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.
The Killing Fields
(Sydney Schanberg)
Heaven's Gate
(Frank Canton)
The Great Gatsby
(Nick Carraway)
Hannah and Her Sisters
(David (uncredited))
Crimes and Misdemeanors
(Ben)
Serial Mom
(Eugene Sutphin)
September
(Peter)
Capricorn One
(Lt. Col. Peter Willis)
Hopscotch
(Jack Cutter)
Le Divorce
(Chester Walker)
Warning Sign
(Cal Morse)
Rancho Deluxe
(Cecil Colson)
Interiors
(Mike)
The Journey of August King
(Mooney Wright)
The Matthew Shepard Story
(Dennis Shepard)
Shadow Conspiracy
(The President)
The Man in the Moon
(Matthew Trant)
Mindwalk
(Jack Edwards)
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
(Self)
Welcome Home
(Woody)
The Glass Menagerie
(Tom Wingfield)
Generation
(Desmond)
The Enemy Within
(President William Foster)
Reflections of Murder
(Michael Elliott)
The Proprietor
(Harry Bancroft)
Merchant Ivory
(Self)
Eagle's Wing
(White Bull)
The Fifth Missile
(Capt. Allard Renslow)
Swimming to Cambodia
(Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage))
Games Mother Never Taught You
(David Bentells)
Journey into Fear
(Mr. Graham)
The Room Upstairs
(Travis Coles)
Miracle at Midnight
(Dr. Karl Koster)
Three
(Taylor)
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
(Prosecutor)
Nixon
(Richard Helms)
Lantern Hill
(Andrew Stuart)
Mahoney's Last Stand
(Felix)
A Case for Love
(Self)
David's Mother
(John Nils)
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
(Forrest Bedford)
Dempsey
(Doc Kearns)
Sweet William
(William McClusky)
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
(Daniel Chamberlain)
Cover Me Babe
(Cameraman)
Night of 100 Stars III
(Self)
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
(Alex Monte)
Please Be Normal
(Dad)
Anesthesia
(Prof. Walter Zarrow)
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
(Ofoeti)
Flagrant désir
(Inspecteur Gerry Morrison)
Love Lives On
(Bernie)
Exiled
(Jack McCoy)
The Six Triple Eight
Just Between Friends
(Harry Crandall)
A Captive in the Land
(Royce)
Much Ado About Nothing
(Benedick)
Savages
(James, the Limping Man)
A House Divided
(David Dickson)
Miss Sloane
(George Dupont)
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
((archive footage))
Fitzwilly
(Oliver)
Devil's Paradise
(Jones)
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
(Andy)
Sweet Revenge
(Le Clerq)
Finnegan Begin Again
(Paul Broadbent)
In Defense of Kids
(Paul Wilcox)
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
(Narrator (voice))
On the Basis of Sex
(Erwin Griswold)
The Man in the Woods
(Headmaster Waldorf)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
(Tom Wingfield (archive footage))
The Mayo Clinic
(Charlie Mayo)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
(John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods"))
A Walk in the Woods
(John Honeyman)
In Bad Taste
(Self)
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
(Self - Actor)
Dean Smith
(Narrator)
Dateline: Saigon
(Narrator (voice))
Earth and the American Dream
(Reader (voice))
Friendly Fire
(C.D.B. Bryan)
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
(Self (voice))
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
(Self / Host / Narrator)
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
(Self)
The Commission
(J. Lee Rankin)
The Unfinished Journey
(Narrator (voice))
And It Was Good
(Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger)
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
(Self (voice))
Law & Order
(Jack McCoy)
Q.E.D.
Tales from the Crypt
(G.G. Devoe)
Jeopardy!
Masters of Science Fiction
The Colbert Report
I'll Fly Away
(Forrest Bedford)
Homicide: Life on the Street
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Travis Coles)
Oppenheimer
(Robert Oppenheimer)
The Civil War
(Abraham Lincoln)
The View
(Self)
The Newsroom
(Charlie Skinner)
Dr. Kildare
(Mark)
Thomas Jefferson
(Thomas Jefferson (voice))
Grace and Frankie
(Sol Bergstein)
Family Guy
(Bruce Kaplan (voice))
Amazing Stories
(Jordan Manmouth)
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
(Self)
Lincoln
(Abraham Lincoln)
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
(Narrator)
Jo
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
(Thomas Jefferson (voice))
The Nightmare Years
(Bill Shirer)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(Jack McCoy)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
(Jack McCoy)
Godless
(Marshall John Cook)
People's Choice Awards
(Self - Presenter)
The Dropout
(George Shultz)
The View
(Self - Guest)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Cameo (uncredited))
Prohibition
(Reader (voice))
HBO First Look