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 had a guest role as an accused murderer in Season 1 of The Good Wife. 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.

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