Sam Anderson

Sam Anderson

1947-04-02 • Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA • Male • 115 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-04-02

Place of Birth

Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

Known Credits

115

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

سام اندرسون

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Known For Movies

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

1994
The Man Next Door

The Man Next Door

1996
Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022
NetForce

NetForce

1999
Sonic Impact

Sonic Impact

2000
Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants

2011
The Swap

The Swap

1979
Slackers

Slackers

2002
Critters 2

Critters 2

1988
Ouija: Origin of Evil

Ouija: Origin of Evil

2016
Secret Santa

Secret Santa

2003
Do You Take This Man

Do You Take This Man

2017
Dark Angel

Dark Angel

1990
La Bamba

La Bamba

1987
Touched

Touched

2005
The Lift

The Lift

2024
Breaking the Girls

Breaking the Girls

2013
Devil's Due

Devil's Due

2014
Permanent Midnight

Permanent Midnight

1998
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

1996
Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

1985
The Puppet Masters

The Puppet Masters

1994
Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992
The Pentagon Wars

The Pentagon Wars

1998
The Last Hand

The Last Hand

1997
Dirty Habit

Dirty Habit

2006
The Sleepwalker Killing

The Sleepwalker Killing

1997
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

2012
The Independent

The Independent

2000
Policewoman Centerfold

Policewoman Centerfold

1983
Perfect Game

Perfect Game

2000
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade

Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade

1983
What I Did for Love

What I Did for Love

1998
Maybe Someday

Maybe Someday

2017
Song of Back and Neck

Song of Back and Neck

2018
A Place to Be Loved

A Place to Be Loved

1993
The Tragedy of King Lear

The Tragedy of King Lear

1982

Known For TV Shows

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

2005
NCIS

NCIS

2003
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000
Friends

Friends

1994
The X-Files

The X-Files

1993
Lost

Lost

2004
Bones

Bones

2005
Castle

Castle

2009
Grimm

Grimm

2011
CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

2002
Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0

2010
The West Wing

The West Wing

1999
Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987
NCIS: Los Angeles

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009
Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle

2000
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984
CSI: NY

CSI: NY

2004
Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

1980
Scandal

Scandal

2012
This Is Us

This Is Us

2016
ER

ER

1994
Boston Legal

Boston Legal

2004
Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond

1996
Station 19

Station 19

2018
Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

1993
Without a Trace

Without a Trace

2002
Medium

Medium

2005
Angel

Angel

1999
How to Get Away with Murder

How to Get Away with Murder

2014
A Million Little Things

A Million Little Things

2018
Melrose Place

Melrose Place

1992
Justified

Justified

2010
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

1986
Matlock

Matlock

2024
Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

1994
T. J. Hooker

T. J. Hooker

1982
The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

1985
Leverage

Leverage

2008
St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

1982
21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street

1987
Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers

1986
Millennium

Millennium

1996
Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside

1984
Hunter

Hunter

1984
Newhart

Newhart

1982
Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal

1997
In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

1988
Picket Fences

Picket Fences

1992
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

1993
Two Guys and a Girl

Two Guys and a Girl

1998
Profiler

Profiler

1996
From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

1998
The Stand

The Stand

1994
Family Law

Family Law

1999
Nowhere Man

Nowhere Man

1995
Growing Pains

Growing Pains

1985
Harry's Law

Harry's Law

2011
Hardcastle and McCormick

Hardcastle and McCormick

1983
Chasing Life

Chasing Life

2014
WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP in Cincinnati

1978
Alien Nation

Alien Nation

1989
The Forgotten

The Forgotten

2009
Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

1984
Men at Work

Men at Work

2012
Painkiller

Painkiller

2023
Damien

Damien

2016
Miracles

Miracles

2003
Boston Common

Boston Common

1996
Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

1998
The Cape

The Cape

1996
The Visitor

The Visitor

1997
E/R

E/R

1984
Wolf Lake

Wolf Lake

2001
Married to the Kellys

Married to the Kellys

2003
The Stockard Channing Show

The Stockard Channing Show

1980
The Charmings

The Charmings

1987
Live Shot

Live Shot

1995
Mama Malone

Mama Malone

1984

Movie Credits

Forrest Gump

1994

Principal Hancock

The Man Next Door

1996

Dwight Cooley

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

Tate (mid-70s)

NetForce

1999

Fox

Sonic Impact

2000

Alex Holmes

Water for Elephants

2011

Mr. Hyde

The Swap

1979

Paul

Slackers

2002

Charles Patton

Critters 2

1988

Mr. Morgan

Ouija: Origin of Evil

2016

Mr. Browning

Secret Santa

2003

Mr. Gibson

Do You Take This Man

2017

Steven

Dark Angel

1990

Warren

La Bamba

1987

Mr. Ludwig

Touched

2005

Dr. Reynolds

The Lift

2024

Breaking the Girls

2013

Professor Nolan

Devil's Due

2014

Father Thomas

Permanent Midnight

1998

Dr. Olson

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

1996

Quote Reader

Movers & Shakers

1985

Ray Berg

The Puppet Masters

1994

Culbertson

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992

Chairman of the House Committee

The Pentagon Wars

1998

Congressman #2

The Last Hand

1997

Jimmy Walsh

Dirty Habit

2006

Bishop

The Sleepwalker Killing

1997

Roth Lane

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

2012

Chris

The Independent

2000

Ed

Policewoman Centerfold

1983

Druggist

Perfect Game

2000

Steven

Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade

1983

Paul Iberville

What I Did for Love

1998

Richard

Maybe Someday

2017

Douglas Donnelly

Song of Back and Neck

2018

Jarred Foxen

A Place to Be Loved

1993

Judge Thomas S. Kirk

The Tragedy of King Lear

1982

Duke of Albany

TV Credits

Grey's Anatomy

2005

Michael Whitman (1 episodes)

