Sam Anderson

Sam Anderson

Acting

Birthday

1947/04/02 (77 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

Also know as

سام اندرسون

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.

Acting
The Puppet Masters
5.8

(1994) The Puppet Masters

as Culbertson

The Independent
5.7

(2000) The Independent

as Ed

Dark Angel
5.9

(1990) Dark Angel

as Warren

Water for Elephants
6.9

(2011) Water for Elephants

as Mr. Hyde

The Pentagon Wars
6.8

(1998) The Pentagon Wars

as Congressman #2

Devil's Due
4.6

(2014) Devil's Due

as Father Thomas

Breaking the Girls
5.5

(2013) Breaking the Girls

as Professor Nolan

Folle d'elle
5.0

(1998) What I Did for Love

as Richard

Sonic Impact
5.4

(2000) Sonic Impact

as Alex Holmes

The Swap
3.7

(1979) The Swap

as Paul

Where the Crawdads Sing
7.6

(2022) Where the Crawdads Sing

as Tate (mid-70s)

Dirty Habit
1.0

(2006) Dirty Habit

as Bishop

NetForce
4.7

(1999) NetForce

as Fox

Touched
7.1

(2005) Touched

as Dr. Reynolds

Perfect Game
8.0

(2000) Perfect Game

as Steven

A Place To Be Loved
5.3

(1993) A Place To Be Loved

as Judge Thomas S. Kirk

4.7

(1996) Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

as Quote Reader

Forrest Gump
8.5

(1994) Forrest Gump

as Principal Hancock

The Lift
0.0

(2024) The Lift

as ---

Song of Back and Neck
6.2

(2018) Song of Back and Neck

as Jarred Foxen

Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
6.8

(1983) Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade

as Paul Iberville

Ouija: Origin of Evil
6.1

(2016) Ouija: Origin of Evil

as Mr. Browning

Secret Santa
4.7

(2003) Secret Santa

as Mr. Gibson

La Bamba
7.3

(1987) La Bamba

as Mr. Ludwig

Permanent Midnight
6.0

(1998) Permanent Midnight

as Dr. Olson

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
5.9

(2012) 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

as Chris

Do You Take This Man
5.0

(2017) Do You Take This Man

as Steven

Slackers
5.2

(2002) Slackers

as Charles Patton

Policewoman Centerfold
4.7

(1983) Policewoman Centerfold

as Druggist

The Man Next Door
6.0

(1996) The Man Next Door

as Dwight Cooley

Movers & Shakers
3.9

(1985) Movers & Shakers

as Ray Berg

Maybe Someday
0.0

(2017) Maybe Someday

as Douglas Donnelly

Memoirs of an Invisible Man
5.9

(1992) Memoirs of an Invisible Man

as Chairman of the House Committee

The Tragedy of King Lear
8.0

(1982) The Tragedy of King Lear

as Duke of Albany

Critters 2
6.3

(1988) Critters 2

as Mr. Morgan

Growing Pains
6.5

(1985) Growing Pains

as Principal Willis Dewitt

WKRP in Cincinnati
7.5

(1978) WKRP in Cincinnati

as Agent Berwick

Perfect Strangers
6.7

(1986) Perfect Strangers

as Sam Gorpley

CSI: Miami
7.7

(2002) CSI: Miami

as Scott Sommer

Miracles
8.0

(2003) Miracles

as ---

Everybody Loves Raymond
6.8

(1996) Everybody Loves Raymond

as Special Agent Thomas Garfield

Angel
7.9

(1999) Angel

as Holland Manners

CSI: NY
7.3

(2004) CSI: NY

as Dr. Richards

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.6

(2000) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Dr. Mercer

The X-Files
8.4

(1993) The X-Files

as Leamus

Millennium
7.6

(1996) Millennium

as Agent Jack Pierson

Lost
7.9

(2004) Lost

as Bernard Nadler

Chicago Hope
7.2

(1994) Chicago Hope

as ---

Diagnosis: Murder
7.1

(1993) Diagnosis: Murder

as Ernie Pitt

Married to the Kellys
9.0

(2003) Married to the Kellys

as Bill Kelly

The Charmings
4.8

(1987) The Charmings

as ---

Medium
7.4

(2005) Medium

as Eliot Peterson

Family Law
