Biography of Sam Waterston

One of the inspirational actors in Hollywood, Sam Waterston is popularly known for his role, Sydney Schanberg in the 1984 film The Killing Fields for which he was nominated for an Oscar. Waterston is also known for his role as Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order . His performance in the series helped him win a Screen Actors Guild Award. In addition, he has also been nominated for multiple Screen Actors Guild Awards, Satellite Awards, and Primetime Emmy Awards. To date, he has worked on more than 60 films and television series. Active in the industry for the past 55 years, he is also involved in various charities. The actor was married to Barbara Rutledge Johnsbut divorced in 1975. The couple share a son, James Waterston . In 1976, he exchanged vows with his second wife, Lynn Louisa Woodruff , with whom he shares three children, Katherine , Elisabeth , and Graham Waterston .

Early life and education of Sam Waterston

^{Sam Waterston was born Samuel Atkinson} Waterston on November 15, 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts under the birth sign of Scorpio. Waterston is the daughter of Alice Tucker , a landscape designer, and George Chychele Waterston , an immigrant from Leith, Scotland and a language teacher. His parents raised him with his three siblings, two sisters, Roberta Waterston & Ellen Waterston and one brother George Waterston in New England.

Waterston attended a boarding school, Brooks School in North Andover, where his father was a teacher, and later joined Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts. He made his first theatrical appearance at the age of 7 in Jean Anouilh’s Antigone, as Creon’s page, directed by his father.

In 1958, Waterston joined Yale University at New Heaven on scholarship from where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1962. Later, he joined Yale Dramat where he acted in several plays. Initially, she tried to quit acting and joined the University of Paris. After a while, she began taking acting classes at the Clinton Playhouse and the American Actors Workshop by John Berry.

In 2004, Waterston received an honorary degree (Doctor of Fine Arts) from the University of the South.

Sam Waterston’s career

Theater

While attending acting classes at the Clinton Playhouse, Sam Waterston acted in Waiting for Godot . Later, in 1962, he worked in plays like Oh Daddy, Poor Daddy , Mommy Hung You in the Closet, and I Feel So Sad at the Phoenix Theater.

Waterston then worked in Joseph Papp ‘s William Shakespeare production of Much Ado About Nothing as an award -winning Benedick . He received high critical acclaim for his performance in the play. Not only this, but he was also awarded a Drama Desk Award , New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, and an Obie Award for his amazing performance.

Films

Sam Waterston made his Hollywood debut in 1965 as Andy in Norma Jean’s The Plastic Dome . Two years later, he rose to fame after appearing in Delbert Mann ‘s Fitzwilly film . The film starred Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon and Edith Evans .

Waterston’s breakthrough role came in 1975 as Cecil Colson (restless thieves) in the contemporary western film, Racho Deluxe . He shared the screen with Jeff Bridges , Elizabeth Ashley , and Clifton James . Similarly, in 1984 he appeared as Sydney Schanberg (American Journalist) in the biographical drama film, The Killing Fields with Haing S. Ngor , Craig T. Nelson , John Malkovich and Athol Fugard .

She then appeared in numerous movies like Warning Sign , Just Among Friends , September , Welcome Home , Mindwalk, Nixon , and Miss Sloane among others. As of 2018, she is working on the upcoming biopic, On the Basis of Sex directed by Mimi Leder .

T.V. series

Waterston made his television debut in 1965 from an episode of Dr. Kidare . He later worked on various movies and television series. In 1991, he starred as Forrest Bedford on the NBC drama television series. I will fly away with Regina Taylor , Jeremy London and Jason London . His performance on the series helped him rank #17 on TV Guide’s list of ‘Best TV Dads of All Time’.

LEGEND: Sam Waterston with his wife, Lynn Louisa Woodruff, and children. SOURCE: Pinterest

Waterston was a good friend of Bruce Lee . He is also an old friend of Mark Morris .

He is the spokesperson for TD Waterhouse, an online investment firm. In 2003/2004, he appeared in most of the company’s television commercials. He also appeared in TV commercials, print ads, TV commercials for The Nation, a liberal magazine. In 2012, he endorsed Democratic President Barack Obama for re-election.

Here is the video where Sam Waterston talks about the making of Grace and Frankie: