Sam Waterston
Actor
Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor and occasional producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984's The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order. He has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, BAFTA- and Emmy Awards, having starred in over eighty film and television productions during his forty-five year career. Allmovie has characterised Waterston as having "cultivated a loyal following with his quietly charismatic, unfailingly solid performances." Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Waterston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Who is Sam Waterston?+
Sam Waterston is an American actor best known for his long-running television role on Law & Order and his Academy Award-nominated performance in The Killing Fields.
What is Sam Waterston known for?+
He is recognized for starring in numerous acclaimed film and television productions, including Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Great Gatsby, and Miss Sloane.
What kind of work does Sam Waterston make?+
He works primarily in dramatic cinema, historical dramas, legal thrillers, and long-form television series.
