Sam Anderson
Born: 1947-04-02 in Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2023
- Painkiller as Raymond Sackler
2022
- Where the Crawdads Sing as Tate (mid-70s)
2018
- Station 19 as Elliott
- A Million Little Things as Mr. Dennings
- Song of Back and Neck as Jarred Foxen
2017
- Do You Take This Man as Steven
- Maybe Someday as Douglas Donnelly
2016
- This Is Us as Judge Walter Crowder
- Ouija: Origin of Evil as Mr. Browning
- Damien as Professor Igor Reneus
2014
- How to Get Away with Murder as Thomas Fitzgerald
- Chasing Life as Gerald Rayburn
- Devil's Due as Father Thomas
2013
- Breaking the Girls as Professor Nolan
2012
- Scandal as Melvin Feen
- Men At Work as James Wilson
- 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom as Chris
2011
- Grimm as Old Man
- Harry's Law as Judge William Rothman
- Water for Elephants as Mr. Hyde
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Owen Sutherland
- Justified as Lee Paxton
2009
- Castle as Principal Duncan
- NCIS: Los Angeles as Senator Dick Osborne
- The Forgotten as Train Driver
2008
- Leverage as Henry Retzing
2006
- Dirty Habit as Bishop
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Michael Whitman
- Bones as Hugo Sanderson
- Medium as Eliot Peterson
- Touched as Dr. Reynolds
2004
- Lost as Bernard Nadler
- CSI: NY as Dr. Richards
- Boston Legal as Walter Fife
2003
- NCIS as Walter Carmichael
- Miracles as Cinda's Father
- Secret Santa as Mr. Gibson
- Married to the Kellys as Bill Kelly
2002
- CSI: Miami as Scott Sommer
- Without a Trace as Congressman Whitehurst
- Slackers as Charles Patton
2001
- Wolf Lake as Arthur Van Halen
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Dr. Mercer
- Malcolm in the Middle as Police Commissioner
- Perfect Game as Steven
- Sonic Impact as Alex Holmes
- The Independent as Ed
1999
- The West Wing as John LaSalle
- Angel as Holland Manners
- Family Law as Carlisle Tucker
- NetForce as Fox
1998
- Two Guys and a Girl as Dr. Harvey
- From the Earth to the Moon as Thomas Paine
- Permanent Midnight as Dr. Olson
- Fantasy Island as Mr. Gable
- The Pentagon Wars as Congressman #2
- What I Did for Love as Richard
1997
- Ally McBeal as Mark Harrison
- The Visitor as Army General
- The Last Hand as Jimmy Walsh
- The Sleepwalker Killing as Roth Lane
1996
- Everybody Loves Raymond as Special Agent Thomas Garfield
- Millennium as Agent Jack Pierson
- Profiler as Ken Harker
- Boston Common as Wesley Butterfield
- Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen as Quote Reader
- The Man Next Door as Dwight Cooley
- The Cape as Kevin Davis, CAPCOM
1995
- Nowhere Man as The Man
- Live Shot as Marvin Seaborne
1994
- Friends as Dr. Harad
- ER as Jack Kayson
- Forrest Gump as Principal Hancock
- Chicago Hope
- The Stand as Whitney Horgan
- The Puppet Masters as Culbertson
1993
- The X-Files as Leamus
- Diagnosis: Murder as Ernie Pitt
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Simon Wolfe
- A Place to Be Loved as Judge Thomas S. Kirk
1992
- Melrose Place as Agent Hill
- Picket Fences as FBI Agent Donald Morrell
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man as Chairman of the House Committee
1990
- Dark Angel as Warren
1988
- In the Heat of the Night as Drew Ward
- Critters 2 as Mr. Morgan
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Assistant Manager
- 21 Jump Street as Dan Finger
- La Bamba as Mr. Ludwig
- The Charmings
1986
- L.A. Law as D.D.A. Bill Graphia
- Perfect Strangers as Sam Gorpley
1985
- The Golden Girls as Meyer
- Growing Pains as Principal Willis Dewitt
- Movers & Shakers as Ray Berg
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Neil Fraser
- Hunter as Vinny Cochran
- Tales from the Darkside as Dr. Synapsis
- Blue Thunder as Benjamin Kelty
- E/R
- Mama Malone as Stanley
1983
- Policewoman Centerfold as Druggist
- Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade as Paul Iberville
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Mr. McGrath
- Newhart
- T. J. Hooker as Leo Santee
- The Tragedy of King Lear as Duke of Albany
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Ray Jones / John Doe
- The Stockard Channing Show
1979
- The Swap as Paul
1978
- WKRP in Cincinnati as Agent Berwick