Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston Movies and TV Shows

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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 11/15/1940 (83 years old)
  • Place of birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.85 m
  • Net worth: $15,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
The Dropout
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 74%
role:
George Shultz
2022

Drama

7.5
74%
On the Basis of Sex
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 74%
role:
Erwin Griswold
2018

Drama

History

7.1
74%
2018

Documentary

8.0
70%
2018

Documentary

TV Movie

8.0
77%
Godless
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 78%
role:
Marshall John Cook
Not available
2017

Drama

Western

8.2
78%
Not available
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Miss Sloane
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 75%
role:
George Dupont
2016

Drama

Thriller

7.5
75%
Anesthesia
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 58%
role:
Prof. Walter Zarrow
2016

Drama

Thriller

6.1
58%
Grace and Frankie
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 77%
role:
Sol Bergstein
2015

Comedy

Drama

8.2
77%
The Newsroom
IMDB 8.6
TMDB 81%
role:
Charlie Skinner
2012

Drama

8.6
81%
Prohibition
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 82%
role:
Voice (voice)
2011

Documentary

8.2
82%
Le Divorce
IMDB 4.9
TMDB 50%
role:
Chester Walker
2003

Comedy

Drama

Romance

4.9
50%
Nixon
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 69%
role:
Richard Helms
1995

Drama

History

7.1
69%
Serial Mom
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 68%
role:
Eugene Sutphin
1994

Comedy

Crime

6.8
68%
The Man in the Moon
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 74%
role:
Matthew Trant
1991

Drama

Family

Romance

7.3
74%
Law & Order
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 74%
role:
Jack McCoy
1990

Crime

Drama

Mystery

7.8
74%
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 75%
role:
Ben
Not available
1989

Comedy

Drama

7.8
75%
Not available
September
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 63%
role:
Peter
1987

Drama

6.5
63%
1986

Comedy

Drama

7.8
76%
The Killing Fields
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 75%
role:
Sydney Schanberg
1984

Drama

History

War & Politics

7.8
75%
Heaven's Gate
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 68%
role:
Frank Canton
1980

Drama

Western

6.7
68%
Interiors
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 68%
role:
Mike
1978

Drama

7.3
68%
Capricorn One
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 68%
role:
Lt. Col. Peter Willis
1977

Action

Drama

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
68%
The Great Gatsby
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 64%
role:
Nick Carraway
Not available
1974

Drama

Romance

6.4
64%
Not available

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Sam Waterston are, for example, The Dropout, On the Basis of Sex and The Mayo Clinic: Faith, Hope and Science.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Google Play.
The best Anystream ratings are The Newsroom (8.4), Prohibition (8.2) and Grace and Frankie (8.0).
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