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