Sam Anderson
- Acting
- April 2, 1947 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps · Elder Scott
- Matlock · Edwin Kingston
- The Lift
- Painkiller · Raymond Sackler
- Where the Crawdads Sing · Tate (mid-70s)
- A Million Little Things · Mr. Dennings
- Song of Back and Neck · Jarred Foxen
- Station 19 · Elliott
- Do You Take This Man · Steven
- Maybe Someday · Douglas Donnelly
- Ouija: Origin of Evil · Mr. Browning
- This Is Us · Judge Walter Crowder
- Damien · Professor Igor Reneus
- How to Get Away with Murder · Thomas Fitzgerald
- Chasing Life · Gerald Rayburn
- Devil's Due · Father Thomas
- Breaking the Girls · Professor Nolan
- 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom · Chris
- Men at Work · James Wilson
- Scandal · Melvin Feen
- Grimm · Old Man, Rolek Porter
- Water for Elephants · Mr. Hyde
- Harry's Law · Judge William Rothman
- Hawaii Five-0 · Owen Sutherland
- Justified · Lee Paxton
- The Forgotten · Train Driver
- NCIS: Los Angeles · Senator Dick Osborne
- Castle · Principal Duncan
- Leverage · Henry Retzing
- Dirty Habit · Bishop
- Touched · Dr. Reynolds
- Bones · Hugo Sanderson
- Grey's Anatomy · Michael Whitman
- Medium · Eliot Peterson
- Boston Legal · Walter Fife
- CSI: NY · Dr. Richards
- Lost · Bernard Nadler
- Secret Santa · Mr. Gibson
- Married to the Kellys · Bill Kelly
- NCIS · Walter Carmichael
- Miracles · Cinda's Father
- Without a Trace · Congressman Whitehurst
- CSI: Miami · Scott Sommer
- Slackers · Charles Patton
- Wolf Lake · Arthur Van Halen
- Sonic Impact · Alex Holmes
- The Independent · Ed
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · Dr. Mercer
- Perfect Game · Steven
- Malcolm in the Middle · Police Commissioner
- Angel · Holland Manners
- The West Wing · John LaSalle
- Family Law · Carlisle Tucker
- NetForce · Fox
- Fantasy Island · Mr. Gable
- Permanent Midnight · Dr. Olson
- What I Did for Love · Richard
- From the Earth to the Moon · Thomas Paine
- Two Guys and a Girl · Dr. Harvey
- The Pentagon Wars · Congressman #2
- The Visitor · Army General
- Ally McBeal · Mark Harrison
- The Sleepwalker Killing · Roth Lane
- The Last Hand · Jimmy Walsh
- Millennium · Agent Jack Pierson
- Profiler · Ken Harker
- Everybody Loves Raymond · Special Agent Thomas Garfield
- The Cape · Kevin Davis, CAPCOM
- Boston Common · Wesley Butterfield
- The Man Next Door · Dwight Cooley
- Live Shot · Marvin Seaborne
- Nowhere Man · Man
- The Puppet Masters · Culbertson
- Friends · Dr. Harad
- ER · Jack Kayson
- Chicago Hope · Howard Sherwood
- Forrest Gump · Principal Hancock
- The Stand · Whitney Horgan
- Diagnosis: Murder · Ernie Pitt, Dr. Hjortsberg
- The X-Files · Leamus