Jay O. Sanders
134 movies · 38 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 16, 1953 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Jay Sanders · Jay Olcutt Sanders · جی او. ساندرس
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).
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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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Known for
Jay O. Sanders: movies and TV shows
Acting (171)
- Upcoming Remain
as Reece
- 2026 Queens of Combat: Rome's Female Gladiators
as Narrator
- 2025 The Rise & Fall of the Colosseum
as Narration
- 2024 Girl From the North Country
as Nick Laine
- 2024 His Three Daughters
as Vincent
- 2024 Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
as Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee
- 2024
- 2023 Outrage
as Frank Brand
- 2023 When You Finish Saving the World
as Roger
- 2022 BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
as Ambassador Jones
- 2022 The Road to Galena
as John Baird
- 2020 Incidental Moments of the Day
as Richard Apple
- 2020 And So We Come Forth
as Richard Apple
- 2020
- 2020 What Do We Need to Talk About?
as Richard Apple
- 2020 That Hopey Changey Thing
as Richard Apple
- 2020 Regular Singing
as Richard Apple
- 2020 Sweet and Sad
as Richard Apple
- 2020 Sorry
as Richard Apple
- 2020 The Assistant
as Boss (voice)
- 2019 NOVA: Decoding da Vinci
as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 Uncle Vanya
as Vanya
- 2019 World War Speed: The Drugs That Won WWII
as Narrator
- 2019 DC Noir
as Sgt. Peters
- 2019
- 2019 Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files
as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 The Violin Alone
as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 Broken Places
as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 NOVA: First Face of America
as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 Vice
as Governor
- 2017 Ghosts of Stonehenge
as Narrator (voice)
- 2017
- 2017 Holocaust Escape Tunnel
as Narrator (voice)
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017 The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry
as George Gabriel
- 2017 Catfight
as Angry Guy
- 2017 NOVA: Why Trains Crash
as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 Iceman Reborn
as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice
as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 NOVA: Life's Rocky Start
as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare
as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
as Narrator (voice)
- 2015
- 2015 Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse
as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark
as Narrator (voice)
- 2015
- 2015 Dawn of Humanity
as Narrator (voice)
- 2015
- 2015 NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 Northern Borders
as Agent Sanders
- 2014 The Gathering Swarms
as Narrator (voice)
- 2014
- 2013 NOVA: Cold Case JFK
as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 The River
as Phil
- 2013 NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?
as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 The Man Who Saved the World
as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword
as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 Earth from Space
as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 A Novel Romance
as Walter Evans
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011 I'm Coming Over
as Walter
- 2011 Green Lantern
as Carl Ferris
- 2011
- 2011 The Jewel
as Mr. Rothman
- 2010
- 2010 Edge of Darkness
as Whitehouse
- 2010 Riddles of the Sphinx
as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 Secrets of Stonehenge
as Narrator (voice)
- 2009
- 2009 I Hate Valentine's Day
as Tim the Delivery Guy
- 2009 The Undying
as Dr. Russell Lassiter
- 2008 Revolutionary Road
as Bart Pollock
- 2008 Cadillac Records
as Mr. Feder
- 2008 NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs
as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 The Dissection of Thanksgiving
as Cliff
- 2008 Kill the Day
as Dr. Susskind
- 2007 NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial
as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 Greetings from the Shore
as Commodore Callaghan
- 2007
- 2007 Happenstance
as Bob
- 2007 The Valley of Light
as Howard
- 2006 Wedding Daze
as Sheriff
- 2006 Half Nelson
as Russ Dunne
- 2004 The Day After Tomorrow
as Frank Harris
- 2004 Hair High
as Football Announcer (voice)
- 2003 Abby Singer
as Kevin's Father
- 2003 D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
as Douglas Duncan
- 2003 Citizen Berlusconi
as Narrator
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001 Dead Dog
as Frank Edmonds
- 2001
- 2001 The Last Brickmaker in America
as Mike Potter
- 2001 Boss of Bosses
as Joseph O'Brien
- 2001 Along Came a Spider
as Kyle Craig
- 2001 My Husband's Double Life
as Patrick Hennessy Welsh
- 2000 Endsville
as Bo Tatum
- 2000
- 2000 Picnic
as Howard Bevens
- 2000
- 2000 Wild Costa Rica
as Narrator
- 1999 Earthly Possessions
as Zack Emery
- 1999 Tumbleweeds
as Dan Miller
- 1999 Music of the Heart
as Dan Paxton
- 1999 ATF
as Sam Sinclair
- 1999
- 1999 The Jack Bull
as Atty. Gen. Metcalfe
- 1999 The Confession
as Jack Renoble
- 1998 The Odd Couple II
as Leroy
- 1998 Wrestling with Alligators
as Rick
- 1997 For Richer or Poorer
as Samuel Yoder
- 1997 The Matchmaker
as Senator John McGlory
- 1997 Kiss the Girls
as FBI Agent Kyle Craig
- 1996 Daylight
as Steven Crighton
- 1996 The Prosecutors
as DA Alan Baker
- 1995 Silver Strand
as Lucas Hughes
- 1995 Three Wishes
as Coach Schramka
- 1995 Down Came a Blackbird
as Jan Talbeck
- 1995 The Big Green
as Jay Huffer
- 1995
- 1995 Kiss of Death
as Federal Agent
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994 Angels in the Outfield
as Ranch Wilder
- 1994 Nobody's Children
as Joe Stevens
- 1994 State of Emergency
as Dr. Jeffrey Forrest
- 1993 Rio Shannon
as John Cleary
- 1993 My Boyfriend's Back
as Sheriff McCloud
- 1992 Hostages
as Terry Anderson
- 1991 JFK
as Lou Ivon
- 1991 Meeting Venus
as Stephen Taylor
- 1991 Defenseless
as Bull Dozer
- 1991 V.I. Warshawski
as Murray Ryerson
- 1990 Mr. Destiny
as Jackie Earle
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990 Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
as Tom Marshall
- 1989 Glory
as Gen. George Crockett Strong
- 1989 Cold Sassy Tree
as Clayton McAllister
- 1989 Just Like in the Movies
as Ryan Legrand
- 1989
- 1988
- 1988 The Prince of Pennsylvania
as Trooper Joe
- 1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream
as Kirby
- 1988 The Revolt of Mother
as Adam Penn
- 1987 The Misfit Brigade
as Tiny
- 1986
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984 A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Curtis
- 1984
- 1983 Cross Creek
as Charles Rawlings
- 1983 Eddie Macon's Run
as Rudy Potts
- 1983 Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
as Dick Willey
- 1982
- 1982 Hanky Panky
as Katz
- 1982
- 1981 Starstruck
as Mr. Miller
- 1980
- 1980 The Day Christ Died
as Peter
- 1979 Starting Over
as Larry
- 1979
- 1972
- 1971
- 1951
Behind the camera (1)
- 2011
Talk shows and appearances (7)
- 2024
- 2024
- 2020 Stars in the House
1 episode
- 2017
- 2013
- 2011
- 1974 NOVA
39 episodes