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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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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 73% | Echoes of Violence | Conroy (Character) | - | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Do You Take This Man | Steven (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 83% | 57% | 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 |
| 10% | 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 | 23% | 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 | 43% | The Man Next Door | Dwight Cooley (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | After the Game | Jimmy Walsh (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 76% | 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
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94% | 80% | This Is Us | Judge Walter Crowder (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 55% | 76% | Doubt | Judge Jonah Porter (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 14% | 83% | 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% | 94% | 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 | 83% | NCIS | Walter Carmichael (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 86% | 90% | Lost | Bernard Nadler (Guest Star) | 2005-2010 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 84% | 73% | 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% | 94% | Boston Legal | Walter Fife (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| 33% | No Score Yet | Married to the Kellys | Bill Kelly (Character) | 2003-2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 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% | No Score Yet | 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 | 85% | 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% | 74% | 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% | 85% | The X-Files | Leamus (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | 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/ |
1997 |
| No Score Yet | 84% | 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% | 95% | 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% | 89% | 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 | 93% | 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/ |
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 |