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Sam Waterston

Highest Rated:: 100% Swimming To Cambodia (1987)
Lowest Rated:: 0% The Shadow Conspiracy (1997)

Birthday:: Nov 15, 1940
Birthplace:: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Bio:: Educated at Yale and the Sorbonne, Sam Waterston is far more than the "general purpose actor" he was pegged to be by one well-known film historian. A respected player on the stage, screen, and television, Waterston has cultivated a loyal following with his quietly charismatic, unfailingly solid…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 0% - 100%

Number of Movies: 61

Box Office Since 2001: $8.9M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2006		Friendly Fire	Actor	--
2003	37%	Le Divorce	Chester Walker	$8.9M
2002		Much Ado About Nothing	Actor	--
2002		The Matthew Shepard Story	Actor	--
2000		Echoes From the White House	Actor	--
2000		House Divided	David Dickson	--
1998		Exiled (Exiled: A Law & Order Movie)	Exec. Asst. DA Jack McCoy	--
1998		Miracle at Midnight	Actor Director	--
1997	0%	The Shadow Conspiracy	President	--
1996		The Proprietor	Harry Bancroft	--
1996		Thomas Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson	--
1995	57%	The Journey of August King	Mooney Wright	--
1995		Lost Civilizations - Complete Set	Actor	--
1994		David's Mother	Actor	--
1994	60%	Serial Mom	Eugene Sutphin	--
1994		Assault at West Point	Actor	--
1994		The Enemy Within	President William Foster	--
1991	89%	The Man in the Moon	Matthew Trant	--
1991		Captive in the Land	Royce	--
1991	88%	Mindwalk	Jack Edwards	--
1990		Lantern Hill (Jane of Lantern Hill)	Andrew Stuart	--
1989		Welcome Home	Woody	--
1989		The Nightmare Years	Actor	--
1989	92%	Crimes and Misdemeanors	Ben	--
1988		In the Hands of the Enemy	Actor	--
1988		Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (Hostile Witness)	Actor	--
1988		Gore Vidal's Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln	--
1987		The Room Upstairs	Travis Coles	--
1987	58%	September	Peter	--
1987	100%	Swimming To Cambodia	Actor	--
1986	33%	Just Between Friends	Harry Crandall	--
1986	93%	Hannah and Her Sisters	David	--
1985	20%	Warning Sign	Cal Morse	--
1984		Finnegan Begin Again	Paul Broadbent	--
1984	91%	The Killing Fields	Sydney Schanberg Director	--
1983		In Defense of Kids	Actor	--
1983		Dempsey	Doc Kearns	--
1982		Mastermind: Target London	Actor	--
1982		Mastermind - Infernal Device	Actor	--
1982		Mastermind - The Great Motor Race	Actor	--
1981	45%	Heaven's Gate	Frank Canton	--
1980	75%	Hopscotch	Cutter	--
1979		Sweet William	William McClusky	--
1979		Friendly Fire	C.D. Bryan	--
1979		Eagle's Wing	White Bull	--
1978	59%	Capricorn One	Peter Willis	--
1978	75%	Interiors	Mike	--
1976		Sweet Revenge (Dandy, the All American Girl)	Le Clerq	--
1975	67%	Rancho Deluxe	Cecil Colson	--
1974		Reflections of Murder	Michael Elliot	--
1974		Journey Into Fear (Burn Out)	Graham	--
1974	38%	The Great Gatsby	Nick Carraway	--
1973		A Delicate Balance	Actor	--
1973		The Glass Menagerie	Tom Wingfield	--
1972		Savages	James	--
1971		Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name	Alex	--
1971		Death of a Hooker	Actor	--
1970		Cover Me Babe (Run Shadow Run)	Cameraman	--
1969		Three	Taylor	--
1969		Generation	Desmond	--
1967		Fitzwilly (A Garden of Cucumbers)	Oliver	--

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Quotes from Sam Waterston's Characters

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1. Sydney Schanberg: Anyone who knows my work will know that half of this belongs to Dith Pran. Without Pran, I wouldn't have been able to file half the stories I did. It's nice to congratulate ourselves on occasions like this. But I can't stand here tonight... without thinking of those innocent people. Pran dedicated himself to helping me bring to the notice of the public.
From The Killing Fields. Submitted by Dennis L (4 months ago)