Samuel Atkinson Waterston

Samuel Atkinson Waterston was born on November 15, 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He entered Yale University in 1958 and graduated in 1962 with a bachelor’s degree in history and French. After university, Waterston moved to New York, where he played in theater and on Broadway, earning a living not only on stage. He made his film debut in 1967 ("Fitzwilly"), and became known as a film actor after the role of Nick Carraway in the film The Great Gatsby (1974). A major success came to Waterston more

Samuel Atkinson Waterston was born on November 15, 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He entered Yale University in 1958 and graduated in 1962 with a bachelor’s degree in history and French. After university, Waterston moved to New York, where he played in theater and on Broadway, earning a living not only on stage. He made his film debut in 1967 ("Fitzwilly"), and became known as a film actor after the role of Nick Carraway in the film The Great Gatsby (1974). A major success came to Waterston in 1984 after Roland Ioffe's film The Killing Fields, for the role in which the actor was nominated for an Oscar. Sam Waterston is best known for his role as Jack McCoy in the 1990 television series Law & Order. His latest films include Prisoner of the Earth (1990) and Shadow Conspiracy (1997). In 1995, Waterston made his film debut as a producer in The Journey of King Augustus. Now the actor with his wife and children (two daughters and two sons) lives on a farm in Connecticut, occasionally performing at the Hartford Theatre.