James Waterston was previously seen at the Huntington in Private Lives, Ah, Wilderness!, and Gross Indecency. He has appeared on Broadway in An Enemy of the People (Manhattan Theatre Club). His Off Broadway credits include Parents' Evening (The Flea Theater), Buffalo Gal (Primary Stages), The Importance of Being Earnest (Brooklyn Academy of Music), and As You Like It (The Public Theater/NYSF). Regional and international favorites include Chinglish (Goodman Theatre), Othello (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company),Long Day's Journey into Night (Syracuse Stage), Twelfth Night (The Old Globe), The Seagull (George Street Playhouse), Children (Williamstown Theatre Festival), and Julius Caesar (American Repertory Theater, Paris' Theatre Gerard Philipe, and touring in Bogotá, Colombia and throughout France). Mr. Waterston has spent five seasons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, three seasons at The Old Globe, and three seasons at the Sundance Film Institute. His film and television credits include Certainty, Visiting, Dead Poets Society, Little Sweetheart, Treme, The Good Wife, a recurring role on Six Feet Under, Live from Baghdad, Wedding Daze, Christy: The Movie, and Dear Dumb Diary. Mr. Waterston will revive his role in Private Lives this spring in Washington, DC.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Inventing Anna (2022)
Guest starring as Squash Partner
- Episode 1x04: A Wolf in Chic Clothing (Feb 11, 2022)
Modern Love (2019)
Guest starring as Chris
- Episode 1x08: The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap (Oct 18, 2019)
The Politician (2019)
Guest starring as Election Board Official
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: Election Day (Jun 19, 2020)
- Episode 2x06: What's in the Box? (Jun 19, 2020)
Flesh and Bone (2015)
Guest starring as Prescott Hawthorn
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Scorched Earth (Dec 27, 2015) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x06: F.U.B.A.R. (Dec 13, 2015) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x05: M.I.A. (Dec 6, 2015) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x01: Bulling Through (Nov 8, 2015) [Co-Star]
Red Oaks (2014)
Guest starring as Dr. Dale Blum
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x09: The Bar Mitzvah (Oct 9, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: Body Swap (Oct 9, 2015)
- Episode 1x06: Swingers (Oct 9, 2015)
- Episode 1x05: Fourth of July (Oct 9, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: The Wedding (Oct 9, 2015)
The Blacklist (2013)
Guest starring as Dale Rayburn
- Episode 5x17: Anna-Gracia Duerte (No. 25) (Apr 4, 2018)
Unforgettable (2011)
Guest starring as Ian Smith
- Episode 1x03: Check Out Time (Oct 4, 2011) [Co-Star]
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Mr. Harvey
- Episode 9x14: Inconceivable (Jan 22, 2008)
Guest starring as Congressman Luke Bolton
- Episode 18x17: Real Fake News (May 3, 2017)