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3 unusual facts about Sam Waterston


Annie Parisse

Parisse's brother actor Louis Cancelmi was married to Elisabeth Waterston, the daughter of Law & Order veteran Sam Waterston, in October 2006.

Brian Lindstrom

He was awarded a Telly for work on The Visionaries, a PBS documentary series hosted by Sam Waterston.

Miracle at Midnight

Doctor Karl (Sam Waterston) and Doris (Mia Farrow) Koster are a Christian couple living in Copenhagen with their two children, 18 year old Henrik (Justin Whalin) and preteen Else (Nicola Mycroft).


A Captive in the Land

A Captive in the Land is a 1991 film based on a novel by James Aldridge, starring Sam Waterston as Royce, Aleksandr Potapov as Averyanov, and Keir Giles as Squadron Leader Cook.

Long Wharf Theatre

In addition, some of the nation’s leading actors, including Sam Waterston, Stacy Keach, Brian Dennehy, Judith Ivey and Anna Deavere Smith, have performed on the theatre’s stages.

Mahoney's Last Stand

Mahoney's Last Stand is an album by Ronnie Wood and Ronnie Lane - the music soundtrack for the 1972 Canadian film Mahoney's Estate (aka Mahoney's Last Stand) starring Sam Waterston, Alexis Kanner and Maud Adams.

National Poetry Month

Hosted each year by the two-time Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep, the event has featured readings by Liam Neeson, Tony Kushner, Maya Lin, Sam Waterston, Suzan-Lori Parks, Minnie Driver, Dan Rather, Agnes Gund, Frank Rich, Diane von Furstenberg, Wynton Marsalis, Alan Alda, Wendy Whelan, Mike Wallace, Dianne Wiest, Oliver Sacks, Gloria Vanderbilt, William Wegman, and Christopher Durang, among others.

Ricki Lake

Lake also starred in other Waters films including Cry-Baby (with Johnny Depp and Susan Tyrrell), Cecil B. Demented (with Melanie Griffith and Stephen Dorff), and Serial Mom (with Kathleen Turner and Sam Waterston).

The Fifth Missile

The Fifth Missile is a 1986 TV movie starring Robert Conrad, Sam Waterston and David Soul about an American ballistic missile submarine, based on the novel The Gold Crew by Frank M. Robinson and Thomas N. Scortia.


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