Acting

Sam Anderson

Born 1947-04-02 · Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

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.

Credits

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Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
as Elder Scott
2024
Matlock
as Edwin Kingston
2024
The Lift
2024
Painkiller
as Raymond Sackler
2023
Where the Crawdads Sing
as Tate (mid-70s)
2022
A Million Little Things
as Mr. Dennings
2018
Song of Back and Neck
as Jarred Foxen
2018
Station 19
as Elliott
2018
Do You Take This Man
as Steven
2017
Maybe Someday
as Douglas Donnelly
2017
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Mr. Browning
2016
This Is Us
as Judge Walter Crowder
2016
Damien
as Professor Igor Reneus
2016
How to Get Away with Murder
as Thomas Fitzgerald
2014
Chasing Life
as Gerald Rayburn
2014
Devil's Due
as Father Thomas
2014
Breaking the Girls
as Professor Nolan
2013
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
as Chris
2012
Men at Work
as James Wilson
2012
Scandal
as Melvin Feen
2012
Grimm
as Old Man
2011
Grimm
as Rolek Porter
2011
Water for Elephants
as Mr. Hyde
2011
Harry's Law
as Judge William Rothman
2011
Hawaii Five-0
as Owen Sutherland
2010
Justified
as Lee Paxton
2010
The Forgotten
as Train Driver
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Senator Dick Osborne
2009
Castle
as Principal Duncan
2009
Leverage
as Henry Retzing
2008
Dirty Habit
as Bishop
2006
Touched
as Dr. Reynolds
2005
Bones
as Hugo Sanderson
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Michael Whitman
2005
Medium
as Eliot Peterson
2005
Boston Legal
as Walter Fife
2004
CSI: NY
as Dr. Richards
2004
Lost
as Bernard Nadler
2004
Secret Santa
as Mr. Gibson
2003
Married to the Kellys
as Bill Kelly
2003
NCIS
as Walter Carmichael
2003
Miracles
as Cinda's Father
2003
Without a Trace
as Congressman Whitehurst
2002
CSI: Miami
as Scott Sommer
2002
Slackers
as Charles Patton
2002
Wolf Lake
as Arthur Van Halen
2001
Sonic Impact
as Alex Holmes
2000
The Independent
as Ed
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Dr. Mercer
2000
Perfect Game
as Steven
2000
Malcolm in the Middle
as Police Commissioner
2000
Angel
as Holland Manners
1999
The West Wing
as John LaSalle
1999
Family Law
as Carlisle Tucker
1999
NetForce
as Fox
1999
Fantasy Island
as Mr. Gable
1998
Permanent Midnight
as Dr. Olson
1998
What I Did for Love
as Richard
1998
From the Earth to the Moon
as Thomas Paine
1998
Two Guys and a Girl
as Dr. Harvey
1998
The Pentagon Wars
as Congressman #2
1998
The Visitor
as Army General
1997
Ally McBeal
as Mark Harrison
1997
The Sleepwalker Killing
as Roth Lane
1997
The Last Hand
as Jimmy Walsh
1997
Millennium
as Agent Jack Pierson
1996
Profiler
as Ken Harker
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
1996
Live Shot
as Marvin Seaborne
1995
Nowhere Man
as Man
1995
The Puppet Masters
as Culbertson
1994
Friends
as Dr. Harad
1994
ER
as Jack Kayson
1994
Chicago Hope
as Howard Sherwood
1994
Forrest Gump
as Principal Hancock
1994
The Stand
as Whitney Horgan
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
as Ernie Pitt
1993