Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor noted particularly for his portrayal of Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy on the long-running NBC television series Law & Order, as well as for his many motion picture roles.

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November 15 - 1940 - American - Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy - NBC - Television series - Law & Order

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Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Waterston is equally at home on the stage, in movies, and on television. Waterston grew up at the Brooks School, a boarding school in North Andover, Massachusetts. He attended the Groton School (another prep school), Yale University, and the Sorbonne.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts - Television - Brooks School - North Andover, Massachusetts - Groton School - Yale University - Sorbonne

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His first film was Fitzwilly in 1967. Other films include The Great Gatsby, Rancho Deluxe, Journey Into Fear, Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate, Hopscotch, The Killing Fields (nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor), Interiors, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Mindwalk, Serial Mom, and Predator 1 and 2 .

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Fitzwilly - 1967 - The Great Gatsby - Rancho Deluxe - Journey Into Fear - Capricorn One - Heaven's Gate - Hopscotch - The Killing Fields - Academy Award for Best Actor - Interiors - Hannah and Her Sisters - Crimes and Misdemeanors - Mindwalk - Serial Mom - Predator 1 and 2

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Besides Law & Order, he has played other television roles including D.A. Forrest Bedford in I'll Fly Away.

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Law & Order - I'll Fly Away

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Waterston is a six time Emmy Award nominee, winner of the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild awards. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Killing Fields.

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Emmy Award - Golden Globe Award - Screen Actors Guild - Academy Award for Best Actor

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He is also on the Advisory Committee for the Lincoln Bicentennial, celebrating Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday. Waterston, who takes an active interest in Lincoln, has portrayed Lincoln on stage and screen (The Civil War, Gore Vidal's Lincoln and Abe Lincoln in Illinois on Broadway).

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Abraham Lincoln - The Civil War - Broadway

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An active humanitarian, Waterston also donates considerable time to organizations such as Refugees International, City meals-on-Wheels, The United Way, and The Episcopal Actors' Guild of America.

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Refugees International - City meals-on-Wheels - The United Way - The Episcopal Actors' Guild of America

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