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Sam Waterston

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Director
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Sam Waterston
Recounting the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut, and the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it.
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Sam Waterston was born on 15 November 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Killing Fields (1984), The Great Gatsby (1974) and Law & Order (1990). He has been married to Lynn Louisa Woodruff since 26 January 1976. They have three children. He was previously married to Barbara Rutledge Johns.
BornNovember 15, 1940
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BornNovember 15, 1940
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 7 wins & 37 nominations total

Photos187

Anne Archer and Sam Waterston in The Dropout (2022)
Anne Archer, Sam Waterston, and Dylan Minnette in The Dropout (2022)
Sam Waterston in Law & Order (1990)
Sam Waterston and Amanda Seyfried in The Dropout (2022)
Sam Waterston and Dylan Minnette in The Dropout (2022)
Sam Waterston and Amanda Seyfried in The Dropout (2022)
Sam Waterston and Dylan Minnette in The Dropout (2022)
Kurtwood Smith, Sam Waterston, and Amanda Seyfried in The Dropout (2022)
Sam Waterston, Amanda Seyfried, and Dylan Minnette in The Dropout (2022)
Sam Waterston in The Dropout (2022)
Sam Waterston, Linus Roache, and Alana De La Garza in Law & Order (1990)
Carey Lowell and Sam Waterston in Law & Order (1990)

Known for

Sam Waterston in The Killing Fields (1984)
The Killing Fields
7.8
  • Sydney Schanberg
  • 1984
Robert Redford and Mia Farrow in The Great Gatsby (1974)
The Great Gatsby
6.4
  • Nick Carraway
  • 1974
Ice-T, Sam Waterston, Mariska Hargitay, Camryn Manheim, Christopher Meloni, Jeffrey Donovan, Mehcad Brooks, Kelli Giddish, and Danielle Moné Truitt in Law & Order (1990)
Law & Order
7.8
TV Series
  • Executive ADA Jack McCoy
  • DA Jack McCoy
  • Interim DA Jack McCoy
Matthew Lillard, Kathleen Turner, Ricki Lake, and Sam Waterston in Serial Mom (1994)
Serial Mom
6.8
  • Dad
  • 1994

Credits

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Actor

  • Six Triple Eight
    • Post-production
  • Ice-T, Sam Waterston, Mariska Hargitay, Camryn Manheim, Christopher Meloni, Jeffrey Donovan, Mehcad Brooks, Kelli Giddish, and Danielle Moné Truitt in Law & Order (1990)
    Law & Order
    • DA Jack McCoy
    • Interim DA Jack McCoy
    • Executive ADA Jack McCoy
    • TV Series
    • 1994–2023
  • Grace and Frankie (2015)
    Grace and Frankie
    • Sol Bergstein
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2022
  • Amanda Seyfried in The Dropout (2022)
    The Dropout
    • George Shultz
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • The Final Chapters of Richard Brown Winters (2021)
    The Final Chapters of Richard Brown Winters
    • Winters
    • Podcast Series
    • 2021
  • Jane Alexander, Sam Waterston, Kevin Corrigan, Marin Ireland, William Jackson Harper, Odessa Young, and Jack Kilmer in The Man in the Woods (2020)
    The Man in the Woods
    • Headmaster Waldorf
    • 2020
  • Felicity Jones in On the Basis of Sex (2018)
    On the Basis of Sex
    • Erwin Griswold
    • 2018
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    • DA Jack McCoy
    • Executive ADA Jack McCoy
    • TV Series
    • 2000–2018
  • Michelle Dockery in Godless (2017)
    Godless
    • Marshal John Cook
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2017
  • Jessica Chastain in Miss Sloane (2016)
    Miss Sloane
    • George Dupont
    • 2016
  • Louis Cancelmi and Jessica Joffe in And It Was Good (2015)
    And It Was Good
    • Judge Alexander Baas
    • Doctor
    • Gravedigger
    • 2015
  • Anesthesia (2015)
    Anesthesia
    • Walter Zarrow
    • 2015
  • Jeff Daniels in The Newsroom (2012)
    The Newsroom
    • Charlie Skinner
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2014
  • Please Be Normal (2014)
    Please Be Normal
    • Dad
    • 2014
  • The Path to Violence (2013)
    The Path to Violence
    • Narrator (2013) (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Jean Reno, Orla Brady, Celyn Jones, Wunmi Mosaku, and Tom Austen in Jo (2013)
    Jo
    • David Zifkin
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2013

Producer

  • Jennifer Beals, Sam Waterston, Tim Daly, and LisaGay Hamilton in A House Divided (2000)
    A House Divided
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2000
  • The Journey of August King (1995)
    The Journey of August King
    • producer
    • 1995

Director

  • Sam Waterston, John Aaron Bennett, Ashlee Levitch, Jeremy London, and Regina Taylor in I'll Fly Away (1991)
    I'll Fly Away
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1992

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How Amanda Seyfried Instantly Snaps Into Character as Elizabeth Holmes
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How Amanda Seyfried Instantly Snaps Into Character as Elizabeth Holmes
Swimming to Cambodia
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Swimming to Cambodia
Oppenheimer
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Oppenheimer
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Season 7B Official Trailer
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Season 7B Official Trailer
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Trailer 2:04
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Trailer 0:47
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Official Trailer
Trailer 1:39
Official Trailer
Teaser Announcement
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Teaser Announcement
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Trailer 3:03
Official Trailer
Season 6 Trailer
Trailer 2:05
Season 6 Trailer
Season 5 Trailer
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Season 5 Trailer

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Sam Waterson
  • Height
    • 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
  • Born
    • November 15, 1940
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
  • Spouses
      Lynn Louisa WoodruffJanuary 26, 1976 - present (3 children)
  • Children
      Elisabeth Waterston
  • Parents
      Alice Tucker Atkinson (Brookline)
  • Other works
    TV commercial for AT&T (1997)
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Was good friends with Bruce Lee.
  • Quotes
    [on lawyers] It's more fun to play one than to be one.
  • Trademarks
      Frequently portrays Abraham Lincoln (three times) and other Presidents of the United States

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