Biography
Sam Anderson (born May 13, 1945, or 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 and in film, as the principal in Forrest Gump.
Early Life
Anderson was born in Wahpeton, North Dakota. He received a Master of Arts degree in American literature and creative writing at the University of North Dakota and the University of Wisconsin. During the 1970s, he taught drama at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California.
Filmography
All 82
TV shows 55
Movies 27
Jarred Foxen

Song of Back and Neck (2018)
Movie
Elliott

Station 19 (2018)
TV show
4.81
Steven

Do You Take This Man (2017)
Movie
Douglas Donnelly

Maybe Someday (2017)
Movie
Mr. Browning

Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Movie
6.07
Judge Walter Crowder

This Is Us (2016)
TV show
6.79
Gerald Rayburn

Chasing Life (2014)
TV show
6.04
Father Thomas

Devil's Due (2014)
Movie
5.05
Professor Nolan

Breaking the Girls (2013)
Movie
1
Chris

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom (2012)
Movie
Melvin Feen

Scandal (2012)
TV show
5.84
Rolek Porter / Old Man

Grimm (2011)
TV show
6.54
Mr. Hyde

Water for Elephants (2011)
Movie
7

Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
TV show
5.9
Lee Paxton

Justified (2010)
TV show
6.05
Principal Duncan

Castle (2009)
TV show
6.78
Henry Retzing

Leverage (2008)
TV show
6.42
Hugo Sanderson

Bones (2005)
TV show
6.19
Michael Whitman

Grey's Anatomy (2005)
TV show
6.58
Dr. Eliot Peterson

Medium (2005)
TV show
6
Dr. Richards

CSI: NY (2004)
TV show
5.75
Bernard Nadler

Lost (2004)
TV show
6.6
Mr. Gibson

Secret Santa (2003)
Movie
Bill Kelly

Married to the Kellys (2003)
TV show
Walter Carmichael

NCIS (2003)
TV show
6.16

Miracles (2003)
TV show
Congressman Whitehurst

Without a Trace (2002)
TV show
7.14
Scott Sommer

CSI: Miami (2002)
TV show
5.75
Charles Patton

Slackers (2002)
Movie
Arthur Van Halen

Wolf Lake (2001)
TV show
Dr. Mercer

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
TV show
6.83
Police Commissioner

Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
TV show
6.03
Alex Holmes

Sonic Impact (2000)
Movie
Holland Manners

Angel (1999)
TV show
6.15
John LaSalle

The West Wing (1999)
TV show
5.66

Family Law (1999)
TV show
Mr. Gable

Fantasy Island (1998)
TV show
Dr. Olson

Permanent Midnight (1998)
Movie
4
Thomas Paine

From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
TV show
3.5
Army General

The Visitor (1997)
TV show
Mark Harrison

Ally McBeal (1997)
TV show
6
Jimmy Walsh

The Last Hand (1997)
Movie

Millennium (1996)
TV show
6.43

Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)
TV show
6.48

The Cape (1996)
TV show
Wesley Butterfield

Boston Common (1996)
TV show
Dwight Cooley

The Man Next Door (1996)
Movie
Quote Reader

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996)
Movie
Marvin Seaborne

Live Shot (1995)
TV show
The Man

Nowhere Man (1995)
TV show
5.33
Culbertson

The Puppet Masters (1994)
Movie
1
Dr. Harad

Friends (1994)
TV show
6.62
Dr. Jack Kayson

ER (1994)
TV show
5.7

Chicago Hope (1994)
TV show
6
Principal

Forrest Gump (1994)
Movie
7.16
Whitney Horgan

The Stand (1994)
Movie
Whitney Horgan

The Stand (1994)
TV show
5.2
Ernie Pitt / Dr. Hjortsberg

Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
TV show
6.46
Leamus

The X-Files (1993)
TV show
6.08
Judge Thomas S. Kirk

A Place To Be Loved (1993)
Movie
Chairman of the House Committee

Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
Movie
1
Warren

Dark Angel (1990)
Movie
3
Mr. Morgan

Critters 2 (1988)
Movie
5.08
Assistant Manager

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
TV show
6.47
Mr. Ludwig

La Bamba (1987)
Movie
6
Dan Finger

21 Jump Street (1987)
TV show
8

The Charmings (1987)
TV show
Mr. Sam Gorpley / Harrison Harper

Perfect Strangers (1986)
TV show
6
Principal Willis Dewitt

Growing Pains (1985)
TV show
5.22
Meyer

The Golden Girls (1985)
TV show
6
Ray Berg

Movers & Shakers (1985)
Movie
Walter Briggs

Eye to Eye (1985)
TV show
Dr. Synapsis

Tales from the Darkside (1984)
TV show
5.38
Vinny Cochran

Hunter (1984)
TV show

E/R (1984)
TV show

Mama Malone (1984)
TV show
Druggist

Policewoman Centerfold (1983)
Movie
Paul Iberville

Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade (1983)
Movie

The Stockard Channing Show (1980)
TV show
Rex Erhardt / Mr. Anderson / Mason Nobel / Agent Berwick

WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
TV show
4.75
Raymond Sackler

Painkiller
TV show
The Man

The Shangri-la Café
Movie
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Known for Acting
Gender Male
Birthday 1945-05-13 (77 years old)
Place of birth Wahpeton, United States of America
Citizenships United States of America
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