# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-waterston
# Generated: 2026-09-01T01:18:40.613Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-waterston"
name: "Sam Waterston"
slug: "sam-waterston"
description: "Samuel Atkinson Waterston is an American actor. Waterston is known for his work in theater, television, and film. He has received numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two BAFTA Awards. His acting career has spanned over five decades acting on stage and screen. Waterston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2012."
tagline: "American actor, producer and director (born 1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Waterston_at_PaleyFest_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1940-11-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump