Jay O. Sanders
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.
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Movies (138)
Remain
2027 · Reece
Queens of Combat: Rome's Female Gladiators
2026 · Narrator
The Rise & Fall of the Colosseum
2025 · Narration
Girl From the North Country
2024 · Nick Laine
Decoding the Universe: Quantum
2024 · Self - Narrator
Las tres hijas
2024 · Vincent
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
2024 · Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee
Decoding the Universe: Cosmos
2024 · Self - Narrator
La Venganza esta Servida
2023 · Frank Brand
Cuando termines de salvar el mundo
2023 · Roger
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
2022 · Ambassador Jones
The Road to Galena
2022 · John Baird
Incidental Moments of the Day
2020 · Richard Apple
And So We Come Forth
2020 · Richard Apple
Tapes
2020
What Do We Need to Talk About?
2020 · Richard Apple
That Hopey Changey Thing
2020 · Richard Apple
Sweet and Sad
2020 · Richard Apple
Sorry
2020 · Richard Apple
Regular Singing
2020 · Richard Apple
La Asistente
2020 · Boss (voice)
Uncle Vanya
2019 · Vanya
World War Speed: The Drugs That Won WWII
2019 · Narrator
DC Noir
2019 · Sgt. Peters
Saving the Dead Sea
2019
Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files
2019 · Narrator (voice)
The Violin Alone
2019 · Narrator (voice)
Broken Places
2018 · Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
2018 · Narrator (voice)
NOVA: First Face of America
2018 · Narrator (voice)
Vice
2018 · Governor
Ghosts of Stonehenge
2017 · Narrator (voice)
Holocaust Escape Tunnel
2017 · Narrator (voice)
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age
2017 · George Gabriel
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?
2017 · George Gabriel
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry
2017 · George Gabriel
Catfight
2017 · Angry Guy
NOVA: Why Trains Crash
2017 · Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs
2017 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
2016 · Narrator (voice)
Iceman Reborn
2016 · Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice
2016 · Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Life's Rocky Start
2016 · Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare
2016 · Narrator (voice)
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse
2015 · Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Dawn of Humanity
2015 · Narrator (voice)
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Northern Borders
2015 · Agent Sanders
The Gathering Swarms
2014 · Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Cold Case JFK
2013 · Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower
2013 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The River
2013 · Phil
NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?
2013 · Narrator (voice)
The Man Who Saved the World
2012 · Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword
2012 · Narrator (voice)
Earth from Space
2012 · Narrator (voice)
A Novel Romance
2011 · Walter Evans
I'm Coming Over
2011 · Walter
Linterna Verde
2011 · Carl Ferris
Adventures in Plymptoons!
2011 · Self
The Jewel
2011 · Mr. Rothman
Al filo de la oscuridad
2010 · Whitehouse
Riddles of the Sphinx
2010 · Narrator (voice)
Secrets of Stonehenge
2010 · Narrator (voice)
Al diablo con el amor
2009 · Tim the Delivery Guy
The Undying
2009 · Dr. Russell Lassiter
Sólo un sueño
2008 · Bart Pollock
Cadillac Records
2008 · Mr. Feder
NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs
2008 · Narrator (voice)
The Dissection of Thanksgiving
2008 · Cliff
Kill the Day
2008 · Dr. Susskind
NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial
2007 · Narrator (voice)
Greetings from the Shore
2007 · Commodore Callaghan
Happenstance
2007 · Bob
The Valley of Light
2007 · Howard
El placer de su compañía
2006 · Sheriff
Half Nelson
