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Law & Order star Sam Waterston hangs up his badge at 83: TV icon gets emotional in farewell speech as he retires Jack McCoy character following 405 episodes


The 83-year-old acting veteran originally joined the cast in 1994 for the fifth season, and he went on to portray the district attorney on/off through season 23

Tyler Perry's adaptation of Kevin M. Hymel's 2019 WWII History magazine article also stars Kerry Washington, Oprah Winfrey, Susan Sarandon, Gregg Sulkin, Dean Norris, Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, Kylie Jefferson, Shanice Shantay, Sarah Jeffery, Pepi Sonuga, Jay Reeves, Jeanté Godlock, Moriah Brown, and Baadja-Lyne Odums. The Grace and Frankie alum will next play a mystery role in the film Six Triple Eight - premiering later this year on Netflix - about the all-black, all-female 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion sorting over 17M pieces of mail ahead of time Tyler Perry's (5-L, pictured in 2023) adaptation of Kevin M. Hymel's 2019 WWII History magazine article also stars Dean Norris (L), Kerry Washington (M), Gregg Sulkin (R), Oprah Winfrey, and Susan Sarandon

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