Jay O. Sanders
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 16 April 1953 · Austin, Texas, USA
Jay Olcutt Sanders (born April 16, 1953) is an American film, theatre and television actor and playwright. He frequently appears in plays off-Broadway at The Public Theatre. He has received a Drama Desk Award and a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. Sanders made his off-Broadway debut in a Shakespeare in the Park production of Henry V in 1976. He originated the role of Bradley in Sam Shepard's Buried Child (1978). He made his Broadway debut in the play Loose Ends (1979). He returned to Broadway in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1983), Saint Joan (1993), Pygmalion (2007), Girl from the North Country (2020), and Purlie Victorious (2023). He made his feature film debut in the comedy Starting Over (1979). He had notable roles in films such as Cross Creek (1983), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), Glory (1989), JFK (1991), Hostages (1992), Angels in the Outfield (1994), Music of the Heart (1999), Tumbleweeds (1999), and Revolutionary Road (2008). He took recurring roles in television series including Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Good Wife, Person of Interest, Blindspot, and Sneaky Pete. He has served as the narrator for the shows Wide Angle, Nova, and Secrets of the Dead. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay O. Sanders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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- 2027Remain
- 2026Queens of Combat: Rome's Female Gladiators as Narrator
- 2025The Rise & Fall of the Colosseum as Narration
- 2024Girl From the North Country as Nick Laine
- 2024Decoding the Universe: Quantum as Self - Narrator
- 2024His Three Daughters as Vincent
- 2024Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch as Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee
- 2024Decoding the Universe: Cosmos as Self - Narrator
- 2023Outrage as Frank Brand
- 2023When You Finish Saving the World as Roger
- 2022BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths as Ambassador Jones
- 2022The Road to Galena as John Baird
- 2020Incidental Moments of the Day as Richard Apple
- 2020And So We Come Forth as Richard Apple
- 2020Tapes
- 2020What Do We Need to Talk About? as Richard Apple
- 2020Sweet and Sad as Richard Apple
- 2020Regular Singing as Richard Apple
- 2020That Hopey Changey Thing as Richard Apple
- 2020Sorry as Richard Apple
- 2020The Assistant as Boss (voice)
- 2019NOVA: Decoding da Vinci as Narrator (voice)
- 2019Uncle Vanya as Vanya
- 2019World War Speed: The Drugs That Won WWII as Narrator
- 2019DC Noir as Sgt. Peters
- 2019Saving the Dead Sea
- 2019Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files as Narrator (voice)
- 2019The Violin Alone as Narrator (voice)
- 2018Broken Places as Narrator (voice)
- 2018NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers as Narrator (voice)
- 2018NOVA: First Face of America as Narrator (voice)
- 2018Vice as Governor
- 2017Ghosts of Stonehenge as Narrator (voice)
- 2017Holocaust Escape Tunnel as Narrator (voice)
- 2017The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age as George Gabriel
- 2017The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect? as George Gabriel
- 2017The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry as George Gabriel
- 2017Catfight as Angry Guy
- 2017NOVA: Why Trains Crash as Narrator (voice)
- 2017NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs as Narrator (voice)
- 2016Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts as Narrator (voice)
- 2016Iceman Reborn as Narrator (voice)
- 2016NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice as Narrator (voice)
- 2016NOVA: Life's Rocky Start as Narrator (voice)
- 2016NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare as Narrator (voice)
- 2015Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time as Narrator (voice)
- 2015Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse as Narrator (voice)
