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Sam Anderson
Born: 1947-04-02 in 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.
Rated Filmography (35)
Sorted by Score8.5
Forrest Gump
1994
8.0
The Tragedy of King Lear
1982
7.5
Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
7.3
La Bamba
1987
7.2
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
1983
7.0
Perfect Game
2000
6.9
Water for Elephants
2011
6.9
The Pentagon Wars
1998
6.2
Critters 2
1988
6.2
Song of Back and Neck
2018
6.2
Touched
2005
6.2
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
6.2
Dark Angel
1990
6.0
The Lift
2024
5.9
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
5.9
The Sleepwalker Killing
1997
5.9
Permanent Midnight
1998
5.8
Sonic Impact
2000
5.8
The Puppet Masters
1994
5.7
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
2012
5.6
The Man Next Door
1996
5.6
A Place to Be Loved
1993
5.5
The Independent
2000
5.4
Breaking the Girls
2013
5.2
Slackers
2002
5.1
Secret Santa
2003
5.0
What I Did for Love
1998
5.0
NetForce
1999
4.7
Devil's Due
2014
4.6
Do You Take This Man
2017
4.6
Policewoman Centerfold
1983
3.9
Movers & Shakers
1985
3.7
The Swap
1979
3.3
The Last Hand
1997
1.0
Dirty Habit
2006