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American actor, producer and director (born 1940)

Person · Open Library

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  • The killing fields

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Acting · 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…

Known for

  • Carousel — Sam2026
  • Merchant Ivory — Self2024
  • A Case for Love — Self2024
  • The Six Triple Eight — Franklin Delano Roosevelt2024
  • Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled — Self2023
  • The Dropout — George Shultz2022
  • Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time — Self (voice)2021
  • The Man in the Woods — Headmaster Waldorf2020
  • Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story — Self2020
  • On the Basis of Sex — Erwin Griswold2018

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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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sam+W

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Key facts

Born
Samuel Atkinson Waterston , ( 1940-11-15 ) November 15, 1940 (age 85) , Cambridge, Massachusetts , U.S.
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1962–present
Spouses
Barbara Rutledge Johns ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1975 ) ​ Lynn Louisa Woodruff ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1976 ) ​
Children
4, including James and Katherine
Awards
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Encyclopedic overview

Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor. Waterston is known for his work in theater, television, and film. He has received numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two BAFTA Awards. His acting career has spanned over five decades acting on stage and screen. Waterston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2012.

Waterston studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and the American Actors Workshop. He started his career in theater on the New York City stage, appearing in multiple revivals of Shakespeare. Waterston starred in numerous productions at the Public Theatre including Indians (1969), The Trial of Catonsville Nine (1970), A Doll's House (1975), Hamlet (1975), Measure for Measure (1977), and Benefactors (1980). He portrayed Abraham Lincoln on Broadway in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1993) where he received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination.

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