James Waterston

About James Waterston

He is best known for his portrayal of Gerard Pitts in the critically acclaimed 1989 feature film Dead Poets Society, but he has also been in professional theater productions of Private Lives, Chinglish, and Buffalo Gals. In the 2013 television film Dear Dumb Diary, he played Assistant Principal Devon.

James Waterston is an American film, stage, and television actor whose first role was playing Gerard Pitts in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society.

Relatives	Katherine Waterston (paternal half-sister)
Years active	1980–present
Born	James Smallwood Waterston, January 17, 1969, New York City, U.S.
Parent(s)	Sam Waterston, Barbara Rutledge Johns

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James Waterston before fame

He graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in English.

Achievement of James Waterston

He starred in a series of made-for-TV movies based on Catherine Marshall's novel Christy and its 1990s TV series adaptation in the early 2000s.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

James Waterston family life

He grew up alongside half siblings Graham, Katherine, and Elisabeth Waterston, the oldest child of magazine editor Barbara Rutledge and famed cinema actor Sam Waterston. He married Line Lillevik in the summer of 2000.

Associations of James Waterston

He founded Malaparte Theater Company in New York with fellow performers Robert Sean Leonard and Ethan Hawke.

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