• Sam Waterston

    Sam Waterston

    Born on November 15th, 1940

    From Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Filmography

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Awards & Nominations

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Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004)
Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Screen Actors Guild Awards (2002)
Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001)
Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Screen Actors Guild Awards (2000)
Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Emmy (Primetime) (2000)
Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Emmy (Primetime) (1999)
Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999)
Won
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999)
Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Screen Actors Guild Awards (1998)
Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Screen Actors Guild Awards (1998)
Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Emmy (Primetime) (1997)
Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Screen Actors Guild Awards (1997)
Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Screen Actors Guild Awards (1996)
Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Screen Actors Guild Awards (1995)
Nominated
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Golden Globe (1995)
Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Emmy (Primetime) (1993)
Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Golden Globe (1993)
Won
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Emmy (Primetime) (1992)
Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Golden Globe (1992)
Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Golden Globe (1983)
Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Golden Globe (1975)
Won
New Star of the Year - Actor
I'll Fly Away: Then and Now Poster

I'll Fly Away: Then and Now

The TV series sums up as Lilly (Regina Taylor), now 63, recalls her family friends and the civil-rights movement in Georgia.

Emmy (Primetime) (1994)
Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
The Glass Menagerie Poster

The Glass Menagerie

Long abandoned by her husband, Amanda Whitfield (Katharine Hepburn) lives in a small St. Louis apartment with her grown children, smothering them both with her attention. Her son, Tom (Sam Waterston), dreams of being a writer, but supports the family with a warehouse job, while her sensitive, crippled daughter, Laura (Joanna Miles), resists her mother's attempts to get her to marry. Tom reluctantly helps his mother by inviting co-worker Jim O'Connor (Michael Moriarty) to dinner to court Laura.

Emmy (Primetime) (1974)
Nominated
Best Supporting Actor in Drama