ACTOR · FROM WAHPETON, USA

Sam Anderson

Born 1947 · 79 years old117 credits since 1978

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ABOUT SAM

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.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born2 April 1947

BirthplaceWahpeton, USA

Known forActing

On Cineora97 of 117 titles

Known for

The titles people know Sam from.

Series

Lost

2004–2010IMDb8.3

Series

Justified

2010–2015IMDb8.6

Series

Angel

1999–2004IMDb7.9

Series

1994–2009IMDb7.9

Series

The Stand

1994IMDb7.1

Series

Painkiller

2023IMDb7.4

Movie

Critters 2

1988IMDb5.6

Movie

Devil's Due

2014IMDb4.2

Series

Matlock

2024–IMDb7.5

Series

Perfect Strangers

1986–1993IMDb7.2

Series

L.A. Law

1986–1994IMDb7.1

Series

Picket Fences

1992–1996IMDb7.8

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 97
Average IMDb: 7.1
Highest rated: The West WingIMDb 8.9
Working since: 1978

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

117 credits

The 2020s

5 titles · IMDb 7.4 on average

Not on Cineora

Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps

2024

as Elder Scott

Series

Matlock

2024–IMDb7.5

as Edwin Kingston · 34 episodes

Not on Cineora

The Lift

2024

Series

Painkiller

2023IMDb7.4

as Raymond Sackler · 6 episodes

Movie

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022IMDb7.2

as Tate (mid-70s)

The 2010s

20 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average

Series

A Million Little Things

2018–2023IMDb7.9

as Mr. Dennings · 2 episodes

Not on Cineora

Song of Back and Neck

2018

as Jarred Foxen

Series

Station 19

2018–2024IMDb7.1

as Elliott · 1 episode

Movie

Do You Take This Man

2017IMDb6.1

as Steven

Not on Cineora

Maybe Someday

2017

as Douglas Donnelly

Movie

Ouija: Origin of Evil

2016IMDb6.2

as Mr. Browning

Series

This Is Us

2016–2022IMDb8.7

as Judge Walter Crowder · 1 episode

Series

Damien

2016IMDb6.8

as Professor Igor Reneus · 1 episode

The 2000s

25 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average

Series

The Forgotten

2009–2010IMDb6.6

as Train Driver · 1 episode

Series

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009–2023IMDb6.8

as Senator Dick Osborne · 1 episode

Series

Castle

2009–2016IMDb8.1

as Principal Duncan · 1 episode

Series

Leverage

2008–2012IMDb7.9

as Henry Retzing · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Dirty Habit

2006

as Bishop

Movie

Touched

2005IMDb5.9

as Dr. Reynolds

Series

Bones

2005–2017IMDb7.8

as Hugo Sanderson · 2 episodes

Series

Grey's Anatomy

2005–IMDb7.6

as Michael Whitman · 1 episode

The 1990s

37 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average

Series

Angel

1999–2004IMDb7.9

as Holland Manners · 8 episodes

Series

The West Wing

1999–2006IMDb8.9

as John LaSalle · 1 episode

Series

Family Law

1999–2002IMDb6.7

as Carlisle Tucker · 1 episode

Movie

NetForce

1999IMDb5.0

as Fox

Series

Fantasy Island

1998–1999IMDb6.4

as Mr. Gable · 1 episode

Movie

Permanent Midnight

1998IMDb6.2

as Dr. Olson

Movie

What I Did for Love

1998IMDb4.0

as Richard

Series

From the Earth to the Moon

1998IMDb8.5

as Thomas Paine · 2 episodes

The 1980s

28 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average

Series

Alien Nation

1989–1990IMDb6.9

as Thomas Edison · 1 episode

Movie

Critters 2

1988IMDb5.6

as Mr. Morgan

Series

In the Heat of the Night

1988–1995IMDb7.6

as Drew Ward · 1 episode

Series

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987–1994IMDb8.7

as Assistant Manager · 1 episode

Movie

La Bamba

1987IMDb7.0

as Mr. Ludwig

Series

21 Jump Street

1987–1991IMDb7.2

as Dan Finger · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

The Charmings

1987

1 episode

Series

L.A. Law

1986–1994IMDb7.1

as D.A. Bill Graphia · 3 episodes

The 1970s

2 titles · IMDb 5.6 on average

Movie

The Swap

1979IMDb3.2

as Paul

Series

WKRP in Cincinnati

1978–1982IMDb8.0

as Agent Berwick · 1 episode

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Sam’s titles.

David E. KelleyCreator · Boston Legal, Ally McBeal and 3 more

Mark HarmonNCIS, From the Earth to the Moon and 2 more

Gary SiniseForrest Gump, CSI: NY and 1 more

Anthony E. ZuikerCreator · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami and 1 more

Ann DonahueCreator · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami and 1 more

Tom HanksForrest Gump and From the Earth to the Moon

Nathan FillionCastle and Two Guys and a Girl