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List of awards and nominations received by Sam Waterston

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List of Sam Waterston awards

Waterston in 2014

Award Wins Nominations
Academy Award
0 1
BAFTA Award
0 2
Golden Globe Award
1 7
Primetime Emmy Award
1 8
Screen Actors Guild Award
1 11
Tony Award
0 1

Sam Waterston is an American actor known for his stage and screen performances.

Waterston received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance in The Killing Fields (1984) losing to F. Murray Abraham for his role in Amadeus (1984). He also received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in the Broadway revival of Abe Lincoln in Illinois. For his portrayal of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the BBC Two miniseries Oppenheimer (1980) 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 is known for his role in the popular long running crime series Law and Order for which he received 3 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination. He also received 11 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Law and Order winning in 1999 for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series. He also received 3 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for I'll Fly Away as well as two Golden Globe Award nominations for the series, winning in 1994.

Major associations

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1984 Best Actor The Killing Fields Nominated [1]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1974 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series The Glass Menagerie Nominated [2]
1992 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series I'll Fly Away Nominated [3]
1993 Nominated [4]
1994 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated [5]
1996 Outstanding Informational Series Lost Civilizations Won [6]
1997 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Law and Order Nominated [7]
1999 Nominated [8]
2000 Nominated [9]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Best Actor in a Play Abe Lincoln in Illinois Nominated [10]

Industry awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1981 Best Actor on Television Oppenheimer Nominated [11]
1984 Best Actor in a Leading Role The Killing Fields Nominated [12]
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1974 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture The Great Gatsby Nominated
New Star of the Year – Actor Nominated
1982 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Oppenheimer Nominated
1984 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama The Killing Fields Nominated
1991 Best Actor – Television Series Drama I'll Fly Away Nominated
1992 Won
1994 Law & Order Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Law and Order Nominated [13]
1995 Nominated [14]
1996 Nominated [15]
1997 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Nominated [16]
Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
1998 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Won [17]
Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
1999 Nominated [18]
2000 Nominated [19]
2001 Nominated [20]
2003 Nominated [21]

Theatre awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Outstanding Actor in a Play Abe Lincoln in Illinois Nominated

Outer Critics Circle

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Outstanding Actor in a Play Abe Lincoln in Illinois Nominated [22]

Miscellaneous awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1998 Best Actor – Television Series Drama Law and Order Nominated
2000 Nominated
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1992 Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series I'll Fly Away Nominated
1993 Nominated
1998 Law and Order Nominated
1999 Nominated
2000 Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "57th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Sam Waterston". Emmys.com. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "Nominees / Winners 1992 Emmy Awards". Primetime Emmy Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "Nominees / Winners 1993 Emmy Awards". Primetime Emmy Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  5. ^ "Nominees / Winners 1994 Emmy Awards". Primetime Emmy Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "Nominees / Winners 1996 Emmy Awards". Primetime Emmy Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  7. ^ "Nominees / Winners 1997 Emmy Awards". Primetime Emmy Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  8. ^ "Nominees / Winners 1999 Emmy Awards". Primetime Emmy Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  9. ^ "Nominees / Winners 2000 Emmy Awards". Primetime Emmy Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  10. ^ "Sam Waterston (Performer)". Playbill. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  11. ^ "Television in 1981". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  12. ^ "Film in 1985". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  13. ^ "The Inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  14. ^ "The 2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  15. ^ "The 3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  16. ^ "The 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  17. ^ "The 5th Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  18. ^ "The 6th Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  19. ^ "The 7th Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  20. ^ "The 8th Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  21. ^ "The 10th Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  22. ^ "Abe Lincoln in Illinois (Broadway, 1994)". Playbill. Retrieved March 19, 2024.