Sam Waterston

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Biography

Sam Waterston is widely recognized for his portrayal of Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy on the long-running NBC series Law & Order. Though he…more

Born

11/15/1940, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Birth Name

Samuel Atkinson Waterston

Gender

Male
  • Sam Waterston appears onstage at the 'Ra...
  • Sam Waterston as District Attorney Jack ...
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    • Sam and his Law & Order castmates were nominated for 7 Screen Actors Guild Awards from 1997 to 2002 and in 2004 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. In 1999 he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series.
    • Sam's former "Law & Order" cast mate Steven Hill (District Attorney Adam Schiff) was the spokesperson for TD Waterhouse (now TD Ameritrade) prior to Sam taking over as the company's spokesman.
    • Sam played the President in the 1997 movie Shadow Conspiracy.
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    • Sam Waterston: As the spirit of the people in The Visionaries shows us, it's about putting it out there and seeing what happens. Doing what you can about huge, intractable problems; now that's an idea worth encouraging.
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