Sam Waterston

RECENT CREDITS
Masters of Science Fiction (TV)  Aug. 4, 2007
Hardball With Chris Matthews (TV)  Jul. 24, 2007
Law & Order (TV)  May. 18, 2007
Law & Order: Trial by Jury (TV)  Mar. 3, 2005
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HIGHLIGHTS
Made his stage debut at age 6 in 1947 in a school production of Jean Anouilh's Antigone.
Spent his junior year of college at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he worked with the American Actors Workshop and studied under blacklisted Hollywood director John Berry.
Has become closely associated with Abraham Lincoln, whom he's portrayed on stage and screen, notably in the 1988 NBC miniseries Gore Vidal's Lincoln and in the 1993 Lincoln Center Theater reviv
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Le Divorce  2003 -Chester Walker
Actor
Film


September  2003 -Peter
Actor
Film


Mindwalk  1991 -Jack Edwards
Actor
Film


The Man in the Moon  1991 -Matthew Trant
Actor
Film


Crimes and Misdemeanors  1989 -Ben
Actor
Film


Welcome Home  1989 -Woody
Actor
Film


Just Between Friends  1986 -Harry Crandall
Actor
Film


Hannah and Her Sisters  1986 -David
Actor
Film


Assault at West Point  
Actor
TV


David's Mother   -John
Actor
TV


Dempsey  
Actor
TV


Family Guy   -Dr. Kaplan, Therapist
Voice, Voice
TV


Finnegan Begin Again  
Actor
TV


In Defense of Kids  
Actor
TV


Lantern Hill  
Actor
TV


Law & Order  1993-2007 -ADA Jack McCoy, DA Jack McCoy
Actor, Actor
TV
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit  2000-2007 -DA Jack McCoy, McCoy
Actor, Actor
TV
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Law & Order: Trial by Jury   -Jack McCoy
Actor
TV
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Love Lives On  
Actor
TV


Masters of Science Fiction   -Havelman
Actor
TV
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Miracle at Midnight   -Dr. Karl Koster
Actor
TV


The Fifth Missile  
Actor
TV


The Nightmare Years  
Actor
TV


The Room Upstairs  
Actor
TV


Shadow Conspiracy  1997 -President
Actor
Film


The Proprietor  1996 -Harry Bancroft
Actor
Film


The Journey of August King  1995 -Mooney Wright
Producer, Actor
Film


Serial Mom  1994 -Eugene Sutphin
Actor
Film


Devil's Paradise  1987 -Mr. Jones
Actor
Film


The Killing Fields  1984 -Sydney Schanberg
Actor
Film


Heaven's Gate  1980 -Frank Canton
Actor
Film


Interiors  1978 -Mike
Actor
Film


Capricorn One  1978 -Peter Willis
Actor
Film


Rancho Deluxe  1975 -Cecil Colson
Actor
Film


The Great Gatsby  1974 -Nick Carraway
Actor
Film


A Delicate Balance  1973
Actor
Film


Savages  1972 -James
Actor
Film


Generation  1969 -Desmond
Actor
Film


Fitzwilly  1967 -Oliver
Actor
Film


Flagrant Desir   -Gerry Morrison
Actor
Film


Friendly Fire   -C.D. Bryan
Actor
Film


Eagle's Wing   -White Bull
Actor
Film


Exiled: A Law & Order Movie   -Exec. Asst. DA Jack McCoy
Actor
Film


Finnegan Begin Again   -Paul Broadbent
Actor
Film


A House Divided   -David Dickson
Producer, Actor
Film


Cover Me Babe   -Cameraman
Actor
Film


Dandy, the All American Girl   -Le Clerq
Actor
Film


David's Mother  
Actor
Film


Dempsey   -Doc Kearns
Actor
Film


Des Teufels Paradies  
Actor
Film


A Captive in the Land   -Royce
Actor
Film


Gore Vidal's Lincoln   -Abraham Lincoln
Actor
Film


Journey into Fear   -Graham
Actor
Film


Hopscotch   -Cutter
Actor
Film


In Defense of Kids  
Actor
Film


Love Lives On  
Actor
Film


Mahoney's Last Stand  
Actor
Film


Sweet William   -William McClusky
Actor
Film


The Boy Who Loved Trolls   -Ofoti
Actor
Film


The Enemy Within   -President William Foster
Actor
Film


The Fifth Missile   -Allard Renslow
Actor
Film


The Glass Menagerie   -Tom Wingfield
Actor
Film


Reflections of Murder   -Michael Elliot
Actor
Film


Lantern Hill   -Andrew Stuart
Actor
Film


Miracle at Midnight  
Actor
Film


Oppenheimer  
Actor
Film


The Room Upstairs   -Travis Coles
Actor
Film


Three   -Taylor
Actor
Film


Views of a Vanishing Frontier   -Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film


Warning Sign   -Cal Morse
Actor
Film


White House: In Tune With History   -Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film


Who Killed Mary What's 'er Name?   -Alex
Actor
Film


The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean   -Andy
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Made his stage debut at age 6 in 1947 in a school production of Jean Anouilh's Antigone.
Spent his junior year of college at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he worked with the American Actors Workshop and studied under blacklisted Hollywood director John Berry.
Has become closely associated with Abraham Lincoln, whom he's portrayed on stage and screen, notably in the 1988 NBC miniseries Gore Vidal's Lincoln and in the 1993 Lincoln Center Theater reviv
"It was the furious, aggressive, un-Hamlet-like character that attracted me," said Waterston about joining the Law & Order cast as ADA Jack McCoy in a 1998 TV GUIDE interview. "And then to


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