2012 | Returned to series television on Aaron Sorkin's drama series "The Newsroom" (HBO) as a network news executive |
2010 | Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
2008 | Appeared as Polonius in the Shakespeare in the Park production of "Hamlet" |
2003 | Appeared in "Le divorce," starring Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts |
2002 | Co-starred in the NBC TV-movie "The Matthew Shepard Story" as the father of slain college student |
2000 | Produced the Showtime TV-movie "A House Divided"; also co-starred as the plantation owner who fathered a biracial child |
2000 | Starred with son James Waterston in a production of "Long Day's Journey Into Night" at Syracuse Stage |
1998 | Starred as Dr. Karl Koster, a savior of Danish Jews during the Nazi's reign of terror in the fact-based TV-movie "Miracle at Midnight" (ABC) |
1998 | Featured as McCoy in "Exiled: A Law & Order Movie" (NBC) |
1997 | Played the U.S. President in the political thriller "Shadow Conspiracy" |
1995 | Feature film producing debut, "The Journey of August King"; also played small role |
1994 | Joined the cast of the NBC drama series "Law & Order" as assistant district attorney Jack McCoy, replacing Michael Moriarty; in 2007, his character was promoted to New York district attorney, filling the slot vacated by Fred Thompson's Arthur Branch; earned Emmy (1997, 1999, 2000) nominations; series cancelled after 20 years on the air |
1994 | Co-starred with Kirstie Alley in the acclaimed TV-movie "David's Mother" (CBS) |
1994 | Played the mild-mannered husband of Kathleen Turner's "Serial Mom" |
1993 | Returned to the NYC stage to play Abraham Lincoln in a revival of Robert Sherwood's "Abe Lincoln in Illinois"; received a Tony nomination |
1992 | Made TV directorial debut with the "Since Walter" episode of "I'll Fly Away" (NBC) |
1991 | Co-starred in the period drama "The Man in the Moon," starring a young Reese Witherspoon |
1991 | Starred on the NBC drama series "I'll Fly Away"; received Emmy nominations in 1992 and 1993 |
1989 | Fourth film with Allen, "Crimes and Misdemeanors" |
1988 | Starred with Robert Prosky in "A Walk in the Woods," a play dealing with arms negotiation between the U.S. and the USSR |
1988 | Played Abraham Lincoln in the two-part NBC movie "Gore Vidal's Lincoln"; Mary Tyler Moore co-starred as Mary Todd Lincoln |
1987 | Re-teamed with Allen for the film "September" |
1986 | Appeared in Woody Allen's "Hannah and Her Sisters" |
1985 | Acted on Broadway in "Benefactors" alongside Glenn Close and Mary Beth Hurt |
1985 | Co-starred with Mary Tyler Moore and Robert Preston in the HBO romance "Finnegan Begin Again" |
1984 | Received Best Actor Oscar nomination for his leading role as an American journalist in Cambodia in the feature film "The Killing Fields" |
1982 | Played physicist Quentin E. Deverill on the short-lived CBS adventure series "Q.E.D." |
1982 | Played physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the seven-part PBS miniseries "Oppenheimer" |
1980 | Co-starred in the Broadway comedy "Lunch Hour" |
1980 | Featured in "Hopscotch" and Michael Cimino's disastrous "Heaven's Gate" |
1979 | Played title role in the feature "Sweet William" |
1979 | Returned to TV-movies after five years to star opposite Carol Burnett and Ned Beatty in the acclaimed ABC drama "Friendly Fire" |
1978 | Made first appearance in a Woody Allen film with a role in "Interiors" |
1976 | Acted in the features "Journey Into Fear" and "Dandy, the All American Girl" |
1975 | Landed title role in the NYSF production of "Hamlet" |
1974 | Co-starred with Tuesday Weld in the TV-movie "Reflections on a Murder" |
1974 | First came to attention in a major film "The Great Gatsby"; played the narrator Nick Carraway; initial film collaboration with Mia Farrow |
1973 | Made first TV-movie; played Tom in an adaptation of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" (ABC), starring Katharine Hepburn; garnered first Emmy nomination |
1972 | Starred opposite Kathleen Widdoes in NYSF Central Park production of "Much Ado About Nothing"; later moved to Broadway (aired on CBS in 1974) |
1971 | Had featured role in the off-Broadway play "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine" |
1969 | Starred in Kopit's play "Indians" |
1968 | Cast as Prince Hal in the NYSF productions of "Henry IV, Part I" and "Henry IV, Part II" |
1967 | First released feature, "Fitzwilly" |
1965 | Made film debut in the unreleased feature "The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean" |
1964 | First appeared on television in "Camera Three" (CBS) |
1963 | Made Broadway debut in Arthur Kopit's "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad" |
1963 | First appearance with the New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF) in "As You Like It" |
1947 | Made stage debut at age six as the Page in Jean Anouilh's "Antigone"; directed by his father |
