Sam Waterston is an American actor and producer best known for his portrayal of district attorney Jack McCoy in the long-running police procedural and legal drama television show Law & Order .
Waterston made his film debut in the 1965 drama film The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean . [1] Waterston went on to appear as bond salesman Nick Carraway in the 1974 feature film version of The Great Gatsby , earning Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor and New Star of the Year. [2] Waterston also portrayed Old West figure Frank Canton in Heaven's Gate (1980). Two years later, Waterston played American journalist Sydney Schanberg in the 1984 British drama The Killing Fields , opposite Haing S. Ngor and John Malkovich. For his performance, Waterston was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. [3] [4]
On television, Waterston played a shoe salesman in the television drama film The Glass Menagerie (1973), receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. [5] [6] Waterston's portrayal of American theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the 1980 television miniseries Oppenheimer saw him earn a Golden Globe nomination. [2] He also played the title role of President Abraham Lincoln in the miniseries Lincoln (1988) and the 1990 documentary miniseries The Civil War . [7] He portrayed a district attorney in drama television series I'll Fly Away (1991–93), winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama. [2] [8] In 1994, he made his first appearance as Jack McCoy in Law & Order . Waterston went on to become the show's second longest-running cast member. [9] The role won him a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and several Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. [5] [2] [9] He has made guest appearances as McCoy on other shows, including Homicide: Life on the Street (1997, 99) and spin-offs Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000, '07, '10, '18) and Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005), and in Exiled: A Law & Order Movie (1998). [7] Waterston portrayed the president of a fictional news corporation on political drama The Newsroom (2012–14). [10] [11]
Waterston has starred in numerous stage productions at the Public Theatre, including Indians (1969), The Trial of Catonsville Nine (1970), A Doll's House (1975), Hamlet (1975), Measure for Measure (1977), and Benefactors (1980). [12] [13] He portrayed Abraham Lincoln on Broadway in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1993), receiving a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. [14] Waterston has also appeared in La Turista (1967), Halfway Up the Tree (1967), and Henry IV, Part 1 , as well as Henry IV, Part 2 (1968), (1972, 1975–76, 2008), Much Ado About Nothing (1972–73, 2004), The Tempest (1974, 2015), and King Lear (2011). [7]
Title | Year | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean | 1965 | Andy | [15] [16] | |
Fitzwilly | 1967 | Oliver | [17] [18] | |
Generation | 1969 | Desmond | [19] [20] | |
Three | 1969 | Taylor | [21] [22] | |
Cover Me Babe | 1970 | Cameraman | Also known as Run Shadow Run | [23] [24] |
Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? | 1971 | Alex | [25] [26] | |
Savages | 1972 | James | [27] [28] | |
Mahoney's Last Stand | 1972 | Felix | Also known as Mahoney's Estate | [29] [30] |
The Great Gatsby | 1974 | Nick Carraway | [31] [32] | |
Rancho Deluxe | 1975 | Cecil Colson | [33] [34] | |
Journey into Fear | 1975 | Mr. Graham | [35] [36] | |
Sweet Revenge | 1976 | Le Clerq | Also known as Dandy, the All American Girl | [37] [38] |
Capricorn One | 1977 | Lieutenant Colonel Peter Willis, USAF | [39] [40] | |
Interiors | 1978 | Mike | [41] [42] | |
Eagle's Wing | 1979 | White Bull | [43] [44] | |
Sweet William | 1980 | William | [45] [46] | |
Hopscotch | 1980 | Joe Cutter | [47] [48] | |
Heaven's Gate | 1980 | Frank Canton | [49] [50] | |
The Killing Fields | 1984 | Sydney Schanberg | [51] [52] | |
Warning Sign | 1985 | Cal Morse | [53] [54] | |
Hannah and Her Sisters | 1986 | David | Uncredited | [55] [56] |
Just Between Friends | 1986 | Harry Crandall | [57] [58] | |
Flagrant désir | 1986 | Inspector Gerry Morrison | Also known as Trade Secrets | [59] [60] |
Des Teufels Paradies | 1987 | Mr. Jones | Also known as Devil's Paradise | [61] [62] |
September | 1987 | Peter | [63] [64] | |
Welcome Home | 1989 | Woody | [65] [66] | |
Crimes and Misdemeanors | 1989 | Ben | [67] [68] | |
Mindwalk | 1990 | Jack Edwards | [69] [70] | |
A Captive in the Land | 1991 | Rupert Royce | [71] [72] | |
The Man in the Moon | 1991 | Matthew Trant | [73] [74] | |
Serial Mom | 1994 | Eugene Sutphin, DDS | [75] [76] | |
The Journey of August King | 1995 | Mooney Wright | Also producer | [77] [78] |
Nixon | 1995 | Richard Helms | Scenes featured only in the director's cut version | [79] [80] |
The Proprietor | 1996 | Harry Bancroft | [81] [82] | |
Shadow Conspiracy | 1997 | President of the United States | [83] [84] | |
Le Divorce | 2003 | Chester Walker | [85] [86] | |
The Commission | 2003 | J. Lee Rankin | [87] [88] | |