2006 · Russ Dunne
El día después de mañana
2004 · Frank Harris
Hair High
2004 · Football Announcer (voice)
Abby Singer
2003 · Kevin's Father
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
2003 · Douglas Duncan
Citizen Berlusconi
2003 · Narrator
Dead Dog
2001 · Frank Edmonds
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001 · Mike Potter
Boss of Bosses
2001 · Joseph O'Brien
Telaraña
2001 · Kyle Craig
My Husband's Double Life
2001 · Patrick Hennessy Welsh
Endsville
2000 · Bo Tatum
Picnic
2000 · Howard Bevens
Wild Costa Rica
2000 · Narrator
Earthly Possessions
1999 · Zack Emery
Tumbleweeds
1999 · Dan Miller
Music of the Heart
1999 · Dan Paxton
ATF
1999 · Sam Sinclair
The Secret Life of Girls
1999
The Jack Bull
1999 · Atty. Gen. Metcalfe
The Confession
1999 · Jack Renoble
The Odd Couple II
1998 · Leroy
Wrestling with Alligators
1998 · Rick
For Richer or Poorer
1997 · Samuel Yoder
The Matchmaker
1997 · Senator John McGlory
Kiss the Girls
1997 · FBI Agent Kyle Craig
Daylight
1996 · Steven Crighton
The Prosecutors
1996 · DA Alan Baker
Silver Strand
1995 · Lucas Hughes
Three Wishes
1995 · Coach Schramka
Down Came a Blackbird
1995 · Jan Talbeck
The Big Green
1995 · Jay Huffer
Kiss of Death
1995 · Federal Agent
Angels in the Outfield
1994 · Ranch Wilder
Nobody's Children
1994 · Joe Stevens
State of Emergency
1994 · Dr. Jeffrey Forrest
Rio Shannon
1993 · John Cleary
My Boyfriend's Back
1993 · Sheriff McCloud
Hostages
1992 · Terry Anderson
JFK
1991 · Lou Ivon
Meeting Venus
1991 · Stephen Taylor
Defenseless
1991 · Bull Dozer
V.I. Warshawski
1991 · Murray Ryerson
Mr. Destiny
1990 · Jackie Earle
Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
1990 · Tom Marshall
Glory
1989 · Gen. George Crockett Strong
Cold Sassy Tree
1989 · Clayton McAllister
Just Like in the Movies
1989 · Ryan Legrand
The Prince of Pennsylvania
1988 · Trooper Joe
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988 · Kirby
The Revolt of Mother
1988 · Adam Penn
The Misfit Brigade
1987 · Tiny
A Doctor's Story
1984 · Dr. Curtis
Cross Creek
1983 · Charles Rawlings
Eddie Macon's Run
1983 · Rudy Potts
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
1983 · Dick Willey
Hanky Panky
1982 · Katz
Starstruck
1981 · Mr. Miller
The Day Christ Died
1980 · Peter
Starting Over
1979 · Larry
TV shows (40)
Decoding the Universe
2024 · Narrator
Stars in the House
2020 · Self
Manhunt
2017 · Watson Bryant
Chicago Med
2015 · Cray
Punto ciego
2015 · Bill Weller
Sneaky Pete
2015 · Sam
True Detective
2014 · Billy Lee Tuttle
Pan Am
2011 · Douglas Vanderway
Person of Interest
2011 · Special Counsel
Inolvidable
2011 · Jonathan Hedstrom
Hunting the Edge of Space
2011 · Presenter
Body of Proof
2011 · Harvey Brady
Sangre Azul
2010 · Jimmy Reagan
La esposa ejemplar
2009 · Judge Hal Ferris
Damages
2007 · Calder Security Executive
Salem Witch Trials
2003 · Thomas Putnam
Widows
2002 · Detective John Maynard
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Harry Rowan, Sr., Joseph Hannah
Secrets of the Dead
2000 · Narrator (voice)
Wonderland
2000 · Ed Butowski
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995 · Xander
The Outer Limits
1995 · Ed Barkley
New York Undercover
1994 · Howard
Law & Order
1990 · Nick Taska / Bill Fallon, Defense Attorney Alan Fenwick
Northern Exposure
1990 · Dr. John Summer
Booker
1989 · Gordon Rudd
Roseanne
1988 · Ziggy
Crime Story
1986 · Steve Kordo
L.A. Law
1986 · Detective Michael Phillips
Spenser: For Hire
1985 · Father Crawford
Miami Vice
1984 · Det. Tim Duryea
Kate & Allie
1984 · Tim Merr
Nature
1982 · Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse
1982 · Adam Penn
Texas
1980 · Seth
The Scarlet Letter
1979 · Robert Salter
NOVA
1974 · Self - Narrator (voice)
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Mr. Miller
Great Performances
1971 · Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Howard