Sam Anderson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-04-02 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

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.

Acting

1994

The Puppet Masters

as Culbertson

1990

Dark Angel

as Warren

2011

1998

The Pentagon Wars

as Congressman #2

2014

Devil's Due

as Father Thomas

2013

Breaking the Girls

as Professor Nolan

1998

2000

Sonic Impact

as Alex Holmes

1979

The Swap

as Paul

2022

Where the Crawdads Sing

as Tate (mid-70s)

2006

Dirty Habit

as Bishop

1999

NetForce

as Fox

2005

Touched

as Dr. Reynolds

2000

Perfect Game

as Steven

1993

A Place to Be Loved

as Judge Thomas S. Kirk

1994

Forrest Gump

as Principal Hancock

2018

Song of Back and Neck

as Jarred Foxen

1983

2016

Ouija: Origin of Evil

as Mr. Browning

2003

Secret Santa

as Mr. Gibson

1987

La Bamba

as Mr. Ludwig

1998

Permanent Midnight

as Dr. Olson

2002

Slackers

as Charles Patton

1983

1996

The Man Next Door

as Dwight Cooley

1985

Movers & Shakers

as Ray Berg

2017

Maybe Someday

as Douglas Donnelly

1992

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

as Chairman of the House Committee

1982

The Tragedy of King Lear

as Duke of Albany

1988

Critters 2

as Mr. Morgan

1997

The Last Hand

as Jimmy Walsh

1997

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