11/15/1940
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA:
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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Godless (2017) as Marshall John Cook |
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Grace and Frankie (2015) as Sol Bergstein |
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The Newsroom (2012) as Charlie Skinner |
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Prohibition (2011) as Reader (voice) |
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Masters of Science Fiction (2007) as |
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The Colbert Report (2005) as |
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Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) as |
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Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) as Jack McCoy |
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Jack McCoy |
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Family Guy (1999) as |
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Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997) as Thomas Jefferson (voice) |
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Thomas Jefferson (1997) as Thomas Jefferson (voice) |
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Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) as |
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I'll Fly Away (1991) as |
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The Civil War (1990) as Abraham Lincoln |
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Law & Order (1990) as Jack McCoy |
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The Nightmare Years (1989) as Bill Shirer |
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Tales from the Crypt (1989) as |
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Lincoln (1988) as Abraham Lincoln |
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Q.E.D. (1982) as |
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Oppenheimer (1980) as Robert Oppenheimer |
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Saturday Night Live (1975) as |
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Jeopardy! (1964) as |
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Dr. Kildare (1961) as |
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Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as |