Sam Anderson

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

114

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-04-02 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

Also Known As

  • سام اندرسون

Sam Anderson

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
8.5%

Forrest Gump

Jun 23, 1994

Grey's Anatomy
8.2%

Grey's Anatomy

Mar 27, 2005

Friends
8.4%

Friends

Sep 22, 1994

Lost
7.9%

Lost

Sep 22, 2004

Malcolm in the Middle
8.5%

Malcolm in the Middle

Jan 9, 2000

Grimm
8.3%

Grimm

Oct 28, 2011

Grimm
8.3%

Grimm

Oct 28, 2011

Bones
8.2%

Bones

Sep 13, 2005

The X-Files
8.4%

The X-Files

Sep 10, 1993

Water for Elephants
6.9%

Water for Elephants

Apr 15, 2011

Ouija: Origin of Evil
6.1%

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Oct 20, 2016

NCIS
7.6%

NCIS

Sep 23, 2003

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Acting

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