Sam Anderson
Known for Acting · 114 credits
- Born
- 1947-04-02 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA
- Also known as
- سام اندرسون
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
TV Shows (78)
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Michael Whitman
NCIS
2003
as Walter Carmichael
Bones
2005
as Hugo Sanderson
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Dr. Mercer
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Owen Sutherland
Friends
1994
as Dr. Harad
CSI: Miami
2002
as Scott Sommer
Lost
2004
as Bernard Nadler
Castle
2009
as Principal Duncan
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Senator Dick Osborne
The X-Files
1993
as Leamus
Grimm
2011
as Old Man / Rolek Porter
ER
1994
as Jack Kayson
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Assistant Manager
The West Wing
1999
as John LaSalle
Without a Trace
2002
as Congressman Whitehurst
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Ethan Stevens / Neil Fraser / Stuart Himes / Dan the Electrician
CSI: NY
2004
as Dr. Richards
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Police Commissioner
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Ernie Pitt / Dr. Hjortsberg
Melrose Place
1992
as Agent Hill
Medium
2005
as Eliot Peterson
Boston Legal
2004
as Walter Fife
Scandal
2012
as Melvin Feen
This Is Us
2016
as Judge Walter Crowder
Chicago Hope
1994
as Howard Sherwood
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Ray Jones / John Doe
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Thomas Fitzgerald
Angel
1999
as Holland Manners
Station 19
2018
as Elliott
L.A. Law
1986
as D.A. Bill Graphia
21 Jump Street
1987
as Dan Finger
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996
as Special Agent Thomas Garfield
Justified
2010
as Lee Paxton
T. J. Hooker
1982
as Leo Santee
The Golden Girls
1985
as Meyer
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Mr. McGrath
Hunter
1984
as Vinny Cochran
Leverage
2008
as Henry Retzing
Millennium
1996
as Agent Jack Pierson
Newhart
1982
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Dr. Synapsis
Profiler
1996
as Ken Harker
Matlock
2024
as Edwin Kingston
A Million Little Things
2018
as Mr. Dennings
Family Law
1999
as Carlisle Tucker
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
as Teddy Peters
In the Heat of the Night
1988
as Drew Ward
Picket Fences
1992
as FBI Agent Donald Morrell
Growing Pains
1985
as Principal Willis Dewitt
Ally McBeal
1997
as Mark Harrison
Two Guys and a Girl
1998
as Dr. Harvey
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Thomas Paine
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
as Agent Berwick / Mason Nobel / Mr. Anderson / Rex Erhardt
Perfect Strangers
1986
as Sam Gorpley
Harry's Law
2011
as Judge William Rothman
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
as Simon Wolfe
Nowhere Man
1995
as Man
The Stand
1994
as Whitney Horgan
Chasing Life
2014
as Gerald Rayburn
Movies (36)
Forrest Gump
1994
as Principal Hancock
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
as Tate (mid-70s)
La Bamba
1987
as Mr. Ludwig
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
as Mr. Browning
Dark Angel
1990
as Warren
Critters 2
1988
as Mr. Morgan
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as Chairman of the House Committee
Permanent Midnight
1998
as Dr. Olson
Water for Elephants
2011
as Mr. Hyde
The Independent
2000
as Ed
Devil's Due
2014
as Father Thomas
Slackers
2002
as Charles Patton
Sonic Impact
2000
as Alex Holmes
The Puppet Masters
1994
as Culbertson
Secret Santa
2003
as Mr. Gibson
Dirty Habit
2006
as Bishop
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
2012
as Chris
Breaking the Girls
2013
as Professor Nolan
NetForce
1999
as Fox
The Pentagon Wars
1998
as Congressman #2
Movers & Shakers
1985
as Ray Berg
Do You Take This Man
2017
as Steven
Maybe Someday
2017
as Douglas Donnelly
Touched
2005
as Dr. Reynolds
The Swap
1979
as Paul
Policewoman Centerfold
1983
as Druggist
Perfect Game
2000
as Steven
The Sleepwalker Killing
1997
as Roth Lane
The Last Hand
1997
as Jimmy Walsh
A Place to Be Loved
1993
as Judge Thomas S. Kirk
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
1983
as Paul Iberville
What I Did for Love
1998
as Richard
Song of Back and Neck
2018
as Jarred Foxen
The Tragedy of King Lear
1982
as Duke of Albany
The Man Next Door
1996
as Dwight Cooley
The Lift
2024
About Sam Anderson
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. With 114 credits spanning from 1978 to 2024, Sam Anderson has appeared in 36 films and 78 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sam Anderson Movies
- Forrest Gump (1994) — as Principal Hancock
- Where the Crawdads Sing (2022) — as Tate (mid-70s)
- La Bamba (1987) — as Mr. Ludwig
- Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) — as Mr. Browning
- Dark Angel (1990) — as Warren
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