8.2

(1999) Family Law

as Carlisle Tucker

E/R
5.2

(1984) E/R

as ---

0.0

(1995) Live Shot

as Marvin Seaborne

The Visitor
6.0

(1997) The Visitor

as Army General

Mama Malone
0.0

(1984) Mama Malone

as Stanley

Tales from the Darkside
7.2

(1984) Tales from the Darkside

as Dr. Synapsis

Hawaii Five-0
7.8

(2010) Hawaii Five-0

as Owen Sutherland

The Stockard Channing Show
5.0

(1980) The Stockard Channing Show

as ---

Justified
7.9

(2010) Justified

as Lee Paxton

Men At Work
6.7

(2012) Men At Work

as James Wilson

Diagnosis: Murder
7.1

(1993) Diagnosis: Murder

as Dr. Hjortsberg

Castle
8.0

(2009) Castle

as Principal Duncan

Hunter
7.2

(1984) Hunter

as Vinny Cochran

Chasing Life
7.4

(2014) Chasing Life

as Gerald Rayburn

From the Earth to the Moon
8.2

(1998) From the Earth to the Moon

as Thomas Paine

WKRP in Cincinnati
7.5

(1978) WKRP in Cincinnati

as Mason Nobel

WKRP in Cincinnati
7.5

(1978) WKRP in Cincinnati

as Mr. Anderson

WKRP in Cincinnati
7.5

(1978) WKRP in Cincinnati

as Rex Erhardt

Grey's Anatomy
8.2

(2005) Grey's Anatomy

as Michael Whitman

Wolf Lake
7.7

(2001) Wolf Lake

as Arthur Van Halen

Painkiller
7.1

(2023) Painkiller

as Raymond Sackler

Friends
8.4

(1994) Friends

as Dr. Harad

Damien
6.3

(2016) Damien

as Professor Igor Reneus

Nowhere Man
7.5

(1995) Nowhere Man

as The Man

Newhart
7.1

(1982) Newhart

as ---

Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.4

(1987) Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Assistant Manager

The West Wing
8.2

(1999) The West Wing

as John LaSalle

This Is Us
8.2

(2016) This Is Us

as Judge Walter Crowder

Scandal
7.1

(2012) Scandal

as Melvin Feen

The Cape
7.7

(1996) The Cape

as Kevin Davis, CAPCOM

Grimm
8.3

(2011) Grimm

as Old Man

Grimm
8.3

(2011) Grimm

as Rolek Porter

21 Jump Street
7.1

(1987) 21 Jump Street

as Dan Finger

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
7.1

(1993) The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

as Simon Wolfe

NCIS
7.6

(2003) NCIS

as Walter Carmichael

Station 19
8.2

(2018) Station 19

as Elliott

T. J. Hooker
6.3

(1982) T. J. Hooker

as Leo Santee

Melrose Place
5.9

(1992) Melrose Place

as Agent Hill

L.A. Law
7.1

(1986) L.A. Law

as D.D.A. Bill Graphia

A Million Little Things
7.4

(2018) A Million Little Things

as Mr. Dennings

Bones
8.2

(2005) Bones

as Hugo Sanderson

Leverage
7.6

(2008) Leverage

as Henry Retzing

Fantasy Island
7.5

(1998) Fantasy Island

as Mr. Gable

Without a Trace
7.3

(2002) Without a Trace

as Congressman Whitehurst

In the Heat of the Night
7.5

(1988) In the Heat of the Night

as Drew Ward

The Golden Girls
7.5

(1985) The Golden Girls

as Meyer

ER
7.8

(1994) ER

as Jack Kayson

Murder, She Wrote
7.5

(1984) Murder, She Wrote

as Ethan Stevens

Murder, She Wrote
7.5

(1984) Murder, She Wrote

as Neil Fraser

Murder, She Wrote
7.5

(1984) Murder, She Wrote

as Stuart Himes

Murder, She Wrote
7.5

(1984) Murder, She Wrote

as Dan the Electrician

Boston Common
6.9

(1996) Boston Common

as Wesley Butterfield

Malcolm in the Middle
8.5

(2000) Malcolm in the Middle

as Police Commissioner

Ally McBeal
6.6

(1997) Ally McBeal

as Mark Harrison

The Forgotten
6.0

(2009) The Forgotten

as Train Driver

Matlock
7.7

(2024) Matlock

as Edwin Kingston

How to Get Away with Murder
7.8

(2014) How to Get Away with Murder

as Thomas Fitzgerald

NCIS: Los Angeles
7.5

(2009) NCIS: Los Angeles

as Senator Dick Osborne

The Stand
6.8

(1994) The Stand

as Whitney Horgan