Sam Anderson
Acting
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
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tvMatlock
2024
Edwin Kingston
tvPainkiller
2023
Raymond Sackler
movieWhere the Crawdads Sing
2022
Tate (mid-70s)
tvA Million Little Things
2018
Mr. Dennings
movieSong of Back and Neck
2018
Jarred Foxen
tvStation 19
2018
Elliott
movieMaybe Someday
2017
Douglas Donnelly
movieOuija: Origin of Evil
2016
Mr. Browning
tvThis Is Us
2016
Judge Walter Crowder
tvDamien
2016
Professor Igor Reneus
tvHow to Get Away with Murder
2014
Thomas Fitzgerald
tvChasing Life
2014
Gerald Rayburn
movieDevil's Due
2014
Father Thomas
movieBreaking the Girls
2013
Professor Nolan
tvMen at Work
2012
James Wilson
tvScandal
2012
Melvin Feen
tvGrimm
2011
Old Man / Rolek Porter
movieWater for Elephants
2011
Mr. Hyde
tvHarry's Law
2011
Judge William Rothman
tvHawaii Five-0
2010
Owen Sutherland
tvJustified
2010
Lee Paxton
tvThe Forgotten
2009
Train Driver
tvNCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Senator Dick Osborne
tvCastle
2009
Principal Duncan
tvLeverage
2008
Henry Retzing
movieDirty Habit
2006
Bishop
movieTouched
2005
Dr. Reynolds
tvBones
2005
Hugo Sanderson
tvGrey's Anatomy
2005
Michael Whitman
tvMedium
2005
Eliot Peterson
tvBoston Legal
2004
Walter Fife
tvCSI: NY
2004
Dr. Richards
tvLost
2004
Bernard Nadler
movieSecret Santa
2003
Mr. Gibson
tvMarried to the Kellys
2003
Bill Kelly
tvNCIS
2003
Walter Carmichael
tvMiracles
2003
Cinda's Father
tvWithout a Trace
2002
Congressman Whitehurst
tvCSI: Miami
2002
Scott Sommer
movieSlackers
2002
Charles Patton
tvWolf Lake
2001
Arthur Van Halen
movieSonic Impact
2000
Alex Holmes
tvCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Dr. Mercer
moviePerfect Game
2000
Steven
tvMalcolm in the Middle
2000
Police Commissioner
tvAngel
1999
Holland Manners
tvThe West Wing
1999
John LaSalle
tvFamily Law
1999
Carlisle Tucker
tvFantasy Island
1998
Mr. Gable
moviePermanent Midnight
1998
Dr. Olson
movieWhat I Did for Love
1998
Richard
tvFrom the Earth to the Moon
1998
Thomas Paine
tvTwo Guys and a Girl
1998
Dr. Harvey
movieThe Pentagon Wars
1998
Congressman #2
tvThe Visitor
1997
Army General
tvAlly McBeal
1997
Mark Harrison
movieThe Sleepwalker Killing
1997
Roth Lane
movieThe Last Hand
1997
Jimmy Walsh
tvMillennium
1996
Agent Jack Pierson
tvProfiler
1996
Ken Harker
tvEverybody Loves Raymond
1996
Special Agent Thomas Garfield
tvThe Cape
1996
Kevin Davis, CAPCOM
tvBoston Common
1996
Wesley Butterfield
movieThe Man Next Door
1996
Dwight Cooley
tvLive Shot
1995
Marvin Seaborne
movieThe Puppet Masters
1994
Culbertson
tvFriends
1994
Dr. Harad
tvER
1994
Jack Kayson
tvChicago Hope
1994
Howard Sherwood
movieForrest Gump
1994
Principal Hancock
tvThe Stand
1994
Whitney Horgan
tvDiagnosis: Murder
1993
Ernie Pitt / Dr. Hjortsberg
tvThe X-Files
1993
Leamus
tvThe Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
Simon Wolfe
movieA Place to Be Loved
1993
Judge Thomas S. Kirk
tvPicket Fences
1992
FBI Agent Donald Morrell
tvMelrose Place
1992
Agent Hill
movieMemoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
Chairman of the House Committee
movieDark Angel
1990
Warren
tvAlien Nation
1989
Thomas Edison
movieCritters 2
1988
Mr. Morgan
tvIn the Heat of the Night
1988
Drew Ward
tvStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Assistant Manager
movieLa Bamba
1987
Mr. Ludwig
tv21 Jump Street
1987
Dan Finger
tvL.A. Law
1986
D.A. Bill Graphia
tvPerfect Strangers
1986
Sam Gorpley
tvGrowing Pains
1985
Principal Willis Dewitt
movieMovers & Shakers
1985
Ray Berg
tvTales from the Darkside
1984
Dr. Synapsis
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Stuart Himes / Neil Fraser / Ethan Stevens / Dan the Electrician
tvHunter
1984
Vinny Cochran
tvMama Malone
1984
Stanley
tvBlue Thunder
1984
Benjamin Kelty
moviePolicewoman Centerfold
1983
Druggist
tvHardcastle and McCormick
1983
Teddy Peters
movieJoe Dancer III: The Big Trade
1983
Paul Iberville
movieThe Tragedy of King Lear
1982
Duke of Albany
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982
Mr. McGrath
tvT. J. Hooker
1982
Leo Santee
tvMagnum, P.I.
1980
Ray Jones / John Doe
tvWKRP in Cincinnati
1978
Agent Berwick / Mason Nobel / Mr. Anderson / Rex Erhardt