Person
Sam Anderson
Acting · 1947-04-02 · 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.
Filmography (28)
| Year | Film | As |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Tate (mid-70s) |
| 2021 | Echoes of Violence | Conroy |
| 2018 | Song of Back and Neck | Jarred Foxen |
| 2016 | Ouija: Origin of Evil | Mr. Browning |
| 2016 | Do You Take This Man | Steven |
| 2015 | Maybe Someday | Douglas Donnelly |
| 2014 | Devil's Due | Father Thomas |
| 2012 | 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom | Dad (Chris) |
| 2012 | Breaking the Girls | Professor Nolan |
| 2011 | Water for Elephants | Mr. Hyde |
| 2006 | Dirty Habit | Bishop |
| 2005 | Touched | Dr. Reynolds |
| 2000 | The Distance | John Harrison |
| 1999 | Sonic Impact | Alex Holmes |
| 1998 | Permanent Midnight | Dr. Olson |
| 1998 | The Pentagon Wars | Congressman #2 |
| 1998 | 1968 | Thomas Paine |
| 1997 | After the Game | Jimmy Walsh |
| 1997 | The Sleepwalker Killing | Roth Lane |
| 1996 | The Man Next Door | Dwight Cooley |
| 1994 | The Puppet Masters | Culbertson |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | Principal Hancock |
| 1992 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | Chairman of the House Committee |
| 1990 | Dark Angel | Warren |
| 1988 | Critters 2 | Mr. Morgan |
| 1987 | La Bamba | Mr. Ludwig |
| 1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel | Man in White |
| 1979 | The Swap | Paul |