Sam Waterston

Full filmography

• Carousel (2026) as Sam
• The Six Triple Eight (2024) as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Merchant Ivory (2024) as Self
• A Case for Love (2024) as Self
• 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)
• Godless (2017) as Marshall John Cook
• Dateline: Saigon (2017) as Narrator (voice)
• Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators (2017) as Narrator (voice)
• Miss Sloane (2016) as George Dupont
• Anesthesia (2016) as Prof. Walter Zarrow
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
• Grace and Frankie (2015) as Sol Bergstein
• And It Was Good (2015) as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / Gravedigger
• Please Be Normal (2015) as Dad
• Dean Smith (2015) as Narrator
• 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)
• The Colbert Report (2005) as Self (uncredited)
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) as Jack McCoy
• 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
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Jack McCoy
• Family Guy (1999) as Bruce Kaplan (voice)
• The Unfinished Journey (1999) as Narrator (voice)
• In Bad Taste (1999) as Self
• Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs (1999) as Self / Host / Narrator
• Here Am I, Send Me: The Story of Jonathan Daniels (1999) as Narrator
• Miracle at Midnight (1998) as Dr. Karl Koster
• Exiled (1998) as Jack McCoy
• The View (1997) as Self
• The View (1997) as Self - Guest
• Shadow Conspiracy (1997) as The President
• Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997) as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
• Thomas Jefferson (1997) as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
• The Proprietor (1996) as Harry Bancroft
• Nixon (1995) as Richard Helms
• Amazing Stories: The Movie IV (1995) as Jordan Manmouth (archive footage)
• The Journey of August King (1995) as Mooney Wright
• The Journey of August King (1995) Producer
• 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)
• Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) as Jack McCoy
• I'll Fly Away: Then and Now (1993) as Forrest Bedford
• HBO First Look (1992)
• Earth and the American Dream (1992) as Reader (voice)
• I'll Fly Away (1991) as Forrest Bedford
• The Man in the Moon (1991) as Matthew Trant
• Mindwalk (1991) as Jack Edwards
• Law & Order (1990) as Jack McCoy
• The Civil War (1990) as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
• A Captive in the Land (1990) as Royce
• Night of 100 Stars III (1990) as Self
• Tales from the Crypt (1989) as G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")
• Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) as Ben
• Welcome Home (1989) as Woody
• The Nightmare Years (1989) as Bill Shirer
• Lantern Hill (1989) as Andrew Stuart
• Lincoln (1988) as Abraham Lincoln
• A Walk in the Woods (1988) as John Honeyman
• Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988) as Jim Delmore
• Devil's Paradise (1987) as Jones
• The Room Upstairs (1987) as Travis Coles
• September (1987) as Peter
• Swimming to Cambodia (1987) as Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) as David (uncredited)
• Flagrant désir (1986) as Inspecteur Gerry Morrison
• Just Between Friends (1986) as Harry Crandall
• The Fifth Missile (1986) as Capt. Allard Renslow
• Amazing Stories (1985) as Jordan Manmouth
• Finnegan Begin Again (1985) as Paul Broadbent
• Warning Sign (1985) as Cal Morse
• Love Lives On (1985) as Bernie
• Jeopardy! (1984) as Self
• The Killing Fields (1984) as Sydney Schanberg
• The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984) as Ofoeti
• In Defense of Kids (1983) as Paul Wilcox
• Dempsey (1983) as Doc Kearns
• American Playhouse (1982) as Robert Oppenheimer
• American Playhouse (1982) as John Honeyman
• Q.E.D. (1982) as Professor Quentin Everett Deverill
• Games Mother Never Taught You (1982) as David Bentells
• Heaven's Gate (1980) as Frank Canton
• Oppenheimer (1980) as Robert Oppenheimer
• Hopscotch (1980) as Jack Cutter
• Friendly Fire (1980) as C.D.B. Bryan
• Sweet William (1980) as William McClusky
• 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
• Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self (uncredited)
• People's Choice Awards (1975) as Self - Presenter
• Journey into Fear (1975) as Mr. Graham
• Rancho Deluxe (1975) as Cecil Colson
• The Great Gatsby (1974) as Nick Carraway
• Reflections of Murder (1974) as Michael Elliott
• Much Ado About Nothing (1973) as Benedick
• The Glass Menagerie (1973) as Tom Wingfield
• Savages (1972) as James, the Limping Man
• Mahoney's Last Stand (1972) as Felix
• Film '72 (1971) as Self
• Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? (1971) as Alex Monte
• Cover Me Babe (1970) as Cameraman
• Three (1969) as Taylor
• Generation (1969) as Desmond
• 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
• Serial Mom: Surreal Moments as Self