List of awards and nominations received by Sam Waterston

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List of Sam Waterston awards
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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.

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[]

Academy Awards[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1984 Best Actor The Killing Fields Nominated [1]

Primetime Emmy Awards[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1974 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie The Glass Menagerie Nominated [2]
1992 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series I'll Fly Away Nominated
1993 Nominated
1994 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated
1996 Outstanding Informational Series Lost Civilizations Won
1997 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Law and Order Nominated
1999 Nominated
2000 Nominated

Tony Awards[]

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

Industry awards[]

BAFTA Awards[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1981 Best Actor on Television Oppenheimer Nominated
1985 Best Actor in a Leading Role The Killing Fields Nominated

Drama Desk Awards[]

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

Golden Globe Awards[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1975 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture The Great Gatsby Nominated
New Star of the Year – Actor Nominated
1983 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Oppenheimer Nominated
1985 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama The Killing Fields Nominated
1992 Best Actor – Television Series Drama I'll Fly Away Nominated
1993 Won
1995 Law & Order Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1994 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Law and Order Nominated
1995 Nominated
1996 Nominated
1997 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
1998 Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Won
Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
1999 Nominated
2000 Nominated
2001 Nominated
2003 Nominated

Miscellaneous awards[]

Satellite Awards[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1998 Best Actor – Television Series Drama Law and Order Nominated
2000 Nominated

Viewers for Quality Television[]

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[]

  1. ^ "57th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Sam Waterston". Emmys.com. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
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