Sam Anderson

Known for: Acting

Born: 1947-04-02 (age 79)

From: Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

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 (114)

TV★ 7.1
Matlock
2024
as Edwin Kingston
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Lift
2024
TV★ 7.2
Painkiller
2023
as Raymond Sackler
MOVIE★ 7.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
as Tate (mid-70s)
TV★ 7.2
A Million Little Things
2018
as Mr. Dennings
MOVIE★ 6.2
Song of Back and Neck
2018
as Jarred Foxen
TV★ 8.2
Station 19
2018
as Elliott
MOVIE★ 4.6
Do You Take This Man
2017
as Steven
MOVIE
Maybe Someday
2017
as Douglas Donnelly
MOVIE★ 6.2
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
as Mr. Browning
TV★ 8.2
This Is Us
2016
as Judge Walter Crowder
TV★ 6.2
Damien
2016
as Professor Igor Reneus
TV★ 7.8
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Thomas Fitzgerald
TV★ 7.2
Chasing Life
2014
as Gerald Rayburn
MOVIE★ 4.7
Devil's Due
2014
as Father Thomas
MOVIE★ 5.4
Breaking the Girls
2013
as Professor Nolan
MOVIE★ 5.7
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
2012
as Chris
TV★ 6.6
Men at Work
2012
as James Wilson
TV★ 7.2
Scandal
2012
as Melvin Feen
TV★ 8.3
Grimm
2011
as Old Man
MOVIE★ 6.9
Water for Elephants
2011
as Mr. Hyde
TV★ 7.4
Harry's Law
2011
as Judge William Rothman
TV★ 7.7
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Owen Sutherland
TV★ 8.0
Justified
2010
as Lee Paxton
TV★ 6.1
The Forgotten
2009
as Train Driver
TV★ 7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Senator Dick Osborne
TV★ 8.0
Castle
2009
as Principal Duncan
TV★ 7.6
Leverage
2008
as Henry Retzing
MOVIE★ 1.0
Dirty Habit
2006
as Bishop
MOVIE★ 6.2
Touched
2005
as Dr. Reynolds
TV★ 8.2
Bones
2005
as Hugo Sanderson
TV★ 8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Michael Whitman
TV★ 7.5
Medium
2005
as Eliot Peterson
TV★ 7.9
Boston Legal
2004
as Walter Fife
TV★ 7.3
CSI: NY
2004
as Dr. Richards
TV★ 8.0
Lost
2004
as Bernard Nadler
MOVIE★ 5.1
Secret Santa
2003
as Mr. Gibson
TV★ 9.3
Married to the Kellys
2003
as Bill Kelly
TV★ 7.6
NCIS
2003
as Walter Carmichael
TV★ 8.1
Miracles
2003
as Cinda's Father
TV★ 7.2
Without a Trace
2002
as Congressman Whitehurst
TV★ 7.7
CSI: Miami
2002
as Scott Sommer
MOVIE★ 5.2
Slackers
2002
as Charles Patton
TV★ 7.7
Wolf Lake
2001
as Arthur Van Halen
MOVIE★ 5.8
Sonic Impact
2000
as Alex Holmes
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Independent
2000
as Ed
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Dr. Mercer
MOVIE★ 7.0
Perfect Game
2000
as Steven
TV★ 8.5
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Police Commissioner
TV★ 7.9
Angel
1999
as Holland Manners
TV★ 8.3
The West Wing
1999
as John LaSalle
TV★ 8.1
Family Law
1999
as Carlisle Tucker
MOVIE★ 5.0
NetForce
1999
as Fox
TV★ 7.4
Fantasy Island
1998
as Mr. Gable
MOVIE★ 5.9
Permanent Midnight
1998
as Dr. Olson
MOVIE★ 5.2
What I Did for Love
1998
as Richard
TV★ 8.1
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Thomas Paine
TV★ 7.2
Two Guys and a Girl
1998
as Dr. Harvey
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Pentagon Wars
1998
as Congressman #2
TV★ 6.4
The Visitor
1997
as Army General
TV★ 6.5
Ally McBeal
1997
as Mark Harrison
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Sleepwalker Killing
1997
as Roth Lane
MOVIE★ 3.3
The Last Hand
1997
as Jimmy Walsh
TV★ 7.7
Millennium
1996
as Agent Jack Pierson
TV★ 7.0
Profiler
1996
as Ken Harker
TV★ 6.8
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996
as Special Agent Thomas Garfield
TV★ 7.5
The Cape
1996
as Kevin Davis, CAPCOM
TV★ 7.0
Boston Common
1996
as Wesley Butterfield
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Man Next Door
1996
as Dwight Cooley
TV★ 7.0
Live Shot
1995
as Marvin Seaborne
TV★ 7.8
Nowhere Man
1995
as Man
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Puppet Masters
1994
as Culbertson
TV★ 8.4
Friends
1994
as Dr. Harad
TV★ 7.8
ER
1994
as Jack Kayson
TV★ 7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
as Howard Sherwood
MOVIE★ 8.5
Forrest Gump
1994
as Principal Hancock
TV★ 6.8
The Stand
1994
as Whitney Horgan
TV★ 7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Ernie Pitt
TV★ 8.4
The X-Files
1993
as Leamus
TV★ 7.1
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
as Simon Wolfe
MOVIE★ 5.6
A Place to Be Loved
1993
as Judge Thomas S. Kirk
TV★ 7.5
Picket Fences
1992
as FBI Agent Donald Morrell
TV★ 5.8
Melrose Place
1992
as Agent Hill
MOVIE★ 5.9
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as Chairman of the House Committee
MOVIE★ 6.0
Dark Angel
1990
as Warren
TV★ 7.0
Alien Nation
1989
as Thomas Edison
MOVIE★ 6.3
Critters 2
1988
as Mr. Morgan
TV★ 7.6
In the Heat of the Night
1988
as Drew Ward
TV★ 8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Assistant Manager
MOVIE★ 7.3
La Bamba
1987
as Mr. Ludwig
TV★ 7.3
21 Jump Street
1987
as Dan Finger
TV★ 5.4
The Charmings
1987
TV★ 7.1
L.A. Law
1986
as D.A. Bill Graphia
TV★ 6.7
Perfect Strangers
1986
as Sam Gorpley
TV★ 6.5
Growing Pains
1985
as Principal Willis Dewitt
TV★ 7.6
The Golden Girls
1985
as Meyer
MOVIE★ 3.9
Movers & Shakers
1985
as Ray Berg
TV★ 7.2
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Dr. Synapsis
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Stuart Himes
TV★ 7.1
Hunter
1984
as Vinny Cochran
TV★ 5.6
E/R
1984
TV★ 8.0
Mama Malone
1984
as Stanley
TV★ 6.9
Blue Thunder
1984
as Benjamin Kelty
MOVIE★ 4.6
Policewoman Centerfold
1983
as Druggist
TV★ 6.5
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
as Teddy Peters
MOVIE★ 7.2
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
1983
as Paul Iberville
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Tragedy of King Lear
1982
as Duke of Albany
TV★ 5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Mr. McGrath
TV★ 7.1
Newhart
1982
TV★ 6.5
T. J. Hooker
1982
as Leo Santee
TV★ 7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Ray Jones / John Doe
TV★ 7.0
The Stockard Channing Show
1980
MOVIE★ 3.7
The Swap
1979
as Paul
TV★ 7.6
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
as Agent Berwick