NCIS

2003

Walter Carmichael (1 episodes)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

Dr. Mercer (1 episodes)

Friends

1994

Dr. Harad (1 episodes)

The X-Files

1993

Leamus (1 episodes)

Lost

2004

Bernard Nadler (21 episodes)

Bones

2005

Hugo Sanderson (2 episodes)

Castle

2009

Principal Duncan (1 episodes)

Grimm

2011

Old Man (1 episodes)

CSI: Miami

2002

Scott Sommer (1 episodes)

Hawaii Five-0

2010

Owen Sutherland (1 episodes)

The West Wing

1999

John LaSalle (1 episodes)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

Assistant Manager (1 episodes)

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009

Senator Dick Osborne (1 episodes)

Malcolm in the Middle

2000

Police Commissioner (1 episodes)

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Neil Fraser (1 episodes)

CSI: NY

2004

Dr. Richards (1 episodes)

Magnum, P.I.

1980

Ray Jones / John Doe (1 episodes)

Scandal

2012

Melvin Feen (1 episodes)

This Is Us

2016

Judge Walter Crowder (1 episodes)

ER

1994

Jack Kayson (18 episodes)

Boston Legal

2004

Walter Fife (1 episodes)

Everybody Loves Raymond

1996

Special Agent Thomas Garfield (1 episodes)

Station 19

2018

Elliott (1 episodes)

Diagnosis: Murder

1993

Ernie Pitt (1 episodes)

Without a Trace

2002

Congressman Whitehurst (1 episodes)

Medium

2005

Eliot Peterson (1 episodes)

Angel

1999

Holland Manners (8 episodes)

How to Get Away with Murder

2014

Thomas Fitzgerald (1 episodes)

A Million Little Things

2018

Mr. Dennings (2 episodes)

Melrose Place

1992

Agent Hill (2 episodes)

Justified

2010

Lee Paxton (9 episodes)

L.A. Law

1986

D.A. Bill Graphia (3 episodes)

Matlock

2024

Edwin Kingston (27 episodes)

Chicago Hope

1994

Howard Sherwood (1 episodes)

T. J. Hooker

1982

Leo Santee (1 episodes)

The Golden Girls

1985

Meyer (1 episodes)

Leverage

2008

Henry Retzing (1 episodes)

St. Elsewhere

1982

Mr. McGrath (1 episodes)

21 Jump Street

1987

Dan Finger (1 episodes)

Perfect Strangers

1986

Sam Gorpley (122 episodes)

Millennium

1996

Agent Jack Pierson (1 episodes)

Tales from the Darkside

1984

Dr. Synapsis (1 episodes)

Hunter

1984

Vinny Cochran (1 episodes)

Newhart

1982

(1 episodes)

Ally McBeal

1997

Mark Harrison (1 episodes)

In the Heat of the Night

1988

Drew Ward (1 episodes)

Picket Fences

1992

FBI Agent Donald Morrell (7 episodes)

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

1993

Simon Wolfe (1 episodes)

Two Guys and a Girl

1998

Dr. Harvey (1 episodes)

Profiler

1996

Ken Harker (1 episodes)

From the Earth to the Moon

1998

Thomas Paine (2 episodes)

The Stand

1994

Whitney Horgan (3 episodes)

Family Law

1999

Carlisle Tucker (1 episodes)

Nowhere Man

1995

The Man (1 episodes)

Growing Pains

1985

Principal Willis Dewitt (1 episodes)

Harry's Law

2011

Judge William Rothman (1 episodes)

Hardcastle and McCormick

1983

Teddy Peters (1 episodes)

Chasing Life

2014

Gerald Rayburn (2 episodes)

WKRP in Cincinnati

1978

Agent Berwick (1 episodes)

Alien Nation

1989

Thomas Edison (1 episodes)

The Forgotten

2009

Train Driver (1 episodes)

Blue Thunder

1984

Benjamin Kelty (1 episodes)

Men at Work

2012

James Wilson (1 episodes)

Painkiller

2023

Raymond Sackler (6 episodes)

Damien

2016

Professor Igor Reneus (1 episodes)

Miracles

2003

Cinda's Father (1 episodes)

Boston Common

1996

Wesley Butterfield (7 episodes)

Fantasy Island

1998

Mr. Gable (1 episodes)

The Cape

1996

Kevin Davis, CAPCOM (1 episodes)

The Visitor

1997

Army General (1 episodes)

E/R

1984

(1 episodes)

Wolf Lake

2001

Arthur Van Halen (1 episodes)

Married to the Kellys

2003

Bill Kelly (22 episodes)

The Stockard Channing Show

1980

(1 episodes)

The Charmings

1987

(1 episodes)

Live Shot

1995

Marvin Seaborne (13 episodes)

Mama Malone

1984

Stanley (13 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

No movie production credits available.

TV Production Credits

No TV production credits available.