- 2015NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark as Narrator (voice)
- 2015Dawn of Humanity as Narrator (voice)
- 2015NOVA: The Great Math Mystery as Narrator (voice)
- 2015Northern Borders as Agent Sanders
- 2014The Mystery of Mona Lisa as Narrator (voice)
- 2014The Gathering Swarms as Narrator (voice)
- 2013NOVA: Cold Case JFK as Narrator (voice)
- 2013NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2013The River as Phil
- 2013NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby? as Narrator (voice)
- 2012The Man Who Saved the World as Narrator (voice)
- 2012NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword as Narrator (voice)
- 2012Earth from Space as Narrator (voice)
- 2011A Novel Romance as Walter Evans
- 2011I'm Coming Over as Walter
- 2011Green Lantern as Carl Ferris
- 2011Adventures in Plymptoons! as Self
- 2011The Jewel as Mr. Rothman
- 2010Nova: Building the Great Cathedrals as Self - Narrator
- 2010Edge of Darkness as Whitehouse
- 2010Riddles of the Sphinx as Narrator (voice)
- 2010Secrets of Stonehenge as Narrator (voice)
- 2009I Hate Valentine's Day as Tim the Delivery Guy
- 2009The Undying as Dr. Russell Lassiter
- 2008Revolutionary Road as Bart Pollock
- 2008Cadillac Records as Mr. Feder
- 2008NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs as Narrator (voice)
- 2008The Dissection of Thanksgiving as Cliff
- 2008Kill the Day as Dr. Susskind
- 2007NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial as Narrator (voice)
- 2007Greetings from the Shore as Commodore Callaghan
- 2007Happenstance as Bob
- 2007The Valley of Light as Howard
- 2006Wedding Daze as Sheriff
- 2006Half Nelson as Russ Dunne
- 2004The Day After Tomorrow as Frank Harris
- 2004Hair High as Football Announcer (voice)
- 2003Abby Singer as Kevin's Father
- 2003D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear as Douglas Duncan
- 2003Citizen Berlusconi as Narrator
- 2002Salem Witch Trials as Thomas Putnam
- 2001Dead Dog as Frank Edmonds
- 2001The Last Brickmaker in America as Mike Potter
- 2001Boss of Bosses as Joseph O'Brien
- 2001Along Came a Spider as Kyle Craig
- 2001My Husband's Double Life as Patrick Hennessy Welsh
- 2000Endsville as Bo Tatum
- 2000Picnic as Howard Bevens
- 2000Wild Costa Rica as Narrator
- 1999Earthly Possessions as Zack Emery
- 1999Tumbleweeds as Dan Miller
- 1999Music of the Heart as Dan Paxton
- 1999ATF as Sam Sinclair
- 1999The Secret Life of Girls
- 1999The Jack Bull as Atty. Gen. Metcalfe
- 1999The Confession as Jack Renoble
- 1998The Odd Couple II as Leroy
- 1998Wrestling with Alligators as Rick
- 1997For Richer or Poorer as Samuel Yoder
- 1997The Matchmaker as Senator John McGlory
- 1997Kiss the Girls as FBI Agent Kyle Craig
- 1996Daylight as Steven Crighton
- 1996The Prosecutors as DA Alan Baker
- 1995Silver Strand as Lucas Hughes
- 1995Three Wishes as Coach Schramka
- 1995Down Came a Blackbird as Jan Talbeck
- 1995The Big Green as Jay Huffer
- 1995Kiss of Death as Federal Agent
- 1994Angels in the Outfield as Ranch Wilder
- 1994Nobody's Children as Joe Stevens
- 1994State of Emergency as Dr. Jeffrey Forrest
- 1993Rio Shannon as John Cleary
- 1993My Boyfriend's Back as Sheriff McCloud
- 1992Hostages as Terry Anderson
- 1991JFK as Lou Ivon
- 1991Meeting Venus as Stephen Taylor
- 1991Defenseless as Bull Dozer
- 1991V.I. Warshawski as Murray Ryerson
- 1990Mr. Destiny as Jackie Earle
- 1990Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler as Tom Marshall
- 1989Glory as Gen. George Crockett Strong
- 1989Cold Sassy Tree as Clayton McAllister
- 1989Just Like in the Movies as Ryan Legrand
- 1988The Prince of Pennsylvania as Trooper Joe
- 1988Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Kirby
- 1988The Revolt of Mother as Adam Penn
- 1987The Misfit Brigade as Tiny
- 1984A Doctor's Story as Dr. Curtis
- 1983Cross Creek as Charles Rawlings
- 1983Eddie Macon's Run as Rudy Potts
- 1983Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story as Dick Willey
- 1982Hanky Panky as Katz
- 1981Starstruck as Mr. Miller
- 1980The Day Christ Died as Peter
- 1979Starting Over as Larry