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Sam Waterston Bio
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Sam Waterston
Samuel A Waterston was born on November 15, 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His father was an English immigrant while his mother was a Mayflower descendent. Waterston grew up attending private and boarding schools. In 1958 he received a scholarship to attend Yale University and studied French and history. He graduated in 1962 with his Bachelor of Arts degree. He then received an honorary degree from Yale in 2001.
Following college, Waterston began studying acting at the Clinton Playhouse. He also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris as well as the American Actors Workshop. By 1967, Waterston had begun to make his way into films with his debut in Fitzwilly. Other films he has starred in include The Great Gatsby (1974), Heaven’s Gate (1980), The Killing Fields (1984) and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). Throughout his career as an actor, Waterston has won a Golden Globe Award, multiple Screen Actors Guild Awards, and has also been nominated for an Emmy Award six times.
Other than films, Sam has also landed starring roles in several Broadway plays including Abe Lincoln in Illinois, where he played Lincoln. His performance in the play won him a Tony award in 1994 for Best Actor.
Sam is perhaps best known for his role as Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy on the television series produced by Dick Wolf, 'Law & Order' which has been running on NBC for 17 seasons now. Other cast members on the show include Chris Noth, Mariska Hargitay, Fred Thompson, Vincent DOnofrio and Jesse L Martin.
Waterston is also the spokesperson for TD Waterhouse, the investment company, and has appeared in several of their television commercials. He has also worked on several other television shows including I’ll Fly Away, where he played D.A. Forrest Bedford. Waterston has also lent his voice as a guest star in an episode of Family Guy.
Aside from acting, Waterston is involved in donating his time and money to charitable organizations such as Refugees International, Meals on Wheels, The United Way and The Episcopal Actors’ Guild of America. He also sits on the Advisory Committee for the Lincoln Bicentennial, which is celebrating Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday.
From 1964-1969 Sam was married to Barbara Rutledge-Johns, with whom he had one son. He then married Lynn Louisa Woodruff in 1976, with whom he has three children. Currently Waterston, his wife, and four children live in Connecticut. Two of his children, Elizabeth Waterston and James Waterston, have both decided to follow in the footsteps of their father and pursue careers in acting. |
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Sam Waterston - Starred in 'Law & Order' in which Peter Friedman appeared.
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Sam Waterston - Stars in 'Law & Order' produced by Dick Wolf .
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Sam Waterston - Stars in 'Law & Order' with Chris Noth .
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Sam Waterston - Stars in 'Law & Order' with Mariska Hargitay .
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Sam Waterston - Stars in 'Law & Order' with Vincent DOnofrio .
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