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Sam Anderson

Sam Anderson

Acting
April 2, 1947 (79)
Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA
April 2, 1947 (79)
Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

Sam Anderson

Acting

Biography

Sam Anderson (born April 2, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his character roles such as Sam Gorpley on Perfect Strangers, Holland Manners on Angel, dentist Bernard Nadler on Lost, Happy Days-loving Doctor Harad who delivered Phoebe's triplets in Friends' 100th episode, and in film, as the principal in Forrest Gump.

Filmography 114

Movies (36)

  • The Lift
    2024
  • Where the Crawdads Sing
    2022
    Tate (mid-70s)
  • Song of Back and Neck
    2018
    Jarred Foxen
  • Do You Take This Man
    2017
    Steven
  • Maybe Someday
    2017
    Douglas Donnelly
  • Ouija: Origin of Evil
    2016
    Mr. Browning
  • Devil's Due
    2014
    Father Thomas
  • Breaking the Girls
    2013
    Professor Nolan
  • 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
    2012
    Chris
  • Water for Elephants
    2011
    Mr. Hyde
  • Dirty Habit
    2006
    Bishop
  • Touched
    2005
    Dr. Reynolds
  • Secret Santa
    2003
    Mr. Gibson
  • Slackers
    2002
    Charles Patton
  • Sonic Impact
    2000
    Alex Holmes
  • The Independent
    2000
    Ed
  • Perfect Game
    2000
    Steven
  • NetForce
    1999
    Fox
  • Permanent Midnight
    1998
    Dr. Olson
  • What I Did for Love
    1998
    Richard
  • The Pentagon Wars
    1998
    Congressman #2
  • The Sleepwalker Killing
    1997
    Roth Lane
  • The Last Hand
    1997
    Jimmy Walsh
  • The Man Next Door
    1996
    Dwight Cooley
  • The Puppet Masters
    1994
    Culbertson
  • Forrest Gump
    1994
    Principal Hancock
  • A Place to Be Loved
    1993
    Judge Thomas S. Kirk
  • Memoirs of an Invisible Man
    1992
    Chairman of the House Committee
  • Dark Angel
    1990
    Warren
  • Critters 2
    1988
    Mr. Morgan

Shows (78)

  • Matlock
    2024
    Edwin Kingston
  • Painkiller
    2023
    Raymond Sackler
  • A Million Little Things
    2018
    Mr. Dennings
  • Station 19
    2018
    Elliott
  • This Is Us
    2016
    Judge Walter Crowder
  • Damien
    2016
    Professor Igor Reneus
  • How to Get Away with Murder
    2014
    Thomas Fitzgerald
  • Chasing Life
    2014
    Gerald Rayburn
  • Men at Work
    2012
    James Wilson
  • Scandal
    2012
    Melvin Feen
  • Grimm
    2011
    Old Man
  • Harry's Law
    2011
    Judge William Rothman
  • Hawaii Five-0
    2010
    Owen Sutherland
  • Justified
    2010
    Lee Paxton
  • NCIS: Los Angeles
    2009
    Senator Dick Osborne
  • The Forgotten
    2009
    Train Driver
  • Castle
    2009
    Principal Duncan
  • Leverage
    2008
    Henry Retzing
  • Bones
    2005
    Hugo Sanderson
  • Grey's Anatomy
    2005
    Michael Whitman
  • Medium
    2005
    Eliot Peterson
  • Boston Legal
    2004
    Walter Fife
  • Lost
    2004
    Bernard Nadler
  • CSI: NY
    2004
    Dr. Richards
  • Married to the Kellys
    2003
    Bill Kelly
  • NCIS
    2003
    Walter Carmichael
  • Miracles
    2003
    Cinda's Father
  • Without a Trace
    2002
    Congressman Whitehurst
  • CSI: Miami
    2002
    Scott Sommer
  • Wolf Lake
    2001
    Arthur Van Halen