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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 2, 1947
Place of Birth
Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA
Also Known As
- سام اندرسون
Sam Anderson
1.2 Popularity
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
7.1
Edwin Kingston
Matlock
2024
0.0
The Lift
2024
7.2
Raymond Sackler
Painkiller
2023
7.5
Tate (mid-70s)
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
7.3
Mr. Dennings
A Million Little Things
2018
6.2
Jarred Foxen
Song of Back and Neck
2018
8.2
Elliott
Station 19
2018
4.5
Steven
Do You Take This Man
2017
0.0
Douglas Donnelly
Maybe Someday
2017
6.1
Mr. Browning
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
Credits
Matlock
as Edwin Kingston
2024
7.1
The Lift
2024
0.0
Painkiller
as Raymond Sackler
2023
7.2
Where the Crawdads Sing
as Tate (mid-70s)
2022
7.5
A Million Little Things
as Mr. Dennings
2018
7.3
Song of Back and Neck
as Jarred Foxen
2018
6.2
Station 19
as Elliott
2018
8.2
Do You Take This Man
as Steven
2017
4.5
Maybe Someday
as Douglas Donnelly
2017
0.0
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Mr. Browning
2016
6.1
This Is Us
as Judge Walter Crowder
2016
8.2
Damien
as Professor Igor Reneus
2016
6.2
How to Get Away with Murder
as Thomas Fitzgerald
2014
7.8
Chasing Life
as Gerald Rayburn
2014
7.2
Devil's Due
as Father Thomas
2014
4.6
Breaking the Girls
as Professor Nolan
2013
5.4
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
as Chris
2012
5.8
Men at Work
as James Wilson
2012
6.6
Scandal
as Melvin Feen
2012
7.2
Grimm
as Old Man
2011
8.3
Grimm
as Rolek Porter
2011
8.3
Water for Elephants
as Mr. Hyde
2011
6.9
Harry's Law
as Judge William Rothman
2011
7.3
Hawaii Five-0
as Owen Sutherland
2010
7.8
Justified
as Lee Paxton
2010
8.0
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Senator Dick Osborne
2009
7.5
The Forgotten
as Train Driver
2009
6.0
Castle
as Principal Duncan
2009
8.0
Leverage
as Henry Retzing
2008
7.6
Dirty Habit
as Bishop
2006
1.0
Touched
as Dr. Reynolds
2005
6.3
Bones
as Hugo Sanderson
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Michael Whitman
2005
8.2
Medium
as Eliot Peterson
2005
7.5
Boston Legal
as Walter Fife
2004
7.9
Lost
as Bernard Nadler
2004
7.9
CSI: NY
as Dr. Richards
2004
7.4
Secret Santa
as Mr. Gibson
2003
4.8
Married to the Kellys
as Bill Kelly
2003
9.0
NCIS
as Walter Carmichael
2003
7.6
Miracles
as Cinda's Father
2003
8.0
Without a Trace
as Congressman Whitehurst
2002
7.2
CSI: Miami
as Scott Sommer
2002
7.7
Slackers
as Charles Patton
2002
5.2
Wolf Lake
as Arthur Van Halen
2001
7.7
Sonic Impact
as Alex Holmes
2000
5.4
The Independent
as Ed
2000
5.4
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Dr. Mercer
2000
7.6
Perfect Game
as Steven
2000
6.2
Malcolm in the Middle
as Police Commissioner
2000
8.5
Angel
as Holland Manners
1999
7.9
The West Wing
as John LaSalle
1999
8.2
Family Law
as Carlisle Tucker
1999
8.2
NetForce
as Fox
1999
4.8
Fantasy Island
as Mr. Gable
1998
7.5
Permanent Midnight
as Dr. Olson
1998
5.9
What I Did for Love
as Richard
1998
4.7
From the Earth to the Moon
as Thomas Paine
1998
8.1
Two Guys and a Girl
as Dr. Harvey
1998
7.1
The Pentagon Wars
as Congressman #2
1998
6.9
The Visitor
as Army General
1997
6.0
Ally McBeal
as Mark Harrison
1997
6.6
The Sleepwalker Killing
as Roth Lane
1997
5.9
The Last Hand
as Jimmy Walsh
1997
2.2
Millennium
as Agent Jack Pierson
1996
7.7
Profiler
as Ken Harker
1996
7.0
Everybody Loves Raymond
as Special Agent Thomas Garfield
1996
6.8
The Cape
as Kevin Davis, CAPCOM
1996
7.7
Boston Common
as Wesley Butterfield
1996
6.9
The Man Next Door
as Dwight Cooley
1996
5.0
🎬
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
as Quote Reader
1996
3.8
🎬
Live Shot
as Marvin Seaborne
1995
0.0
Nowhere Man
as The Man
1995
7.7
The Puppet Masters
as Culbertson
1994
5.8
Friends
as Dr. Harad
1994
8.4
ER
as Jack Kayson
1994
7.8
Chicago Hope
as Howard Sherwood
1994
7.2
Forrest Gump
as Principal Hancock
1994
8.5
The Stand
as Whitney Horgan
1994
6.8
Diagnosis: Murder
as Ernie Pitt
1993
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
as Dr. Hjortsberg
1993
7.1
The X-Files
as Leamus
1993
8.4
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Simon Wolfe
1993
7.0
A Place to Be Loved
as Judge Thomas S. Kirk
1993
5.3
Picket Fences
as FBI Agent Donald Morrell
1992
7.4
Melrose Place
as Agent Hill
1992
5.9
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Chairman of the House Committee
1992
5.9
Dark Angel
as Warren
1990
5.9
Alien Nation
as Thomas Edison
1989
6.9
Critters 2
as Mr. Morgan
1988
6.2
In the Heat of the Night
as Drew Ward
1988
7.5
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Assistant Manager
1987
8.4
La Bamba
as Mr. Ludwig
1987
7.3
21 Jump Street
as Dan Finger
1987
7.2
The Charmings
1987
4.8
L.A. Law
as D.A. Bill Graphia
1986
7.0
Perfect Strangers
as Sam Gorpley
1986
6.7
Growing Pains
as Principal Willis Dewitt
1985
6.5
The Golden Girls
as Meyer
1985
7.6
Movers & Shakers
as Ray Berg
1985
3.6
Murder, She Wrote
as Ethan Stevens
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Neil Fraser
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Stuart Himes
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Dan the Electrician
1984
7.5
Tales from the Darkside
as Dr. Synapsis
1984
7.2
Hunter
as Vinny Cochran
1984
7.1
E/R
1984
4.6
Mama Malone
as Stanley
1984
0.0
Blue Thunder
as Benjamin Kelty
1984
6.9
Policewoman Centerfold
as Druggist
1983
3.8
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Teddy Peters
1983
6.4
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
as Paul Iberville
1983
6.8
The Tragedy of King Lear
as Duke of Albany
1982
8.0
St. Elsewhere
as Mr. McGrath
1982
5.6
Newhart
1982
7.1
T. J. Hooker
as Leo Santee
1982
6.4
Magnum, P.I.
as Ray Jones / John Doe
1980
7.3
The Stockard Channing Show
1980
5.0
The Swap
as Paul
1979
3.7
WKRP in Cincinnati
as Agent Berwick
1978
7.6
WKRP in Cincinnati
as Mason Nobel
1978
7.6
WKRP in Cincinnati
as Mr. Anderson
1978
7.6
WKRP in Cincinnati
as Rex Erhardt
1978
7.6