Sam Waterston
...as Jack McCoy (Season 18)
Character District Attorney Jack McCoy
Date of birth 15 November 1940
Place of birth Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Sam Waterston is an actor who is known for his portrayal of Executive ADA, and later District Attorney, Jack McCoy. His character replaced Benjamin Stone as the series Executive ADA, and Arthur Branch as DA. He first appeared in the Season 5 episode "Second Opinion".

Waterston also appeared in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes "Entitled" and "Blinded", and in the Law & Order: Trial by Jury episodes "The Abominable Showman" and "Skeleton". He also appeared in the franchise's only movie, "Exiled: A Law & Order Movie".

Jack McCoy appeared in the Homicide: Life on the Street crossover episodes "Baby, It's You: Part 2" and "Sideshow: Part 2".

Sam Waterston provided the voiceover for Abraham Lincoln in Ken Burn's The Civil War.

Law & Order

Law Main Cast: Anthony Anderson • S. Epatha Merkerson • Jeremy Sisto Former Cast: Benjamin Bratt • George Dzundza • Dennis Farina • Dann Florek • Milena Govich • Michael Imperioli • Jesse L. Martin • Chris Noth • Jerry Orbach • Paul Sorvino Order Main Cast: Alana De La Garza • Linus Roache • Sam Waterston Former Cast: Richard Brooks • Angie Harmon • Jill Hennessy • Steven Hill • Carey Lowell • Michael Moriarty • Annie Parisse • Elisabeth Röhm • Fred Dalton Thompson • Dianne Wiest Others Carolyn McCormick • Roy Thinnes