Acting credits
113
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Sam Anderson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 36Series: 77
TMDB ID: 36221
IMDb ID: nm0027402
Known for: Acting
Born: April 2, 1947
Age: 78
Place of birth: Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1978 - 2024
Years active: 47
Average TMDB rating: 7.14
Wikidata: Q374447
Also known as
سام اندرسون
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sam Anderson.
6.0
The Lift
2024 Movie
7.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
as Tate (mid-70s)
2022 Movie
6.2
Song of Back and Neck
as Jarred Foxen
2018 Movie
4.5
Do You Take This Man
as Steven
2017 Movie
Maybe Someday
as Douglas Donnelly
2017 Movie
6.2
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Mr. Browning
2016 Movie
4.7
Devil's Due
as Father Thomas
2014 Movie
5.4
Breaking the Girls
as Professor Nolan
2013 Movie
5.8
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
as Chris
2012 Movie
6.9
Water for Elephants
as Mr. Hyde
2011 Movie
1.0
Dirty Habit
as Bishop
2006 Movie
6.3
Touched
as Dr. Reynolds
2005 Movie
4.8
Secret Santa
as Mr. Gibson
2003 Movie
5.2
Slackers
as Charles Patton
2002 Movie
5.4
Sonic Impact
as Alex Holmes
2000 Movie
5.4
The Independent
as Ed
2000 Movie
6.2
Perfect Game
as Steven
2000 Movie
4.8
NetForce
as Fox
1999 Movie
5.9
Permanent Midnight
as Dr. Olson
1998 Movie
4.7
What I Did for Love
as Richard
1998 Movie
6.8
The Pentagon Wars
as Congressman #2
1998 Movie
5.9
The Sleepwalker Killing
as Roth Lane
1997 Movie
2.2
The Last Hand
as Jimmy Walsh
1997 Movie
5.0
The Man Next Door
as Dwight Cooley
1996 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sam Anderson.
7.1
Matlock
as Edwin Kingston • 29 eps
2024 Series
7.2
Painkiller
as Raymond Sackler • 6 eps
2023 Series
7.3
A Million Little Things
as Mr. Dennings • 2 eps
2018 Series
8.2
Station 19
as Elliott • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.2
This Is Us
as Judge Walter Crowder • 1 eps
2016 Series
6.2
Damien
as Professor Igor Reneus • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.8
How to Get Away with Murder
as Thomas Fitzgerald • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.2
Chasing Life
as Gerald Rayburn • 2 eps
2014 Series
6.6
Men at Work
as James Wilson • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.2
Scandal
as Melvin Feen • 1 eps
2012 Series
8.3
Grimm
as Old Man • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.3
Harry's Law
as Judge William Rothman • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.8
Hawaii Five-0
as Owen Sutherland • 1 eps
2010 Series
8.0
Justified
as Lee Paxton • 9 eps
2010 Series
7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Senator Dick Osborne • 1 eps
2009 Series
6.0
The Forgotten
as Train Driver • 1 eps
2009 Series
8.0
Castle
as Principal Duncan • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.6
Leverage
as Henry Retzing • 1 eps
2008 Series
8.2
Bones
as Hugo Sanderson • 2 eps
2005 Series
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Michael Whitman • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.5
Medium
as Eliot Peterson • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.9
Boston Legal
as Walter Fife • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.9
Lost
as Bernard Nadler • 25 eps
2004 Series
7.3
CSI: NY
as Dr. Richards • 1 eps
2004 Series