Sam Waterston
Born	November 15, 1940 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to George Chychele Waterston (an English immigrant) and Alice Tucker Atkinson (an American Mayflower descendant). Waterston attended both the Brooks School, a boarding school in North Andover, Massachusetts, and the Groton School. He entered Yale University on a scholarship in 1958 and graduated with a BA in 1962. He also received an honorary degree in 2001. On January 26, 1976, he married former model, Lynn Louisa Woodruff, (born May 1948). They have 3 children: Elisabeth (born March 30, 1977), Katherine (born March 3, 1980) and Graham (born April 29, 1983).   Settled: 1630 â€“ Incorporated: 1636 Zip Code(s): 02138, 02139, 02140, 02141, 02142 â€“ Area Code(s): 617 / 857 Official website: http://www. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ... This article is about the English as an ethnic group and nation. ... Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882) For other uses, see Mayflower (disambiguation). ... Brooks School Brooks School is a private co-educational, preparatory secondary school in North Andover, Massachusetts. ... Seal of North Andover, MA North Andover is a town located in Essex County, Massachusetts. ... Groton School is a private Episcopalian boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts. ... Yale redirects here. ... Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in a leap year). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After graduating from Yale, he attended the Clinton Playhouse for several months. Waterston also attended the Sorbonne in Paris and the American Actors Workshop. The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving The historic University of Paris (French: ) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 reorganised as 13 autonomous universities (University of Paris I–XIII). ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region ÃŽle-de-France Department Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area¹ 86. ...

His first film was Fitzwilly in 1967. Other films include Savages (1972), The Great Gatsby (1974), Journey Into Fear (1975), Capricorn One (1978), Heaven's Gate and Hopscotch (1980), The Killing Fields (1984, nominated Academy Award for Best Actor), Mindwalk (1990), Serial Mom (1994) and Woody Allen's Interiors (1978), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986, cameo), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). Savages is a 1972 film directed by James Ivory, and written by Michael ODonoghue and George W.S. Trow. ... The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author Francis Scott Fitzgerald. ... Journey Into Fear is a 1943 film centered around a United States Navy engineer attempting to escape Nazi forces following his return to the United States. ... Capricorn One is a horror/thriller/science fiction movie about a Mars landing hoax. ... Heavens Gate (1980) is a big-budget western movie, depicting a fictionalized account of the Johnson County War between land barons and European immigrants in 1890s Wyoming. ... Hopscotch Hopscotch is a 1980 American motion picture directed by Ronald Neame and produced by Otto Plaschkes. ... The Killing Fields (1984) is an award-winning dramatic British film based on the experiences of Dith Pran, journalist and survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime and American journalist Sydney Schanberg. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Mindwalk is a 1990 movie directed by Bernt Amadeus Capra, based on a book by his brother Fritjof Capra, named The Turning Point. ... Serial Mom is a 1994 film directed by John Waters, starring Kathleen Turner as the title character and Sam Waterston as her husband. ... Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, musician, and comedian. ... Interiors is a 1978 film written and directed by Woody Allen. ... Hannah and Her Sisters is a 1986 romantic comedy film which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family, told mostly during a year that begins and ends with a family Thanksgiving dinner. ... Crimes and Misdemeanors is a film written and directed by Woody Allen. ...

Waterston is a six time Emmy Award nominee, winner of the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Awards. An Emmy Award. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Aside from Law & Order, he has played other television roles including D.A. Forrest Bedford in I'll Fly Away. He also had a starring role in an episode segment on the TV series Amazing Stories called "Mirror Mirror". Ill Fly Away was a critically acclaimed television series set during the 1950s in the US South. ... Amazing Stories magazine, sometimes retitled Amazing Science Fiction, began in April 1926, becoming the first science fiction magazine and one of the pioneers of science fiction in the United States. ... Mirror Mirror is a popular title for works of fiction. ...

He is also on the Advisory Committee for the Lincoln Bicentennial, celebrating Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday. Waterston has portrayed Lincoln on stage and screen (The Civil War, Gore Vidal's Lincoln, Abe Lincoln in Illinois on Broadway, and also voiced Lincoln at an exhibit at the Philadelphia Constitution Center.) Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was an American politician who served as the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... The Civil War was a highly popular and acclaimed PBS documentary about the American Civil War created by Sam Sim, and released on PBS in September 1990. ... Gore Vidal in 1948, photographed by Carl Van Vechten Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925) is a prolific, versatile American writer of novels, stage plays, screenplays, and essays, and, of late, a liberal political pundit. ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ...

An active humanitarian, Waterston also donates considerable time to organizations such as Refugees International, Meals on Wheels, The United Way, and The Episcopal Actors' Guild of America. Waterston narrated the 1999 biographical documentary of Episcopal Civil Rights Martyr Jonathan Myrick Daniels, "Here Am I, Send Me." Humanitarianism is the view that all people should be treated with the respect and dignity they deserve as human beings, and that advancing the well-being of humanity is a noble goal. ... Refugees International is an NGO headed by Ken Bacon. ... Meals on Wheels is the name of a nutrition program available in several countries which delivers a meal to the home of an individual, usually a senior age 60 or older, who is unable to purchase or prepare meals themself. ... The United Way of America is a coalition of charitable organizations that have traditionally pooled efforts in fundraising. ... Jonathan Myrick Daniels (March 20, 1939 - August 20, 1965) was an Episcopal seminarian, martyred for his part in the American civil rights movement. ...

