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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Known for
Law & Order
Nick Taska / Bill Fallon
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Alan Fenwick
Blue Bloods
Jimmy Reagan
Chicago Med
Cray
The Good Wife
Judge Hal Ferris
Person of Interest
Special Counsel
True Detective
Billy Lee Tuttle
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Harry Rowan, Sr.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Joseph Hannah
Miami Vice
Det. Tim Duryea
Blindspot
Bill Weller
NOVA
Self - Narrator (voice)
L.A. Law
Detective Michael Phillips
ABC Afterschool Special
Mr. Miller
Northern Exposure
Dr. John Summer
Damages
Calder Security Executive
The Outer Limits
Ed Barkley
Nature
Narrator (voice)
Sneaky Pete
Sam
Unforgettable
Jonathan Hedstrom
Body of Proof
Harvey Brady
Stars in the House
Self
Manhunt
Jack Bryant
The Day After Tomorrow
Frank Harris
Crime Story
Steve Kordo
New York Undercover
Howard
Spenser: For Hire
Father Crawford
Edge of Darkness
Whitehouse
Glory
Gen. George Crockett Strong
Green Lantern
Carl Ferris
Half Nelson
Russ Dunne
Catfight
Angry Guy
Mr. Destiny
Jackie Earle
The Jewel
Mr. Rothman
My Husband's Double Life
Patrick Hennessy Welsh
My Husband's Double Life
Timothy Michael Kingsbury
Meeting Venus
Stephen Taylor
The Matchmaker
Senator John McGlory
Revolutionary Road
Bart Pollock
Kate & Allie
Tim Merr
Pan Am
Douglas Vanderway
Secrets of the Dead
Narrator (voice)
JFK
Lou Ivon
The River
Phil
Girl From the North Country
Nick Laine
Remain
Along Came a Spider
Kyle Craig
Silver Strand
Lucas Hughes
Booker
Gordon Rudd
Picnic
Howard Bevens
Down Came a Blackbird
Jan Talbeck
Kiss of Death
Federal Agent
Cross Creek
Charles Rawlings
Rio Shannon
John Cleary
Just Like in the Movies
Ryan Legrand
Earthly Possessions
Zack Emery
Outrage
Frank Brand
NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Undying
Dr. Russell Lassiter
I'm Coming Over
Walter
Daylight
Steven Crighton
Hair High
Football Announcer (voice)
Kiss the Girls
FBI Agent Kyle Craig
I Hate Valentine's Day
Tim the Delivery Guy
Incidental Moments of the Day
Richard Apple
NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice
Narrator (voice)
Wonderland
Ed Butowski
Texas
Seth
Cadillac Records
Mr. Feder
Wedding Daze
Sheriff
Northern Borders
Agent Sanders
Hostages
Terry Anderson
Tumbleweeds
Dan Miller
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
Xander
Roseanne
Ziggy
The Violin Alone
Narrator (voice)
The Gathering Swarms
Narrator (voice)
Earth from Space
Narrator (voice)
Starstruck
Mr. Miller
Ghosts of Stonehenge
Narrator (voice)
Angels in the Outfield
Ranch Wilder
For Richer or Poorer
Samuel Yoder
The Valley of Light
Howard
Riddles of the Sphinx
Narrator (voice)
And So We Come Forth
Richard Apple
The Misfit Brigade
Tiny
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Howard
Wild Costa Rica
Narrator
His Three Daughters
Vincent
Boss of Bosses
Joseph O'Brien
Regular Singing
Richard Apple
Wrestling with Alligators
Rick
The Assistant
Boss (voice)
Sweet and Sad
Richard Apple
Hanky Panky
Katz
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Ambassador Jones
State of Emergency
Dr. Jeffrey Forrest
The Odd Couple II
Leroy
Dawn of Humanity
Narrator (voice)
The Confession
Jack Renoble
The Scarlet Letter
Robert Salter
Abby Singer
Kevin's Father
NOVA: Cold Case JFK
Narrator (voice)
Music of the Heart
Dan Paxton
My Boyfriend's Back
Sheriff McCloud
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Kirby
V.I. Warshawski
Murray Ryerson
The Jack Bull
Atty. Gen. Metcalfe
When You Finish Saving the World
Roger
That Hopey Changey Thing
Richard Apple
NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs
Narrator (voice)
Uncle Vanya
Vanya
Three Wishes
Coach Schramka
Saving the Dead Sea
A Novel Romance
Walter Evans
Widows
Detective John Maynard
The Big Green
Jay Huffer
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
Narrator (voice)
ATF
Sam Sinclair
Vice
Governor
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
Douglas Duncan
Happenstance
Bob
Starting Over
Larry
The Prince of Pennsylvania
Trooper Joe
The Day Christ Died
Peter
Salem Witch Trials
Thomas Putnam
Decoding the Universe
Narrator
Cold Sassy Tree
Clayton McAllister
NOVA: First Face of America
Narrator (voice)
Eddie Macon's Run
Rudy Potts
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
Dick Willey
Defenseless
Bull Dozer
The Secret Life of Girls
Nobody's Children
Joe Stevens
Tapes
The Last Brickmaker in America
Mike Potter
Sorry
Richard Apple
The Prosecutors
DA Alan Baker
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword
Narrator (voice)
The Road to Galena
John Baird
NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial
Narrator (voice)
Dead Dog
Frank Edmonds
The Man Who Saved the World
Narrator (voice)
Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Tom Marshall
Broken Places
Narrator (voice)
DC Noir
Sgt. Peters
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age
George Gabriel
NOVA: Life's Rocky Start
Narrator (voice)
Adventures in Plymptoons!
Self
Greetings from the Shore
Commodore Callaghan
NOVA: Iceman Reborn
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark
Narrator (voice)
The Dissection of Thanksgiving
Cliff
A Doctor's Story
Dr. Curtis
Secrets of Stonehenge
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs
Narrator (voice)
The Mystery of Mona Lisa
Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files
Narrator (voice)
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?
George Gabriel
NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel
Narrator (voice)
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry
George Gabriel
The Revolt of Mother
Adam Penn
Queens of Combat : Rome's Female Gladiators
Narrator
Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
Narrator (voice)
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee
NOVA: Decoding da Vinci
Narrator (voice)
What Do We Need to Talk About?
Richard Apple
Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Why Trains Crash
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?
Narrator (voice)
Kill the Day
Dr. Susskind