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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay O. Sanders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Cast

The Day After Tomorrow
Frank Harris
Along Came a Spider
Kyle Craig
Starstruck
Mr. Miller
JFK
Lou Ivon
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
Douglas Duncan
The Matchmaker
Senator John McGlory
The Misfit Brigade
Tiny
My Boyfriend's Back
Sheriff McCloud
Wedding Daze
Sheriff
Half Nelson
Russ Dunne
Angels in the Outfield
Ranch Wilder
Edge of Darkness
Whitehouse
Kiss the Girls
FBI Agent Kyle Craig
The Big Green
Jay Huffer
The Road to Galena
John Baird
V.I. Warshawski
Murray Ryerson
The Man Who Saved the World
Narrator (voice)
When You Finish Saving the World
Roger
Three Wishes
Coach Schramka
Dead Dog
Frank Edmonds
Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Tom Marshall
Greetings from the Shore
Commodore Callaghan
Starting Over
Larry
The Secret Life of Girls
Unknown
Down Came a Blackbird
Jan Talbeck
Vice
Governor
Cross Creek
Charles Rawlings
NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs
Narrator (voice)
Ghosts of Stonehenge
Narrator (voice)
His Three Daughters
Vincent
Wrestling with Alligators
Rick
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
Dick Willey
My Husband's Double Life
Patrick Hennessy Welsh, Timothy Michael Kingsbury
Outrage
Frank Brand
The Confession
Jack Renoble
Earthly Possessions
Zack Emery
Glory
Gen. George Crockett Strong
Cold Sassy Tree
Clayton McAllister
Revolutionary Road
Bart Pollock
The Last Brickmaker in America
Mike Potter
Hair High
Football Announcer (voice)
The Prosecutors
DA Alan Baker
Daylight
Steven Crighton
The Gathering Swarms
Narrator (voice)
Adventures in Plymptoons!
Self
Music of the Heart
Dan Paxton
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Ambassador Jones
A Novel Romance
Walter Evans
Cadillac Records
Mr. Feder
For Richer or Poorer
Samuel Yoder
Nobody's Children
Joe Stevens
Salem Witch Trials
Thomas Putnam
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee
The Valley of Light
Howard
The River
Phil
The Undying
Dr. Russell Lassiter
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Kirby
ATF
Sam Sinclair
Hanky Panky
Katz
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
Narrator (voice)
Just Like in the Movies
Ryan Legrand
I'm Coming Over
Walter
I Hate Valentine's Day
Tim the Delivery Guy
Saving the Dead Sea
Unknown
NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs
Narrator (voice)
A Doctor's Story
Dr. Curtis
Eddie Macon's Run
Rudy Potts
NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword
Narrator (voice)
Hostages
Terry Anderson
NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial
Narrator (voice)
Dawn of Humanity
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Iceman Reborn
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?
Narrator (voice)
The Day Christ Died
Peter
Abby Singer
Kevin's Father
The Dissection of Thanksgiving
Cliff
NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower
Self - Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Cold Case JFK
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Life's Rocky Start
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Why Trains Crash
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare
Narrator (voice)
The Jewel
Mr. Rothman
The Odd Couple II
Leroy
Earth from Space
Narrator (voice)
Tumbleweeds
Dan Miller
Silver Strand
Lucas Hughes
DC Noir
Sgt. Peters
Boss of Bosses
Joseph O'Brien
NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel
Narrator (voice)
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry
George Gabriel
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?
George Gabriel
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age
George Gabriel
Uncle Vanya
Vanya
NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
Narrator (voice)
The Assistant
Boss (voice)
Rio Shannon
John Cleary
Broken Places
Narrator (voice)
That Hopey Changey Thing
Richard Apple
Meeting Venus
Stephen Taylor
Green Lantern
Carl Ferris
Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files
Narrator (voice)
The Jack Bull
Atty. Gen. Metcalfe
Mr. Destiny
Jackie Earle
Sweet and Sad
Richard Apple
Sorry
Richard Apple
Regular Singing
Richard Apple
What Do We Need to Talk About?
Richard Apple
Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
Narrator (voice)
The Prince of Pennsylvania
Trooper Joe
State of Emergency
Dr. Jeffrey Forrest
And So We Come Forth
Richard Apple
The Mystery of Mona Lisa
Narrator (voice)
Tapes
Unknown
Catfight
Angry Guy
Northern Borders
Agent Sanders
Defenseless
Bull Dozer
Kiss of Death
Federal Agent
Picnic
Howard Bevens
Incidental Moments of the Day
Richard Apple
Riddles of the Sphinx
Narrator (voice)
The Violin Alone
Narrator (voice)
Secrets of Stonehenge
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Decoding da Vinci
Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: First Face of America
Narrator (voice)
Happenstance
Bob
Wild Costa Rica
Narrator
Girl From the North Country
Nick Laine
Kill the Day
Dr. Susskind
Remain
Unknown