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Sam Waterston Biography

Sam Waterston, full names(Samuel Atkinson Waterson) is an American actor, producer, and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in The Killing Fields (1984), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and his starring role as Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order (1994–2010), which brought him Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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 fifty-year career. He has also starred in numerous stage productions. AllMovie historian Hal Erickson characterized Waterston as having “cultivated a loyal following with his quietly charismatic, unfailingly solid performances.” He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2012.

Sam Waterston Age

Waterston was born on November 15, 1940, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. He is 78 years old as of 2018.

Sam Waterston Height

Sam has a height of 1.85 m.

Sam Waterston Net Worth

Waterston has an estimated net worth of $15 Million.

Sam Waterston Wife

Waterston married Barbara Rutledge-Johns but they divorced in 1975. They have one son, James, also an actor. Waterston married his second wife, former model Lynn Louisa Woodruff, in 1976. They have three children, daughters Katherine Waterson and Elisabeth Waterson, who are also actresses, and a son Graham.

Sam Waterston Movies

• The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean (1965)
• Fitzwilly (1967)
• Three (1969)
• Who Killed Mary What’s ‘Er Name? (1971)
• Savages (1972)
• The Glass Menagerie (1973)
• The Great Gatsby (1974)
• Reflections of Murder (1974)
• Rancho Deluxe (1975)
• Journey into Fear (1975)
• Sweet Revenge (1976)
• Capricorn One (1977)
• Interiors (1978)
• Eagle’s Wing (1979)
• Sweet William (1980)
• Hopscotch (1980)
• Heaven’s Gate (1980)
• Oppenheimer (1980)
• The Killing Fields (1984)
• Finnegan Begin Again (1985)
• Warning Sign (1985)

Sam Waterston Parkinsons

Does Waterston really have parkinsons? It is not really confirmed only that rumors.

Sam Waterston Law And Order

Law and Order was filmed on location in New York, the drama showcases the sometimes-complex process of determining guilt or innocence, while lives hang in the balance. Often inspired by the latest headlines, the plots highlight legal, ethical or personal dilemmas to which people can relate.

During his 16-season stint on Law & Order, Waterston won a Screen Actors Guild award for best actor in a drama series and earned three Emmy nominations in the same category. Since Law & Order, he was gone on to roles in Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama The Newsroom as well as movies including Miss Sloane and Please Be Normal.

Sam Waterston Gay

“Grace and Frankie” a television comedy show potrays Sam as gay but technically, he is not gay.  He is a straight man who doesn’t believe in gaysm

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