Jay O. Sanders

Biography

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

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

135

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-04-16

Place of Birth

Austin, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Jay Sanders