A political independent, he has recently endorsed the Unity08 movement, which seeks to run a non-partisan candidate in the 2008 U.S Presidential Election. [1] Unity08 is an organization building a coalition of Americans who are deeply concerned that the wheels have come off our political system, that the American Dream is slipping away, and that time is short to get things back on track. ... In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. ... Presidential electoral votes by state The United States Presidential election of 2008 will be held on November 4, 2008. ...

He currently resides in Connecticut with his wife, Lynn, and four children, Elisabeth, Katherine, Graham, and James. Elisabeth and James Waterston have both pursued acting careers. In October of 2006, Elisabeth married actor Louis Cancelmi, who is the brother of former Law & Order star Annie Parisse at the Waterston home in Connecticut. Law & Order is an American television police procedural and legal drama set in New York City. ... Annie Parisse as Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Borgia in Law & Order Anne Marie Cancelmi (born July 31, 1976 in Anchorage, Alaska), known as Annie Parisse, is an American television actress best known for playing Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Borgia on the television drama Law & Order, a role she played from...

Filmography

• Beowulf (2006) - Narrator
• The Commission (2003) - J. Lee Rankin
• Le Divorce (2003) - Chester Walker
• Shadow Conspiracy (1997) - The President
• The Proprietor (1996) - Harry Bancroft
• Nixon (1995) - Richard Helms (scenes deleted)
• The Journey of August King (1995) - Mooney Wright, Producer
• Serial Mom (1994) - Eugene Sutphin, D.D.S.
• The Man in the Moon (1991) - Matthew Trant
• Mindwalk (1990) - Jack Edwards
• A Captive in the Land (1990) - Royce
• Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) - Ben
• Welcome Home (1989) - Woody
• September (1987) - Peter
• Devil's Paradise (1987) - Mr. Jones
• Flagrant désir (1986) - Gerry Morrison
• Just Between Friends (1986) - Harry Crandall
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) - David (cameo)
• Warning Sign (1985) - Cal Morse
• The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984) - Ofoeti
• The Killing Fields (1984) - Sydney Schanberg
• Q.E.D. (1982) Professor Quentin Everett Deverill
• Heaven's Gate (1980) - Frank Canton
• Hopscotch (1980) - Joe Cutter
• Sweet William (1980) - William
• Eagle's Wing (1979) - White Bull
• Interiors (1978) - Mike
• Capricorn One (1978) - Lt. Col. Peter Willis
• Sweet Revenge (1976) - Le Clerq
• Journey Into Fear (1975) - Mr. Graham
• Rancho Deluxe (1975) - Cecil Colson
• The Great Gatsby (1974) - Nick Carraway
• Savages (1972) - James, the Limping Man
• Mahoney's Estate (1972) - Felix
• Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? (1971) - Alex
• Cover Me Babe (1970) - Cameraman
• Three (1969) - Taylor
• Generation (1969) - Desmond
• Fitzwilly (1967) - Oliver
• The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean (1965) - Andy

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Trivia

• He has appeared in episodes of four different series with Richard Belzer: Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Trial by Jury.

• He also made a popular cameo appearance on an episode of Saturday Night Live as himself, extolling the virtues of Old Glory Insurance, meant to protect the user from robot attacks.

• He lent his voice to the popular animated television series Family Guy where he played Dr. Kaplan, the psychiatrist Brian Griffin consulted during his midlife crisis in the episode "Brian in Love". His character, Dr. Kaplan, was modeled to look like Waterston. He was Dr. Kaplan's voice in the episode "Road to Rhode Island", but he is not credited in any other episode in which the character appears.

• In 2002, Waterston and fellow Law & Order castmate Jerry Orbach were honored as "Living Landmarks" by the New York Landmarks Conservancy.

• Waterston starred with Katharine Hepburn in a 1973 TV movie adaptation of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. The film also featured Michael Moriarty. Coincidentally, Waterston replaced Moriarty as the Executive Assistant District Attorney many years later on Law & Order.

• Waterston hosted a series of shorts that appeared during commercial breaks entitled "Timelab 2000" for the History Channel circa 2000.

• Waterston is regularly featured in television advertisements for Toronto-Dominion Bank's TD Ameritrade (formerly TD Waterhouse, the bank's investment arm). He replaced former L&O castmate Steven Hill as TD's spokesman.

• Waterston's voice can also be heard in a commercial promoting readership of The Nation, a popular American liberal news outlet.

• Waterston hosted the PBS television show Art:21.

• Waterston also narrated NBC's documentary, The Great Race, the story of the famous 4 x 10-kilometer cross-country relay at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. The special aired during NBC's coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, on February 18, the day before the 2006 relay took place.

• Waterston also added partial narration to PBS's documentary, "Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery", serving as the voice of Thomas Jefferson.

• Waterston appeared on the 5,100th edition of Jeopardy, on November 10, 2006, with Law & Order siblings Kathryn Erbe and Christopher Meloni. Waterston finished second to Meloni, and received a $25,000 prize, which he donated to Refugees International and Oceana.

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External links

• Sam Waterston at the Internet Movie Database
• Waterston's profile at the official Law & Order website