Sam Anderson

Sam Anderson

Birthday: 1947-04-02

Place of Birth: Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

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.

Movies

The Puppet Masters
The Puppet Masters

The Earth is invaded by alien parasites—AKA 'slugs'—that ride on people's backs and control their mi...

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The Independent
The Independent

A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story o...

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Dark Angel
Dark Angel

Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to sto...

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Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants

In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a c...

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The Pentagon Wars
The Pentagon Wars

From the director of “Made In America” and “The Money Pit” comes a hilarious look at one of the most...

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Devil's Due
Devil's Due

An unexpected pregnancy takes a terrifying turn for newlyweds Zach and Samantha McCall....

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Breaking the Girls
Breaking the Girls

A naive college student loses a scholarship at the hands of a classmate and makes a pact with a myst...

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What I Did for Love
What I Did for Love

A man falls in love from afar with a woman who has just broken up acrimoniously with her husband and...

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Sonic Impact
Sonic Impact

A dangerous criminal hijacks a plane with his fellow prisoners and threatens to crash it into a popu...

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The Swap
The Swap

Vito gets out of jail after serving ten years and tries to find out who killed his younger brother....

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Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing

Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When...

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Dirty Habit
Dirty Habit

A crack-addicted prostitute and a nun get stuck on an elevator. One is going to, one is coming from,...

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NetForce
NetForce

Set in the year 2005, a division of the FBI, called "NetForce" has been initiated to investigate Int...

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Touched
Touched

A devoted nurse falls in love with a formerly comatose patient who has lost his sense of touch....

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Perfect Game
Perfect Game

An eleven-year-old boy finds a way of overcoming life's obstacles with the help of a grumpy coach wh...

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A Place to Be Loved
A Place to Be Loved

Gregory Kingsley, a boy passed off onto social services by his natural mother and abused by his natu...

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Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

Explores sexuality and censorship over a hundred years of motion pictures....

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Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant hi...

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The Lift
The Lift

Following the loss of his husband, a grief-stricken retiree finds renewed connection with a mysterio...

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Song of Back and Neck
Song of Back and Neck

A hapless man seeking treatment for his crippling back pain discovers a very unusual talent and unex...

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Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade

The last of Robert Blake's three "Joe Dancer movies" finds the private investigator framed for mansl...

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Ouija: Origin of Evil
Ouija: Origin of Evil

In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance ...

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Secret Santa
Secret Santa

Newspaper reporter Rebecca Chandler, who feels she got no fair chance to prove her worth in her thee...

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La Bamba
La Bamba

Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a ...

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Permanent Midnight
Permanent Midnight

Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts t...

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3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

Frank Bartlett has been tortured, embarrassed, and humiliated by his brother Bruce — usually on film...

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Do You Take This Man
Do You Take This Man

When a gay couple's impending wedding hits a snag, the grooms must rely on their friends and family ...

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Slackers
Slackers

Dave, Sam and Jeff are about to graduate from Holden University with honors in lying, cheating and s...

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Policewoman Centerfold
Policewoman Centerfold

A policewoman loses her job after she poses naked for an erotic magazine. Based on a true story....

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The Man Next Door
The Man Next Door

Residents of a small town struggle when a paroled rapist moves into the area....

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Movers & Shakers
Movers & Shakers

Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular se...

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Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday

Hal Donnelly, a hopeless 20-something slacker, gets his life back on track with the help of a teenag...

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Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Memoirs of an Invisible Man

After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while ...

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The Tragedy of King Lear
The Tragedy of King Lear

King Lear, old and weary, divides his kingdom among his daughters, placing great weight on their dec...

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Critters 2
Critters 2

Three bounty hunters from space fly back to the town of Grovers Bend, hoping to save local residents...

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The Last Hand
The Last Hand

Aging gambler Benny Walsh dies in a suspicious car crash after the biggest poker win of his life. Hi...

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The Sleepwalker Killing
The Sleepwalker Killing

Mark Schall kills his mother-in-law and wounds his father-in-law in the middle of the night, then tu...

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