Sam Anderson
Known for: Acting
Born: April 2, 1947
Place of birth: Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA
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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Filmography
38 movies · 79 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Matlock
2024
6.0
The Lift
2024
7.2
Painkiller
2023
7.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
7.2
A Million Little Things
2018
6.2
Song of Back and Neck
2018
8.2
Station 19
2018
4.6
Do You Take This Man
2017
NR
Maybe Someday
2017
6.2
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
8.2
This Is Us
2016
6.2
Damien
2016
7.8
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
7.2
Chasing Life
2014
4.7
Devil's Due
2014
5.4
Breaking the Girls
2013
5.7
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
2012
6.6
Men at Work
2012
7.2
Scandal
2012
8.3
Grimm
2011
6.9
Water for Elephants
2011
7.5
Harry's Law
2011
7.7
Hawaii Five-0
2010
10.0
Lost: The Finale
2010
8.0
Justified
2010
6.1
The Forgotten
2009
7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
8.0
Castle
2009
7.6
Leverage
2008
1.0
Dirty Habit
2006
6.2
Touched
2005
8.2
Bones
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
7.5
Medium
2005
7.9
Boston Legal
2004
7.3
CSI: NY
2004
8.0
Lost
2004
5.1
Secret Santa
2003
9.3
Married to the Kellys
2003
7.6
NCIS
2003
8.1
Miracles
2003
7.2
Without a Trace
2002
7.7
CSI: Miami
2002
5.2
Slackers
2002
7.7
Wolf Lake
2001
5.8
Sonic Impact
2000
5.5
The Independent
2000
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
7.0
Perfect Game
2000
8.5
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
7.9
Angel
1999
8.3
The West Wing
1999
8.1
Family Law
1999
5.0
NetForce
1999
7.4
Fantasy Island
1998
5.9
Permanent Midnight
1998
5.0
What I Did for Love
1998
8.1
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
7.2
Two Guys and a Girl
1998
6.9
The Pentagon Wars
1998
6.4
The Visitor
1997
6.5
Ally McBeal
1997
5.9
The Sleepwalker Killing
1997
3.3
The Last Hand
1997
7.7
Millennium
1996
7.0
Profiler
1996
6.8
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996
7.5
The Cape
1996
7.0
Boston Common
1996
5.6
The Man Next Door
1996
7.0
Live Shot
1995
7.8
Nowhere Man
1995
5.8
The Puppet Masters
1994
8.4
Friends
1994
7.8
ER
1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
8.5
Forrest Gump
1994
6.8
The Stand
1994
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
8.4
The X-Files
1993
7.1
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
5.6
A Place to Be Loved
1993
7.4
Picket Fences
1992
5.8
Melrose Place
1992
5.9
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
7.6
Rugrats
1991
6.2
Dark Angel
1990
7.0
Alien Nation
1989
6.2
Critters 2
1988
7.5
In the Heat of the Night
1988
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
7.3
La Bamba
1987
7.3
21 Jump Street
1987
5.4
The Charmings
1987
7.1
L.A. Law
1986
6.7
Perfect Strangers
1986
6.5
Growing Pains
1985
7.6
The Golden Girls
1985
3.9
Movers & Shakers
1985
7.2
Tales from the Darkside
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.1
Hunter
1984
5.7
E/R
1984
8.0
Mama Malone
1984
6.9
Blue Thunder
1984
4.6
Policewoman Centerfold
1983
6.5
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
7.2
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
1983
8.0
The Tragedy of King Lear
1982
5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
7.2
Newhart
1982
6.5
T. J. Hooker
1982
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980
7.0
The Stockard Channing Show
1980
3.7
The Swap
1979
7.6
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978NR
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