Persoonlijke gegevens
Bekend om
Acting
Geslacht
Man
Geboren
15 november 1940 (85)
Geboorteplaats
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Ook bekend als
Samuel Atkinson Waterston
Biografie
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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7.7
Serie
Grace and Frankie
Sol Bergstein
2015–2022
8.1
Serie
The Newsroom
Charlie Skinner
2012–2014
7.8
Serie
Godless
Marshall John Cook
2017
5.9
Film
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Self
2010
7.9
Serie
The Civil War
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
1990
6.7
Film
Serial Mom
Eugene Sutphin
1994
6.7
Film
Heaven's Gate
Frank Canton
1980
7.4
Film
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Ben
1989
7.5
Film
The Six Triple Eight
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2024
7.5
Serie
I'll Fly Away
Forrest Bedford
1991–1993
7.4
Film
Miss Sloane
George Dupont
2016
7.4
Film
The Man in the Moon
Matthew Trant
1991
6.7
Serie
Oppenheimer
Robert Oppenheimer
1980
5.7
Film
Devil's Paradise
Jones
1987
7.1
Serie
Q.E.D.
Professor Quentin Everett Deverill
1982–1985
6.3
Film
The Great Gatsby
Nick Carraway
1974
6.8
Film
Capricorn One
Lt. Col. Peter Willis
1977
5.0
Film
Le Divorce
Chester Walker
2003
7.5
Film
Hannah and Her Sisters
David (uncredited)
1986
7.5
Film
The Killing Fields
Sydney Schanberg
1984
5.0
Film
Shadow Conspiracy
The President
1997
7.3
Film
On the Basis of Sex
Erwin Griswold
2018
7.5
Serie
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
1988
6.5
Serie
The Nightmare Years
Bill Shirer
1989
7.0
Film
The Mayo Clinic
Charlie Mayo (voice)
2018
7.5
Serie
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
1997
7.6
Serie
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Thomas Jefferson (voice)
1997
5.7
Film
Anesthesia
Prof. Walter Zarrow
2016
7.7
Film
Merchant Ivory
Self
2024
7.0
Serie
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
Narrator
1995
8.0
Film
Dateline: Saigon
Narrator (voice)
2017
7.1
Film
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
Self - (archive footage)
2018
4.8
Film
The Man in the Woods
Headmaster Waldorf
2020
6.8
Film
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Self (voice)
2021
7.3
Film
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
Narrator (voice)
2017
Acteercredits 35 titels
The Six Triple Eight
als Franklin Delano Roosevelt
7.5
2024
Merchant Ivory
als Self
7.7
2024
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
als Self (voice)
6.8
2021
The Man in the Woods
als Headmaster Waldorf
4.8
2020
The Mayo Clinic
als Charlie Mayo (voice)
7.0
2018
On the Basis of Sex
als Erwin Griswold
7.3
2018
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
als Self - (archive footage)
7.1
2018
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
als Narrator (voice)
7.3
2017
Dateline: Saigon
als Narrator (voice)
8.0
2017
Godless
als Marshall John Cook
7.8
2017
Anesthesia
als Prof. Walter Zarrow
5.7
2016
Miss Sloane
als George Dupont
7.4
2016
Grace and Frankie
als Sol Bergstein
7.7
2015–2022
The Newsroom
als Charlie Skinner
8.1
2012–2014
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
als Self
5.9
2010
Le Divorce
als Chester Walker
5.0
2003
Thomas Jefferson
als Thomas Jefferson (voice)
7.5
1997
Shadow Conspiracy
als The President
5.0
1997
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
als Thomas Jefferson (voice)
7.6
1997
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
als Narrator
7.0
1995
Serial Mom
als Eugene Sutphin
6.7
1994
I'll Fly Away
als Forrest Bedford
7.5
1991–1993
The Man in the Moon
als Matthew Trant
7.4
1991
The Civil War
als Abraham Lincoln (voice)
7.9
1990
The Nightmare Years
als Bill Shirer
6.5
1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors
als Ben
7.4
1989
Lincoln
als Abraham Lincoln
7.5
1988
Devil's Paradise
als Jones
5.7
1987
Hannah and Her Sisters
als David (uncredited)
7.5
1986
The Killing Fields
als Sydney Schanberg
7.5
1984
Q.E.D.
als Professor Quentin Everett Deverill
7.1
1982–1985
Oppenheimer
als Robert Oppenheimer
6.7
1980
Heaven's Gate
als Frank Canton
6.7
1980
Capricorn One
als Lt. Col. Peter Willis
6.8
1977
The Great Gatsby
als Nick Carraway
6.3
1974