Sam Anderson

1947 (79) • Acting

Born: 4/2/1947 (79) in Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

Known for: Acting

Sam Anderson

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

Grey's Anatomy

82%

Michael Whitman

2005

Friends

84%

Dr. Harad

1994

Lost

80%

Bernard Nadler

2004

Malcolm in the Middle

85%

Police Commissioner

2000

The X-Files

84%

Leamus

1993

Grimm

83%

Rolek Porter / Old Man

2011

Bones

82%

Hugo Sanderson

2005

NCIS

76%

Walter Carmichael

2003

Matlock

70%

Edwin Kingston

2024

The Lift

60%

2024

Painkiller

72%

Raymond Sackler

2023

Where the Crawdads Sing

75%

Tate (mid-70s)

2022

A Million Little Things

72%

Mr. Dennings

2018

Song of Back and Neck

62%

Jarred Foxen

2018

Station 19

82%

Elliott

2018

Do You Take This Man

46%

Steven

2017

Maybe Someday

Douglas Donnelly

2017

Ouija: Origin of Evil

62%

Mr. Browning

2016

This Is Us

82%

Judge Walter Crowder

2016

Damien

62%

Professor Igor Reneus

2016

How to Get Away with Murder

78%

Thomas Fitzgerald

2014

Chasing Life

72%

Gerald Rayburn

2014

Devil's Due

47%

Father Thomas

2014

Breaking the Girls

54%

Professor Nolan

2013

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

57%

Chris

2012

Men at Work

66%

James Wilson

2012

Scandal

72%

Melvin Feen

2012

Grimm

83%

Rolek Porter / Old Man

2011

Water for Elephants

69%

Mr. Hyde

2011

Harry's Law

75%

Judge William Rothman

2011

Hawaii Five-0

77%

Owen Sutherland

2010

Justified

80%

Lee Paxton

2010

The Forgotten

61%

Train Driver

2009

NCIS: Los Angeles

75%

Senator Dick Osborne

2009

Castle

80%

Principal Duncan

2009

Leverage

76%

Henry Retzing

2008