Sam Anderson

Actor

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.

• Forrest Gump (1994) — Principal Hancock
• Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) — Mr. Browning
• Water for Elephants (2011) — Mr. Hyde
• Where the Crawdads Sing (2022) — Tate (mid-70s)
• La Bamba (1987) — Mr. Ludwig
• Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) — Chairman of the House Committee
• Devil's Due (2014) — Father Thomas
• Critters 2 (1988) — Mr. Morgan
• Dark Angel (1990) — Warren
• Slackers (2002) — Charles Patton
• The Puppet Masters (1994) — Culbertson
• Permanent Midnight (1998) — Dr. Olson
• Breaking the Girls (2013) — Professor Nolan
• 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom (2012) — Chris
• The Pentagon Wars (1998) — Congressman #2
• NetForce (1999) — Fox
• The Independent (2000) — Ed
• Secret Santa (2003) — Mr. Gibson
• Do You Take This Man (2017) — Steven
• What I Did for Love (1998) — Richard
• Movers & Shakers (1985) — Ray Berg
• Sonic Impact (2000) — Alex Holmes
• The Swap (1979) — Paul
• Touched (2005) — Dr. Reynolds