This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Sam Waterston
Sam Waterston is an American actor. He is known for his earnest and authoritative roles on stage and screen. Over his career he has received various accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a British Academy Television Award and a Tony Award.
Among Waterston's early film roles, it include his performance as Nick Carraway in the historical romance film The Great Gatsby (1974) for which he was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture and New Star of the Year – Actor. He gained acclaim for his portrayal of war journalist Sydney Schanberg in the historical epic The Killing Fields (1984) for which he earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. He lost to F. Murray Abraham for his role as Antonio Salieri in the period biographical drama epic Amadeus (1984).
On television, Waterston took an early role portraying theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the BBC Two historical drama miniseries Oppenheimer (1980) for which he was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film. Waterston gained stardom and notoriety for playing District Attorney Jack McCoy in the popular long running crime series Law and Order for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He also played Forrest Bedford, the progressive district attorney in the NBC drama series I'll Fly Away (1991–1993) for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama as well as a nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
On stage, Waterston portrayed Abraham Lincoln in the Broadway revival of the Robert E. Sherwood play Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1990) for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play as well as the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award. Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1984 Best Actor The Killing Fields BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. British Academy Film Awards 1984 Best Actor in a Leading RoleThe Killing Fields British Academy Television Awards 1981 Best Actor on Television Oppenheimer
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.Primetime Emmy Awards 1974 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series The Glass Menagerie 1992Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesI'll Fly Away (episode: "Hard Lessons Master Magician") 1993I'll Fly Away (episode: "All in the Life") 1994 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieI'll Fly Away: Then and Now 1996 Outstanding Informational Series Time Life's Lost Civilizations 1997Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesLaw & Order (episode: "Mad Dog") 1999Law & Order (episode: "Sideshow") 2000Law & Order (episode: "Killerz")
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1974 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture The Great Gatsby New Star of the Year – Actor 1982 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Oppenheimer 1984 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama The Killing Fields 1991Best Actor – Television Series Drama I'll Fly Away (season one) 1992 I'll Fly Away (season two) 1994 Law & Order
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1994 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama SeriesLaw and Order 1995 1996 1997 Outstanding Male Actor in a Drama Series 1998 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series 1999 2000 2001 2003
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1994 Best Actor in a Play Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Theatre awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref. Drama Desk Awards 1994 Outstanding Actor in a PlayAbe Lincoln in Illinois Drama League Awards 1994 Distinguished Performance Outer Critics Circle Award 1994 Outstanding Actor in a Play
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref. Satellite Awards 1998 Best Actor – Television Series DramaLaw and Order 2000 Viewers for Quality Television 1992Best Actor in a Quality Drama SeriesI'll Fly Away 1993 1998Law and Order 1999 2000
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