Acting
Sam Anderson
Born April 2, 1947 · Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA
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.
Known for
8.8
Forrest Gump
Principal Hancock
7.6
Grey's Anatomy
Michael Whitman
8.4 TMDB
Friends
Dr. Harad
8.0 TMDB
Lost
Bernard Nadler
8.5 TMDB
Malcolm in the Middle
Police Commissioner
8.4 TMDB
The X-Files
Leamus
8.3 TMDB
Grimm
Old Man, Rolek Porter
8.2 TMDB
Bones
Hugo Sanderson
6.2 TMDB
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Mr. Browning
6.9 TMDB
Water for Elephants
Mr. Hyde
7.6 TMDB
NCIS
Walter Carmichael
7.5 TMDB
Where the Crawdads Sing
Tate (mid-70s)
8.0 TMDB
Castle
Principal Duncan
7.7 TMDB
Hawaii Five-0
Owen Sutherland
8.7
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Assistant Manager
7.8 TMDB
How to Get Away with Murder
Thomas Fitzgerald
7.7 TMDB
CSI: Miami
Scott Sommer
8.2 TMDB
This Is Us
Judge Walter Crowder
8.2 TMDB
Station 19
Elliott
7.6 TMDB
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dr. Mercer
Filmography
- 2024Becoming a Man in 127 EASY StepsElder ScottMovie
- 2024MatlockEdwin KingstonSeries
- 2024The LiftMovie
- 2023PainkillerRaymond SacklerSeries
- 2022Where the Crawdads SingTate (mid-70s)Movie
- 2018A Million Little ThingsMr. DenningsSeries
- 2018Song of Back and NeckJarred FoxenMovie
- 2018Station 19ElliottSeries
- 2017Do You Take This ManStevenMovie
- 2017Maybe SomedayDouglas DonnellyMovie
- 2016Ouija: Origin of EvilMr. BrowningMovie
- 2016This Is UsJudge Walter CrowderSeries
- 2016DamienProfessor Igor ReneusSeries
- 2014How to Get Away with MurderThomas FitzgeraldSeries
- 2014Chasing LifeGerald RayburnSeries
- 2014Devil's DueFather ThomasMovie
- 2013Breaking the GirlsProfessor NolanMovie
- 20123, 2, 1... Frankie Go BoomChrisMovie
- 2012Men at WorkJames WilsonSeries
- 2012ScandalMelvin FeenSeries
- 2011GrimmOld Man, Rolek PorterSeries
- 2011Water for ElephantsMr. HydeMovie
- 2011Harry's LawJudge William RothmanSeries
- 2010Hawaii Five-0Owen SutherlandSeries
- 2010JustifiedLee PaxtonSeries
- 2009NCIS: Los AngelesSenator Dick OsborneSeries
- 2009The ForgottenTrain DriverSeries
- 2009CastlePrincipal DuncanSeries
- 2008LeverageHenry RetzingSeries
- 2006Dirty HabitBishopMovie
- 2005TouchedDr. ReynoldsMovie
- 2005BonesHugo SandersonSeries
- 2005Grey's AnatomyMichael WhitmanSeries
- 2005MediumEliot PetersonSeries
- 2004Boston LegalWalter FifeSeries
- 2004LostBernard NadlerSeries
- 2004CSI: NYDr. RichardsSeries
- 2003Secret SantaMr. GibsonMovie
- 2003Married to the KellysBill KellySeries
- 2003NCISWalter CarmichaelSeries
- 2003MiraclesCinda's FatherSeries
- 2002Without a TraceCongressman WhitehurstSeries
- 2002CSI: MiamiScott SommerSeries
- 2002SlackersCharles PattonMovie
- 2001Wolf LakeArthur Van HalenSeries
- 2000Sonic ImpactAlex HolmesMovie
- 2000The IndependentEdMovie
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationDr. MercerSeries
