Sam Waterston
Biography
Movies 90
The Man in the Moon
as Matthew Trant
1991
The Killing Fields
as Sydney Schanberg
1984
Miss Sloane
as George Dupont
2016
Hannah and Her Sisters
as David (uncredited)
1986
The Six Triple Eight
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2024
On the Basis of Sex
as Erwin Griswold
2018
Heaven's Gate
as Frank Canton
1980
The Great Gatsby
as Nick Carraway
1974
Capricorn One
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
1977
Nixon
as Richard Helms
1995
Serial Mom
as Eugene Sutphin
1994
Le Divorce
as Chester Walker
2003
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Ben
1989
Interiors
as Mike
1978
Hopscotch
as Jack Cutter
1980
September
as Peter
1987
Anesthesia
as Prof. Walter Zarrow
2016
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
Shadow Conspiracy
as The President
1997
The Enemy Within
as President William Foster
1994
Warning Sign
as Cal Morse
1985
Fitzwilly
as Oliver
1967
The Man in the Woods
as Headmaster Waldorf
2020
Jane Fonda in Five Acts
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2018
Journey into Fear
as Mr. Graham
1975
Rancho Deluxe
as Cecil Colson
1975
Exiled
as Jack McCoy
1998
The Proprietor
as Harry Bancroft
1996
Eagle's Wing
as White Bull
1979
The Journey of August King
as Mooney Wright
1995
The Matthew Shepard Story
as Dennis Shepard
2002
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
2006
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
as Jim Delmore
1988
Merchant Ivory
as Self
2024
Carousel
as Sam
2026
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
as Self (voice)
2021
The Commission
as J. Lee Rankin
2003
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
1992
Mindwalk
as Jack Edwards
1991
Just Between Friends
as Harry Crandall
1986
Friendly Fire
as C.D.B. Bryan
1980
Miracle at Midnight
as Dr. Karl Koster
1998
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Daniel Chamberlain
1994
Reflections of Murder
as Michael Elliott
1974
David's Mother
as John Nils
1994
The Mayo Clinic
as Charlie Mayo (voice)
2018
Savages
as James, the Limping Man
1972
Devil's Paradise
as Jones
1987
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
1999
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
as Alex Monte
1971
A House Divided
as David Dickson
2000
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Swimming to Cambodia
as Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
1987
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
as Self
2010
Much Ado About Nothing
as Benedick
1973
Mahoney's Last Stand
as Felix
1972
Finnegan Begin Again
as Paul Broadbent
1985
A Case for Love
as Self
2024
Cover Me Babe
as Cameraman
1970
A Walk in the Woods
as John Honeyman
1988
The Glass Menagerie
as Tom
1973
Sweet William
as William McClusky
1980
A Captive in the Land
as Royce
1990
Dateline: Saigon
as Narrator (voice)
2017
In Bad Taste
as Self
1999
And It Was Good
as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
2015
The Fifth Missile
as Capt. Allard Renslow
1986
The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
as Andy
1966
Welcome Home
as Woody
1989
Flagrant désir
as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
1986
Games Mother Never Taught You
as David Bentells
1982
Lantern Hill
as Andrew Stuart
1989
Dempsey
as Doc Kearns
1983
Three
as Taylor
1969
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
as Ofoeti
1984
In Defense of Kids
as Paul Wilcox
1983
Love Lives On
as Bernie
1985
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
1994
Generation
as Desmond
1969
Please Be Normal
as Dad
2015
Sweet Revenge
as Le Clerq
1976
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
as Forrest Bedford
1993
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
as Self / Host / Narrator
1999
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
as Self
2020
The Room Upstairs
as Travis Coles
1987
Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
as Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
1995
Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
as Self (voice)
2024
Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels
as Narrator
1999
Dean Smith
as Narrator
2015
Hammer and Cycle
as Self - Narrator
2004TV Shows 39
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jack McCoy
1999
Family Guy
as Bruce Kaplan (voice)
1999
Law & Order
as Jack McCoy
1990
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
The Colbert Report
2005
The Colbert Report
as Self (uncredited)
2005
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1975
The View
as Self
1997
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
Jeopardy!
as Self
1984
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Jack McCoy
1993
Film '72
as Self
1971
American Playhouse
as Robert Oppenheimer
1982
American Playhouse
as John Honeyman
1982
The Newsroom
as Charlie Skinner
2012
Dr. Kildare
as Mark
1961
Grace and Frankie
as Sol Bergstein
2015
Tales from the Crypt
as G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")
1989
Amazing Stories
as Jordan Manmouth
1985
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
1975
Line of Fire
as Thomas Barnes
2026
The Dropout
as George Shultz
2022
HBO First Look
1992
The Civil War
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
1990
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Jack McCoy
2005
Godless
as Marshall John Cook
2017
I'll Fly Away
as Forrest Bedford
1991
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
Prohibition
as Reader (voice)
2011
Jo
2013
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Travis Coles
1951
Oppenheimer
as Robert Oppenheimer
1980
Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
1997
Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
as Self
2023
Q.E.D.
as Professor Quentin Everett Deverill
1982
Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
1988
The Nightmare Years
as Bill Shirer
1989
Thomas Jefferson
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
1997
Time Life's Lost Civilizations
as Narrator
1995