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
All Movies (36)
- The Lift2024
- Where the Crawdads Sing2022 · as Tate (mid-70s)
- Song of Back and Neck2018 · as Jarred Foxen
- Do You Take This Man2017 · as Steven
- Maybe Someday2017 · as Douglas Donnelly
- Ouija: Origin of Evil2016 · as Mr. Browning
- Devil's Due2014 · as Father Thomas
- Breaking the Girls2013 · as Professor Nolan
- 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom2012 · as Chris
- Water for Elephants2011 · as Mr. Hyde
- Dirty Habit2006 · as Bishop
- Touched2005 · as Dr. Reynolds
- Secret Santa2003 · as Mr. Gibson
- Slackers2002 · as Charles Patton
- Sonic Impact2000 · as Alex Holmes
- The Independent2000 · as Ed
- Perfect Game2000 · as Steven
- NetForce1999 · as Fox
- Permanent Midnight1998 · as Dr. Olson
- What I Did for Love1998 · as Richard
- The Pentagon Wars1998 · as Congressman #2
- The Sleepwalker Killing1997 · as Roth Lane
- The Last Hand1997 · as Jimmy Walsh
- The Man Next Door1996 · as Dwight Cooley
- The Puppet Masters1994 · as Culbertson
- Forrest Gump1994 · as Principal Hancock
- A Place to Be Loved1993 · as Judge Thomas S. Kirk
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man1992 · as Chairman of the House Committee
- Dark Angel1990 · as Warren
- Critters 21988 · as Mr. Morgan
- La Bamba1987 · as Mr. Ludwig
- Movers & Shakers1985 · as Ray Berg
- Policewoman Centerfold1983 · as Druggist
- Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade1983 · as Paul Iberville
- The Tragedy of King Lear1982 · as Duke of Albany
- The Swap1979 · as Paul
All TV Shows (86)
- Matlock2024 · as Edwin Kingston
- Painkiller2023 · as Raymond Sackler
- A Million Little Things2018 · as Mr. Dennings
- Station 192018 · as Elliott
- This Is Us2016 · as Judge Walter Crowder
- Damien2016 · as Professor Igor Reneus
- How to Get Away with Murder2014 · as Thomas Fitzgerald
- Chasing Life2014 · as Gerald Rayburn
- Men at Work2012 · as James Wilson
- Scandal2012 · as Melvin Feen
- Grimm2011 · as Old Man
- Grimm2011 · as Rolek Porter
- Harry's Law2011 · as Judge William Rothman
- Hawaii Five-02010 · as Owen Sutherland
- Justified2010 · as Lee Paxton
- The Forgotten2009 · as Train Driver
- NCIS: Los Angeles2009 · as Senator Dick Osborne
- Castle2009 · as Principal Duncan
- Leverage2008 · as Henry Retzing
- Bones2005 · as Hugo Sanderson
- Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Michael Whitman
- Medium2005 · as Eliot Peterson
- Boston Legal2004 · as Walter Fife
- CSI: NY2004 · as Dr. Richards
- Lost2004 · as Bernard Nadler
- Married to the Kellys2003 · as Bill Kelly
- NCIS2003 · as Walter Carmichael
- Miracles2003 · as Cinda's Father
- Without a Trace2002 · as Congressman Whitehurst
- CSI: Miami2002 · as Scott Sommer
- Wolf Lake2001 · as Arthur Van Halen
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Dr. Mercer
- Malcolm in the Middle2000 · as Police Commissioner
- Angel1999 · as Holland Manners
- The West Wing1999 · as John LaSalle
- Family Law1999 · as Carlisle Tucker
- Fantasy Island1998 · as Mr. Gable
- From the Earth to the Moon1998 · as Thomas Paine
- Two Guys and a Girl1998 · as Dr. Harvey
- The Visitor1997 · as Army General
- Ally McBeal1997 · as Mark Harrison
- Millennium1996 · as Agent Jack Pierson
- Profiler1996 · as Ken Harker
- Everybody Loves Raymond1996 · as Special Agent Thomas Garfield
- The Cape1996 · as Kevin Davis, CAPCOM
- Boston Common1996 · as Wesley Butterfield
- Live Shot1995 · as Marvin Seaborne
- Nowhere Man1995 · as Man
- Friends1994 · as Dr. Harad
- ER1994 · as Jack Kayson
- Chicago Hope1994 · as Howard Sherwood
- The Stand1994 · as Whitney Horgan
- Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Ernie Pitt
- Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Dr. Hjortsberg
- The X-Files1993 · as Leamus
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.1993 · as Simon Wolfe
- Picket Fences1992 · as FBI Agent Donald Morrell
- Melrose Place1992 · as Agent Hill
- Alien Nation1989 · as Thomas Edison
- In the Heat of the Night1988 · as Drew Ward
- Star Trek: The Next Generation1987 · as Assistant Manager
- 21 Jump Street1987 · as Dan Finger
- The Charmings1987
- L.A. Law1986 · as D.A. Bill Graphia
- Perfect Strangers1986 · as Sam Gorpley
- Growing Pains1985 · as Principal Willis Dewitt
- The Golden Girls1985 · as Meyer
- Tales from the Darkside1984 · as Dr. Synapsis
- Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Stuart Himes
- Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Neil Fraser
- Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Ethan Stevens
- Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Dan the Electrician
- Hunter1984 · as Vinny Cochran
- E/R1984
- Mama Malone1984 · as Stanley
- Blue Thunder1984 · as Benjamin Kelty
- Hardcastle and McCormick1983 · as Teddy Peters
- St. Elsewhere1982 · as Mr. McGrath
- Newhart1982
- T. J. Hooker1982 · as Leo Santee
- Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Ray Jones / John Doe
- The Stockard Channing Show1980
- WKRP in Cincinnati1978 · as Agent Berwick
- WKRP in Cincinnati1978 · as Mason Nobel
- WKRP in Cincinnati1978 · as Mr. Anderson
- WKRP in Cincinnati1978 · as Rex Erhardt