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