Portrait of Sam Anderson

Sam Anderson

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.

Born: April 2, 1947

Place of Birth: Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

Filmography

2024
Matlock

as Edwin Kingston

2023
Painkiller

as Raymond Sackler

2022
Where the Crawdads Sing

as Tate (mid-70s)

2018
2018
Song of Back and Neck

as Jarred Foxen

2018
Station 19

as Elliott

2017
Maybe Someday

as Douglas Donnelly

2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil

as Mr. Browning

2016
This Is Us

as Judge Walter Crowder

2016
Damien

as Professor Igor Reneus

2014
How to Get Away with Murder

as Thomas Fitzgerald

2014
Chasing Life

as Gerald Rayburn

2014
Devil's Due

as Father Thomas

2013
Breaking the Girls

as Professor Nolan

2012
Men At Work

as James Wilson

2012
Scandal

as Melvin Feen

2011
Grimm

as Old Man

2011
Grimm

as Rolek Porter

2011
2011
Harry's Law

as Judge William Rothman

2010
Hawaii Five-0

as Owen Sutherland

2010
Justified

as Lee Paxton

2009
NCIS: Los Angeles

as Senator Dick Osborne

2009
The Forgotten

as Train Driver

2009
Castle

as Principal Duncan

2008
Leverage

as Henry Retzing

2006
Dirty Habit

as Bishop

2005
Touched

as Dr. Reynolds

2005
Bones

as Hugo Sanderson

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Michael Whitman

2005
Medium

as Eliot Peterson

2004
Boston Legal

as Walter Fife

2004
Lost

as Bernard Nadler

2004
CSI: NY

as Dr. Richards

2003
Secret Santa

as Mr. Gibson

2003
2003
NCIS

as Walter Carmichael

2003
Miracles

as Cinda's Father

2002
Without a Trace

as Congressman Whitehurst

2002
CSI: Miami

as Scott Sommer

2002
Slackers

as Charles Patton

2001
Wolf Lake

as Arthur Van Halen

2000
Sonic Impact

as Alex Holmes

2000
Perfect Game

as Steven

2000
Malcolm in the Middle

as Police Commissioner

1999
Angel

as Holland Manners

1999
The West Wing

as John LaSalle

1999
Family Law

as Carlisle Tucker

1999
NetForce

as Fox

1998
Fantasy Island

as Mr. Gable

1998
Permanent Midnight

as Dr. Olson

1998
1998
1998
Two Guys and a Girl

as Dr. Harvey

1998
The Pentagon Wars

as Congressman #2

1997
The Visitor

as Army General

1997
Ally McBeal

as Mark Harrison

1997
1996
Millennium

as Agent Jack Pierson

1996
Everybody Loves Raymond

as Special Agent Thomas Garfield

1996
The Cape

as Kevin Davis, CAPCOM

1996
Boston Common

as Wesley Butterfield

1996
The Man Next Door

as Dwight Cooley

1995
Nowhere Man

as The Man

1994
The Puppet Masters

as Culbertson

1994
Friends

as Dr. Harad

1994
ER

as Jack Kayson

1994
Forrest Gump

as Principal Hancock

1994
The Stand

as Whitney Horgan

1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Ernie Pitt

1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Dr. Hjortsberg

1993
The X-Files

as Leamus

1993
A Place to Be Loved

as Judge Thomas S. Kirk

1992
Melrose Place

as Agent Hill

1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man

as Chairman of the House Committee

1990
Dark Angel

as Warren

1988
Critters 2

as Mr. Morgan

1988
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Assistant Manager

1987
La Bamba

as Mr. Ludwig

1987
21 Jump Street

as Dan Finger

1986
L.A. Law

as D.D.A. Bill Graphia

1986
Perfect Strangers

as Sam Gorpley

1985
Growing Pains

as Principal Willis Dewitt

1985
1985
Movers & Shakers

as Ray Berg

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Stuart Himes

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Neil Fraser

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Ethan Stevens

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Dan the Electrician

1984
1984
Hunter

as Vinny Cochran

1984
1984
Mama Malone

as Stanley

1984
Blue Thunder

as Benjamin Kelty

1983
1983
1982
The Tragedy of King Lear

as Duke of Albany

1982
T. J. Hooker

as Leo Santee

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Ray Jones / John Doe

1979
The Swap

as Paul

1978
WKRP in Cincinnati

as Agent Berwick

1978
WKRP in Cincinnati

as Mason Nobel

1978
WKRP in Cincinnati

as Mr. Anderson

1978
WKRP in Cincinnati

as Rex Erhardt