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James Waterston is a Actor American born on 17 january 1969 at New York City (USA)

James Waterston

James Waterston
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Birth name James Smallwood Waterston
Nationality USA
Birth 17 january 1969 (55 years) at New York City (USA)

James Waterston (born January 17, 1969) is an American film and television actor whose first role was playing Gerard Pitts in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society.

Waterston's most recently appeared in three movies, Christy: Return to Cutter Gap, Christy: A Change of Seasons and Christy: A New Beginning as Rev. David Grantland. In 2011, Waterston debuted the lead role in the world premiere of Chinglish by David Henry Hwang at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, which subsequently moved on to Broadway the same year.

Biography

Waterston grew up in New York City and formed Malaparte (theater company) with Ethan Hawke and Robert Sean Leonard, where he did everything from directing to taking tickets. He formed an improv/sketch group called Circus Maximus. On the small screen, he played a doctor in a Law & Order season nine episode, Refuge. He appeared in a two-part episode of Diagnosis: Murder in which he plays a hot-headed intern. He also shot a series pilot called Shrinking Violet. He also appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season nine episode "Inconceivable" as a husband whose wife couldn't conceive without in-vitro fertilization. He has starred in many off-Broadway plays in New York City, and New England. His most recent play is Buffalo Gals in New York City, which concluded in September.

James Waterston is on the Board of Directors of Providence Magazine, with circulation in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, and has contributed photographs to the magazine. His mother, Barbara Waterston, is the editor of the magazine.

He is the son of actor Sam Waterston and the older half-brother of actresses Elisabeth Waterston and Katherine Waterston, and filmmaker Graham Waterston.

Usually with

Dale Dickey
Dale Dickey
(2 films)
Emily Perkins
Emily Perkins
(2 films)
Diane Ladd
Diane Ladd
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of James Waterston (5 films)

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Actor

Wedding Daze, 1h28
Directed by Georg Stanford Brown
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors John Larroquette, Karen Valentine, French Stewart, Jaime Ray Newman, Kelly Overton, Justin Baldoni
Roles Lyle Mills
Rating57% 2.8511552.8511552.8511552.8511552.851155
Jack and Audrey Landry are a middle-aged couple with three daughters: Nora, Teri, and Dahlia (also known as Dolly). The eldest, Nora, is a supermodel based in Italy, who rarely comes home. Terry, the second daughter, is an independent business woman who lives with her boyfriend Bryan. Dahlia, the youngest, lives at home with her parents still, and changes her "look" often. In addition to the happy family, Nora's ex-boyfriend Sam works for Jack and is very close with the family as well.
Live from Baghdad, 1h48
Directed by Mick Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Biography
Themes Political films
Actors Michael Keaton, Helena Bonham Carter, Lili Taylor, David Suchet, Bruce McGill, Michael Murphy
Roles Eric
Rating71% 3.596233.596233.596233.596233.59623
On August 2, 1990, Iraqi forces and tanks roll into Kuwait City, as the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait begins. In Atlanta, CNN picks Robert Wiener (Michael Keaton) and his crew to go to Baghdad and cover the invasion. At Rome International Airport, Wiener meets his colleague and producer Ingrid Formanek (Helena Bonham Carter). Wiener and his crew arrive in Baghdad on August 23, and stay at the Al-Rasheed Hotel.
Christy: Return to Cutter Gap, 1h29
Directed by Chuck Bowman
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Lauren Lee Smith, Stewart Finlay-McLennan, James Waterston, Diane Ladd, Frank C. Turner, Emily Perkins
Roles Rev. David Grantland
Rating57% 2.861252.861252.861252.861252.86125
Set in early 20th century Tennessee, this film tells the story of schoolteacher Christy Huddleston who attempts to force a small community into progressing with the outside world. Considered an outsider by the residents of Cutter Gap, North Carolina native Christy is beloved as a teacher but has begun to stir up conflict with her pleas for progress and stories of an outside world of skyscrapers and modern conveniences. When an aviatrix crash lands in Cutter Gap, the attention is taken off Christy, until a series of robberies occur. Believing the thieves would never have come if it weren't for the new road Christy had built, the town unites against her. Faced with this series of setbacks, Christy contemplates returning home to North Carolina, but is persuaded to stay.
Dead Poets Society, 2h8
Directed by Peter Weir
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Norman Lloyd
Roles Gerard Pitts
Rating81% 4.052044.052044.052044.052044.05204
In 1959, shy Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke) begins his senior year of high school at Welton Academy, an elite prep boarding school. He is assigned one of Welton's most promising students, Neil Perry (Robert Sean Leonard), as his roommate and is quickly accepted by Neil's friends: romantic Knox Overstreet (Josh Charles), overachiever Richard Cameron (Dylan Kussman), best friends Steven Meeks (Allelon Ruggiero) and Gerard Pitts (James Waterston), and mischievous beatnik Charlie Dalton (Gale Hansen).