Sam Waterston

About

Academy Award-wining actor who played the role of Jack McCoy on the television series Law & Order, and later played roles in the series Grace and Frankie and The Newsroom. He has appeared in more than 500 episodes of television throughout his long career. 

Before Fame

He attended Yale University on a scholarship, as well as the Sorbonne in Paris. 

Trivia

He won an Academy Award for his film The Killing Fields. In 2024, he played the president in the movie The Six Triple Eight. 

Family Life

He was married to Barbara Rutledge from 1964 to 1975, and in 1976, he married Lynn Louisa Woodruff 1976. He has four children named Katherine, James, Elisabeth, and Graham. 

Associated With

He starred in Law and Order with Chris Noth.