Sam Anderson
April 2, 1947 (77 years old) in Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Matlock as Edwin Kingston
- 2024 · The Lift as
- 2023 · Painkiller as Raymond Sackler
- 2022 · Where the Crawdads Sing as Tate (mid-70s)
- 2018 · A Million Little Things as Mr. Dennings
- 2018 · Song of Back and Neck as Jarred Foxen
- 2018 · Station 19 as Elliott
- 2017 · Do You Take This Man as Steven
- 2017 · Maybe Someday as Douglas Donnelly
- 2016 · Ouija: Origin of Evil as Mr. Browning
- 2016 · This Is Us as Judge Walter Crowder
- 2016 · Damien as Professor Igor Reneus
- 2014 · Chasing Life as Gerald Rayburn
- 2014 · Devil's Due as Father Thomas
- 2013 · Breaking the Girls as Professor Nolan
- 2012 · 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom as Chris
- 2012 · Men At Work as James Wilson
- 2012 · Scandal as Melvin Feen
- 2011 · Grimm as Old Man
- 2011 · Grimm as Rolek Porter
- 2011 · Water for Elephants as Mr. Hyde
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as
- 2010 · Justified as Lee Paxton
- 2009 · The Forgotten as Train Driver
- 2009 · Castle as Principal Duncan
- 2008 · Leverage as Henry Retzing
- 2006 · Dirty Habit as Bishop
- 2005 · Touched as Dr. Reynolds
- 2005 · Bones as Hugo Sanderson
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Michael Whitman
- 2005 · Medium as Eliot Peterson
- 2004 · Lost as Bernard Nadler
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Dr. Richards
- 2003 · Secret Santa as Mr. Gibson
- 2003 · Married to the Kellys as Bill Kelly
- 2003 · NCIS as Walter Carmichael
- 2003 · Miracles as
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Congressman Whitehurst
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Scott Sommer
- 2002 · Slackers as Charles Patton
- 2001 · Wolf Lake as Arthur Van Halen
- 2000 · Sonic Impact as Alex Holmes
- 2000 · The Independent as Ed
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Dr. Mercer
- 2000 · Perfect Game as Steven
- 2000 · Malcolm in the Middle as Police Commissioner
- 1999 · Angel as Holland Manners
- 1999 · The West Wing as John LaSalle
- 1999 · Family Law as Carlisle Tucker
- 1999 · NetForce as Fox
- 1998 · Fantasy Island as Mr. Gable
- 1998 · Permanent Midnight as Dr. Olson
- 1998 · What I Did for Love as Richard
- 1998 · From the Earth to the Moon as Thomas Paine
- 1998 · The Pentagon Wars as Congressman #2
- 1997 · The Visitor as Army General
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as Mark Harrison
- 1996 · Millennium as Agent Jack Pierson
- 1996 · Everybody Loves Raymond as Special Agent Thomas Garfield
- 1996 · The Cape as Kevin Davis, CAPCOM
- 1996 · Boston Common as Wesley Butterfield
- 1996 · The Man Next Door as Dwight Cooley
- 1996 · Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen as Quote Reader
- 1995 · Live Shot as Marvin Seaborne
- 1995 · Nowhere Man as The Man
- 1994 · The Puppet Masters as Culbertson
- 1994 · Friends as Dr. Harad
- 1994 · ER as Jack Kayson
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as
- 1994 · Forrest Gump as Principal Hancock
- 1994 · The Stand as Whitney Horgan
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Ernie Pitt
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Dr. Hjortsberg
- 1993 · The X-Files as Leamus
- 1993 · The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Simon Wolfe
- 1993 · A Place To Be Loved as Judge Thomas S. Kirk
- 1992 · Melrose Place as Agent Hill
- 1992 · Memoirs of an Invisible Man as Chairman of the House Committee
- 1990 · Dark Angel as Warren
- 1988 · Critters 2 as Mr. Morgan
- 1988 · In the Heat of the Night as Drew Ward
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Assistant Manager
- 1987 · La Bamba as Mr. Ludwig
- 1987 · 21 Jump Street as Dan Finger
- 1987 · The Charmings as
- 1986 · L.A. Law as D.D.A. Bill Graphia
- 1986 · Perfect Strangers as Sam Gorpley
- 1985 · Growing Pains as Principal Willis Dewitt
- 1985 · The Golden Girls as Meyer
- 1985 · Movers & Shakers as Ray Berg
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Ethan Stevens
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Neil Fraser
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Stuart Himes
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Dan the Electrician
- 1984 · Tales from the Darkside as Dr. Synapsis
- 1984 · Hunter as Vinny Cochran
- 1984 · E/R as
- 1984 · Mama Malone as Stanley
- 1983 · Policewoman Centerfold as Druggist
- 1983 · Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade as Paul Iberville
- 1982 · The Tragedy of King Lear as Duke of Albany
- 1982 · Newhart as
- 1982 · T. J. Hooker as Leo Santee
- 1980 · The Stockard Channing Show as
- 1979 · The Swap as Paul
- 1978 · WKRP in Cincinnati as Agent Berwick
- 1978 · WKRP in Cincinnati as Mason Nobel
- 1978 · WKRP in Cincinnati as Mr. Anderson
- 1978 · WKRP in Cincinnati as Rex Erhardt