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Sam Anderson
Sam Anderson

Sam Anderson

ActingBorn April 2, 1947 (age 79)Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

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.

Filmography

2024
Matlock

as Edwin Kingston

TV
2024Movie
2023
Painkiller

as Raymond Sackler

TV
2022
Where the Crawdads Sing

as Tate (mid-70s)

Movie
2018TV
2018
Song of Back and Neck

as Jarred Foxen

Movie
2018
Station 19

as Elliott

TV
2017Movie
2017
Maybe Someday

as Douglas Donnelly

Movie
2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil

as Mr. Browning

Movie
2016
This Is Us

as Judge Walter Crowder

TV
2016
Damien

as Professor Igor Reneus

TV
2014
How to Get Away with Murder

as Thomas Fitzgerald

TV
2014
Chasing Life

as Gerald Rayburn

TV
2014
Devil's Due

as Father Thomas

Movie
2013
Breaking the Girls

as Professor Nolan

Movie
2012
Men at Work

as James Wilson

TV
2012
Scandal

as Melvin Feen

TV
2011
Grimm

as Old Man

TV
2011
Grimm

as Rolek Porter

TV
2011Movie
2011
Harry's Law

as Judge William Rothman

TV
2010
Hawaii Five-0

as Owen Sutherland

TV
2010
Justified

as Lee Paxton

TV
2009
The Forgotten

as Train Driver

TV
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles

as Senator Dick Osborne

TV
2009
Castle

as Principal Duncan

TV
2008
Leverage

as Henry Retzing

TV
2006
Dirty Habit

as Bishop

Movie
2005
Touched

as Dr. Reynolds

Movie
2005
Bones

as Hugo Sanderson

TV
2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Michael Whitman

TV
2005
Medium

as Eliot Peterson

TV
2004
Boston Legal

as Walter Fife

TV
2004
CSI: NY

as Dr. Richards

TV
2004
Lost

as Bernard Nadler

TV
2003
Secret Santa

as Mr. Gibson

Movie
2003TV
2003
NCIS

as Walter Carmichael

TV
2003
Miracles

as Cinda's Father

TV
2002
Without a Trace

as Congressman Whitehurst

TV
2002
CSI: Miami

as Scott Sommer

TV
2002
Slackers

as Charles Patton

Movie
2001
Wolf Lake

as Arthur Van Halen

TV
2000
Sonic Impact

as Alex Holmes

Movie
2000Movie
2000
Perfect Game

as Steven

Movie
2000
Malcolm in the Middle

as Police Commissioner

TV
1999
Angel

as Holland Manners

TV
1999
The West Wing

as John LaSalle

TV
1999
Family Law

as Carlisle Tucker

TV
1999
NetForce

as Fox

Movie
1998
Fantasy Island

as Mr. Gable

TV
1998
Permanent Midnight

as Dr. Olson

Movie
1998Movie
1998TV
1998
Two Guys and a Girl

as Dr. Harvey

TV
1998
The Pentagon Wars

as Congressman #2

Movie
1997
The Visitor

as Army General

TV
1997
Ally McBeal

as Mark Harrison

TV
1997Movie
1997
The Last Hand

as Jimmy Walsh

Movie
1996
Millennium

as Agent Jack Pierson

TV
1996
Profiler

as Ken Harker

TV
1996
Everybody Loves Raymond

as Special Agent Thomas Garfield

TV
1996
The Cape

as Kevin Davis, CAPCOM

TV
1996
Boston Common

as Wesley Butterfield

TV
1996
The Man Next Door

as Dwight Cooley

Movie
1995
Live Shot

as Marvin Seaborne

TV
1995TV
1994
The Puppet Masters

as Culbertson

Movie
1994
Friends

as Dr. Harad

TV
1994
ER

as Jack Kayson

TV
1994
Chicago Hope

as Howard Sherwood

TV
1994
Forrest Gump

as Principal Hancock

Movie
1994
The Stand

as Whitney Horgan

TV
1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Ernie Pitt

TV
1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Dr. Hjortsberg

TV
1993
The X-Files

as Leamus

TV
1993
A Place to Be Loved

as Judge Thomas S. Kirk

Movie
1992
Picket Fences

as FBI Agent Donald Morrell

TV
1992
Melrose Place

as Agent Hill

TV
1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man

as Chairman of the House Committee

Movie
1990
Dark Angel

as Warren

Movie
1989
Alien Nation

as Thomas Edison

TV
1988
Critters 2

as Mr. Morgan

Movie
1988TV
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Assistant Manager

TV
1987
La Bamba

as Mr. Ludwig

Movie
1987
21 Jump Street

as Dan Finger

TV
1986
L.A. Law

as D.A. Bill Graphia

TV
1986
Perfect Strangers

as Sam Gorpley

TV
1985
Growing Pains

as Principal Willis Dewitt

TV
1985TV
1985
Movers & Shakers

as Ray Berg

Movie
1984TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Stuart Himes

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Neil Fraser

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Ethan Stevens

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Dan the Electrician

TV
1984
Hunter

as Vinny Cochran

TV
1984TV
1984
Mama Malone

as Stanley

TV
1984
Blue Thunder

as Benjamin Kelty

TV
1983Movie
1983TV
1983Movie
1982
The Tragedy of King Lear

as Duke of Albany

Movie
1982
St. Elsewhere

as Mr. McGrath

TV
1982TV
1982
T. J. Hooker

as Leo Santee

TV
1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Ray Jones / John Doe

TV
1979
The Swap

as Paul

Movie
1978
WKRP in Cincinnati

as Agent Berwick

TV
1978
WKRP in Cincinnati

as Mason Nobel

TV
1978
WKRP in Cincinnati

as Mr. Anderson

TV
1978
WKRP in Cincinnati

as Rex Erhardt

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 2, 1947
Place of BirthWahpeton, North Dakota, USA
Popularity1.1