Sam Anderson

Sam Anderson

Actor Apr 2 (age 78) Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA 1978–2024 (46 year career)
6.7 avg rating

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

Acting (116)

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Movies (37)

The Lift

The Lift

2024
Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

as Tate (mid-70s)

7.5
Song of Back and Neck

Song of Back and Neck

2018

as Jarred Foxen

6.2
Do You Take This Man

Do You Take This Man

2017

as Steven

4.5
Maybe Someday

Maybe Someday

2017

as Douglas Donnelly

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Ouija: Origin of Evil

2016

as Mr. Browning

6.2
Devil's Due

Devil's Due

2014

as Father Thomas

4.6
Breaking the Girls

Breaking the Girls

2013

as Professor Nolan

5.4
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

2012

as Chris

5.8
Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants

2011

as Mr. Hyde

6.9
Dirty Habit

Dirty Habit

2006

as Bishop

1.0
Touched

Touched

2005

as Dr. Reynolds

6.3
Secret Santa

Secret Santa

2003

as Mr. Gibson

4.8
Slackers

Slackers

2002

as Charles Patton

5.2
The Independent

The Independent

2000

as Ed

5.4
Sonic Impact

Sonic Impact

2000

as Alex Holmes

5.4
Perfect Game

Perfect Game

2000

as Steven

6.2
NetForce

NetForce

1999

as Fox

4.8
Permanent Midnight

Permanent Midnight

1998

as Dr. Olson

5.9
The Pentagon Wars

The Pentagon Wars

1998

as Congressman #2

6.9
What I Did for Love

What I Did for Love

1998

as Richard

4.7
The Last Hand

The Last Hand

1997

as Jimmy Walsh

2.2
The Sleepwalker Killing

The Sleepwalker Killing

1997

as Roth Lane

5.9
The Man Next Door

The Man Next Door

1996

as Dwight Cooley

5.0
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

1996

as Quote Reader

3.8
Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

1994

as Principal Hancock

8.5
The Puppet Masters

The Puppet Masters

1994

as Culbertson

5.8
A Place to Be Loved

A Place to Be Loved

1993

as Judge Thomas S. Kirk

5.3
Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992

as Chairman of the House Committee

5.9
Dark Angel

Dark Angel

1990

as Warren

6.0
Critters 2

Critters 2

1988

as Mr. Morgan

6.2
La Bamba

La Bamba

1987

as Mr. Ludwig

7.3
Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

1985

as Ray Berg

3.6
Policewoman Centerfold

Policewoman Centerfold

1983

as Druggist

3.8
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade

Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade

1983

as Paul Iberville

6.8
The Tragedy of King Lear

The Tragedy of King Lear

1982

as Duke of Albany

8.0
The Swap

The Swap

1979

as Paul

3.7

Television (79)

