List of awards and nominations received by Sam Waterston

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Sam Waterston awards and nominations

Cotillard at the Cabourg Film Festival in 2017
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 0 1 BAFTA Awards 0 2 Emmy Awards 1 8 Golden Globes 1 7 SAG Awards 1 11 Tony Awards 0 1
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Wins	3
Nominations	49
Note ↑ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

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.