Acting
Jay O. Sanders
1953-04-16 · Austin, Texas, USA
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
The Day After Tomorrow
Green Lantern
True Detective
Revolutionary Road
Blindspot
JFK
Person of Interest
Along Came a Spider
Kiss the Girls
Glory
Edge of Darkness
Daylight
Chicago Med
Blue Bloods
Half Nelson
Law & Order
Movie credits · 139
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
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
The Assistant
NOVA: Decoding da Vinci
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
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
TV credits · 40
Decoding the Universe
Stars in the House
Manhunt
Chicago Med
Blindspot
Sneaky Pete
True Detective
Pan Am
Person of Interest
Unforgettable
Hunting the Edge of Space
Body of Proof
Blue Bloods
The Good Wife
Damages
Salem Witch Trials
Widows
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Secrets of the Dead
Wonderland
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
The Outer Limits
New York Undercover
Law & Order
Northern Exposure
Booker
Roseanne
Crime Story
L.A. Law
Spenser: For Hire
Miami Vice
Kate & Allie
Nature
American Playhouse
Texas
The Scarlet Letter
NOVA
ABC Afterschool Special
Great Performances
Hallmark Hall of Fame
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