Sam Anderson
Acting
Born: April 2, 1947 (age 79) · Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA
Highest Rated
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
Forrest Gump
1994
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Friends
1994
Lost
2004
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
The X-Files
1993
Grimm
2011
Bones
2005
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
Water for Elephants
2011
NCIS
2003
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
Photos (1)
Movies (38)
Forrest Gump
Principal Hancock
Where the Crawdads Sing
Tate (mid-70s)
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Mr. Browning
Airplane II: The Sequel
Man in White
Water for Elephants
Mr. Hyde
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Chairman of the House Committee
Dark Angel
Warren
Devil's Due
Father Thomas
The Pentagon Wars
Congressman #2
Critters 2
Mr. Morgan
Slackers
Charles Patton
La Bamba
Mr. Ludwig
The Puppet Masters
Culbertson
Breaking the Girls
Professor Nolan
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
Chris
NetForce
Fox
The Swap
Paul
The Independent
Ed
Permanent Midnight
Dr. Olson
Do You Take This Man
Steven
Movers & Shakers
Ray Berg
Maybe Someday
Douglas Donnelly
Song of Back and Neck
Jarred Foxen
Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
Elder Scott
The Last Hand
Jimmy Walsh
Policewoman Centerfold
Druggist
Sonic Impact
Alex Holmes
Secret Santa
Mr. Gibson
A Place to Be Loved
Judge Thomas S. Kirk
The Man Next Door
Dwight Cooley
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
Paul Iberville
What I Did for Love
Richard
Perfect Game
Steven
Touched
Dr. Reynolds
The Tragedy of King Lear
Duke of Albany
Dirty Habit
Bishop
The Sleepwalker Killing
Roth Lane
The Lift
2024
TV Shows (87)
NCIS
Walter Carmichael · 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
Michael Whitman · 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dr. Mercer · 1 eps
Bones
Hugo Sanderson · 2 eps
CSI: Miami
Scott Sommer · 1 eps
NCIS: Los Angeles
Senator Dick Osborne · 1 eps
Castle
Principal Duncan · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-0
Owen Sutherland · 1 eps
Lost
Bernard Nadler · 25 eps
Friends
Dr. Harad · 1 eps
The X-Files
Leamus · 1 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
Ernie Pitt · 1 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
Dr. Hjortsberg · 2 eps
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Assistant Manager · 1 eps
Grimm
Old Man · 1 eps
Grimm
Rolek Porter · 1 eps
Rugrats
Salesman / Announcer (voice) · 1 eps
The West Wing
John LaSalle · 1 eps
Without a Trace
Congressman Whitehurst · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Ethan Stevens · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Neil Fraser · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Stuart Himes · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Dan the Electrician · 1 eps
ER
Jack Kayson · 18 eps
Everybody Loves Raymond
Special Agent Thomas Garfield · 1 eps
This Is Us
Judge Walter Crowder · 1 eps
CSI: NY
Dr. Richards · 1 eps
Malcolm in the Middle
Police Commissioner · 1 eps
Scandal
Melvin Feen · 1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
Ray Jones / John Doe · 1 eps
Station 19
Elliott · 1 eps
Boston Legal
Walter Fife · 1 eps
Medium
Eliot Peterson · 1 eps
Melrose Place
Agent Hill · 2 eps
Chicago Hope
Howard Sherwood · 1 eps
L.A. Law
D.A. Bill Graphia · 3 eps
Angel
Holland Manners · 8 eps
How to Get Away with Murder
Thomas Fitzgerald · 1 eps
St. Elsewhere
Mr. McGrath · 1 eps
Justified
Lee Paxton · 9 eps
21 Jump Street
Dan Finger · 1 eps
The Golden Girls
Meyer · 1 eps
A Million Little Things
Mr. Dennings · 2 eps
Newhart
Larry's Supporter · 1 eps
T. J. Hooker
Leo Santee · 1 eps
Matlock
Edwin Kingston · 34 eps
Millennium
Agent Jack Pierson · 1 eps
Hunter
Vinny Cochran · 1 eps
Leverage
Henry Retzing · 1 eps
Profiler
Ken Harker · 1 eps
Tales from the Darkside
Dr. Synapsis · 1 eps
Two Guys and a Girl
Dr. Harvey · 1 eps
In the Heat of the Night
Drew Ward · 1 eps
Ally McBeal
Mark Harrison · 1 eps
Picket Fences
FBI Agent Donald Morrell · 7 eps
Family Law
Carlisle Tucker · 1 eps
Growing Pains
Principal Willis Dewitt · 1 eps
Harry's Law
Judge William Rothman · 1 eps
WKRP in Cincinnati
Agent Berwick · 1 eps
WKRP in Cincinnati
Mason Nobel · 1 eps
WKRP in Cincinnati
Mr. Anderson · 1 eps
WKRP in Cincinnati
Rex Erhardt · 1 eps
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Simon Wolfe · 1 eps
Hardcastle and McCormick
Teddy Peters · 1 eps
Chasing Life
Gerald Rayburn · 2 eps
Painkiller
Raymond Sackler · 6 eps
From the Earth to the Moon
Thomas Paine · 2 eps
Perfect Strangers
Sam Gorpley · 122 eps
The Stand
Whitney Horgan · 3 eps
Alien Nation
Thomas Edison · 1 eps
Nowhere Man
Man · 1 eps
The Forgotten
Train Driver · 1 eps
Men at Work
James Wilson · 1 eps
Blue Thunder
Benjamin Kelty · 1 eps
The Visitor
Army General · 1 eps
Boston Common
Wesley Butterfield · 7 eps
Miracles
Cinda's Father · 1 eps
Wolf Lake
Arthur Van Halen · 1 eps
E/R
1 eps
The Cape
Kevin Davis, CAPCOM · 1 eps
Fantasy Island
Mr. Gable · 1 eps
Damien
Professor Igor Reneus · 1 eps
The Charmings
1 eps
Married to the Kellys
Bill Kelly · 22 eps
Mama Malone
Stanley · 13 eps
Live Shot
Marvin Seaborne · 13 eps
The Stockard Channing Show
1 eps