Sam Anderson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 2, 1947 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA
- Credits
- 117
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
Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
2024Movie
Elder Scott
Matlock
2024TV
Edwin Kingston
The Lift
2024Movie
Painkiller
2023TV
Raymond Sackler
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022Movie
Tate (mid-70s)
A Million Little Things
2018TV
Mr. Dennings
Song of Back and Neck
2018Movie
Jarred Foxen
Station 19
2018TV
Elliott
Do You Take This Man
2017Movie
Steven
Maybe Someday
2017Movie
Douglas Donnelly
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016Movie
Mr. Browning
This Is Us
2016TV
Judge Walter Crowder
Damien
2016TV
Professor Igor Reneus
How to Get Away with Murder
2014TV
Thomas Fitzgerald
Chasing Life
2014TV
Gerald Rayburn
Devil's Due
2014Movie
Father Thomas
Breaking the Girls
2013Movie
Professor Nolan
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
2012Movie
Chris
Men at Work
2012TV
James Wilson
Scandal
2012TV
Melvin Feen
Grimm
2011TV
Old Man, Rolek Porter
Water for Elephants
2011Movie
Mr. Hyde
Harry's Law
2011TV
Judge William Rothman
Hawaii Five-0
2010TV
Owen Sutherland
Justified
2010TV
Lee Paxton
The Forgotten
2009TV
Train Driver
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009TV
Senator Dick Osborne
Castle
2009TV
Principal Duncan
Leverage
2008TV
Henry Retzing
Dirty Habit
2006Movie
Bishop
Touched
2005Movie
Dr. Reynolds
Bones
2005TV
Hugo Sanderson
Grey's Anatomy
2005TV
Michael Whitman
Medium
2005TV
Eliot Peterson
Boston Legal
2004TV
Walter Fife
CSI: NY
2004TV
Dr. Richards
Lost
2004TV
Bernard Nadler
Secret Santa
2003Movie
Mr. Gibson
Married to the Kellys
2003TV
Bill Kelly
NCIS
2003TV
Walter Carmichael
Miracles
2003TV
Cinda's Father
Without a Trace
2002TV
Congressman Whitehurst
CSI: Miami
2002TV
Scott Sommer
Slackers
2002Movie
Charles Patton
Wolf Lake
2001TV
Arthur Van Halen
Sonic Impact
2000Movie
Alex Holmes
The Independent
2000Movie
Ed
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000TV
Dr. Mercer
Perfect Game
2000Movie
Steven
Malcolm in the Middle
2000TV
Police Commissioner
Angel
1999TV
Holland Manners
The West Wing
1999TV
John LaSalle
Family Law
1999TV
Carlisle Tucker
NetForce
1999Movie
Fox
Fantasy Island
1998TV
Mr. Gable
Permanent Midnight
1998Movie
Dr. Olson
What I Did for Love
1998Movie
Richard
From the Earth to the Moon
1998TV
Thomas Paine
Two Guys and a Girl
1998TV
Dr. Harvey
The Pentagon Wars
1998Movie
Congressman #2
The Visitor
1997TV
Army General
Ally McBeal
1997TV
Mark Harrison
The Sleepwalker Killing
1997Movie
Roth Lane
The Last Hand
1997Movie
Jimmy Walsh
Millennium
1996TV
Agent Jack Pierson
Profiler
1996TV
Ken Harker
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996TV
Special Agent Thomas Garfield
The Cape
1996TV
Kevin Davis, CAPCOM
Boston Common
1996TV
Wesley Butterfield
The Man Next Door
1996Movie
Dwight Cooley
Live Shot
1995TV
Marvin Seaborne
Nowhere Man
1995TV
Man
The Puppet Masters
1994Movie
Culbertson
Friends
1994TV
Dr. Harad
ER
1994TV
Jack Kayson
Chicago Hope
1994TV
Howard Sherwood
Forrest Gump
1994Movie
Principal Hancock
The Stand
1994TV
Whitney Horgan
Diagnosis: Murder
1993TV
Ernie Pitt, Dr. Hjortsberg
The X-Files
1993TV
Leamus
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993TV
Simon Wolfe
A Place to Be Loved
1993Movie
Judge Thomas S. Kirk
Picket Fences
1992TV
FBI Agent Donald Morrell
Melrose Place
1992TV
Agent Hill
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992Movie
Chairman of the House Committee
Rugrats
1991TV
Salesman / Announcer (voice)
Dark Angel
1990Movie
Warren
Alien Nation
1989TV
Thomas Edison
Critters 2
1988Movie
Mr. Morgan
In the Heat of the Night
1988TV
Drew Ward
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987TV
Assistant Manager
La Bamba
1987Movie
Mr. Ludwig
21 Jump Street
1987TV
Dan Finger
The Charmings
1987TV
L.A. Law
1986TV
D.A. Bill Graphia
Perfect Strangers
1986TV
Sam Gorpley
Growing Pains
1985TV
Principal Willis Dewitt
The Golden Girls
1985TV
Meyer
Movers & Shakers
1985Movie
Ray Berg
Tales from the Darkside
1984TV
Dr. Synapsis
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Neil Fraser, Ethan Stevens, Stuart Himes, Dan the Electrician
Hunter
1984TV
Vinny Cochran
E/R
1984TV
Mama Malone
1984TV
Stanley
Blue Thunder
1984TV
Benjamin Kelty
Policewoman Centerfold
1983Movie
Druggist
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983TV
Teddy Peters
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
1983Movie
Paul Iberville
The Tragedy of King Lear
1982Movie
Duke of Albany
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982Movie
Man in White
St. Elsewhere
1982TV
Mr. McGrath
Newhart
1982TV
Larry's Supporter
T. J. Hooker
1982TV
Leo Santee
Magnum, P.I.
1980TV
Ray Jones / John Doe
The Stockard Channing Show
1980TV
The Swap
1979Movie
Paul
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978TV
Agent Berwick, Mr. Anderson, Rex Erhardt, Mason Nobel