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Acting

Sam Anderson

Career: Active from 1986 to 2024, busiest in 2000 and 2024 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles: 4
top three billing

Average score: 53/100

Highest rated: Matlock
76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 104 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sam Anderson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.2, average 2.6
Melancholy
3.7, average 4.7
Wonder
2.8, average 3.4
Coming of Age
2.4, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Contemporary Setting 2
Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

116

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 63

Matlock

76

TV show · as Edwin Kingston

Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps

as Elder Scott

Painkiller

57

TV show · as Raymond Sackler

Where the Crawdads Sing

56

as Tate (mid-70s)

2010s

20 titles · average score 61

Song of Back and Neck

50

as Jarred Foxen

Station 19

65

TV show · as Elliott

A Million Little Things

62

TV show · as Mr. Dennings

This Is Us

83

TV show · as Judge Walter Crowder

Ouija: Origin of Evil

67

as Mr. Browning

Devil's Due

32

as Father Thomas

How to Get Away with Murder

79

TV show · as Thomas Fitzgerald

Scandal

76

TV show · as Melvin Feen

3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

49

as Chris

Grimm

78

TV show · as Rolek Porter / Old Man

Hawaii Five-0

69

TV show · as Owen Sutherland

Justified

89

TV show · as Lee Paxton

2000s

25 titles · average score 64

Castle

75

TV show · as Principal Duncan

NCIS: Los Angeles

62

TV show · as Senator Dick Osborne

Dirty Habit

as Bishop

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Michael Whitman

Medium

69

TV show · as Eliot Peterson

Bones

75

TV show · as Hugo Sanderson

Lost

84

TV show · as Bernard Nadler

NCIS

64

TV show · as Walter Carmichael

Married to the Kellys

56

TV show · as Bill Kelly

CSI: Miami

67

TV show · as Scott Sommer

Malcolm in the Middle

87

TV show · as Police Commissioner

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

68

TV show · as Dr. Mercer

1990s

37 titles · average score 64

The West Wing

83

TV show · as John LaSalle

Angel

80

TV show · as Holland Manners

Ally McBeal

69

TV show · as Mark Harrison

Everybody Loves Raymond

75

TV show · as Special Agent Thomas Garfield

Friends

79

TV show · as Dr. Harad

Forrest Gump

83

as Principal Hancock

79

TV show · as Jack Kayson

Chicago Hope

73

TV show · as Howard Sherwood

The X-Files

76

TV show · as Leamus

Diagnosis: Murder

46

TV show · as Ernie Pitt / Dr. Hjortsberg

Melrose Place

53

TV show · as Agent Hill

Rugrats

76

TV show · as Salesman / Announcer (voice)

1980s

28 titles · average score 65

Critters 2

48

as Mr. Morgan

Star Trek: The Next Generation

79

TV show · as Assistant Manager

21 Jump Street

42

TV show · as Dan Finger

Perfect Strangers

71

TV show · as Sam Gorpley

L.A. Law

77

TV show · as D.A. Bill Graphia

The Golden Girls

83

TV show · as Meyer

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Neil Fraser / Ethan Stevens

Tales from the Darkside

72

TV show · as Dr. Synapsis

Newhart

79

TV show · as Larry's Supporter

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as Mr. McGrath

T. J. Hooker

42

TV show · as Leo Santee

Magnum, P.I.

82

TV show · as Ray Jones / John Doe

1970s

2 titles · average score 37

The Swap

22

as Paul

WKRP in Cincinnati

52

TV show · as Agent Berwick / Rex Erhardt