
Sam Anderson
Acting
Born 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.
Known for

Forrest Gump
1994 · Movie

Where the Crawdads Sing
2022 · Movie

La Bamba
1987 · Movie

Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016 · Movie

Dark Angel
1990 · Movie

Water for Elephants
2011 · Movie

Critters 2
1988 · Movie

The Pentagon Wars
1998 · Movie

Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992 · Movie

The Puppet Masters
1994 · Movie

Perfect Game
2000 · Movie

The Tragedy of King Lear
1982 · Movie

Permanent Midnight
1998 · Movie

Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
1983 · Movie

Slackers
2002 · Movie

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
2012 · Movie

Touched
2005 · Movie

Devil's Due
2014 · Movie

Song of Back and Neck
2018 · Movie

Sonic Impact
2000 · Movie

The Independent
2000 · Movie

The Sleepwalker Killing
1997 · Movie

NetForce
1999 · Movie

A Place to Be Loved
1993 · Movie

Breaking the Girls
2013 · Movie

The Man Next Door
1996 · Movie

Secret Santa
2003 · Movie

The Lift
2024 · Movie

The Swap
1979 · Movie

Do You Take This Man
2017 · Movie

What I Did for Love
1998 · Movie

Policewoman Centerfold
1983 · Movie

Movers & Shakers
1985 · Movie

The Last Hand
1997 · Movie

Dirty Habit
2006 · Movie

Maybe Someday
2017 · Movie