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Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor, producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in The Killing Fields (1984), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and his starring role as Jack McCoy on the long-running NBC television series Law & Order (1994–2010), which brought him Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA and Emmy awards, having starred in over eighty film and television productions during his fifty-year career. He has also starred in numerous stage productions. Allmovie has characterised Waterston as having "cultivated a loyal following with his quietly charismatic, unfailingly solid performances."
Waterston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2012.
Waterston, the third of four siblings (Roberta, George, and Ellen), was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His mother, Alice Tucker (née Atkinson), a landscape painter, was of English ancestry, and a descendant of Mayflower passengers. His father, George Chychele Waterston, was an immigrant from Leith, Scotland, and a semanticist and language teacher.
Actors: Elijah Wood (actor), Leigh Whannell (writer), Stefón L.C. (miscellaneous crew), Michael Klastorin (miscellaneous crew), Hayden Christensen (producer), André Devantier (miscellaneous crew), Elijah Wood (producer), Leigh Whannell (producer), Alison Pill (actress), Leigh Whannell (actor), Rainn Wilson (actor), Jorge Garcia (actor), Diane Durant (miscellaneous crew), Kate Flannery (actress), Jack McBrayer (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Horror,Actors: Sarita Choudhury (actress), Kevin Corrigan (actor), Yul Vazquez (actor), Yul Vazquez (producer), Catherine Kellner (actress), Catherine Kellner (producer), Heather Quick (miscellaneous crew), Teresa Yenque (actress), Garrett P. Fennelly (producer), R.E. Rodgers (editor), Raúl Castillo (actor), R.E. Rodgers (producer), R.E. Rodgers (writer), R.E. Rodgers (director), Jean-Raphael Ambron (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Yuri Lowenthal (actor), Tara Platt (actress), Jacques Freydont (actor), Carrie Keranen (actress), Scott Subiono (actor), Georgia Menides (miscellaneous crew), Anthony Backman (actor), Anthony Backman (producer), Mitch Eakins (actor), Stephanie Keefer (actress), Anthony Backman (editor), Susan E. Kim (editor), Chris Burkert (actor), Julia Parker (actress), Shaela Cook (actress),
Plot: Walter Kipling is an introverted yet determined inventor at Zspace Industries with a dream of being a hero in space exploration. When he's passed over for a fellowship on an upcoming launch in favor of the beautiful Katherine White, Walter returns to his daily grind in the math lab. But when Shuttle 9 goes missing, Walter and his childhood solar-powered space helmet may be Katherine's only chance for coming back to Earth alive. Walter will have one desperate last chance to be the "somebody" he dreamed.
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance,Actors: Germán Magariños (writer), Germán Magariños (actor), J.R. Bookwalter (actor), Peter John Ross (composer), Germán Magariños (producer), Germán Magariños (director), Germán Magariños (editor), Luis Sosa Arroyo (actor), Nicanor Loreti (producer), Alexis Puig (actor), Leandro De la Torre (actor), Leandro De la Torre (actor), Ezequiel Hansen (actor), Elvira Serio (producer), Ezequiel Piñeyro (producer),
Plot: Extreme urban violence reigns in Argentina. Senator Beccar Varela rises as the only way to stop violence with his "zero tolerance" politic. People doesn't suspect that Beccar is the head of the nazi gang that causes the violence. When members of the gang torture and rape a retarded man, a mysterious Masked avenger begins his brutal revenge against the gangs and the corrupt politics.
Keywords: absurdism, avant-garde, avenger, blood, bloodbath, bodily-dismemberment, brutality, cruelty, dismemberment, eye-patchActors: Adrian Lee (actress), Douglas Bennett (actor), Savvas Paritsis (editor), Isaac Feder (producer), Ben Bowman (producer), Emily Branham (producer), Kenneth Cole (producer), Justin Francis (writer), Justin Francis (director), Justin Francis (editor), Michelle Haner (actress), Breck Wilson (actor), Lori Wagner (producer), Scott Edelstein (producer), Justin Cudworth (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Joel Soisson (producer), Ethan Phillips (actor), Richard Herd (actor), Denise Crosby (producer), Tracy Scoggins (actress), Robert Meyer Burnett (actor), Matthew Feeney (actor), Michael Forest (actor), John Billingsley (actor), Denise Crosby (actress), Phil Morris (actor), Simone De Camargo (miscellaneous crew), Scott Foster (miscellaneous crew), Andy Mangels (actor), Roger Nygard (editor),
Plot: In this follow-up to the popular 1997 documentary, Denise Crosby returns for another look at fans of the "Star Trek" franchise. This time there are interviews with fans from other countries, updates on fans featured in the first film, and performances by "Star Trek"-themed "filk" bands.
