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Sam Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an
United States|American actor noted particularly
for his portrayal of  Executive Assistant District
Attorney Jack McCoy|John "Jack" McCoy on the
long-running National Broadcasting Company|NBC
television series Law & Order, as well as for his
many motion picture roles.

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Waterston is
equally at home on the stage, in movies, and on
television.  Waterston grew up at the Brooks
School, a boarding school in North Andover,
Massachusetts.  He attended the Groton School
(another prep school), Yale University, and the
Sorbonne.  

His first film was Fitzwilly in 1967.  Other films
include The Great Gatsby, Rancho Deluxe, Journey
Into Fear, Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate
(movie)|Heaven's Gate, Hopscotch
(movie)|Hopscotch, The Killing Fields (movie)|The
Killing Fields (nomination for the Academy Award
for Best Actor), Interiors, Hannah and Her
Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Mindwalk and
Serial Mom.

Besides Law & Order, he has played other
television roles including D.A. Forrest Bedford in
I'll Fly Away.

Waterston is a six time Emmy Award nominee, winner
of the Golden Globe Award and  Screen Actors Guild
awards. He was nominated for an Academy Award for
Best Actor for his role in The Killing Fields.

He is also on the Advisory Committee for the
Lincoln Bicentennial, celebrating Abraham
Lincoln's 200th birthday. Waterston, who takes an
active interest in Lincoln, has portrayed Lincoln
on stage and screen (The Civil War, Gore Vidal's
Lincoln and Abe Lincoln in Illinois on Broadway).

An active humanitarian, Waterston also donates
considerable time to  organizations such as
Refugees International, Citymeals-on-Wheels, The
United Way, and The Episcopal Actors' Guild of
America.

==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 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.

==External links==
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