
ACTING
Sam Anderson
- Born
- Apr 2, 1947 in 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.
MOST-RATED TMDB CREDITS
Known for

Forrest Gump
Movie · 1994
Principal Hancock

Grey's Anatomy
TV · 2005
Michael Whitman

Friends
TV · 1994
Dr. Harad

Lost
TV · 2004
Bernard Nadler

Malcolm in the Middle
TV · 2000
Police Commissioner

The X-Files
TV · 1993
Leamus

Grimm
TV · 2011
Old Man · Rolek Porter

Bones
TV · 2005
Hugo Sanderson

Ouija: Origin of Evil
Movie · 2016
Mr. Browning

Water for Elephants
Movie · 2011
Mr. Hyde

NCIS
TV · 2003
Walter Carmichael

Where the Crawdads Sing
Movie · 2022
Tate (mid-70s)
FILMOGRAPHY
117 movie & TV credits
- 2024Becoming a Man in 127 EASY StepsMovie · Elder Scott
- 2024MatlockTV · Edwin Kingston
- 2024The LiftMovie
- 2023PainkillerTV · Raymond Sackler
- 2022Where the Crawdads SingMovie · Tate (mid-70s)
- 2018A Million Little ThingsTV · Mr. Dennings
- 2018Song of Back and NeckMovie · Jarred Foxen
- 2018Station 19TV · Elliott
- 2017Do You Take This ManMovie · Steven
- 2017Maybe SomedayMovie · Douglas Donnelly
- 2016Ouija: Origin of EvilMovie · Mr. Browning
- 2016This Is UsTV · Judge Walter Crowder
- 2016DamienTV · Professor Igor Reneus
- 2014How to Get Away with MurderTV · Thomas Fitzgerald
- 2014Chasing LifeTV · Gerald Rayburn
- 2014Devil's DueMovie · Father Thomas
- 2013Breaking the GirlsMovie · Professor Nolan
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