Acting
Sam Waterston
- Titles
- 91movies35TV shows
- Career
Active from 1966 to 2026, with a break from 2004 to 2013, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 56top three billing
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
Swimming to Cambodia86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 63 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.1average 2.6
- Politics5.0average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.9average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
- Pathos6.3average 5.2
- Melancholy5.6average 4.7
- Wit & Wordplay4.3average 3.7
- Psychological6.2average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Physical Comedy1.1, average 2.5
- Contemporary Realism3.9, average 5.2
- Adrenaline3.8, average 5.1
- Fantasy0.8, average 1.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 9
- Character-Driven 6
- Thought-Provoking 5
- Social Commentary 5
- Political Intrigue 5
- Character Study 4
- Political Thriller 3
- Slow Burn 3
- American History 3
- Bleak 3
- Melancholy 3
- International Intrigue 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Mia FarrowActorThe Great Gatsby, Crimes and Misdemeanors, September, Miracle at Midnight
Stockard ChanningActorThe Matthew Shepard Story, David's Mother, Sweet Revenge, The Room Upstairs
Jeff BridgesActorHeaven's Gate, Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut, Rancho Deluxe
Martin SheenActorGrace and Frankie, Eagle's Wing, The Commission
Kris KristoffersonActorHeaven's Gate, Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut, Welcome Home
Mary Tyler MooreActorLincoln, Finnegan Begin Again, Just Between Friends
Blythe DannerActorThomas Jefferson, The Mayo Clinic, In Defense of Kids
Ken BurnsWriterThe Civil War, Thomas Jefferson, The Mayo Clinic
Robert ClohessyActorAssault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker, And It Was Good
Jason LondonActorThe Man in the Moon, I'll Fly Away: Then and Now
Ossie DavisActorThomas Jefferson, The Unfinished Journey
Yvette MimieuxActorJourney into Fear, The Fifth Missile
Movies and TV shows
1082020s
4 titles · average score 69
as Sam
58
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
79
TV show · as George Shultz
as Headmaster Waldorf
2010s
15 titles · average score 71
68
as Erwin Griswold
75
as Charlie Mayo (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
79
TV show · as Marshall John Cook
71
as George Dupont
77
TV show · as Sol Bergstein
as Narrator
as Dad
64
TV show
72
TV show · as Charlie Skinner
82
TV show · as Reader (voice)
2000s
8 titles · average score 60
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
71
TV show · as Self (uncredited)
77
TV show · as Jack McCoy
as J. Lee Rankin
50
as Chester Walker
64
as Dennis Shepard
58
as David Dickson
1990s
29 titles · average score 67
69
as Dr. Karl Koster
75
TV show · as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
57
as Harry Bancroft
66
as Eugene Sutphin
50
as President William Foster
62
as Daniel Chamberlain
68
as John Nils
82
as Forrest Bedford
62
TV show · as Forrest Bedford
77
as Jack Edwards
73
as Matthew Trant
84
TV show · as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
1980s
32 titles · average score 65
72
TV show · as Abraham Lincoln
56
as John Honeyman
63
as Peter
86
as Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)
37
as Cal Morse
71
as Paul Broadbent
81
as Sydney Schanberg
TV show · as Professor Quentin Everett Deverill
76
as Jack Cutter
74
TV show · as Robert Oppenheimer
60
as Frank Canton
1970s
14 titles · average score 58
46
as White Bull
59
as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
38
as Le Clerq
57
as Cecil Colson
54
as Mr. Graham
55
as Nick Carraway
68
as Michael Elliott
74
as Tom Wingfield
as Benedick
as Felix
53
as Alex Monte
44
as Cameraman
1960s
5 titles · average score 59
49
as Taylor
as Desmond
65
as Oliver
63
TV show · as Mark
1950s
1 title · average score 85
85
TV show · as Travis Coles