Where to watch Sam Waterston in the UK
Find every Sam Waterston film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor and occasional producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984's The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order. He has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, BAFTA- and Emmy Awards, having starred in over eighty film and television productions during his forty-five year career. Allmovie has characterised Waterston as ha…
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- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Jack McCoy
- Law & Order (1990) as Jack McCoy
- Family Guy (1999) as Bruce Kaplan (voice)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Guest
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self (uncredited)
- The Colbert Report (2005) Cast
- Jeopardy! (1984) as Self
- The View (1997) as Self
- Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) as Jack McCoy
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Mark
- Grace and Frankie (2015) as Sol Bergstein
- The Newsroom (2012) as Charlie Skinner
- Amazing Stories (1985) as Jordan Manmouth
- People's Choice Awards (1975) as Self - Presenter
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as G.G. Devoe (segment "As Ye Sow")
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) as Jack McCoy
- HBO First Look (1992) Cast
- Godless (2017) as Marshall John Cook
- The Dropout (2022) as George Shultz
- The Civil War (1990) as Abraham Lincoln
- I'll Fly Away (1991) as Forrest Bedford
- Prohibition (2011) as Reader (voice)
- Jo (2013) Cast
- Masters of Science Fiction (2007) Cast
- The Six Triple Eight (2024) as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Nixon (1995) as Richard Helms
- Miss Sloane (2016) as George Dupont
- Serial Mom (1994) as Eugene Sutphin
- The Great Gatsby (1974) as Nick Carraway
- On the Basis of Sex (2018) as Erwin Griswold
- Heaven's Gate (1980) as Frank Canton
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) as Ben
- Lincoln (1988) as Abraham Lincoln
- The Man in the Moon (1991) as Matthew Trant
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Travis Coles
- The Killing Fields (1984) as Sydney Schanberg
- Oppenheimer (1980) as Robert Oppenheimer
- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) as David (uncredited)
- Capricorn One (1977) as Lt. Col. Peter Willis
- Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled (2023) as Self
- Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997) as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
- Q.E.D. (1982) Cast
- Exiled (1998) as Jack McCoy
- Shadow Conspiracy (1997) as The President
- Le Divorce (2003) as Chester Walker
- Anesthesia (2016) as Prof. Walter Zarrow
- Thomas Jefferson (1997) as Thomas Jefferson (voice)
- Warning Sign (1985) as Cal Morse
- Night of 100 Stars III (1990) as Self
- The Nightmare Years (1989) as Bill Shirer
- Interiors (1978) as Mike
- Fitzwilly (1967) as Oliver
- The Unfinished Journey (1999) as Narrator (voice)
- Eagle's Wing (1979) as White Bull
- Rancho Deluxe (1975) as Cecil Colson
- September (1987) as Peter
- Hopscotch (1980) as Jack Cutter
- The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984) as Ofoeti
- Earth and the American Dream (1992) as Reader (voice)
- The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006) as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")
- Merchant Ivory (2024) as Self
- A House Divided (2000) as David Dickson
- The Journey of August King (1995) as Mooney Wright
- Journey into Fear (1975) as Mr. Graham
- The Mayo Clinic (2018) as Charlie Mayo (voice)
- Welcome Home (1989) as Woody
- Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018) as Self - (archive footage)
- The Enemy Within (1994) as President William Foster
- The Proprietor (1996) as Harry Bancroft
- Finnegan Begin Again (1985) as Paul Broadbent
- The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (2010) as Self
- Reflections of Murder (1974) as Michael Elliott
- Mindwalk (1991) as Jack Edwards
- Dempsey (1983) as Doc Kearns
- Friendly Fire (1980) as C.D.B. Bryan
- Savages (1972) as James, the Limping Man
- Just Between Friends (1986) as Harry Crandall
- Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994) as Daniel Chamberlain
- Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? (1971) as Alex Monte
- Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988) as Jim Delmore
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Where can I watch Sam Waterston films in the UK?
Sam Waterston's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
What are Sam Waterston's most popular films?
Most-watched Sam Waterston films currently: The Six Triple Eight (2024), Nixon (1995), Miss Sloane (2016), Serial Mom (1994), The Great Gatsby (1974).
What TV shows has Sam Waterston appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Law & Order (1990), Family Guy (1999), The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015), Saturday Night Live (1975).
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