| Waterston in 2014 | |||
| Award | Wins | Nominations | |
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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. For his portrayal of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the BBC Two miniseries Oppenheimer (1980) he was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.
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.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | The Glass Menagerie | [2] | |
| 1992 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | I'll Fly Away | [3] | |
| 1993 | [4] | |||
| 1994 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | [5] | ||
| 1996 | Outstanding Informational Series | Lost Civilizations | [6] | |
| 1997 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Law and Order | [7] | |
| 1999 | [8] | |||
| 2000 | [9] | |||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Best Actor on Television | Oppenheimer | [11] | |
| 1984 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Killing Fields | [12] | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Law and Order | ||
| 2000 | ||||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 1992 | Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series | I'll Fly Away | ||
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| 1998 | Law and Order | |||
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