Please Be Normal | 2014 | Dad | [89] [90] | |
Anesthesia | 2015 | Professor Walter Zarrow | [91] [92] | |
Miss Sloane | 2016 | George Dupont | [93] | |
On the Basis of Sex | 2018 | Erwin Griswold | [94] | |
The Six Triple Eight | 2024 | President Roosevelt | Filming | [95] |
Year(s) | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1965 | Dr. Kildare | Mark | 2 Episodes | [96] [97] |
1967 | N.Y.P.D. | Marco | Episode: "Murder for Infinity" | [98] [99] |
1973 | Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | Television film | [100] [101] |
The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | Television film | [102] [103] | |
1974 | Reflections of Murder | Michael Elliott | Television film | [104] [105] |
1979 | Friendly Fire | C. D. B. Bryan | Television film | [106] [107] |
1980 | Oppenheimer | J. Robert Oppenheimer | 7 episodes; Miniseries First broadcast in the United States in 1982 | [108] [109] |
1982 | Q.E.D. | Prof. Quentin Everett Deverill | 6 episodes | [110] [111] |
Games Mother Never Taught You | David Bentells | Television film | [112] [113] | |
Freedom to Speak | Theodore Roosevelt | 12 episodes; Miniseries | [114] [115] | |
1983 | In Defense of Kids | Paul Wilcox | Television film | [116] [117] |
Dempsey | Doc Kearns | Television film | [118] [119] | |
1984 | The Boy Who Loved Trolls | Ofoeti | Television film | [120] [121] |
1985 | Finnegan Begin Again | Paul Broadbent | Television film | [122] [123] |
Love Lives On | Bernie | Television film | [124] [125] | |
1986 | The Fifth Missile | Captain Allard Renslow | Television film | [126] [127] |
Amazing Stories | Jordan Manmouth | Episode: "Mirror, Mirror" | [128] [129] | |
1987 | The Room Upstairs | Travis Coles | Television film | [130] [131] |
1988 | Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami | Jim Delmore | Television film | [132] [133] |
Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | Miniseries | [134] [135] | |
1989 | The Nightmare Years | William L. Shirer | Miniseries | [136] [137] |
1990 | Lantern Hill | Andrew Stuart | Television film | [138] [139] |
The Civil War | Abraham Lincoln | Voice role; 9 episodes; Miniseries documentary | [140] [141] | |
1991–1993 | I'll Fly Away | Forrest Bedford | 38 episodes Also directed episode "Since Walter" (1992) | [142] [143] |
1992 | Warburg: A Man of Influence | Siegmund Warburg | Miniseries | [144] [145] |
1993 | Tales from the Crypt | G. G. Devoe | Episode: "As Ye Sow" | [146] [147] |
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now | Forrest Bedford | Television film | [148] [149] | |
1994 | Assault at West Point | Daniel Chamberlain | Television film | [150] [151] |
David's Mother | John Nils | Television film | [152] [153] | |
The Enemy Within | President William Foster | Television film | [154] [155] | |
1994–2010 2022–2024 | Law & Order | Jack McCoy | 405 episodes | [156] [157] [158] |
1997 & 1999 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Episodes: "Baby, It's You", "Sideshow" | [159] [160] | |
1998 | Miracle at Midnight | Doctor Karl Koster | TV movie | [161] [162] |
Exiled: A Law & Order Movie | Jack McCoy | [163] [164] | ||
2000 | Family Guy | Doctor Bruce Kaplan | Voice roles; 2 Episodes | [165] [166] |
A House Divided | David Dickson | Television film; Also producer | [167] [168] | |
2000–2018 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jack McCoy | 4 episodes | [169] [170] [171] [172] |
2002 | The Matthew Shepard Story | Dennis Shepard | Television film | [173] [174] |
2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Jack McCoy | Episodes: "The Abominable Snowman", "Skeleton" | [175] [176] |
2007 | Masters of Science Fiction | Robert Havelmann | Episode: "A Clean Escape" | [177] [178] |
2009 | The National Parks: America's Best Idea | Reader | 2 Episodes | [179] [180] |
2011 | Prohibition | Reader | 3 Episodes; Miniseries documentary | [181] [182] |
2012–14 | The Newsroom | Charlie Skinner | 25 episodes | [183] [184] |
2013 | Jo | David Zifkin | Episode: "Le Marais" | [185] [186] |
2015–2022 | Grace and Frankie | Sol Bergstein | Netflix; 94 episodes | [187] [188] |
2017 | Godless | Marshal John Cook | Netflix Limited series | [189] [190] |
2022 | The Dropout | George Shultz | Hulu Limited series | [191] [192] |
Title | Year | Notes | Ref(s) |
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Nova | 1987 | Episode: "Freud Under Analysis" | [193] [194] |
American Experience | 1988 | Episode: "Views of a Vanishing Frontier" | [195] [196] |
Lost Civilizations | 1995 | Documentary | [197] [198] |
The Unfinished Journey | 1999 | Documentary short film | [199] [200] |
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs | 1999 | Documentary | [201] [202] |
The Last Boat Out | 2010 | Documentary short film | [203] [204] |
The Path to Violence | 2013 | Documentary | [205] [206] |
Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen | 2013 | Documentary | [207] [208] |
Dateline: Saigon | 2015 | Documentary | [209] [210] |
Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story | 2020 | Documentary | [211] |
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