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."
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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The Six Triple Eight
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Merchant Ivory
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A Case for Love
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
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The Man in the Woods
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Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
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On the Basis of Sex
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Release Date:25/12/2018
The Mayo Clinic
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Jane Fonda in Five Acts
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Release Date:21/01/2018
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
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Release Date:17/06/2017
Dateline: Saigon
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Release Date:07/03/2017
Miss Sloane
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Release Date:25/11/2016
Anesthesia
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Release Date:08/01/2016
And It Was Good
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Release Date:05/06/2015
Dean Smith
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Release Date:25/03/2015
Please Be Normal
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The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
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Release Date:30/10/2010
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
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Release Date:02/05/2006
Hammer and Cycle
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Release Date:09/04/2004
The Commission
Character:J. Lee Rankin
Release Date:07/11/2003
Le Divorce
Character:Chester Walker
Release Date:08/08/2003
The Matthew Shepard Story
Character:Dennis Shepard
Release Date:16/03/2002
A House Divided
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Release Date:30/07/2000
The Unfinished Journey
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Release Date:31/12/1999
In Bad Taste
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Release Date:03/09/1999
Law and Order: Justice
Character:Jack McCoy
Release Date:22/08/1999
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
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Release Date:18/07/1999
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
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Release Date:25/02/1999
Exiled
Character:Jack McCoy
Release Date:08/11/1998
Miracle at Midnight
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Release Date:17/03/1998
Shadow Conspiracy
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Release Date:25/01/1997
The Proprietor
Character:Harry Bancroft
Release Date:09/09/1996
Nixon
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Release Date:22/12/1995
The Journey of August King
Character:Mooney Wright
Release Date:14/09/1995
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
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Release Date:18/08/1995
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
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Release Date:19/12/1994
The Enemy Within
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Release Date:24/08/1994
Serial Mom
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Release Date:13/04/1994
David's Mother
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Release Date:10/04/1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
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Release Date:26/02/1994
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
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Release Date:11/10/1993
Earth and the American Dream
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Release Date:01/10/1992
Mindwalk
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Release Date:05/12/1991
The Man in the Moon
Character:Matthew Trant
Release Date:30/09/1991
Night of 100 Stars III
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Release Date:21/05/1990
A Captive in the Land
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
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Release Date:13/10/1989
Welcome Home
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Release Date:29/09/1989
Lantern Hill
Character:Andrew Stuart
Release Date:29/08/1989
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
Character:Jim Delmore
Release Date:30/12/1988
A Walk in the Woods
Character:John Honeyman
Release Date:01/01/1988
September
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Release Date:18/12/1987
Devil's Paradise
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Release Date:07/05/1987
Swimming to Cambodia
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Release Date:13/03/1987
The Room Upstairs
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Release Date:31/01/1987
Flagrant désir
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Release Date:11/06/1986
Just Between Friends
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Release Date:21/03/1986
The Fifth Missile
Character:Capt. Allard Renslow
Release Date:23/02/1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
Character:David (uncredited)
Release Date:07/02/1986
Warning Sign
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Release Date:23/08/1985
Love Lives On
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Finnegan Begin Again
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Release Date:24/02/1985
The Killing Fields
Character:Sydney Schanberg
Release Date:23/11/1984
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
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Release Date:29/10/1984
Dempsey
Character:Doc Kearns
Release Date:28/09/1983
In Defense of Kids
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Release Date:06/04/1983
Games Mother Never Taught You
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Release Date:27/11/1982
Heaven's Gate
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Friendly Fire
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Hopscotch
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Release Date:26/09/1980
Sweet William
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Release Date:11/04/1980
Eagle's Wing
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Release Date:26/07/1979
Interiors
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Capricorn One
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Sweet Revenge
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Journey into Fear
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Rancho Deluxe
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Reflections of Murder
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The Great Gatsby
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The Glass Menagerie
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Much Ado About Nothing
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Mahoney's Last Stand
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Savages
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Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
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Cover Me Babe
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Three
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Release Date:23/12/1969
Generation
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Release Date:15/12/1969
Fitzwilly
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Release Date:20/12/1967
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
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Release Date:01/10/1966
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Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
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The Dropout
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Godless
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Grace and Frankie
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Jo
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The Newsroom
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Prohibition
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Masters of Science Fiction
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The Colbert Report
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Law & Order: Trial by Jury
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Family Guy
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Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
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The View
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The View
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Thomas Jefferson
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Time Life's Lost Civilizations
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Homicide: Life on the Street
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HBO First Look
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I'll Fly Away
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The Civil War
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Law & Order
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The Nightmare Years
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Tales from the Crypt
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Lincoln
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Amazing Stories
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Jeopardy!
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Q.E.D.
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Oppenheimer
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Saturday Night Live
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People's Choice Awards
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Dr. Kildare
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
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