
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.
Filmography

Married to the Kellys
2003 · 9.3

Malcolm in the Middle
2000 · 8.5

Forrest Gump
1994 · 8.5

Friends
1994 · 8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · 8.4

The X-Files
1993 · 8.4

The West Wing
1999 · 8.3

Grimm
2011 · 8.3

Grey's Anatomy
2005 · 8.2

This Is Us
2016 · 8.2

Station 19
2018 · 8.2

Bones
2005 · 8.2

Family Law
1999 · 8.1

From the Earth to the Moon
1998 · 8.1

Miracles
2003 · 8.1

Castle
2009 · 8.0

Justified
2010 · 8.0

Mama Malone
1984 · 8.0

The Tragedy of King Lear
1982 · 8.0

Lost
2004 · 8.0

Boston Legal
2004 · 7.9

Angel
1999 · 7.8

ER
1994 · 7.8

How to Get Away with Murder
2014 · 7.8

Nowhere Man
1995 · 7.8

Hawaii Five-0
2010 · 7.7

Millennium
1996 · 7.7

CSI: Miami
2002 · 7.7

Rugrats
1991 · 7.6

NCIS
2003 · 7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · 7.6

In the Heat of the Night
1988 · 7.6

WKRP in Cincinnati
1978 · 7.6

Fantasy Island
1998 · 7.6

Wolf Lake
2001 · 7.6

The Golden Girls
1985 · 7.6

Leverage
2008 · 7.6

Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 7.5

NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · 7.5

Harry's Law
2011 · 7.5

The Cape
1996 · 7.5

Where the Crawdads Sing
2022 · 7.5

Medium
2005 · 7.5

Picket Fences
1992 · 7.4

CSI: NY
2004 · 7.3

Magnum, P.I.
1980 · 7.3

La Bamba
1987 · 7.3

21 Jump Street
1987 · 7.3

Without a Trace
2002 · 7.2

Painkiller
2023 · 7.2

Scandal
2012 · 7.2

Chicago Hope
1994 · 7.2

Newhart
1982 · 7.2

A Million Little Things
2018 · 7.2

Tales from the Darkside
1984 · 7.2

Chasing Life
2014 · 7.2

Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
1983 · 7.2

Two Guys and a Girl
1998 · 7.2

Hunter
1984 · 7.1

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993 · 7.1

Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · 7.1

Profiler
1996 · 7.0

L.A. Law
1986 · 7.0

Alien Nation
1989 · 7.0

Live Shot
1995 · 7.0

The Stockard Channing Show
1980 · 7.0

Perfect Game
2000 · 7.0

Matlock
2024 · 6.9

Blue Thunder
1984 · 6.9

Water for Elephants
2011 · 6.9

The Pentagon Wars
1998 · 6.9

Everybody Loves Raymond
1996 · 6.8

The Stand
1994 · 6.8

Perfect Strangers
1986 · 6.7

Men at Work
2012 · 6.7

Boston Common
1996 · 6.6

Ally McBeal
1997 · 6.5

Growing Pains
1985 · 6.5

T. J. Hooker
1982 · 6.5

Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 · 6.5

The Visitor
1997 · 6.4

Critters 2
1988 · 6.2

Damien
2016 · 6.2

Song of Back and Neck
2018 · 6.2

Touched
2005 · 6.2

Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016 · 6.2

Dark Angel
1990 · 6.2

The Forgotten
2009 · 6.1

Airplane II: The Sequel
1982 · 6.1

The Lift
2024 · 6.0

Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992 · 5.9

Permanent Midnight
1998 · 5.9

The Sleepwalker Killing
1997 · 5.9

Melrose Place
1992 · 5.8

The Puppet Masters
1994 · 5.8

St. Elsewhere
1982 · 5.7

E/R
1984 · 5.7

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
2012 · 5.7

A Place to Be Loved
1993 · 5.6

Sonic Impact
2000 · 5.6

The Independent
2000 · 5.5

The Charmings
1987 · 5.4

Breaking the Girls
2013 · 5.3

Slackers
2002 · 5.2

Secret Santa
2003 · 5.1

The Man Next Door
1996 · 5.0

What I Did for Love
1998 · 5.0

NetForce
1999 · 4.9

Devil's Due
2014 · 4.7

Do You Take This Man
2017 · 4.6

Movers & Shakers
1985 · 3.9

The Swap
1979 · 3.5

The Last Hand
1997 · 3.3

Dirty Habit
2006 · 1.0

Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
2024 · 0.0

Maybe Someday
2017 · 0.0