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Samuel Atkinson “Sam” Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor and occasional producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984’s The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order. He has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, BAFTA- and Emmy Awards, having starred in over eighty film and television productions during his forty-five year career. Allmovie has characterised Waterston as having “cultivated a loyal following with his quietly charismatic, unfailingly solid performances.” In January 2010, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

• Born: Samuel Atkinson Waterston November 15, 1940 (age 71) Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Occupation: actor, television producer, television director
• Years active: 1965 — present
• Spouse: Barbara Rutledge (1964-1969) Lynn Louisa Woodruff (1976-present)

Read more about Sam Waterston at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

Bill Irwin Will Join Anne Hathaway and Sam Waterston for Public Theater Forum Event
Playbill Combined , 2011-11-15 15:13:00
King Lear cast members Bill Irwin and Sam Waterston will join Anne Hathaway for the Public Theater's Nov. 21 discussion "Does Culture Make Us Who We Are?"

PHOTO CALL: King Lear, Starring Oscar Nominee Sam Waterston, Opens at the Public
Playbill Combined , 2011-11-09 17:19:00
Academy Award nominee Sam Waterston stars as King Lear in the Public Theater staging of Shakespeare's tragedy about a feeble monarch attempting to weather a familial storm, which officially opened Nov. 8 Off-Broadway.

Theater Review | 'King Lear' : ‘King Lear’ at the Public Theater - Review
NY Times Theater, 2011-11-09 03:01:30
King LearSam Waterston in the production at the Public Theater.