Keywords: apartment, celebrity, convention, costume, devotion, ebay, england, europe, fan, fandomActors: Craig Clyde (director), Eileen Brennan (actress), Richard Halsey (editor), Scott Baio (actor), Aaron Lee Syrett (miscellaneous crew), Craig Clyde (writer), Frank Gerrish (actor), Hal Linden (actor), Todd Bridges (actor), Richard Moll (actor), Oscar Rowland (actor), Joey Miyashima (actor), Tracy Nelson (actress), K.C. Clyde (actor), Kristin Ludwin (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Stephen Hitchcock is a divorced accountant who has a clever son, Kevin. Stephen's sister Vivian wants him to go on a blind date with a friend of hers called Sandy. They arrange a meeting in a shopping mall. Norman Byers is a computer expert. He has broken into a computer and has found some very important numbers. He arranges to hand them over to his accomplice Kelly Jordan in the same shopping mall where Stephen is supposed to meet his blind date. But Norman is chased by two shady looking guys and hasn't got time. He decides to put the numbers in Stephen's shopping bag and tells Kelly to retrieve it. When Stephen assumes Kelly is the blind date he is looking for, he takes her with him to a restaurant. Little does he know he's carrying all kinds of trouble around in his bag. Those numbers are wanted by a lot of people, or so it seems.
Keywords: blind-date, bound-and-gagged, computer-expert, divorced-father, father-son-relationship, shopping-bag, shopping-mall, tied-to-a-chairActors: Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Ramzi Abed (producer), Ramzi Abed (costume designer), Ramzi Abed (writer), David Lowery (actor), David Lowery (editor), Joe Grisaffi (actor), Ramzi Abed (actor), Ramzi Abed (director), Mark Borchardt (actor), Barak Epstein (actor), Tamarah Murley (actress), Eric Fleming (actor), Casey Wickson (actor), Eric Fleming (producer),
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Short,Actors: Lee Phelps (actor), John Qualen (actor), Oscar Apfel (actor), Broderick O'Farrell (actor), Jim Farley (actor), Vince Barnett (actor), William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Ralf Harolde (actor), Lew Ayres (actor), Warren Hymer (actor), Dickie Jones (actor), Paul Kelly (actor), James Flavin (actor), Sidney Miller (actor), Harry Strang (actor),
Plot: Eddie Howard, a fast-thinking, two-fisted bodyguard, is hired by nightclub-owner Tim Martin to protect him from chiseling gangsters operating an extortion-racket. But Eddie meets and falls in love with Laura Grant, Tim's sweetheart, and complications quickly arise.
Keywords: 1930s, b-movie, bodyguard, children, cigarette-smoking, doctor, extortion, gang-leader, gang-member, held-at-gunpointActors: J. Farrell MacDonald (actor), Dick La Reno (actor), Chief John Big Tree (actor), Sid Jordan (actor), Fred Kohler (actor), Cyril Chadwick (actor), James Gordon (actor), George Brent (actor), Harvey Clark (actor), Danny Borzage (actor), John Webb Dillon (actor), George Brent (actor), Thomas Carr (actor), Willie Fung (actor), James A. Marcus (actor),
Plot: Springfield, Illinois. Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west, but Marsh, a contractor, is sceptical. Abraham Lincoln looks on as their children, Davy Brandon and Miriam Marsh, play together. Brandon sets off with Davy to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they are set upon by a party of Cheyenne. One of them, a white renegade with only two fingers on his right hand, kills Brandon and scalps him. Davy buries his father... Years pass. It is 1862 and Lincoln signs the bill authorizing construction of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways. Marsh is principal contractor and Miriam is engaged to Jesson, the chief engineer... Crews of Chinese, Italians, and Irish work to build the railway while resisting Indian attack. When the pay train is delayed by Indian ambush, the Italians go on strike. Miriam persuades them to return to work... Marsh needs to find a shortcut through the Black Hills. To finish on time, he needs to shorten the route by 200 miles. Bauman, the biggest land owner, wants the route to stay the same - through his land. Marsh has entrusted Jesson with finding the new route. Bauman has Ruby, a saloon girl, persuade Jesson to do otherwise... Davy, now a pony express rider, recalls his father's discovery. He sets off to find the pass. He goes alone, except for Jesson...
Keywords: american-indian, epic, intercontinental-railroad, native-american, railway, springfield-illinois, street-shootout, trainYou've lost that steam
And so behind
Can't get up front
From this
Earth fed machine
Wrong breathing mouth
Can't get behind
Lift me up
Lift me up
I can't get up front from this
Trains on new tracks