Acting
Sam Waterston
- Titles
- 90movies35TV shows
- Career
Active from 1966 to 2026, with a break from 2004 to 2014, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 56top three billing
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
The Civil War84/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 65 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.0average 2.6
- Politics4.9average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.9average 4.9
- Pathos6.4average 5.2
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
- Melancholy5.7average 4.7
- Wit & Wordplay4.4average 3.7
- Psychological6.2average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism4.0, average 5.4
- Physical Comedy1.1, average 2.4
- Adrenaline3.6, average 4.9
- Fantasy0.7, average 1.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 9
- Political Intrigue 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Social Commentary 5
- Character Study 5
- Thought-Provoking 5
- Slow Burn 3
- American History 3
- Moral Dilemma 3
- Political Thriller 3
- Period Piece 3
- Political Commentary 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Stockard ChanningActorThe Matthew Shepard Story, The Room Upstairs, David's Mother, Sweet Revenge
Mia FarrowActorCrimes and Misdemeanors, The Great Gatsby, September, Miracle at Midnight
Blythe DannerActorThomas Jefferson, The Mayo Clinic, In Defense of Kids
Mary Tyler MooreActorLincoln, Just Between Friends, Finnegan Begin Again
Martin SheenActorGrace and Frankie, Eagle's Wing, The Commission
Ken BurnsDirectorThe Civil War, Thomas Jefferson, The Mayo Clinic
David HuddlestonActorCapricorn One, Finnegan Begin Again
Kris KristoffersonActorHeaven's Gate, Welcome Home
Ira WheelerActorSeptember, Swimming to Cambodia
Ossie DavisActorThomas Jefferson, The Unfinished Journey
Christine LahtiActorJust Between Friends, Love Lives On
Jeffrey DeMunnActorWarning Sign, Carousel
Movies and TV shows
1072020s
4 titles · average score 69
as Sam
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
TV show · as George Shultz
as Headmaster Waldorf
2010s
14 titles · average score 71
as Erwin Griswold
as Charlie Mayo (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
TV show · as Marshall John Cook
as George Dupont
TV show · as Sol Bergstein
as Narrator
as Dad
TV show
TV show · as Charlie Skinner
TV show · as Reader (voice)
2000s
8 titles · average score 60
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
TV show · as Self (uncredited)
TV show · as Jack McCoy
as J. Lee Rankin
as Chester Walker
as Dennis Shepard
as David Dickson
1990s
29 titles · average score 67
as Dr. Karl Koster
TV show · as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
as Harry Bancroft
TV show · as Narrator
as Eugene Sutphin
as President William Foster
as Daniel Chamberlain
as John Nils
TV show · as Forrest Bedford
as Jack Edwards
as Matthew Trant
TV show · as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
1980s
32 titles · average score 66
TV show · as Bill Shirer
as Woody
TV show · as Abraham Lincoln
as Peter
as Additional Cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
as Cal Morse
as Sydney Schanberg
TV show · as Professor Quentin Everett Deverill
TV show · as Robert Oppenheimer
as Jack Cutter
as Frank Canton
1970s
14 titles · average score 56
as White Bull
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
as Le Clerq
as Cecil Colson
as Mr. Graham
as Nick Carraway
as Michael Elliott
as Benedick
as Felix
as Alex Monte
as Cameraman
1960s
5 titles · average score 59
as Taylor
as Desmond
as Oliver
TV show · as Mark
1950s
1 title · average score 85
TV show · as Travis Coles