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Sam Anderson

Highest Rated: 83% Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)

Lowest Rated: 10% Slackers (2002)

Birthday: May 13, 1945

Birthplace: Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA

Sam Anderson was an archetypal TV character actor, the sort of Everyman who appeared on dozens of shows long before his breakout role as Bernard on the cult favorite "Lost" (ABC 2004-2010) made more viewers take notice. Whether teaching the elements of character acting, directing a play or appearing as one of the many secondary characters he embraced on television and film, Sam Anderson embodied the quiet importance of the character actor.

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Highest rated movies

83% 58% Ouija: Origin of Evil Watchlist 75% 95% Forrest Gump Watchlist
60% 70% Water for Elephants
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45% 41% 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
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38% 37% Critters 2: The Main Course
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38% 46% I Come in Peace
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21% 21% Devil's Due
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11% 28% Breaking the Girls
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10% 50% Slackers
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After the Game
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Sam Anderson

Sam Anderson DO YOU TAKE THIS MAN, FROM LEFT: MACKENZIE ASTIN, LEE GARLINGTON, SAM ANDERSON, ALYSON HANNIGAN, 2016. PH: ANDREW HREHA/© BREAKING GLASS PICTURES DO YOU TAKE THIS MAN, FROM LEFT: ANTHONY RAPP, SAM ANDERSON, 2016. PH: ANDREW HREHA/© BREAKING GLASS PICTURES DO YOU TAKE THIS MAN, FROM LEFT: JONATHAN BENNETT, ALONA TAL, SAM ANDERSON, 2016. PH: ANDREW HREHA/© BREAKING GLASS PICTURES Grimm, Sam Anderson (L), Lucas Near-Verbrugghe (R), 'The Inheritance', Season 3, Ep. #21, 05/09/2014, ©NBC Grimm, Sam Anderson, 'The Inheritance', Season 3, Ep. #21, 05/09/2014, ©NBC Grimm, Sam Anderson, 'The Inheritance', Season 3, Ep. #21, 05/09/2014, ©NBC Grimm, Sam Anderson (L), Lucas Near-Verbrugghe (R), 'The Inheritance', Season 3, Ep. #21, 05/09/2014, ©NBC Grimm, Sam Anderson, 'The Inheritance', Season 3, Ep. #21, 05/09/2014, ©NBC Grimm, Sam Anderson (L), Lucas Near-Verbrugghe (R), 'The Inheritance', Season 3, Ep. #21, 05/09/2014, ©NBC View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 74% Echoes of Violence Conroy (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 75% Do You Take This Man Steven (Character) - 2016
83% 58% Ouija: Origin of Evil Mr. Browning (Character) $34.9M 2016
No Score Yet 46% Drown Tom (Character) $1.6K 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pathu Enrathukulla Unknown (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ettuthikkum Madhayaanai Unknown (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Maybe Someday Douglas Donnelly (Character) - 2014
21% 21% Devil's Due Father Thomas (Character) $15.8M 2014
11% 28% Breaking the Girls Professor Nolan (Character) - 2013
45% 41% 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom Chris (Character) - 2012
60% 70% Water for Elephants Mr. Hyde (Character) $58.7M 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Prairie Pirates Uh-Huh (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dirty Habit Bishop (Character) - 2006
10% 50% Slackers Charles Patton (Character) $4.8M 2002
No Score Yet 50% Perfect Game Steven (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 21% Sonic Impact Alex Holmes (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 20% From the Files of Unsolved Mysteries: The Sleepwalker Killing Roth Lane (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 38% The Man Next Door Dwight Cooley (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet After the Game Jimmy Walsh (Character) - 1994
75% 95% Forrest Gump Principal (Character) $330.3M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Confessions: Two Faces of Evil Unknown (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Place to Be Loved Judge Thomas S. Kirk (Character) - 1993
38% 46% I Come in Peace Warren (Character) $4.0M 1990
38% 37% Critters 2: The Main Course Mr. Morgan (Character) $3.8M 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Joe Dancer III Unknown (Character) - 1981

TV

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94% 81% This Is Us Judge Walter Crowder (Guest Star) 2017
55% 76% Doubt Judge Jonah Porter (Guest Star) 2017
14% 82% Damien Professor Igor Reneus (Guest Star) 2016
75% 86% Chasing Life Gerald Rayburn (Guest Star) 2014
90% 83% Bones Hugo Sanderson (Guest Star) 2014
89% 90% Grimm Rolek Porter (Guest Star) 2014
82% 87% Castle Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
97% 95% Justified Unknown (Guest Star) 2013-2014
93% 72% Scandal Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 63% NCIS: Los Angeles Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
0% No Score Yet Work It Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 69% Hawaii Five-0 Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 84% NCIS Walter Carmichael (Guest Star) 2010
86% 90% Lost Bernard Nadler (Guest Star) 2005-2010
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
84% 72% Grey's Anatomy Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
92% 88% Leverage Henry Retzing (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Canal Road Unknown (Character) 2008
No Score Yet 85% ER Dr. Jack Kayson (Guest Star) 1994-1995 1997-1999 2001-2005 2007
No Score Yet 82% CSI: New York Dr. Richards (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 95% Cold Case Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
86% 90% Boston Legal Walter Fife (Guest Star) 2005
33% No Score Yet Married to the Kellys Bill Kelly (Character) 2003-2004
No Score Yet 75% Without a Trace Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Judging Amy Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
27% No Score Yet Presidio Med Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet 65% CSI: Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
20% 88% Wolf Lake Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Law Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Court Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet 86% Everybody Loves Raymond Special Agent Thomas Garfield (Guest Star) 2002
21% No Score Yet First Monday Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet JAG Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
81% 95% The West Wing John LaSalle (Guest Star) 2000
87% 88% Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
33% No Score Yet Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
61% 78% Ally McBeal Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
78% 93% Friends Dr. Harad (Guest Star) 1998
33% No Score Yet Prey Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
74% 86% The X-Files Leamus (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet 82% From the Earth to the Moon Thomas Paine (Character) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chicago Hope Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet 95% The Pretender Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet 93% Rugrats Salesman/Announcer (Guest Voice) 1997
No Score Yet 86% Millennium Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
33% No Score Yet Boston Common Unknown (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star) 		1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet High Incident Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nowhere Man Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Neil Fraser (Guest Star) 1993 1996
44% No Score Yet Live Shot Unknown (Character) 1995
82% 93% Picket Fences Unknown (Guest Star) 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jake and the Fatman Unknown (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perfect Strangers Unknown (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star) 		1987-1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Growing Pains Unknown (Guest Star) 1986-1991
92% 90% Star Trek: The Next Generation Assistant Manager (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet 21 Jump Street Dan Finger (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Charmings Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet 94% The Golden Girls Mr. Meyer (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hogan Family Unknown (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon Ellis (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Newhart Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hunter Vinny Cochran (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet 95% Magnum, P.I. Ray Jones/John Doe (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
68% No Score Yet E/R Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mama Malone Stanley (Character) 1984