Acting
Sam Waterston
- Titles
- 90movies33TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19662026
- Leading roles
- 57top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
I'll Fly Away80/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Politics4.9average 2.6
- Historical4.5average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.8average 4.9
- Wit & Wordplay4.7average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.3average 3.3
- Pathos6.1average 5.2
- Psychological6.4average 5.6
- Melancholy5.5average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Physical Comedy1.2, average 2.5
- Adrenaline4.0, average 5.1
- Fantasy0.8, average 1.8
- Contemporary Realism4.2, average 5.2
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 8
- Character Study 5
- Political Intrigue 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Social Commentary 5
- Thought-Provoking 4
- Melancholy 3
- Bleak 3
- American History 3
- Slow Burn 2
- Emotional Depth 2
- Period Piece 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Stockard ChanningActorThe Matthew Shepard Story, David's Mother, Sweet Revenge, The Room Upstairs
Mia FarrowActorThe Great Gatsby, Crimes and Misdemeanors, September, Miracle at Midnight
Kris KristoffersonActorHeaven's Gate, Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut, Welcome Home
Blythe DannerActorThomas Jefferson, The Mayo Clinic, In Defense of Kids
Mary Tyler MooreActorLincoln, Finnegan Begin Again, Just Between Friends
Martin SheenActorGrace and Frankie, Eagle's Wing, The Commission
Jeff BridgesActorHeaven's Gate, Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut, Rancho Deluxe
Ken BurnsDirectorThe Civil War, Thomas Jefferson, The Mayo Clinic
Brad DourifActorHeaven's Gate, Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut
Joseph CottenActorHeaven's Gate, Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut
Caroline LangrisheActorQ.E.D., Eagle's Wing
Louis CancelmiActorAnd It Was Good, Please Be Normal
Movies and TV shows
1062020s
4 titles · average score 75
as Sam
71
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
79
TV show · as George Shultz
as Headmaster Waldorf
2010s
15 titles · average score 73
72
as Erwin Griswold
75
as Charlie Mayo (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
79
TV show · as Marshall John Cook
as Narrator (voice)
59
as Prof. Walter Zarrow
74
as George Dupont
79
TV show · as Sol Bergstein
as Dad
64
TV show
83
TV show · as Charlie Skinner
TV show · as Reader (voice)
2000s
8 titles · average score 64
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
76
TV show
73
TV show · as Jack McCoy
as J. Lee Rankin
49
as Chester Walker
64
as Dennis Shepard
58
as David Dickson
1990s
28 titles · average score 69
77
TV show · as Bruce Kaplan (voice)
76
TV show · as Jack McCoy
70
as Dr. Karl Koster
78
TV show · as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
67
as Eugene Sutphin
57
as President William Foster
61
as Daniel Chamberlain
as Royce
80
TV show · as Forrest Bedford
72
as Matthew Trant
71
as Jack Edwards
TV show · as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
1980s
31 titles · average score 65
57
as Woody
71
TV show · as Abraham Lincoln
63
as Peter
60
as Cal Morse
67
as Paul Broadbent
76
as Sydney Schanberg
TV show
70
as Jack Cutter
74
TV show · as Robert Oppenheimer
67
as Frank Canton
47
as William McClusky
1970s
14 titles · average score 61
55
as White Bull
68
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
57
as Le Clerq
58
as Cecil Colson
54
as Mr. Graham
63
as Nick Carraway
68
as Michael Elliott
74
as Tom Wingfield
as Benedick
as Felix
53
as Alex Monte
45
as Cameraman
1960s
5 titles · average score 60
53
as Taylor
as Desmond
64
as Oliver
62
TV show · as Mark
1950s
1 titles · average score 83
83
TV show · as Travis Coles