
Henry G. Sanders
Department: Acting
Biography
Henry Gayle Sanders is an American actor known for his TV roles as Prosper Denton on Queen Sugar, Samuel Carter on 9-1-1, Uncle Chester on Hap & Leonard, Cedric on the miniseries DMZ, and Robert E. On Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as well as the TV movie of the same name. He's known for his film roles as Arthur Holloway in Samaritan, Pastor Jack in Roman J. Israel Esq., Cager Lee in Selma, Red Henderson in Whiplash, Martin in Rocky Balboa, Cesar's Trainer in Play It to the Bone, and Sandy in Bull Durham. He has also had roles in a number of TV movies. He's guest starred on numerous TV shows including Shameless, American Horror Story, Grey's Anatomy, The Mentalist, CSI, Cold Case, Eleventh Hour, Heartland, Commander in Chief, Joan of Arcadia, The West Wing, Boomtown, NYPD Blue, Moesha, Sliders, ER, Murphy Brown, The Young and the Restless, L.A. Law, Alf, Matlock, Married... with Children, Beauty and the Beast, Moonlighting, Cagney & Lacey, Highway to Heaven, What's Happening Now?, 227, Hunter, Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice, Knots Landing, Night Court, Knight Rider, Diff'rent Strokes, St. Elsewhere, The Greatest American Hero, The Jeffersons, Good Times, and The Rockford Files.
Known For

Bull Durham
1988

Rocky Balboa
2006

Crimes of the Mind
2014

Made in Heaven
1987

Session Man
1991

Kuffs
1992

Choose Me
1984

Killer of Sheep
1978

The Inheritance
1997

The Ambush Murders
1982

No Man's Land
1987

Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
1974

Kicks
1985

The Devil's Garden
1973

Little John
2002

Blues
2008

Deadly Sunday
1982

No Place to Hide
1974

Samaritan
2022

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986

Callie & Son
1981

Breathless
1983

Dying to Love You
1993

Weekend Pass
1984

Berkeley
2005

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1979

The Man Who Fell to Earth
1987

Whiplash
2014

A Time to Live
1985

My Brother's Wedding
1983

Panama Red
1976

Carnival of Souls
1998

Independence Day
1976

The Switch
1993

Tonight's the Night
1987

The Boss' Son
1978

Child's Play 3
1991

Play It to the Bone
1999

Selma
2014

You Again
2010

Rainbow Drive
1990

Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017

Endangered Species
1982

In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped
1995

Hobson's Choice
1983

Ride with the Wind
1994

Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989

Blue: The American Dream
2016

Something So Right
1982

Good Men
2024

I Don't Know
2024

Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
1983

Concrete Beat
1984

Manhood
2003

Family Feud
2018

Deadly Messages
1985

Five on the Black Hand Side
1973

The Ladies Club
1986

Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
1999

Leon's Case
1982

Good Times
1974

Boomtown
2002

L.A. Law
1986

Joan of Arcadia
2003

The Division
2001

Matlock
1986

Knight Rider
1982

Cold Case
2003

Beauty and the Beast
1987

The Jeffersons
1975

Moonlighting
1985

Highway to Heaven
1984

American Horror Story
2011

Heartland
2007

Hill Street Blues
1981

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983

Knots Landing
1979

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977

Moesha
1996

Cagney & Lacey
1982

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993

ALF
1986

Hunter
1984

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

ER
1994

Eleventh Hour
2008

Kingston: Confidential
1977

Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980

The West Wing
1999

The Mentalist
2008

Married... with Children
1987

Night Court
1984

The Atlanta Child Murders
1985

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

American Horror Story
2011

L.A. Law
1986

Moonlighting
1985

Sliders
1995

Grey's Anatomy
2005

Commander in Chief
2005

9-1-1
2018

Miami Vice
1984

Knots Landing
1979

Father Dowling Mysteries
1989

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Heart of the City
1986

Hill Street Blues
1981

Starman
1986

Shameless
2011

St. Elsewhere
1982

The Greatest American Hero
1981

Snoops
1999

Matlock
1986