List of awards and nominations received by Sam Waterston

List of Sam Waterston awards

Waterston in 2014
Award	Wins	Nominations
Academy Award	0	1
BAFTA Award	0	2
Golden Globe Award	1	7
Primetime Emmy Award	1	8
Screen Actors Guild Award	1	11
Tony Award	0	1

Sam Waterston is an American actor known for his stage and screen performances.

Waterston received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance in The Killing Fields (1984) losing to F. Murray Abraham for his role in Amadeus (1984). He also received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in the Broadway revival of Abe Lincoln in Illinois . For his portrayal of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the BBC Two miniseries Oppenheimer (1980) he was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.

Waterston is known for his role in the popular long running crime series Law and Order for which he received 3 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination. He also received 11 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Law and Order winning in 1999 for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series. He also received 3 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for I'll Fly Away as well as two Golden Globe Award nominations for the series, winning in 1994.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1984	Best Actor	The Killing Fields	Nominated	[1]

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1974	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	The Glass Menagerie	Nominated	[2]
1992	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	I'll Fly Away	Nominated	[3]
1993			Nominated	[4]
1994	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie		Nominated	[5]
1996	Outstanding Informational Series	Lost Civilizations	Won	[6]
1997	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Law and Order	Nominated	[7]
1999			Nominated	[8]
2000			Nominated	[9]

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1994	Best Actor in a Play	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Nominated	[10]

Industry awards

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1981	Best Actor on Television	Oppenheimer	Nominated	[11]
1984	Best Actor in a Leading Role	The Killing Fields	Nominated	[12]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1974	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	The Great Gatsby	Nominated
	New Star of the Year – Actor		Nominated
1982	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Oppenheimer	Nominated
1984	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	The Killing Fields	Nominated
1991	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	I'll Fly Away	Nominated
1992			Won
1994		Law & Order	Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1994	Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series	Law and Order	Nominated	[13]
1995			Nominated	[14]
1996			Nominated	[15]
1997	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated	[16]
Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series	Nominated
1998	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series		Won	[17]
Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series	Nominated
	1999		Nominated	[18]
	2000		Nominated	[19]
	2001		Nominated	[20]
	2003		Nominated	[21]

Theatre awards

Drama Desk Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1994	Outstanding Actor in a Play	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Nominated

Outer Critics Circle

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1994	Outstanding Actor in a Play	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Nominated	[22]

Miscellaneous awards

Satellite Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1998	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Law and Order	Nominated
2000			Nominated

Viewers for Quality Television

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1992	Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series	I'll Fly Away	Nominated
1993			Nominated
1998		Law and Order	Nominated
1999			Nominated
2000			Nominated

References

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2. "Sam Waterston". Emmys.com. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
3. "Nominees / Winners 1992 Emmy Awards". Primetime Emmy Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
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5. "Nominees / Winners 1994 Emmy Awards". Primetime Emmy Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
6. "Nominees / Winners 1996 Emmy Awards". Primetime Emmy Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
7. "Nominees / Winners 1997 Emmy Awards". Primetime Emmy Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
8. "Nominees / Winners 1999 Emmy Awards". Primetime Emmy Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
9. "Nominees / Winners 2000 Emmy Awards". Primetime Emmy Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
10. "Sam Waterston (Performer)". Playbill. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
11. "Television in 1981". awards.bafta.org . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
12. "Film in 1985". awards.bafta.org . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
13. "The Inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
14. "The 2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
15. "The 3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
16. "The 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
17. "The 5th Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
18. "The 6th Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
19. "The 7th Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
20. "The 8th Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
21. "The 10th Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards . Retrieved March 19, 2024.
22. "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Broadway, 1994)". Playbill. Retrieved March 19, 2024.