Sam Anderson

Personal Info

Birthday

April 2, 1947

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

Also Known As

سام اندرسون

Sam Anderson

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.

Known For

Grey's Anatomy

NCIS

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Friends

Bones

Lost

Castle

CSI: Miami

Filmography

2022
Where the Crawdads Sing
as Tate (mid-70s)
2018
Song of Back and Neck
as Jarred Foxen
2017
Do You Take This Man
as Steven
Maybe Someday
as Douglas Donnelly
2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Mr. Browning
2014
Devil's Due
as Father Thomas
2013
Breaking the Girls
as Professor Nolan
2012
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
as Chris
2011
Water for Elephants
as Mr. Hyde
2006
Dirty Habit
as Bishop
2005
Touched
as Dr. Reynolds
2003
Secret Santa
as Mr. Gibson
2002
Slackers
as Charles Patton
2000
Sonic Impact
as Alex Holmes
The Independent
as Ed
Perfect Game
as Steven
1999
NetForce
as Fox
1998
Permanent Midnight
as Dr. Olson
What I Did for Love
as Richard
The Pentagon Wars
as Congressman #2
1997
The Sleepwalker Killing
as Roth Lane
The Last Hand
as Jimmy Walsh
1996
The Man Next Door
as Dwight Cooley
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
as Quote Reader
1994
The Puppet Masters
as Culbertson
Forrest Gump
as Principal Hancock
1993
A Place to Be Loved
as Judge Thomas S. Kirk
1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Chairman of the House Committee
1990
Dark Angel
as Warren
1988
Critters 2
as Mr. Morgan
1987
La Bamba
as Mr. Ludwig
1985
Movers & Shakers
as Ray Berg
1983
Policewoman Centerfold
as Druggist
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
as Paul Iberville
1982
The Tragedy of King Lear
as Duke of Albany
1979
The Swap
as Paul