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Sam Anderson

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Sam Anderson

Born Apr 2, 1947 · 79 years114 titles 36 movies · 78 TV
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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.

Also known as

سام اندرسون

Born

Apr 2, 1947

Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

114

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Career timeline

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1978 1 title(s)

1979 1 title(s)

1980 2 title(s)

1982 4 title(s)

1983 3 title(s)

1984 6 title(s)

1985 3 title(s)

1986 2 title(s)

1987 4 title(s)

1988 2 title(s)

1989 1 title(s)

1990 1 title(s)

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1993 4 title(s)

1994 6 title(s)

1995 2 title(s)

1996 6 title(s)

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1998 6 title(s)

1999 4 title(s)

2000 5 title(s)

2001 1 title(s)

2002 3 title(s)

2003 4 title(s)

2004 3 title(s)

2005 4 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2009 3 title(s)

2010 2 title(s)

2011 3 title(s)

2012 3 title(s)

2013 1 title(s)

2014 3 title(s)

2016 3 title(s)

2017 2 title(s)

2018 3 title(s)

2022 1 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2024 2 title(s)