Acting · Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA · Born April 2, 1947
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.
TVMatlock
2024
as Edwin Kingston
MovieThe Lift
2024
TVPainkiller
2023
as Raymond Sackler
MovieWhere the Crawdads Sing
2022
as Tate (mid-70s)
TVA Million Little Things
2018
as Mr. Dennings
MovieSong of Back and Neck
2018
as Jarred Foxen
TVStation 19
2018
as Elliott
MovieDo You Take This Man
2017
as Steven
MovieMaybe Someday
2017
as Douglas Donnelly
MovieOuija: Origin of Evil
2016
as Mr. Browning
TVThis Is Us
2016
as Judge Walter Crowder
TVDamien
2016
as Professor Igor Reneus
TVHow to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Thomas Fitzgerald
TVChasing Life
2014
as Gerald Rayburn
MovieDevil's Due
2014
as Father Thomas
MovieBreaking the Girls
2013
as Professor Nolan
Movie3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
2012
as Chris
TVMen at Work
2012
as James Wilson
TVScandal
2012
as Melvin Feen
TVGrimm
2011
as Old Man
MovieWater for Elephants
2011
as Mr. Hyde
TVHarry's Law
2011
as Judge William Rothman
TVHawaii Five-0
2010
as Owen Sutherland
TVJustified
2010
as Lee Paxton
TVThe Forgotten
2009
as Train Driver
TVNCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Senator Dick Osborne
TVCastle
2009
as Principal Duncan
TVLeverage
2008
as Henry Retzing
MovieDirty Habit
2006
as Bishop
MovieTouched
2005
as Dr. Reynolds
TVBones
2005
as Hugo Sanderson
TVGrey's Anatomy
2005
as Michael Whitman
TVMedium
2005
as Eliot Peterson
TVBoston Legal
2004
as Walter Fife
TVCSI: NY
2004
as Dr. Richards
TVLost
2004
as Bernard Nadler
MovieSecret Santa
2003
as Mr. Gibson
TVMarried to the Kellys
2003
as Bill Kelly
TVNCIS
2003
as Walter Carmichael
TVMiracles
2003
as Cinda's Father
TVWithout a Trace
2002
as Congressman Whitehurst
TVCSI: Miami
2002
as Scott Sommer
MovieSlackers
2002
as Charles Patton
TVWolf Lake
2001
as Arthur Van Halen
MovieSonic Impact
2000
as Alex Holmes
MovieThe Independent
2000
as Ed
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Dr. Mercer
MoviePerfect Game
2000
as Steven
TVMalcolm in the Middle
2000
as Police Commissioner
TVAngel
1999
as Holland Manners
TVThe West Wing
1999
as John LaSalle
TVFamily Law
1999
as Carlisle Tucker
MovieNetForce
1999
as Fox
TVFantasy Island
1998
as Mr. Gable
MoviePermanent Midnight
1998
as Dr. Olson
MovieWhat I Did for Love
1998
as Richard
TVFrom the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Thomas Paine
TVTwo Guys and a Girl
1998
as Dr. Harvey
MovieThe Pentagon Wars
1998
as Congressman #2
TVThe Visitor
1997
as Army General
TVAlly McBeal
1997
as Mark Harrison
MovieThe Sleepwalker Killing
1997
as Roth Lane
MovieThe Last Hand
1997
as Jimmy Walsh
TVMillennium
1996
as Agent Jack Pierson
TVProfiler
1996
as Ken Harker
TVEverybody Loves Raymond
1996
as Special Agent Thomas Garfield
TVThe Cape
1996
as Kevin Davis, CAPCOM
TVBoston Common
1996
as Wesley Butterfield
MovieThe Man Next Door
1996
as Dwight Cooley
TVLive Shot
1995
as Marvin Seaborne
TVNowhere Man
1995
as Man
MovieThe Puppet Masters
1994
as Culbertson
TVFriends
1994
as Dr. Harad
TVER
1994
as Jack Kayson
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Howard Sherwood
MovieForrest Gump
1994
as Principal Hancock
TVThe Stand
1994
as Whitney Horgan
TVDiagnosis: Murder
1993
as Ernie Pitt
TVThe X-Files
1993
as Leamus
TVThe Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
as Simon Wolfe
MovieA Place to Be Loved
1993
as Judge Thomas S. Kirk
TVPicket Fences
1992
as FBI Agent Donald Morrell
TVMelrose Place
1992
as Agent Hill
MovieMemoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as Chairman of the House Committee
MovieDark Angel
1990
as Warren
TVAlien Nation
1989
as Thomas Edison
MovieCritters 2
1988
as Mr. Morgan
TVIn the Heat of the Night
1988
as Drew Ward
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Assistant Manager
MovieLa Bamba
1987
as Mr. Ludwig
TV21 Jump Street
1987
as Dan Finger
TVThe Charmings
1987
TVL.A. Law
1986
as D.A. Bill Graphia
TVPerfect Strangers
1986
as Sam Gorpley
TVGrowing Pains
1985
as Principal Willis Dewitt
TVThe Golden Girls
1985
as Meyer
MovieMovers & Shakers
1985
as Ray Berg
TVTales from the Darkside
1984
as Dr. Synapsis
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Neil Fraser
TVHunter
1984
as Vinny Cochran
TVE/R
1984
TVMama Malone
1984
as Stanley
TVBlue Thunder
1984
as Benjamin Kelty
MoviePolicewoman Centerfold
1983
as Druggist
TVHardcastle and McCormick
1983
as Teddy Peters
MovieJoe Dancer III: The Big Trade
1983
as Paul Iberville
MovieThe Tragedy of King Lear
1982
as Duke of Albany
TVSt. Elsewhere
1982
as Mr. McGrath
TVNewhart
1982
TVT. J. Hooker
1982
as Leo Santee
TVMagnum, P.I.
1980
as Ray Jones / John Doe
TVThe Stockard Channing Show
1980
MovieThe Swap
1979
as Paul
TVWKRP in Cincinnati
1978
as Agent Berwick
