Sam Waterston
Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor, producer, and director. Waterston is known for his work in theater, television and film. Waterston, having studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and the American Actors Workshop, started his career in theater on the New York stage, appearing in multiple revivals of Shakespeare. In 1977, he starred in an off-Broadway production of Measure for Measure as Duke Vincentio alongside Meryl Streep and John Cazale at the Delacorte Theatre. Throughout Waterston's theater career, he continued to appear alongside actors such as Raul Julia in Indians (1969), James Woods in The Trial of Catonsville Nine (1970), Liv Ullmann in A Doll's House (1975), Jane Alexander in Hamlet (1975), and Glenn Close in Benefactors (1980). In 1993, he portrayed Abraham Lincoln onstage in Abe Lincoln in Illinois where he received Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for his performance.
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| Full name at birth | Samuel Atkinson Waterston
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| Claim to fame | Law & Order
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| Date of birth | 15 November 1940
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| Place of birth | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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| Occupation | Actor, television producer, television director
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| Height | 6' 1" (185 cm)
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| Net worth | $15,000,000 USD
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| High school | Groton High -- Groton, MA
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- #23 on Tropopkin's Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100]
- 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, Katherine Waterston, Graham and James Waterston.
- Both he and his Rancho Deluxe (1975) and Heaven's Gate (1980) co-star Jeff Bridges were Oscar nominated for Best Actor in 1984, for The Killing Fields (1984) and Starman (1984) respectively.
- Has the distinction of starring in two television series in which he played a prosecutor--D.A. Forrest Bedford in "I'll Fly Away" (1991) and E.A.D.A. Jack McCoy in "Law & Order" (1990).
- Winner of the 2003 Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement, awarded annually by the Lincoln Forum.
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