Sam Waterston Filmography

Please Be Normal (2013)
stars as Dad

The Newsroom (2012) - TV
stars as Charlie Skinner

Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) - TV
stars as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy

The Commission (2003)
stars as J. Lee Rankin

Divorce, Le (2003)
stars as Chester Walker

The Matthew Shepard Story (2002) - TM aka Affaire Matthew Shepard, L' (Canada: French title)
stars as Dennis Shepard

Family Guy (2000) - TV aka Padre de familia
stars as Dr. Kaplan

A House Divided (2000) - TM
stars as David Dickson

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000) - TV aka Law & Order: SVU
stars as D.A. Jack McCoy

Exiled (1998) - TM aka Exiled: A Law & Order Movie
stars as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy

Miracle at Midnight (1998) - TM
stars as Dr. Karl Koster

Thomas Jefferson (1997) - TV
stars as Thomas Jefferson (voice)

Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
stars as The President

Homicide: Life on the Street (1997) - TV aka Homicide
stars as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy

The Proprietor (1996) aka Proprietaire, La (France)
stars as Harry Bancroft

The Journey of August King (1995)
stars as Mooney Wright

The Enemy Within (1994) - TM
stars as President William Foster

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994) - TM
stars as Daniel Chamberlain

David's Mother (1994) - TM
stars as John Nils

Serial Mom (1994)
stars as Eugene Sutphin, D.D.S.

Law & Order (1994) - TV aka Law & Order Prime
stars as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy

I'll Fly Away: Then and Now (1993) - TM
stars as Forrest Bedford

A Captive in the Land (1993)
stars as Royce

A Dog Race in Alaska (1993)


Warburg: A Man of Influence (1992) - TV aka Warburg, le banquier des princes (France)
stars as Siegmund Warburg

I'll Fly Away (1991) - TV
stars as D.A. Forrest Bedford

The Man in the Moon (1991)
stars as Matthew Trant

Mindwalk (1990)
stars as Jack Edwards

The Nightmare Years (1990) - TV
stars as Bill Shirer

Lantern Hill (1990) - TM aka Jane de Lantern Hill
stars as Andrew Stuart

Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
stars as Ben

Welcome Home (1989)
stars as Woody

Lincoln (1988) - TM aka Gore Vidal's Lincoln
stars as Abraham Lincoln

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988) - TM aka Hostile Witness
stars as Jim Delmore

A Walk in the Woods (1988) - TM
stars as John Honeyman

September (1987)
stars as Peter

Teufels Paradies, Des (1987) aka Devil's Paradise
stars as Jones

The Room Upstairs (1987) - TM
stars as Travis Coles

Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light (1987) - TV aka Visionaries
stars as Host

Flagrant desir (1986) aka A Certain Desire
stars as Gerry Morrison

Just Between Friends (1986)
stars as Harry Crandall

The Fifth Missile (1986) - TM aka Operation Fire
stars as Capt. Allard Renslow

Warning Sign (1985)
stars as Cal Morse

Love Lives On (1985) - TM
stars as Bernie

Finnegan Begin Again (1985) - TM
stars as Paul Broadbent

The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984) - TM
stars as Ofoeti

The Killing Fields (1984)
stars as Sydney Schanberg

Dempsey (1983) - TM
stars as Doc Kearns

In Defense of Kids (1983) - TM
stars as Paul

Freedom to Speak (1982) - TV
stars as Theodore Roosevelt

Q.E.D (1982) - TV aka Mastermind
stars as Prof. Quentin E. Deverill

Games Mother Never Taught You (1982) - TM
stars as David Bentells

Heaven's Gate (1980) aka Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate
stars as Frank Canton

Oppenheimer (1980) - TV
stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer

Hopscotch (1980)
stars as Joe Cutter

Sweet William (1980)
stars as William McClusky

Friendly Fire (1979) - TM
stars as C.D. Bryan

Eagle's Wing (1979)
stars as White Bull

Interiors (1978)
stars as Mike

Capricorn One (1978)
stars as Lt. Col. Peter Willis

Sweet Revenge (1976) aka Dandy, the All American Girl
stars as Le Clerq

Journey Into Fear (1975) aka Burn Out
stars as Mr. Graham

Rancho Deluxe (1975)
stars as Cecil Colson

Reflections of Murder (1974) - TM
stars as Michael Elliott

The Great Gatsby (1974)
stars as Nick Carraway

Much Ado About Nothing (1973) - TM
stars as Benedick

The Glass Menagerie (1973) - TM aka Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie
stars as Tom Wingfield

Savages (1972)
stars as James, the Limping Man

Mahoney's Estate (1972) aka Mahoney's Last Stand
stars as Felix

Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? (1971) aka Death of a Hooker
stars as Alex

Cover Me Babe (1970) aka Run Shadow Run
stars as Cameraman

Generation (1969) aka A Time for Caring
stars as Desmond

Three (1969)
stars as Taylor

Fitzwilly (1967) aka A Garden of Cucumbers
stars as Oliver

Dr. Kildare (1965) - TV
stars as Mark

The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean (1965)
stars as Andy