Sam Anderson
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.
Acted in
Matlock
2024
as Edwin Kingston
The Lift
2024
Painkiller
2023
as Raymond Sackler
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
as Tate (mid-70s)
A Million Little Things
2018
as Mr. Dennings
Song of Back and Neck
2018
as Jarred Foxen
Station 19
2018
as Elliott
Do You Take This Man
2017
as Steven
Maybe Someday
2017
as Douglas Donnelly
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
as Mr. Browning
This Is Us
2016
as Judge Walter Crowder
Damien
2016
as Professor Igor Reneus
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Thomas Fitzgerald
Chasing Life
2014
as Gerald Rayburn
Devil's Due
2014
as Father Thomas
Breaking the Girls
2013
as Professor Nolan
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
2012
as Chris
Men At Work
2012
as James Wilson
Scandal
2012
as Melvin Feen
Grimm
2011
as Old Man
Grimm
2011
as Rolek Porter
Water for Elephants
2011
as Mr. Hyde
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Owen Sutherland
Justified
2010
as Lee Paxton
The Forgotten
2009
as Train Driver
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Senator Dick Osborne
Castle
2009
as Principal Duncan
Leverage
2008
as Henry Retzing
Dirty Habit
2006
as Bishop
Touched
2005
as Dr. Reynolds
Bones
2005
as Hugo Sanderson
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Michael Whitman
Medium
2005
as Eliot Peterson
CSI: NY
2004
as Dr. Richards
Lost
2004
as Bernard Nadler
Secret Santa
2003
as Mr. Gibson
Married to the Kellys
2003
as Bill Kelly
NCIS
2003
as Walter Carmichael
Miracles
2003
Without a Trace
2002
as Congressman Whitehurst
CSI: Miami
2002
as Scott Sommer
Slackers
2002
as Charles Patton
Wolf Lake
2001
as Arthur Van Halen
Sonic Impact
2000
as Alex Holmes
The Independent
2000
as Ed
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Dr. Mercer
Perfect Game
2000
as Steven
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Police Commissioner
Angel
1999
as Holland Manners
The West Wing
1999
as John LaSalle
Family Law
1999
as Carlisle Tucker
NetForce
1999
as Fox
Fantasy Island
1998
as Mr. Gable
Permanent Midnight
1998
as Dr. Olson
What I Did for Love
1998
as Richard
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Thomas Paine
The Pentagon Wars
1998
as Congressman #2
The Visitor
1997
as Army General
Ally McBeal
1997
as Mark Harrison
Millennium
1996
as Agent Jack Pierson
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996
as Special Agent Thomas Garfield
The Cape
1996
as Kevin Davis, CAPCOM
Boston Common
1996
as Wesley Butterfield
The Man Next Door
1996
as Dwight Cooley
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
1996
as Quote Reader
Live Shot
1995
as Marvin Seaborne
Nowhere Man
1995
as The Man
The Puppet Masters
1994
as Culbertson
Friends
1994
as Dr. Harad
ER
1994
as Jack Kayson
Chicago Hope
1994
Forrest Gump
1994
as Principal Hancock
The Stand
1994
as Whitney Horgan
The Stand
1994
as Whitney Horgan
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Ernie Pitt
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Dr. Hjortsberg
The X-Files
1993
as Leamus
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
as Simon Wolfe
A Place To Be Loved
1993
as Judge Thomas S. Kirk
Melrose Place
1992
as Agent Hill
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as Chairman of the House Committee
Dark Angel
1990
as Warren
Critters 2
1988
as Mr. Morgan
In the Heat of the Night
1988
as Drew Ward
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Assistant Manager
La Bamba
1987
as Mr. Ludwig
21 Jump Street
1987
as Dan Finger
The Charmings
1987
L.A. Law
1986
as D.D.A. Bill Graphia
Perfect Strangers
1986
as Sam Gorpley
Growing Pains
1985
as Principal Willis Dewitt
The Golden Girls
1985
as Meyer
Movers & Shakers
1985
as Ray Berg
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Dr. Synapsis
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Neil Fraser
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Ethan Stevens
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Stuart Himes
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Dan the Electrician
Hunter
1984
as Vinny Cochran
E/R
1984
Mama Malone
1984
as Stanley
Policewoman Centerfold
1983
as Druggist
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
1983
as Paul Iberville
The Tragedy of King Lear
1982
as Duke of Albany
Newhart
1982
T. J. Hooker
1982
as Leo Santee
The Stockard Channing Show
1980
The Swap
1979
as Paul
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
as Agent Berwick
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
as Mr. Anderson
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
as Rex Erhardt
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
as Mason Nobel