Sam Waterston

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...

Known For

Miss Sloane

as George Dupont

The Six Triple Eight

as Franklin Delano Roosevelt

On the Basis of Sex

as Erwin Griswold

Cast Credits

Carousel

as Sam

The Six Triple Eight

as Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The Man in the Woods

as Headmaster Waldorf

On the Basis of Sex

as Erwin Griswold

Miss Sloane

as George Dupont

Anesthesia

as Prof. Walter Zarrow

And It Was Good

as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger

The Commission

as J. Lee Rankin

Le Divorce

as Chester Walker

The Matthew Shepard Story

as Dennis Shepard

A House Divided

as David Dickson

Exiled

as Jack McCoy

Miracle at Midnight

as Dr. Karl Koster

Shadow Conspiracy

as The President

The Proprietor

as Harry Bancroft

Nixon

as Richard Helms

Amazing Stories: The Movie IV

as (archive footage)

The Enemy Within

as President William Foster

Serial Mom

as Eugene Sutphin

David's Mother

as John Nils

I'll Fly Away: Then and Now

as Forrest Bedford

Mindwalk

as Jack Edwards

The Man in the Moon

as Matthew Trant

Welcome Home

as Woody

Lantern Hill

as Andrew Stuart

Crew Credits