Sam Anderson

Personal Info

Birthday

April 2, 1947

Place of Birth

Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

Known For

Acting

Sam Anderson

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 Filmography (114)

Matlock
7.0

Matlock

TV Series2024
No Backdrop
6.0

The Lift

Movie2024
Painkiller
7.2

Painkiller

TV Series2023
Where the Crawdads Sing
7.5

Where the Crawdads Sing

Movie2022
A Million Little Things
7.2

A Million Little Things

TV Series2018
Song of Back and Neck
6.2

Song of Back and Neck

Movie2018
Station 19
8.2

Station 19

TV Series2018
Do You Take This Man
4.6

Do You Take This Man

Movie2017
Maybe Someday
0.0

Maybe Someday

Movie2017
Ouija: Origin of Evil
6.2

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Movie2016
This Is Us
8.2

This Is Us

TV Series2016
Damien
6.2

Damien

TV Series2016
How to Get Away with Murder
7.8

How to Get Away with Murder

TV Series2014
Chasing Life
7.2

Chasing Life

TV Series2014
Devil's Due
4.7

Devil's Due

Movie2014
Breaking the Girls
5.4

Breaking the Girls

Movie2013
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
5.7

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

Movie2012
Men at Work
6.6

Men at Work

TV Series2012
Scandal
7.2

Scandal

TV Series2012
Grimm
8.3

Grimm

TV Series2011
Water for Elephants
6.9

Water for Elephants

Movie2011
Harry's Law
7.4

Harry's Law

TV Series2011
Hawaii Five-0
7.7

Hawaii Five-0

TV Series2010
Justified
8.0

Justified

TV Series2010
The Forgotten
6.1

The Forgotten

TV Series2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
7.5

NCIS: Los Angeles

TV Series2009
Castle
8.0

Castle

TV Series2009
Leverage
7.6

Leverage

TV Series2008
Dirty Habit
1.0

Dirty Habit

Movie2006
Touched
6.2

Touched

Movie2005
Bones
8.2

Bones

TV Series2005
Grey's Anatomy
8.2

Grey's Anatomy

TV Series2005
Medium
7.5

Medium

TV Series2005
Boston Legal
7.9

Boston Legal

TV Series2004
CSI: NY
7.3

CSI: NY

TV Series2004
Lost
8.0

Lost

TV Series2004
Secret Santa
5.1

Secret Santa

Movie2003
No Backdrop
9.3

Married to the Kellys

TV Series2003
NCIS
7.6

NCIS

TV Series2003
Miracles
8.1

Miracles

TV Series2003
Without a Trace
7.2

Without a Trace

TV Series2002
CSI: Miami
7.7

CSI: Miami

TV Series2002
Slackers
5.2

Slackers

Movie2002
Wolf Lake
7.7

Wolf Lake

TV Series2001
Sonic Impact
5.8

Sonic Impact

Movie2000
The Independent
5.5

The Independent

Movie2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV Series2000
Perfect Game
7.0

Perfect Game

Movie2000
Malcolm in the Middle
8.5

Malcolm in the Middle

TV Series2000
Angel
7.9

Angel

TV Series1999
The West Wing
8.3

The West Wing

TV Series1999
Family Law
8.1

Family Law

TV Series1999
NetForce
5.0

NetForce

Movie1999
Fantasy Island
7.4

Fantasy Island

TV Series1998
Permanent Midnight
5.9

Permanent Midnight

Movie1998
What I Did for Love
5.2

What I Did for Love

Movie1998
From the Earth to the Moon
8.1

From the Earth to the Moon

TV Series1998
Two Guys and a Girl
7.2

Two Guys and a Girl

TV Series1998
The Pentagon Wars
6.9

The Pentagon Wars

Movie1998
The Visitor
6.4

The Visitor

TV Series1997
Ally McBeal
6.5

Ally McBeal

TV Series1997
No Backdrop
5.9

The Sleepwalker Killing

Movie1997
No Backdrop
3.3

The Last Hand

Movie1997
Millennium
7.7

Millennium

TV Series1996
Profiler
7.0

Profiler

TV Series1996
Everybody Loves Raymond
6.8

Everybody Loves Raymond

TV Series1996
The Cape
7.5

The Cape

TV Series1996
No Backdrop
7.0

Boston Common

TV Series1996
No Backdrop
5.6

The Man Next Door

Movie1996
No Backdrop
7.0

Live Shot

TV Series1995
Nowhere Man
7.8

Nowhere Man

TV Series1995
The Puppet Masters
5.8

The Puppet Masters

Movie1994
Friends
8.4

Friends

TV Series1994
ER
7.8

ER

TV Series1994
Chicago Hope
7.2

Chicago Hope

TV Series1994
Forrest Gump
8.5

Forrest Gump

Movie1994
The Stand
6.8

The Stand

TV Series1994
Diagnosis: Murder
7.1

Diagnosis: Murder

TV Series1993
The X-Files
8.4

The X-Files

TV Series1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
7.1

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

TV Series1993
No Backdrop
5.6

A Place to Be Loved

Movie1993
Picket Fences
7.5

Picket Fences

TV Series1992
Melrose Place
5.8

Melrose Place

TV Series1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
5.9

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Movie1992
Dark Angel
6.0

Dark Angel

Movie1990
Alien Nation
7.0

Alien Nation

TV Series1989
Critters 2
6.2

Critters 2

Movie1988
In the Heat of the Night
7.6

In the Heat of the Night

TV Series1988
Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV Series1987
La Bamba
7.3

La Bamba

Movie1987
21 Jump Street
7.3

21 Jump Street

TV Series1987
The Charmings
5.4

The Charmings

TV Series1987
L.A. Law
7.1

L.A. Law

TV Series1986
Perfect Strangers
6.7

Perfect Strangers

TV Series1986
Growing Pains
6.5

Growing Pains

TV Series1985
The Golden Girls
7.6

The Golden Girls

TV Series1985
Movers & Shakers
3.9

Movers & Shakers

Movie1985
Tales from the Darkside
7.2

Tales from the Darkside

TV Series1984
Murder, She Wrote
7.5

Murder, She Wrote

TV Series1984
Hunter
7.1

Hunter

TV Series1984
E/R
5.6

E/R

TV Series1984
Mama Malone
8.0

Mama Malone

TV Series1984
Blue Thunder
6.9

Blue Thunder

TV Series1984
Policewoman Centerfold
4.6

Policewoman Centerfold

Movie1983
Hardcastle and McCormick
6.5

Hardcastle and McCormick

TV Series1983
No Backdrop
7.2

Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade

Movie1983
No Backdrop
8.0

The Tragedy of King Lear

Movie1982
St. Elsewhere
5.7

St. Elsewhere

TV Series1982
Newhart
7.1

Newhart

TV Series1982
T. J. Hooker
6.5

T. J. Hooker

TV Series1982
Magnum, P.I.
7.3

Magnum, P.I.

TV Series1980
No Backdrop
7.0

The Stockard Channing Show

TV Series1980
The Swap
3.7

The Swap

Movie1979
WKRP in Cincinnati
7.6

WKRP in Cincinnati

TV Series1978