
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.

Forrest Gump
1994 · as Principal Hancock

La Bamba
1987 · as Mr. Ludwig

Where the Crawdads Sing
2022 · as Tate (mid-70s)

Critters 2
1988 · as Mr. Morgan

Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016 · as Mr. Browning

Dark Angel
1990 · as Warren

Slackers
2002 · as Charles Patton

Water for Elephants
2011 · as Mr. Hyde

Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992 · as Chairman of the House Committee

NetForce
1999 · as Fox

Devil's Due
2014 · as Father Thomas

The Pentagon Wars
1998 · as Congressman #2

The Independent
2000 · as Ed

Breaking the Girls
2013 · as Professor Nolan

The Puppet Masters
1994 · as Culbertson

Permanent Midnight
1998 · as Dr. Olson

The Swap
1979 · as Paul

The Last Hand
1997 · as Jimmy Walsh