Person
Sam Anderson
Born 2 April 1947 79 years old Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA Who else is 79? → TMDB ↗
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.
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The numbers
31age in their first credit on record (1978)
46years on screen and counting
9credits in 1984, their busiest year
122dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 76 The Lift
2024
Age: 75 Where the Crawdads Sing
2022as Tate (mid-70s)
Age: 71 Song of Back and Neck
2018as Jarred Foxen
Age: 70 Do You Take This Man
2017as Steven
Age: 69 Maybe Someday
2017as Douglas Donnelly
Age: 69 Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016as Mr. Browning
Age: 66 Devil's Due
2014as Father Thomas
Age: 66 Breaking the Girls
2013as Professor Nolan
Age: 65 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
2012as Chris
Age: 64 Water for Elephants
2011as Mr. Hyde
Age: 59 Dirty Habit
2006as Bishop
Age: 58 Touched
2005as Dr. Reynolds
Age: 56 Secret Santa
2003as Mr. Gibson
Age: 54 Slackers
2002as Charles Patton
Age: 53 Sonic Impact
2000as Alex Holmes
Age: 53 The Independent
2000as Ed
Age: 53 Perfect Game
2000as Steven
Age: 51 NetForce
1999as Fox
Age: 51 Permanent Midnight
1998as Dr. Olson
Age: 51 What I Did for Love
1998as Richard
Age: 50 The Pentagon Wars
1998as Congressman #2
Age: 50 The Sleepwalker Killing
1997as Roth Lane
Age: 49 The Last Hand
1997as Jimmy Walsh
Age: 48 The Man Next Door
1996as Dwight Cooley
Age: 47 The Puppet Masters
1994as Culbertson
Age: 47 Forrest Gump
1994as Principal Hancock
Age: 46 A Place to Be Loved
1993as Judge Thomas S. Kirk
Age: 44 Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992as Chairman of the House Committee
Age: 42 Dark Angel
1990as Warren
Age: 41 Critters 2
1988as Mr. Morgan
Age: 40 La Bamba
1987as Mr. Ludwig
Age: 38 Movers & Shakers
1985as Ray Berg
Age: 36 Policewoman Centerfold
1983as Druggist
Age: 36 Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
1983as Paul Iberville
Age: 35 The Tragedy of King Lear
1982as Duke of Albany
Age: 32 The Swap
1979as Paul
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TV credits
Age: 77 Matlock
2024as Edwin Kingston
Age: 76 Painkiller
2023as Raymond Sackler
Age: 71 A Million Little Things
2018as Mr. Dennings
Age: 70 Station 19
2018as Elliott
Age: 69 This Is Us
2016as Judge Walter Crowder
Age: 68 Damien
2016as Professor Igor Reneus
Age: 67 How to Get Away with Murder
2014as Thomas Fitzgerald
Age: 67 Chasing Life
2014as Gerald Rayburn
Age: 65 Men at Work
2012as James Wilson
Age: 65 Scandal
2012as Melvin Feen
Age: 64 Grimm
2011as Old Man
Age: 64 Grimm
2011as Rolek Porter
Age: 63 Harry's Law
2011as Judge William Rothman
Age: 63 Hawaii Five-0
2010as Owen Sutherland
Age: 62 Justified
2010as Lee Paxton
Age: 62 The Forgotten
2009as Train Driver
Age: 62 NCIS: Los Angeles
2009as Senator Dick Osborne
Age: 61 Castle
2009as Principal Duncan
Age: 61 Leverage
2008as Henry Retzing
Age: 58 Bones
2005as Hugo Sanderson
Age: 57 Grey's Anatomy
2005as Michael Whitman
Age: 57 Medium
2005as Eliot Peterson
Age: 57 Boston Legal
2004as Walter Fife
Age: 57 CSI: NY
2004as Dr. Richards
Age: 57 Lost
2004as Bernard Nadler
Age: 56 Married to the Kellys
2003as Bill Kelly
Age: 56 NCIS
2003as Walter Carmichael
Age: 55 Miracles
2003as Cinda's Father
Age: 55 Without a Trace
2002as Congressman Whitehurst
Age: 55 CSI: Miami
2002as Scott Sommer
Age: 54 Wolf Lake
2001as Arthur Van Halen
Age: 53 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000as Dr. Mercer
Age: 52 Malcolm in the Middle
2000as Police Commissioner
Age: 52 Angel
1999as Holland Manners
Age: 52 The West Wing
1999as John LaSalle
Age: 52 Family Law
1999as Carlisle Tucker
Age: 51 Fantasy Island
1998as Mr. Gable
Age: 51 From the Earth to the Moon
1998as Thomas Paine
Age: 50 Two Guys and a Girl
1998as Dr. Harvey
Age: 50 The Visitor
1997as Army General
Age: 50 Ally McBeal
1997as Mark Harrison
Age: 49 Millennium
1996as Agent Jack Pierson
Age: 49 Profiler
1996as Ken Harker
Age: 49 Everybody Loves Raymond
1996as Special Agent Thomas Garfield
Age: 49 The Cape
1996as Kevin Davis, CAPCOM
Age: 48 Boston Common
1996as Wesley Butterfield
Age: 48 Live Shot
1995as Marvin Seaborne
Age: 48 Nowhere Man
1995as Man
Age: 47 Friends
1994as Dr. Harad
Age: 47 ER
1994as Jack Kayson
Age: 47 Chicago Hope
1994as Howard Sherwood
Age: 47 The Stand
1994as Whitney Horgan
Age: 46 Diagnosis: Murder
1993as Ernie Pitt
Age: 46 Diagnosis: Murder
1993as Dr. Hjortsberg
Age: 46 The X-Files
1993as Leamus
Age: 46 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993as Simon Wolfe
Age: 45 Picket Fences
1992as FBI Agent Donald Morrell
Age: 45 Melrose Place
1992as Agent Hill
Age: 42 Alien Nation
1989as Thomas Edison
Age: 40 In the Heat of the Night
1988as Drew Ward
Age: 40 Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987as Assistant Manager
Age: 40 21 Jump Street
1987as Dan Finger
Age: 39 The Charmings
1987
Age: 39 L.A. Law
1986as D.A. Bill Graphia
Age: 38 Perfect Strangers
1986as Sam Gorpley
Age: 38 Growing Pains
1985as Principal Willis Dewitt
Age: 38 The Golden Girls
1985as Meyer
Age: 37 Tales from the Darkside
1984as Dr. Synapsis
Age: 37 Murder, She Wrote
1984as Stuart Himes
Age: 37 Murder, She Wrote
1984as Neil Fraser
Age: 37 Murder, She Wrote
1984as Ethan Stevens
Age: 37 Murder, She Wrote
1984as Dan the Electrician
Age: 37 Hunter
1984as Vinny Cochran
Age: 37 E/R
1984
Age: 36 Mama Malone
1984as Stanley
Age: 36 Blue Thunder
1984as Benjamin Kelty
Age: 36 Hardcastle and McCormick
1983as Teddy Peters
Age: 35 St. Elsewhere
1982as Mr. McGrath
Age: 35 Newhart
1982
Age: 34 T. J. Hooker
1982as Leo Santee
Age: 33 Magnum, P.I.
1980as Ray Jones / John Doe
Age: 32 The Stockard Channing Show
1980
Age: 31 WKRP in Cincinnati
1978as Agent Berwick
Age: 31 WKRP in Cincinnati
1978as Mason Nobel
Age: 31 WKRP in Cincinnati
1978as Mr. Anderson
Age: 31 WKRP in Cincinnati
1978as Rex Erhardt