Jay O. Sanders
Acting
- Born:
- 1953-04-16
- Place of birth:
- Austin, Texas, USA
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
Filmography
Remain
Queens of Combat: Rome's Female Gladiators
The Rise & Fall of the Colosseum
Girl From the North Country
Decoding the Universe: Quantum
His Three Daughters
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Decoding the Universe: Cosmos
Decoding the Universe
Outrage
When You Finish Saving the World
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
The Road to Galena
Incidental Moments of the Day
And So We Come Forth
Tapes
What Do We Need to Talk About?
That Hopey Changey Thing
Regular Singing
Sweet and Sad
Sorry
Stars in the House
The Assistant
Uncle Vanya
World War Speed: The Drugs That Won WWII
DC Noir
Saving the Dead Sea
Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files
The Violin Alone
Broken Places
NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
NOVA: First Face of America
Vice
Ghosts of Stonehenge
Manhunt
Holocaust Escape Tunnel
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry
Catfight
NOVA: Why Trains Crash
NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs
Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
Iceman Reborn
NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice
NOVA: Life's Rocky Start
NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
Chicago Med
Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse
NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark
Blindspot
Dawn of Humanity
Sneaky Pete
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
Northern Borders
The Gathering Swarms
True Detective
NOVA: Cold Case JFK
NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower
The River
NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?
The Man Who Saved the World
NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword
Earth from Space
A Novel Romance
Pan Am
Person of Interest
Unforgettable
I'm Coming Over
Green Lantern
Adventures in Plymptoons!
Body of Proof
The Jewel
Blue Bloods
Edge of Darkness
Riddles of the Sphinx
Secrets of Stonehenge
The Good Wife
I Hate Valentine's Day
The Undying
Revolutionary Road
Cadillac Records
NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs
The Dissection of Thanksgiving
Kill the Day
NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial
Greetings from the Shore
Damages
Happenstance
The Valley of Light
Wedding Daze
Half Nelson
The Day After Tomorrow
Hair High
Abby Singer
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
Citizen Berlusconi
Salem Witch Trials
Widows
Dead Dog
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Last Brickmaker in America
Boss of Bosses
Along Came a Spider
My Husband's Double Life
Endsville
Secrets of the Dead
Picnic
Wonderland
Wild Costa Rica
Earthly Possessions
Tumbleweeds
Music of the Heart
ATF
The Secret Life of Girls
The Jack Bull
The Confession
The Odd Couple II
Wrestling with Alligators
For Richer or Poorer
The Matchmaker
Kiss the Girls
Daylight
The Prosecutors
Silver Strand
Three Wishes
Down Came a Blackbird
The Big Green
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
Kiss of Death
The Outer Limits
New York Undercover
Angels in the Outfield
Nobody's Children
State of Emergency
Rio Shannon
My Boyfriend's Back
Hostages
JFK
Meeting Venus
Defenseless
V.I. Warshawski
Mr. Destiny
Law & Order
Northern Exposure
Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Glory
Cold Sassy Tree
Just Like in the Movies
Booker
Roseanne
The Prince of Pennsylvania
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
The Revolt of Mother
The Misfit Brigade
Crime Story
L.A. Law
Spenser: For Hire
Miami Vice
A Doctor's Story
Kate & Allie
Cross Creek
Eddie Macon's Run
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
Nature
Hanky Panky
American Playhouse
Starstruck
Texas
The Day Christ Died
Starting Over
The Scarlet Letter
NOVA
ABC Afterschool Special
Great Performances
Hallmark Hall of Fame