Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

123

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-04-02 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

Also Known As

سام اندرسون

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.

Known For

Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

La Bamba

La Bamba

The Tragedy of King Lear

The Tragedy of King Lear

Acting

The Puppet Masters

1994

The Puppet Masters

as

Culbertson

The Independent

2000

The Independent

as

Ed

Dark Angel

1990

Dark Angel

as

Warren

Water for Elephants

2011

Water for Elephants

as

Mr. Hyde

The Pentagon Wars

1998

The Pentagon Wars

as

Congressman #2

Devil's Due

2014

Devil's Due

as

Father Thomas

Breaking the Girls

2013

Breaking the Girls

as

Professor Nolan

What I Did for Love

1998

What I Did for Love

as

Richard

Sonic Impact

2000

Sonic Impact

as

Alex Holmes

The Swap

1979

The Swap

as

Paul

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

Where the Crawdads Sing

as

Tate (mid-70s)

Dirty Habit

2006

Dirty Habit

as

Bishop

NetForce

1999

NetForce

as

Fox

Touched

2005

Touched

as

Dr. Reynolds

Perfect Game

2000

Perfect Game

as

Steven

A Place to Be Loved

1993

A Place to Be Loved

as

Judge Thomas S. Kirk

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

1996

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

as

Quote Reader

Forrest Gump

1994

Forrest Gump

as

Principal Hancock

The Lift

2024

The Lift

as

Song of Back and Neck

2018

Song of Back and Neck

as

Jarred Foxen

Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade

1983

Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade

as

Paul Iberville

Ouija: Origin of Evil

2016

Ouija: Origin of Evil

as

Mr. Browning

Secret Santa

2003

Secret Santa

as

Mr. Gibson

La Bamba

1987

La Bamba

as

Mr. Ludwig

Permanent Midnight

1998

Permanent Midnight

as

Dr. Olson

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

2012

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

as

Chris

Do You Take This Man

2017

Do You Take This Man

as

Steven

Slackers

2002

Slackers

as

Charles Patton

Policewoman Centerfold

1983

Policewoman Centerfold

as

Druggist

The Man Next Door

1996

The Man Next Door

as

Dwight Cooley

Movers & Shakers

1985

Movers & Shakers

as

Ray Berg

Maybe Someday

2017

Maybe Someday

as

Douglas Donnelly

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

as

Chairman of the House Committee

The Tragedy of King Lear

1982

The Tragedy of King Lear

as

Duke of Albany

Critters 2

1988

Critters 2

as

Mr. Morgan

The Last Hand

1997

The Last Hand

as

Jimmy Walsh

The Sleepwalker Killing

1997

The Sleepwalker Killing

as

Roth Lane

Growing Pains

Growing Pains

as

Principal Willis Dewitt

WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP in Cincinnati

as

Agent Berwick

Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers

as

Sam Gorpley

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

as

Scott Sommer

Miracles

Miracles

as

Cinda's Father

Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond

as

Special Agent Thomas Garfield

Angel

Angel

as

Holland Manners

CSI: NY

CSI: NY

as

Dr. Richards

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as

Dr. Mercer

The X-Files

The X-Files

as

Leamus

Millennium

Millennium

as

Agent Jack Pierson

Lost

Lost

as

Bernard Nadler

Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

as

Howard Sherwood

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

as

Ernie Pitt

Married to the Kellys

Married to the Kellys

as

Bill Kelly

The Charmings

The Charmings

as

Medium

Medium

as

Eliot Peterson

Family Law

Family Law

as

Carlisle Tucker

E/R

E/R

as

Live Shot

Live Shot

as

Marvin Seaborne

The Visitor

The Visitor

as

Army General

Mama Malone

Mama Malone

as

Stanley

Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside

as

Dr. Synapsis

Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0

as

Owen Sutherland

The Stockard Channing Show

The Stockard Channing Show

as

Justified

Justified

as

Lee Paxton

Men at Work

Men at Work

as

James Wilson

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

as

Dr. Hjortsberg

Castle

Castle

as

Principal Duncan

Hunter

Hunter

as

Vinny Cochran

Chasing Life

Chasing Life

as

Gerald Rayburn

From the Earth to the Moon

From the Earth to the Moon

as

Thomas Paine

WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP in Cincinnati

as

Mr. Anderson

WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP in Cincinnati

as

Rex Erhardt

WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP in Cincinnati

as

Mason Nobel

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

as

Michael Whitman

Wolf Lake

Wolf Lake

as

Arthur Van Halen

Painkiller

Painkiller

as

Raymond Sackler

Friends

Friends

as

Dr. Harad

Damien

Damien

as

Professor Igor Reneus

Nowhere Man

Nowhere Man

as

The Man

Newhart

Newhart

as

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as

Assistant Manager

The West Wing

The West Wing

as

John LaSalle

This Is Us

This Is Us

as

Judge Walter Crowder

Scandal

Scandal

as

Melvin Feen

The Cape

The Cape

as

Kevin Davis, CAPCOM

Grimm

Grimm

as

Old Man

Grimm

Grimm

as

Rolek Porter

21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street

as

Dan Finger

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

as

Simon Wolfe

NCIS

NCIS

as

Walter Carmichael

Station 19

Station 19

as

Elliott

T. J. Hooker

T. J. Hooker

as

Leo Santee

Melrose Place

Melrose Place

as

Agent Hill

A Million Little Things

A Million Little Things

as

Mr. Dennings

Bones

Bones

as

Hugo Sanderson

Leverage

Leverage

as

Henry Retzing

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

as

Mr. Gable

Without a Trace

Without a Trace

as

Congressman Whitehurst

In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

as

Drew Ward

The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

as

Meyer

ER

as

Jack Kayson

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Neil Fraser

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Ethan Stevens

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Stuart Himes

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Dan the Electrician

Boston Common

Boston Common

as

Wesley Butterfield

Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle

as

Police Commissioner

Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal

as

Mark Harrison

The Forgotten

The Forgotten

as

Train Driver

Matlock

Matlock

as

Edwin Kingston

How to Get Away with Murder

How to Get Away with Murder

as

Thomas Fitzgerald

NCIS: Los Angeles

NCIS: Los Angeles

as

Senator Dick Osborne

The Stand

The Stand

as

Whitney Horgan

Two Guys and a Girl

Two Guys and a Girl

as

Dr. Harvey

Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

as

Benjamin Kelty

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

as

Ray Jones / John Doe

Harry's Law

Harry's Law

as

Judge William Rothman

Boston Legal

Boston Legal

as

Walter Fife

Profiler

Profiler

as

Ken Harker

Picket Fences

Picket Fences

as

FBI Agent Donald Morrell

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

as

Mr. McGrath

Hardcastle and McCormick

Hardcastle and McCormick

as

Teddy Peters

L.A. Law

L.A. Law

as

D.A. Bill Graphia

Alien Nation

Alien Nation

as

Thomas Edison

Production

Crew

Directing