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.
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Movies (17)
The Lift
2024
Where the Crawdads Sing
as Tate (mid-70s)
2022
Song of Back and Neck
as Jarred Foxen
2018
Do You Take This Man
as Steven
2017
Maybe Someday
as Douglas Donnelly
2017
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Mr. Browning
2016
Devil's Due
as Father Thomas
2014
Breaking the Girls
as Professor Nolan
2013
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
as Chris
2012
Water for Elephants
as Mr. Hyde
2011
Dirty Habit
as Bishop
2006
Touched
as Dr. Reynolds
2005
Secret Santa
as Mr. Gibson
2003
Slackers
as Charles Patton
2002
Sonic Impact
as Alex Holmes
2000
The Independent
as Ed
2000
Perfect Game
as Steven
2000
TV Shows (33)
Matlock
as Edwin Kingston
2024
Painkiller
as Raymond Sackler
2023
A Million Little Things
as Mr. Dennings
2018
Station 19
as Elliott
2018
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
Men at Work
as James Wilson
2012
Scandal
as Melvin Feen
2012
Grimm
as Old Man
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
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
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
Wolf Lake
as Arthur Van Halen
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Dr. Mercer
2000
Malcolm in the Middle
as Police Commissioner
2000
Angel
as Holland Manners
1999