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Sam WaterstonAdd to My CelebsAge 71 Birthday Nov. 15th, 1940 Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Height 6' 1" |
Sam Waterston's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2003 - Le Divorce1994 - Serial Mom 1991 - The Man In The Moon 1989 - Crimes and Misdemeanors 1987 - September 1987 - Swimming to Cambodia 1986 - Hannah And Her Sisters 1985 - Warning Sign 1984 - The Killing Fields 1980 - Hopscotch 1980 - Heaven's Gate 1978 - Capricorn One 1978 - Interiors 1975 - Rancho Deluxe 1974 - The Great Gatsby |
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB
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TRIVIA:
- He attended Groton Prep School and then entered Yale University on a scholarship in 1958 where he studied French and History and graduated with a BA in 1962. He spent his junior year studying at the Sorbonne in Paris. After failing to quash the acting bug he studied at the American Actors Workshop in Paris. After leaving Yale he spent some months at the Clinton Playhouse. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and four children, 'Elisabeth Waterston' (qv), 'Katherine Waterston' (qv), Graham Waterston and 'James Waterston' (qv).
- Both he and his _Rancho Deluxe (1975)_ (qv) and _Heaven's Gate (1980)_ (qv) co-star 'Jeff Bridges (I)' (qv) were Oscar nominated for Best Actor in 1984, for _The Killing Fields (1984)_ (qv) and _Starman (1984)_ (qv) respectively.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1994 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for playing 'Abraham Lincoln (I)' (qv)in a revival of 'Robert E. Sherwood (I)' (qv)'s "Abe Lincoln in Illinois.".
- He and 'Stockard Channing' (qv) were in five films together: _David's Mother (1994) (TV)_ (qv), _The Room Upstairs (1987) (TV)_ (qv), _Sweet Revenge (2001)_ (qv), _The Matthew Shepard Story (2002) (TV)_ (qv) and _Le divorce (2003)_ (qv). In the last two they played husband and wife.
- Appeared in episodes of four different series with 'Jerry Orbach' (qv): _"Law & Order" (1990)_ (qv), _"Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993)_ (qv), _"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)_ (qv) and _"Law & Order: Trial by Jury" (2005)_ (qv).
- Eight cousin three times removed of 'George Bush (I)' (qv) and four times removed of 'George W. Bush' (qv) and eighth cousin of 'Franklin Delano Roosevelt' (qv).
- Has appeared in episodes of three different television series with 'Jesse L. Martin' (qv): _"Law & Order" (1990)_ (qv), _"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)_ (qv) and _"Law & Order: Trial by Jury" (2005)_ (qv).
- (2001) Received honorary degree from Yale.
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