
Jay O. Sanders
Known for Acting
- Born
- April 16, 1953 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Jay Sanders , Jay Olcutt Sanders
Biography
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.
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2024
Girl From the North CountryMovieNick Laine
Decoding the Universe: QuantumMovieSelf - Narrator
His Three DaughtersMovieVincent
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton PatchMovieOl' Cap'n Cotchipee
Decoding the UniverseSeriesNarrator2 episodes
Decoding the Universe: CosmosMovieSelf - Narrator
2022
2020
Incidental Moments of the DayMovieRichard Apple
And So We Come ForthMovieRichard Apple
TapesMovie
What Do We Need to Talk About?MovieRichard Apple
That Hopey Changey ThingMovieRichard Apple
Regular SingingMovieRichard Apple
Sweet and SadMovieRichard Apple
SorryMovieRichard Apple
Stars in the HouseSeriesSelf1 episode
The AssistantMovieBoss (voice)
2019
2018
2017
Ghosts of StonehengeMovieNarrator (voice)
ManhuntSeriesWatson Bryant6 episodes
Holocaust Escape TunnelMovieNarrator (voice)
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain AgeMovieGeorge Gabriel
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?MovieGeorge Gabriel
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: HungryMovieGeorge Gabriel
































