Sam Anderson

Born: 1947-04-02

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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as Principal Hancock
Released: 1994-06-23

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

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Dark Angel

as Warren
Released: 1990-01-26

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

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Where the Crawdads Sing

as Tate (mid-70s)
Released: 2022-07-14

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

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Ouija: Origin of Evil

as Mr. Browning
Released: 2016-10-20

In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their...

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La Bamba

as Mr. Ludwig
Released: 1987-07-24

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

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Critters 2

as Mr. Morgan
Released: 1988-04-29

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

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Water for Elephants

as Mr. Hyde
Released: 2011-04-15

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

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The Puppet Masters

as Culbertson
Released: 1994-10-21

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

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Memoirs of an Invisible Man

as Chairman of the House Committee
Released: 1992-02-28

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

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Slackers

as Charles Patton
Released: 2002-02-01

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

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Devil's Due

as Father Thomas
Released: 2014-01-08

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

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The Pentagon Wars

as Congressman #2
Released: 1998-02-28

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

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The Swap

as Paul
Released: 1979-10-12

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

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Permanent Midnight

as Dr. Olson
Released: 1998-09-16

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

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Breaking the Girls

as Professor Nolan
Released: 2013-07-26

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

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3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

as Chris
Released: 2012-10-12

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

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NetForce

as Fox
Released: 1999-02-01

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

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Do You Take This Man

as Steven
Released: 2017-07-07

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

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The Independent

as Ed
Released: 2000-11-10

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

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Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade

as Paul Iberville
Released: 1983-06-05

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

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Touched

as Dr. Reynolds
Released: 2005-11-01

A romantic drama about a man who awakes from a coma without his sense of touch and the nurse who...

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Secret Santa

as Mr. Gibson
Released: 2003-12-14

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

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Maybe Someday

as Douglas Donnelly
Released: 2017-04-01

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

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Sonic Impact

as Alex Holmes
Released: 2000-11-14

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

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Perfect Game

as Steven
Released: 2000-04-18

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

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Policewoman Centerfold

as Druggist
Released: 1983-10-17

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

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Movers & Shakers

as Ray Berg
Released: 1985-05-03

Joe Mulholland, Head of Production at a Hollywood studio, makes a rather fool-hardy promise to a...

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The Man Next Door

as Dwight Cooley
Released: 1996-01-18

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

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Song of Back and Neck

as Jarred Foxen
Released: 2018-04-23

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

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A Place To Be Loved

as Judge Thomas S. Kirk
Released: 1993-04-04

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

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What I Did for Love

as Richard
Released: 1998-06-17

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

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Dirty Habit

as Bishop
Released: 2006-07-29

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

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The Lift

as uncredited
Released: 2024-03-16

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

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Grey's Anatomy

as Michael Whitman
First aired: 2005-03-27

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Dr. Mercer
First aired: 2000-10-06

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the...

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CSI: Miami

as Scott Sommer
First aired: 2002-09-23

CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as...

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Grimm

as Rolek Porter
First aired: 2011-10-28

After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of...

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Grimm

as Old Man
First aired: 2011-10-28

After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of...

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The X-Files

as Leamus
First aired: 1993-09-10

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files:...

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Hawaii Five-0

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-09-20

Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers...

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This Is Us

as Judge Walter Crowder
First aired: 2016-09-20

Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of...

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Lost

as Bernard Nadler
First aired: 2004-09-22

Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay...

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The West Wing

as John LaSalle
First aired: 1999-09-22

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells...

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Without a Trace

as Congressman Whitehurst
First aired: 2002-09-26

The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Assistant Manager
First aired: 1987-09-28

Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the...

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21 Jump Street

as Dan Finger
First aired: 1987-04-12

21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to...

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L.A. Law

as D.D.A. Bill Graphia
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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Malcolm in the Middle

as Police Commissioner
First aired: 2000-01-09

A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

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Melrose Place

as Agent Hill
First aired: 1992-07-08

Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose...

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Bones

as Hugo Sanderson
First aired: 2005-09-13

Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special...

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NCIS

as Walter Carmichael
First aired: 2003-09-23

From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents...

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A Million Little Things

as Mr. Dennings
First aired: 2018-09-26

A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call...

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Friends

as Dr. Harad
First aired: 1994-09-22

Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world,...

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Everybody Loves Raymond

as Special Agent Thomas Garfield
First aired: 1996-09-13

Ray Barone is a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife Debra, daughter...

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T. J. Hooker

as Leo Santee
First aired: 1982-03-13

Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who...

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Tales from the Darkside

as Dr. Synapsis
First aired: 1984-09-30

Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each...

