ABOUT SAM ANDERSON
Well known for his role as Mr. Gorpley on the ABC series Perfect Strangers, he is also notable for playing physician Jack Kayson on ER , Bernard Nadler on Lost and attorney Holland Manners on Angel. Additionally, he played the principal in the 1994 film Forrest Gump .
After studying at the University of North Dakota, he became an instructor at California's Antelope Valley College.
He appeared in an eighth season episode of NCIS .
He is a native of Wahpeton, North Dakota. He and his wife Barbara became parents to twins.
He and Kett Turton both guest-starred in episodes of the fifth season of The X-Files .