- 2000Perfect GameStevenMovie
- 2000Malcolm in the MiddlePolice CommissionerSeries
- 1999AngelHolland MannersSeries
- 1999The West WingJohn LaSalleSeries
- 1999Family LawCarlisle TuckerSeries
- 1999NetForceFoxMovie
- 1998Fantasy IslandMr. GableSeries
- 1998Permanent MidnightDr. OlsonMovie
- 1998What I Did for LoveRichardMovie
- 1998From the Earth to the MoonThomas PaineSeries
- 1998Two Guys and a GirlDr. HarveySeries
- 1998The Pentagon WarsCongressman #2Movie
- 1997The VisitorArmy GeneralSeries
- 1997Ally McBealMark HarrisonSeries
- 1997The Sleepwalker KillingRoth LaneMovie
- 1997The Last HandJimmy WalshMovie
- 1996MillenniumAgent Jack PiersonSeries
- 1996ProfilerKen HarkerSeries
- 1996Everybody Loves RaymondSpecial Agent Thomas GarfieldSeries
- 1996The CapeKevin Davis, CAPCOMSeries
- 1996Boston CommonWesley ButterfieldSeries
- 1996The Man Next DoorDwight CooleyMovie
- 1995Live ShotMarvin SeaborneSeries
- 1995Nowhere ManManSeries
- 1994The Puppet MastersCulbertsonMovie
- 1994FriendsDr. HaradSeries
- 1994ERJack KaysonSeries
- 1994Chicago HopeHoward SherwoodSeries
- 1994Forrest GumpPrincipal HancockMovie
- 1994The StandWhitney HorganSeries
- 1993Diagnosis: MurderErnie Pitt, Dr. HjortsbergSeries
- 1993The X-FilesLeamusSeries
- 1993The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.Simon WolfeSeries
- 1993A Place to Be LovedJudge Thomas S. KirkMovie
- 1992Picket FencesFBI Agent Donald MorrellSeries
- 1992Melrose PlaceAgent HillSeries
- 1992Memoirs of an Invisible ManChairman of the House CommitteeMovie
- 1991RugratsSalesman / Announcer (voice)Series
- 1990Dark AngelWarrenMovie
- 1989Alien NationThomas EdisonSeries
- 1988Critters 2Mr. MorganMovie
- 1988In the Heat of the NightDrew WardSeries
- 1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationAssistant ManagerSeries
- 1987La BambaMr. LudwigMovie
- 198721 Jump StreetDan FingerSeries
- 1987The CharmingsSeries
- 1986L.A. LawD.A. Bill GraphiaSeries
- 1986Perfect StrangersSam GorpleySeries
- 1985Growing PainsPrincipal Willis DewittSeries
- 1985The Golden GirlsMeyerSeries
- 1985Movers & ShakersRay BergMovie
- 1984Murder, She WroteNeil Fraser, Ethan Stevens, Stuart Himes, Dan the ElectricianSeries
- 1984Tales from the DarksideDr. SynapsisSeries
- 1984HunterVinny CochranSeries
- 1984E/RSeries
- 1984Mama MaloneStanleySeries
- 1984Blue ThunderBenjamin KeltySeries
- 1983Policewoman CenterfoldDruggistMovie
- 1983Hardcastle and McCormickTeddy PetersSeries
- 1983Joe Dancer III: The Big TradePaul IbervilleMovie
- 1982The Tragedy of King LearDuke of AlbanyMovie
- 1982Airplane II: The SequelMan in WhiteMovie
- 1982St. ElsewhereMr. McGrathSeries
- 1982NewhartLarry's SupporterSeries
- 1982T. J. HookerLeo SanteeSeries
- 1980Magnum, P.I.Ray Jones / John DoeSeries
- 1980The Stockard Channing ShowSeries
- 1979The SwapPaulMovie
- 1978WKRP in CincinnatiAgent Berwick, Mr. Anderson, Rex Erhardt, Mason NobelSeries