Sam Anderson
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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
Credits
Forrest Gump (1994)
as Principal Hancock
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
as Tate (mid-70s)
Water for Elephants (2011)
as Mr. Hyde
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
as Mr. Browning
Dark Angel (1990)
as Warren
La Bamba (1987)
as Mr. Ludwig
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
as Chairman of the House Committee
Critters 2 (1988)
as Mr. Morgan
Devil's Due (2014)
as Father Thomas
Slackers (2002)
as Charles Patton
The Pentagon Wars (1998)
as Congressman #2
Permanent Midnight (1998)
as Dr. Olson
NetForce (1999)
as Fox
Breaking the Girls (2013)
as Professor Nolan
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom (2012)
as Chris
The Sleepwalker Killing (1997)
as Roth Lane
The Independent (2000)
as Ed
The Puppet Masters (1994)
as Culbertson
Movers & Shakers (1985)
as Ray Berg
Dirty Habit (2006)
as Bishop
Touched (2005)
as Dr. Reynolds
The Swap (1979)
as Paul
What I Did for Love (1998)
as Richard
The Last Hand (1997)
as Jimmy Walsh
Do You Take This Man (2017)
as Steven
Perfect Game (2000)
as Steven
Policewoman Centerfold (1983)
as Druggist
Song of Back and Neck (2018)
as Jarred Foxen
Secret Santa (2003)
as Mr. Gibson
The Man Next Door (1996)
as Dwight Cooley
Sonic Impact (2000)
as Alex Holmes
A Place to Be Loved (1993)
as Judge Thomas S. Kirk
The Tragedy of King Lear (1982)
as Duke of Albany
Maybe Someday (2017)
as Douglas Donnelly
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade (1983)
as Paul Iberville
The Lift (2024)
Actor
The End (—)
as Bernard Nadler