Jay O. Sanders
🎭 Actor

Jay O. Sanders

🎂 Born 16 April 1953 (age 73)📍 Austin, Texas, USA
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Acting Credits

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

Full Filmography(131 films)

YearTitleRating
1979Starting Over★ 6.42004The Day After Tomorrow★ 6.61989Glory★ 7.52011Green Lantern★ 5.21991JFK★ 7.62010Edge of Darkness★ 6.42008Revolutionary Road★ 7.01997Kiss the Girls★ 6.52001Along Came a Spider★ 6.41996Daylight★ 6.12007The Valley of Light★ 6.52008Cadillac Records★ 7.12006Half Nelson★ 6.62006Wedding Daze★ 5.62017Catfight★ 5.61994Angels in the Outfield★ 6.01995Kiss of Death★ 5.71999Music of the Heart★ 6.72020The Assistant★ 6.31990Mr. Destiny★ 6.32004Hair High★ 6.41988Tucker: The Man and His Dream★ 6.72024His Three Daughters★ 6.81987The Misfit Brigade★ 5.72027Remain1997For Richer or Poorer★ 6.01982Hanky Panky★ 5.31998The Odd Couple II★ 6.32003Abby Singer★ 6.81999The Jack Bull★ 6.42001My Husband's Double Life★ 5.82001Boss of Bosses★ 5.51995The Big Green★ 5.62023When You Finish Saving the World★ 5.81991V.I. Warshawski★ 4.81999The Confession★ 5.82002Salem Witch Trials★ 6.12009I Hate Valentine's Day★ 5.42022BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths★ 6.81995Three Wishes★ 6.32001Dead Dog★ 4.51997The Matchmaker★ 6.12003D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear★ 6.42009The Undying★ 4.51993My Boyfriend's Back★ 5.71983Eddie Macon's Run★ 5.91983Cross Creek★ 6.61991Meeting Venus★ 5.92011A Novel Romance★ 7.12019DC Noir★ 3.21995Silver Strand★ 4.41988The Prince of Pennsylvania★ 5.62011The Jewel★ 6.61991Defenseless★ 4.91999Earthly Possessions★ 6.01999Tumbleweeds★ 6.42025The Rise & Fall of the Colosseum1993Rio Shannon2015Northern Borders★ 5.82026Queens of Combat: Rome's Female Gladiators★ 8.02001The Last Brickmaker in America★ 8.01999ATF★ 5.82015NOVA: The Great Math Mystery★ 7.81992Hostages★ 6.12000Picnic★ 5.31990Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler★ 8.01994Nobody's Children★ 5.82020Sorry★ 6.52018Broken Places2019Uncle Vanya1994State of Emergency★ 5.71984A Doctor's Story★ 6.72022The Road to Galena★ 4.31998Wrestling with Alligators★ 10.01995Down Came a Blackbird★ 8.12023Outrage★ 4.62020Sweet and Sad★ 6.51999The Secret Life of Girls★ 6.51996The Prosecutors★ 8.02007Greetings from the Shore★ 6.11989Cold Sassy Tree★ 6.62000Wild Costa Rica★ 8.02012Earth from Space★ 7.92017The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry1980The Day Christ Died★ 6.32007Happenstance★ 1.02019NOVA: Decoding da Vinci★ 7.51983Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story★ 7.32024Girl From the North Country★ 6.92016Iceman Reborn★ 7.72020Regular Singing2017Holocaust Escape Tunnel★ 6.21981Starstruck★ 8.02020What Do We Need to Talk About?2020That Hopey Changey Thing2020Incidental Moments of the Day2011Adventures in Plymptoons!★ 2.02020Tapes2016NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice★ 7.01989Just Like in the Movies★ 8.32019The Violin Alone2013NOVA: Cold Case JFK★ 7.52024Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch2020And So We Come Forth2012NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword★ 7.52012The Man Who Saved the World★ 8.02015Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time★ 7.32019World War Speed: The Drugs That Won WWII2016Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts2015Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse2010Riddles of the Sphinx★ 6.02019Saving the Dead Sea2017The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?2017The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age2008NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs★ 7.22015Dawn of Humanity★ 7.52010Secrets of Stonehenge★ 8.02007NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial★ 9.32013NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?★ 5.02016NOVA: Life's Rocky Start★ 8.12017Ghosts of Stonehenge★ 6.02008The Dissection of Thanksgiving2018NOVA: First Face of America★ 7.42014The Mystery of Mona Lisa★ 6.02013NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower★ 7.02014The Gathering Swarms★ 6.52017NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs★ 7.52016NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare★ 7.02015NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark★ 6.02017NOVA: Why Trains Crash★ 7.02018NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers★ 5.8
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