Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Filmography

As Cast

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

As Crew

The Journey of August King (1995)
Producer