Sam Waterston
Biography
Sam Waterston is an American actor whose career has spanned theater, television, and film for more than five decades. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he studied at the Sorbonne and the American Actors Workshop and began on the New York stage in Shakespeare revivals and Public Theatre productions. He played Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby (1974), earning a Golden Globe nomination, and received an Academy Award nomination for Sydney Schanberg in The Killing Fields (1984). His film work includes Woody Allen films such as Interiors (1978), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), September (1987), and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), along with Serial Mom (1994), Miss Sloane (2016), and On the Basis of Sex (2018). On television he gained prominence as Jack McCoy on Law & Order from 1994 to 2010 and again from 2022 to 2024, winning a Screen Actors Guild Award, and he played Charlie Skinner on The Newsroom.
85years old
Turns 86 on November 15in 28 days
- Born Cambridge
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Samuel Atkinson Waterston (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 30
- Career span
- 51 years1973 to 2024
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First role
Sam Waterston first appeared on Broadway in 1962, at the Morosco Theatre, as Jonathan in Arthur Kopit's Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad.
Sam Waterston movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Woody Allen directed four of these films, Anthony Harvey two. Mia Farrow appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Mia Farrow's page
Ira Wheeler's page
Jeff Bridges's page
Glenn Close's page
Robert Redford's page
Karen Black's page
All films by Woody Allen
All films by Anthony Harvey
Also two films together10 more actors
- Woody AllenCrimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
- Dianne WiestSeptember (1987) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
- Wendy CrewsonOn the Basis of Sex (2018) and The Matthew Shepard Story (2002)
- Stockard ChanningLe divorce (2003) and The Matthew Shepard Story (2002)
- Terry O'QuinnShadow Conspiracy (1997) and Heaven's Gate (1980)
- David HuddlestonFinnegan Begin Again (1985) and Capricorn One (1978)
- Dakin MatthewsThe Enemy Within (1994) and Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988)
- Spalding GraySwimming to Cambodia (1987) and The Killing Fields (1984)
- Joanna GleasonCrimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
- Walt MacPhersonShadow Conspiracy (1997) and Serial Mom (1994)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Sam Waterston's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$222 million
16 of the 30 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 30 films: 16 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 5 figure not found.
- 16Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 87% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$40M18.1% of the total
- 2$39M17.5% of the total
- 3$35M15.7% of the total
- 4$27M12.0% of the total
- 5$18M8.2% of the total
- 6$13M5.9% of the total
- 7$12M5.4% of the total
- 8$10M4.7% of the total
$27.9 millionfrom the other 8 films with a worldwide figure, 13% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special | Won | ||
| SAG Awards | |||
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Won | ||
| Other honors | |||
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.