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.
Frank Harris
The Day After Tomorrow
Kyle Craig
Along Came a Spider
Mr. Miller
Starstruck
Lou Ivon
JFK
Douglas Duncan
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
Senator John McGlory
The Matchmaker
Tiny
The Misfit Brigade
Sheriff McCloud
My Boyfriend's Back
Sheriff
Wedding Daze
Russ Dunne
Half Nelson
Ranch Wilder
Angels in the Outfield
Whitehouse
Edge of Darkness
FBI Agent Kyle Craig
Kiss the Girls
Jay Huffer
The Big Green
John Baird
The Road to Galena
Murray Ryerson
V.I. Warshawski
Narrator (voice)
The Man Who Saved the World
Roger
When You Finish Saving the World
Coach Schramka
Three Wishes
Frank Edmonds
Dead Dog
Tom Marshall
Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Commodore Callaghan
Greetings from the Shore
Larry
Starting Over
The Secret Life of Girls
Jan Talbeck
Down Came a Blackbird
Governor
Vice
Charles Rawlings
Cross Creek
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs
Narrator (voice)
Ghosts of Stonehenge
Vincent
His Three Daughters
Rick
Wrestling with Alligators
Dick Willey
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
Patrick Hennessy Welsh
The Familiar Stranger
Frank Brand
Outrage
Jack Renoble
The Confession
Zack Emery
Earthly Possessions
Gen. George Crockett Strong
Glory
Clayton McAllister
Cold Sassy Tree
Bart Pollock
Revolutionary Road
Mike Potter
The Last Brickmaker in America
Football Announcer (voice)
Hair High
DA Alan Baker
The Prosecutors
Steven Crighton
Daylight
Narrator (voice)
The Gathering Swarms
Self
Adventures in Plymptoons!
Dan Paxton
Music of the Heart
Ambassador Jones
Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades
Walter Evans
A Novel Romance
Mr. Feder
Cadillac Records
Samuel Yoder
For Richer or Poorer
Joe Stevens
Nobody's Children
Thomas Putnam
Salem Witch Trials
Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Howard
The Valley of Light
Phil
The River
Dr. Russell Lassiter
The Undying
Kirby
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Sam Sinclair
ATF
Katz
Hanky Panky
Narrator (voice)
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
Ryan Legrand
Just Like in the Movies
Walter
I'm Coming Over
Tim the Delivery Guy
I Hate Valentine's Day
Saving the Dead Sea
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs
Dr. Curtis
A Doctor's Story
Rudy Potts
Eddie Macon's Run
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword
Terry Anderson
Hostages
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial
Narrator (voice)
Dawn of Humanity
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Iceman Reborn
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?
Peter
The Day Christ Died
Kevin's Father
Abby Singer
Cliff
The Dissection of Thanksgiving
Self - Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Cold Case JFK
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Life's Rocky Start
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Why Trains Crash
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare
Mr. Rothman
Il gioiellino
Leroy
The Odd Couple II
Narrator (voice)
Earth from Space
Dan Miller
Tumbleweeds
Lucas Hughes
Silver Strand
Sgt. Peters
DC Noir
Joseph O'Brien
Boss of Bosses
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel
George Gabriel
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry
George Gabriel
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?
George Gabriel
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age
Vanya
Uncle Vanya
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
Boss (voice)
The Assistant
John Cleary
Rio Shannon
Narrator (voice)
Broken Places
Richard Apple
That Hopey Changey Thing
Stephen Taylor
Meeting Venus
Carl Ferris
Green Lantern
Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files
Atty. Gen. Metcalfe
The Jack Bull
Jackie Earle
Mr. Destiny
Richard Apple
Sweet and Sad
Richard Apple
Sorry
Richard Apple
Regular Singing
Richard Apple
What Do We Need to Talk About?
Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
Trooper Joe
The Prince of Pennsylvania
Dr. Jeffrey Forrest
State of Emergency
Richard Apple
And So We Come Forth
Narrator (voice)
El misterio de la Mona Lisa
Tapes
Angry Guy
Catfight
Agent Sanders
Northern Borders
Bull Dozer
Defenseless
Federal Agent
Kiss of Death
Howard Bevens
Picnic
Richard Apple
Incidental Moments of the Day
Narrator (voice)
Riddles of the Sphinx
Narrator (voice)
The Violin Alone
Narrator (voice)
Secrets of Stonehenge
Timothy Michael Kingsbury
The Familiar Stranger
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Decoding da Vinci
Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: First Face of America
Bob
Happenstance
Narrator
Wild Costa Rica
Nick Laine
Girl From the North Country
Self - Narrator
Nova: Building the Great Cathedrals
Dr. Susskind
Kill the Day
Remain
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
135
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-04-16
Place of Birth
Austin, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Jay Sanders