Matlock

Matlock

2024

as Edwin Kingston

7.0
Matlock

Matlock

2024

as Edwin Kingston

7.0
Painkiller

Painkiller

2023

as Raymond Sackler

7.2
Station 19

Station 19

2018

as Elliott

8.2
A Million Little Things

A Million Little Things

2018

as Mr. Dennings

7.3
This Is Us

This Is Us

2016

as Judge Walter Crowder

8.2
Damien

Damien

2016

as Professor Igor Reneus

6.2
How to Get Away with Murder

How to Get Away with Murder

2014

as Thomas Fitzgerald

7.8
Chasing Life

Chasing Life

2014

as Gerald Rayburn

7.2
Scandal

Scandal

2012

as Melvin Feen

7.2
Men at Work

Men at Work

2012

as James Wilson

6.6
Grimm

Grimm

2011

as Old Man

8.3
Harry's Law

Harry's Law

2011

as Judge William Rothman

7.3
Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0

2010

as Owen Sutherland

7.7
Justified

Justified

2010

as Lee Paxton

8.0
Castle

Castle

2009

as Principal Duncan

8.0
NCIS: Los Angeles

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009

as Senator Dick Osborne

7.5
The Forgotten

The Forgotten

2009

as Train Driver

6.0
Leverage

Leverage

2008

as Henry Retzing

7.6
Bones

Bones

2005

as Hugo Sanderson

8.2
Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

2005

as Michael Whitman

8.2
Medium

Medium

2005

as Eliot Peterson

7.5
Lost

Lost

2004

as Bernard Nadler

7.9
CSI: NY

CSI: NY

2004

as Dr. Richards

7.3
Boston Legal

Boston Legal

2004

as Walter Fife

7.9
NCIS

NCIS

2003

as Walter Carmichael

7.6
Miracles

Miracles

2003

as Cinda's Father

8.0
Married to the Kellys

Married to the Kellys

2003

as Bill Kelly

9.0
Without a Trace

Without a Trace

2002

as Congressman Whitehurst

7.2
CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

2002

as Scott Sommer

7.7
Wolf Lake

Wolf Lake

2001

as Arthur Van Halen

7.7
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Dr. Mercer

7.6
Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle

2000

as Police Commissioner

8.5
The West Wing

The West Wing

1999

as John LaSalle

8.2
Angel

Angel

1999

as Holland Manners

7.9
Family Law

Family Law

1999

as Carlisle Tucker

8.2
Two Guys and a Girl

Two Guys and a Girl

1998

as Dr. Harvey

7.1
From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

1998

as Thomas Paine

8.1
Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

1998

as Mr. Gable

7.5
Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal

1997

as Mark Harrison

6.5
The Visitor

The Visitor

1997

as Army General

6.0
Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond

1996

as Special Agent Thomas Garfield

6.8
Millennium

Millennium

1996

as Agent Jack Pierson

7.7
Profiler

Profiler

1996

as Ken Harker

7.0
Boston Common

Boston Common

1996

as Wesley Butterfield

6.9
The Cape

The Cape

1996

as Kevin Davis, CAPCOM

7.7
Nowhere Man

Nowhere Man

1995

as The Man

7.7
Live Shot

Live Shot

1995

as Marvin Seaborne

Friends

Friends

1994

as Dr. Harad

8.4
ER

ER

1994

as Jack Kayson

7.8
Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

1994

as Howard Sherwood

7.2
The Stand

The Stand

1994

as Whitney Horgan

6.8
The X-Files

The X-Files

1993

as Leamus

8.4
Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

1993

as Ernie Pitt

7.1
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

1993

as Simon Wolfe

7.0
Melrose Place

Melrose Place

1992

as Agent Hill

5.9
Picket Fences

Picket Fences

1992

as FBI Agent Donald Morrell

7.4
Alien Nation

Alien Nation

1989

as Thomas Edison

6.9
In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

1988

as Drew Ward

7.5
Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

as Assistant Manager

8.4
21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street

1987

as Dan Finger

7.2
The Charmings

The Charmings

1987
4.8
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

1986

as D.A. Bill Graphia

7.0
Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers

1986

as Sam Gorpley

6.6
The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

1985

as Meyer

7.6
Growing Pains

Growing Pains

1985

as Principal Willis Dewitt

6.5
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984

as Ethan Stevens

7.5
Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside

1984

as Dr. Synapsis

7.2
Hunter

Hunter

1984

as Vinny Cochran

7.1
E/R

E/R

1984
4.6
Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

1984

as Benjamin Kelty

6.9
Mama Malone

Mama Malone

1984

as Stanley

Hardcastle and McCormick

Hardcastle and McCormick

1983

as Teddy Peters

6.4
St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

1982

as Mr. McGrath

5.6
T. J. Hooker

T. J. Hooker

1982

as Leo Santee

6.5
Newhart

Newhart

1982
7.1
Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

1980

as Ray Jones / John Doe

7.3
The Stockard Channing Show

The Stockard Channing Show

1980
5.0
WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP in Cincinnati

1978

as Mason Nobel

7.5