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The Golden Girls

as Meyer
First aired: 1985-09-14

Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake....

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Castle

as Principal Duncan
First aired: 2009-03-09

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard...

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Scandal

as Melvin Feen
First aired: 2012-04-05

Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the...

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From the Earth to the Moon

as Thomas Paine
First aired: 1998-04-05

The story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon...

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Angel

as Holland Manners
First aired: 1999-10-05

The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with...

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Men At Work

as James Wilson
First aired: 2012-05-24

Men at Work is an American comedy series that airs on TBS. The series was created by Breckin...

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WKRP in Cincinnati

as Rex Erhardt
First aired: 1978-09-18

When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of...

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WKRP in Cincinnati

as Mr. Anderson
First aired: 1978-09-18

When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of...

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WKRP in Cincinnati

as Mason Nobel
First aired: 1978-09-18

When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of...

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WKRP in Cincinnati

as Agent Berwick
First aired: 1978-09-18

When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of...

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CSI: NY

as Dr. Richards
First aired: 2004-09-22

Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified...

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Station 19

as Elliott
First aired: 2018-03-22

A group of heroic firefighters at Seattle Fire Station 19—from captain to newest recruit—risk...

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Chicago Hope

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-09-18

Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran...

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Medium

as Dr. Eliot Peterson
First aired: 2005-01-03

Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people...

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Justified

as Lee Paxton
First aired: 2010-03-16

A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's...

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Diagnosis: Murder

as Ernie Pitt
First aired: 1993-10-29

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

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Diagnosis: Murder

as Dr. Hjortsberg
First aired: 1993-10-29

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

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The Stand

as Whitney Horgan
First aired: 1994-05-08

After a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into...

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Leverage

as Henry Retzing
First aired: 2008-12-07

A five-person team comprised of a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by...

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The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

as Simon Wolfe
First aired: 1993-08-27

A tough-as-rawhide cowpoke, debonair ladies' man and Harvard-educated smarty-britches roams from...

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Millennium

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-10-25

A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground...

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ER

as Jack Kayson
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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Growing Pains

as Principal Willis Dewitt
First aired: 1985-09-24

Fatherhood has taken on a whole new meaning for Jason Seaver, who has assumed the chores of...

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Married to the Kellys

as Bill Kelly
First aired: 2003-10-03

New York writer Tom grew up an only child and is a loner by nature. He's a man who takes pride...

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Newhart

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-10-02

Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in...

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Chasing Life

as Gerald Rayburn
First aired: 2014-06-10

April, an aspiring journalist, is balancing her ambitious career with her family and a new...

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Hunter

as Vinny Cochran
First aired: 1984-09-18

Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred...

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Ally McBeal

as Mark Harrison
First aired: 1997-09-08

Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and...

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Family Law

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-09-20

Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm...

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Nowhere Man

as The Man
First aired: 1995-08-28

Thomas Veil is a documentary photographer who, in the course of one evening, seemingly has his...

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Fantasy Island

as Mr. Gable
First aired: 1998-09-26

Mr. Roarke and his three assistants run a tropical paradise where guests come in to have their...

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Perfect Strangers

as Sam Gorpley
First aired: 1986-03-25

The chronicles of the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant...

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The Charmings

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-03-20

The Charmings is an American fantasy sitcom that aired from March 1987 to February 1988 on ABC....

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Wolf Lake

as Arthur Van Halen
First aired: 2001-09-19

"There are those among us who can move at will between the world of the wolves and the world of...

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Boston Common

as Wesley Butterfield
First aired: 1996-03-21

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Miracles

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-01-27

Miracles follows Paul Callan, an investigator of modern miracles for the Catholic Church who...

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The Visitor

as Army General
First aired: 1997-09-19

The Visitor is a science fiction television series created by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin...

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Damien

as Professor Igor Reneus
First aired: 2016-03-07

After discovering his origins, Damien Thorn must cope with life as the Anti-Christ.

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E/R

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-09-16

E/R is an American television sitcom that aired in 1984 and 1985. Developed from the long...

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Painkiller

as Raymond Sackler
First aired: 2023-08-10

The causes and consequences of America's opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its...

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The Stockard Channing Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-03-24

The Stockard Channing Show is an American sitcom starring Stockard Channing, Ron Silver, Sydney...

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Mama Malone

as Stanley
First aired: 1984-03-07

Mama Malone is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from March 7, 1984 to July 21, 1984 starring...

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The Cape

as Kevin Davis, CAPCOM
First aired: 1996-09-09

The Cape is an American dramatic TV series, with elements of science fiction, action/adventure,...

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