Sam Anderson
Known for acting · Born 2 April 1947 · 79 · Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA
117 credits
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
Lost
2004
Perfect Strangers
1986
ER
1994
Matlock
2024
Devil's Due
2014
Angel
1999
Justified
2010
Critters 2
1988
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
Painkiller
2023
Bones
2005
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
2012
Acting (117)
2024MatlockEdwin Kingston · 34 episodesSeries
2024The LiftFilm
2024Becoming a Man in 127 EASY StepsElder ScottFilm
2023PainkillerRaymond Sackler · 6 episodesSeries
2022Where the Crawdads SingTate (mid-70s)Film
2018Station 19ElliottSeries
2018A Million Little ThingsMr. Dennings · 2 episodesSeries
2018Song of Back and NeckJarred FoxenFilm
2017Do You Take This ManStevenFilm
2017Maybe SomedayDouglas DonnellyFilm
2016Ouija: Origin of EvilMr. BrowningFilm
2016This Is UsJudge Walter CrowderSeries
2016DamienProfessor Igor ReneusSeries
2014How to Get Away with MurderThomas FitzgeraldSeries
2014Devil's DueFather ThomasFilm
2014Chasing LifeGerald Rayburn · 2 episodesSeries
2013Breaking the GirlsProfessor NolanFilm
2012ScandalMelvin FeenSeries
20123, 2, 1... Frankie Go BoomChrisFilm
2012Men at WorkJames WilsonSeries
2011GrimmOld Man, Rolek PorterSeries
2011Water for ElephantsMr. HydeFilm
2011Harry's LawJudge William RothmanSeries
2010Hawaii Five-0Owen SutherlandSeries
2010JustifiedLee Paxton · 9 episodesSeries
2009CastlePrincipal DuncanSeries
2009NCIS: Los AngelesSenator Dick OsborneSeries
2009The ForgottenTrain DriverSeries
2008LeverageHenry RetzingSeries
2006Dirty HabitBishopFilm
2005Grey's AnatomyMichael WhitmanSeries
2005BonesHugo Sanderson · 2 episodesSeries
2005MediumEliot PetersonSeries
2005TouchedDr. ReynoldsFilm
2004LostBernard Nadler · 25 episodesSeries
2004CSI: NYDr. RichardsSeries
2004Boston LegalWalter FifeSeries
2003NCISWalter CarmichaelSeries
2003Secret SantaMr. GibsonFilm
2003MiraclesCinda's FatherSeries
2003Married to the KellysBill Kelly · 22 episodesSeries
2002CSI: MiamiScott SommerSeries
2002Without a TraceCongressman WhitehurstSeries
2002SlackersCharles PattonFilm
2001Wolf LakeArthur Van HalenSeries
2000Malcolm in the MiddlePolice CommissionerSeries
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationDr. MercerSeries
2000The IndependentEdFilm
2000Sonic ImpactAlex HolmesFilm
2000Perfect GameStevenFilm
1999AngelHolland Manners · 8 episodesSeries
1999The West WingJohn LaSalleSeries
1999NetForceFoxFilm
1999Family LawCarlisle TuckerSeries
1998Two Guys and a GirlDr. HarveySeries
1998From the Earth to the MoonThomas Paine · 2 episodesSeries
1998Permanent MidnightDr. OlsonFilm
1998The Pentagon WarsCongressman #2Film
1998Fantasy IslandMr. GableSeries
1998What I Did for LoveRichardFilm
1997Ally McBealMark HarrisonSeries
1997The VisitorArmy GeneralSeries
1997The Sleepwalker KillingRoth LaneFilm
1997The Last HandJimmy WalshFilm
1996Everybody Loves RaymondSpecial Agent Thomas GarfieldSeries
1996MillenniumAgent Jack PiersonSeries
1996ProfilerKen HarkerSeries
1996Boston CommonWesley Butterfield · 7 episodesSeries
1996The Man Next DoorDwight CooleyFilm
1996The CapeKevin Davis, CAPCOMSeries
1995Nowhere ManManSeries
1995Live ShotMarvin Seaborne · 13 episodesSeries
1994Forrest GumpPrincipal HancockFilm
1994FriendsDr. HaradSeries
1994ERJack Kayson · 18 episodesSeries
1994The StandWhitney Horgan · 3 episodesSeries
1994The Puppet MastersCulbertsonFilm
1994Chicago HopeHoward SherwoodSeries
1993The X-FilesLeamusSeries
1993Diagnosis: MurderErnie Pitt, Dr. Hjortsberg · 2 episodesSeries
1993The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.Simon WolfeSeries
1993A Place to Be LovedJudge Thomas S. KirkFilm
1992Memoirs of an Invisible ManChairman of the House CommitteeFilm
1992Melrose PlaceAgent Hill · 2 episodesSeries
1992Picket FencesFBI Agent Donald Morrell · 7 episodesSeries
1991RugratsSalesman / Announcer (voice)Series
1990Dark AngelWarrenFilm
1989Alien NationThomas EdisonSeries
1988Critters 2Mr. MorganFilm
1988In the Heat of the NightDrew WardSeries
1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationAssistant ManagerSeries
1987La BambaMr. LudwigFilm
198721 Jump StreetDan FingerSeries
1987The CharmingsSeries
1986Perfect StrangersSam Gorpley · 122 episodesSeries
1986L.A. LawD.A. Bill Graphia · 3 episodesSeries
1985The Golden GirlsMeyerSeries
1985Growing PainsPrincipal Willis DewittSeries
1985Movers & ShakersRay BergFilm
1984Murder, She WroteStuart Himes, Neil Fraser, Ethan Stevens, Dan the ElectricianSeries
1984Blue ThunderBenjamin KeltySeries
1984HunterVinny CochranSeries
1984Tales from the DarksideDr. SynapsisSeries
1984E/RSeries
1984Mama MaloneStanley · 13 episodesSeries
1983Hardcastle and McCormickTeddy PetersSeries
1983Policewoman CenterfoldDruggistFilm
1983Joe Dancer III: The Big TradePaul IbervilleFilm
1982Airplane II: The SequelMan in WhiteFilm
1982T. J. HookerLeo SanteeSeries
1982St. ElsewhereMr. McGrathSeries
1982NewhartLarry's SupporterSeries
1982The Tragedy of King LearDuke of AlbanyFilm
1980Magnum, P.I.Ray Jones / John DoeSeries
1980The Stockard Channing ShowSeries
1979The SwapPaulFilm
1978WKRP in CincinnatiAgent Berwick, Mason Nobel, Mr. Anderson, Rex ErhardtSeries