Actor

Sam Anderson

April 2, 1947 · 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.

Notable work

8.5
Forrest Gump (1994)
as Principal Hancock
8.2
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
as Michael Whitman
8.4
Friends (1994)
as Dr. Harad
8
Lost (2004)
as Bernard Nadler
8.5
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
as Police Commissioner
8.4
The X-Files (1993)
as Leamus
8.3
Grimm (2011)
as Old Man and as Rolek Porter
8.2
Bones (2005)
as Hugo Sanderson
6.2
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
as Mr. Browning
6.9
Water for Elephants (2011)
as Mr. Hyde
7.6
NCIS (2003)
as Walter Carmichael
7.5
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
as Tate (mid-70s)

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