields (1984) | Sydney Schanberg | 8 |
| 26 | Hopscotch (1980) | Jack Cutter | - |
| 27 | Heaven's Gate (1980) | Frank Canton | 6.7 |
| 28 | Interiors (1978) | Mike | 7 |
| 29 | Capricorn One (1977) | Lt. Col. Peter Willis | 6.8 |
| 30 | Sweet Revenge (1976) | Le Clerq | 9 |
| 31 | The Great Gatsby (1974) | Nick Carraway | 5.8 |
| 32 | Fitzwilly (1967) | Oliver | 7 |
