Jay O. Sanders
Acting
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.
Filmography
TheatersRemain
2027 · Movie
Queens of Combat: Rome's Female Gladiators
2026 · Movie
The Rise & Fall of the Colosseum
2025 · Movie
Girl From the North Country
2024 · Movie
Decoding the Universe: Quantum
2024 · Movie
His Three Daughters
2024 · Movie
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
2024 · Movie
Decoding the Universe
2024 · Series
Decoding the Universe: Cosmos
2024 · Movie
Outrage
2023 · Movie
When You Finish Saving the World
2023 · Movie
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
2022 · Movie
The Road to Galena
2022 · Movie
Incidental Moments of the Day
2020 · Movie
And So We Come Forth
2020 · Movie
Tapes
2020 · Movie
What Do We Need to Talk About?
2020 · Movie
Regular Singing
2020 · Movie
Sorry
2020 · Movie
That Hopey Changey Thing
2020 · Movie
Sweet and Sad
2020 · Movie
Stars in the House
2020 · Series
The Assistant
2020 · Movie
NOVA: Decoding da Vinci
2019 · Movie
Uncle Vanya
2019 · Movie
World War Speed: The Drugs That Won WWII
2019 · Movie
DC Noir
2019 · Movie
Saving the Dead Sea
2019 · Movie
Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files
2019 · Movie
The Violin Alone
2019 · Movie
Broken Places
2018 · Movie
NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
2018 · Movie
NOVA: First Face of America
2018 · Movie
Vice
2018 · Movie
Ghosts of Stonehenge
2017 · Movie
Manhunt
2017 · Series
Holocaust Escape Tunnel
2017 · Movie
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age
2017 · Movie
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?
2017 · Movie
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry
2017 · Movie
Catfight
2017 · Movie
NOVA: Why Trains Crash
2017 · Movie
NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs
2017 · Movie
Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
2016 · Movie
Iceman Reborn
2016 · Movie
NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice
2016 · Movie
NOVA: Life's Rocky Start
2016 · Movie
NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare
2016 · Movie
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
2015 · Movie
Chicago Med
2015 · Series
Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse
2015 · Movie
NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark
2015 · Movie
Blindspot
2015 · Series
Dawn of Humanity
2015 · Movie
Sneaky Pete
2015 · Series
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
2015 · Movie
Northern Borders
2015 · Movie
The Mystery of Mona Lisa
2014 · Movie
The Gathering Swarms
2014 · Movie
True Detective
2014 · Series
NOVA: Cold Case JFK
2013 · Movie
NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower
2013 · Movie
The River
2013 · Movie
NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?
2013 · Movie
The Man Who Saved the World
2012 · Movie
NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword
2012 · Movie
Earth from Space
2012 · Movie
A Novel Romance
2011 · Movie
Pan Am
2011 · Series
Person of Interest
2011 · Series
Unforgettable
2011 · Series
I'm Coming Over
2011 · Movie
Green Lantern
2011 · Movie
Adventures in Plymptoons!
2011 · Movie
Hunting the Edge of Space
2011 · Series
Body of Proof
2011 · Series
The Jewel
2011 · Movie
Blue Bloods
2010 · Series
Edge of Darkness
2010 · Movie
Riddles of the Sphinx
2010 · Movie
Secrets of Stonehenge
2010 · Movie
The Good Wife
2009 · Series
I Hate Valentine's Day
2009 · Movie
The Undying
2009 · Movie
Revolutionary Road
2008 · Movie
Cadillac Records
2008 · Movie
NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs
2008 · Movie
The Dissection of Thanksgiving
2008 · Movie
Kill the Day
2008 · Movie
NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial
2007 · Movie
Greetings from the Shore
2007 · Movie
Damages
2007 · Series
Happenstance
2007 · Movie
The Valley of Light
2007 · Movie
Wedding Daze
2006 · Movie
Half Nelson
2006 · Movie
The Day After Tomorrow
2004 · Movie
Hair High
2004 · Movie
Abby Singer
2003 · Movie
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
2003 · Movie
Salem Witch Trials
2003 · Series
Widows
2002 · Series
Dead Dog
2001 · Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001 · Movie
Boss of Bosses
2001 · Movie
Along Came a Spider
2001 · Movie
My Husband's Double Life
2001 · Movie
Endsville
2000 · Movie
Secrets of the Dead
2000 · Series
Picnic
2000 · Movie
Wonderland
2000 · Series
Wild Costa Rica
2000 · Movie
Earthly Possessions
1999 · Movie
Tumbleweeds
1999 · Movie
Music of the Heart
1999 · Movie
ATF
1999 · Movie
The Secret Life of Girls
1999 · Movie
The Jack Bull
1999 · Movie
The Confession
1999 · Movie
The Odd Couple II
1998 · Movie
Wrestling with Alligators
1998 · Movie
For Richer or Poorer
1997 · Movie
The Matchmaker
1997 · Movie
Kiss the Girls
1997 · Movie
Daylight
1996 · Movie
The Prosecutors
1996 · Movie
Silver Strand
1995 · Movie
Three Wishes
1995 · Movie
Down Came a Blackbird
1995 · Movie
The Big Green
1995 · Movie
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995 · Series
Kiss of Death
1995 · Movie
The Outer Limits
1995 · Series
New York Undercover
1994 · Series
Angels in the Outfield
1994 · Movie
Nobody's Children
1994 · Movie
State of Emergency
1994 · Movie
Rio Shannon
1993 · Movie
My Boyfriend's Back
1993 · Movie
Hostages
1992 · Movie
JFK
1991 · Movie
Meeting Venus
1991 · Movie
Defenseless
1991 · Movie
V.I. Warshawski
1991 · Movie
Mr. Destiny
1990 · Movie
Law & Order
1990 · Series
Northern Exposure
1990 · Series
Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
1990 · Movie
Glory
1989 · Movie
Cold Sassy Tree
1989 · Movie
Just Like in the Movies
1989 · Movie
Booker
1989 · Series
Roseanne
1988 · Series
The Prince of Pennsylvania
1988 · Movie
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988 · Movie
The Revolt of Mother
1988 · Movie
The Misfit Brigade
1987 · Movie
Crime Story
1986 · Series
L.A. Law
1986 · Series
Spenser: For Hire
1985 · Series
Miami Vice
1984 · Series
A Doctor's Story
1984 · Movie
Kate & Allie
1984 · Series
Cross Creek
1983 · Movie
Eddie Macon's Run
1983 · Movie
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
1983 · Movie
Nature
1982 · Series
Hanky Panky
1982 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Starstruck
1981 · Movie
Texas
1980 · Series
The Day Christ Died
1980 · Movie
Starting Over
1979 · Movie
The Scarlet Letter
1979 · Series
NOVA
1974 · Series
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Series
Great Performances
1971 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series