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