
Jay O. Sanders
Acting
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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Queens of Combat: Rome's Female Gladiators
Narrator

Girl From the North Country
Nick Laine

His Three Daughters
Vincent

Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee

Outrage
Frank Brand

When You Finish Saving the World
Roger

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Ambassador Jones

The Road to Galena
John Baird

Incidental Moments of the Day
Richard Apple

And So We Come Forth
Richard Apple

Tapes

What Do We Need to Talk About?
Richard Apple

Regular Singing
Richard Apple

Sorry
Richard Apple

Sweet and Sad
Richard Apple

That Hopey Changey Thing
Richard Apple

The Assistant
Boss (voice)

NOVA: Decoding da Vinci
Narrator (voice)

Uncle Vanya
Vanya

DC Noir
Sgt. Peters

Saving the Dead Sea
Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files
Narrator (voice)

The Violin Alone
Narrator (voice)

Broken Places
Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
Narrator (voice)

NOVA: First Face of America
Narrator (voice)
Vice
Governor

Ghosts of Stonehenge
Narrator (voice)

Holocaust Escape Tunnel
Narrator (voice)

The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age
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 One: Hungry
George Gabriel

NOVA: Why Trains Crash
Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs
Narrator (voice)

Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
Narrator (voice)

Catfight
Angry Guy

NOVA: Iceman Reborn
Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice
Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Life's Rocky Start
Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare
Narrator (voice)

Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
Narrator (voice)

Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse
Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark
Narrator (voice)

Dawn of Humanity
Narrator (voice)

NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
Narrator (voice)

Northern Borders
Agent Sanders

The Mystery of Mona Lisa
Narrator (voice)

The Gathering Swarms
Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Cold Case JFK
Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower
Self - Narrator (voice)
The River
Phil

NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?
Narrator (voice)

The Man Who Saved the World
Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword
Narrator (voice)

Earth from Space
Narrator (voice)

A Novel Romance
Walter Evans
I'm Coming Over
Walter

Green Lantern
Carl Ferris
Adventures in Plymptoons!
Self

The Jewel
Mr. Rothman

Edge of Darkness
Whitehouse

Riddles of the Sphinx
Narrator (voice)

Secrets of Stonehenge
Narrator (voice)

I Hate Valentine's Day
Tim the Delivery Guy

The Undying
Dr. Russell Lassiter

Revolutionary Road
Bart Pollock

Cadillac Records
Mr. Feder

NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs
Narrator (voice)

The Dissection of Thanksgiving
Cliff
Kill the Day
Dr. Susskind

NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial
Narrator (voice)

Greetings from the Shore
Commodore Callaghan

Happenstance
Bob

The Valley of Light
Howard

Wedding Daze
Sheriff

Half Nelson
Russ Dunne

The Day After Tomorrow
Frank Harris

Hair High
Football Announcer (voice)

Abby Singer
Kevin's Father

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
Douglas Duncan

Salem Witch Trials
Thomas Putnam

Dead Dog
Frank Edmonds

The Last Brickmaker in America
Mike Potter

Boss of Bosses
Joseph O'Brien

Along Came a Spider
Kyle Craig

My Husband's Double Life
Timothy Michael Kingsbury

My Husband's Double Life
Patrick Hennessy Welsh

Picnic
Howard Bevens

Wild Costa Rica
Narrator

Earthly Possessions
Zack Emery

Tumbleweeds
Dan Miller

Music of the Heart
Dan Paxton

ATF
Sam Sinclair

The Secret Life of Girls

The Jack Bull
Atty. Gen. Metcalfe

The Confession
Jack Renoble

The Odd Couple II
Leroy

Wrestling with Alligators
Rick

For Richer or Poorer
Samuel Yoder

The Matchmaker
Senator John McGlory

Kiss the Girls
FBI Agent Kyle Craig

Daylight
Steven Crighton

The Prosecutors
DA Alan Baker

Silver Strand
Lucas Hughes

Three Wishes
Coach Schramka

Down Came a Blackbird
Jan Talbeck

The Big Green
Jay Huffer

Kiss of Death
Federal Agent

Angels in the Outfield
Ranch Wilder

Nobody's Children
Joe Stevens

State of Emergency
Dr. Jeffrey Forrest

Rio Shannon
John Cleary

My Boyfriend's Back
Sheriff McCloud

Hostages
Terry Anderson

JFK
Lou Ivon

Meeting Venus
Stephen Taylor

Defenseless
Bull Dozer

V.I. Warshawski
Murray Ryerson

Mr. Destiny
Jackie Earle

Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Tom Marshall

Glory
Gen. George Crockett Strong

Cold Sassy Tree
Clayton McAllister

Just Like in the Movies
Ryan Legrand

The Prince of Pennsylvania
Trooper Joe

Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Kirby
The Revolt of Mother
Adam Penn

The Misfit Brigade
Tiny

A Doctor's Story
Dr. Curtis

Cross Creek
Charles Rawlings

Eddie Macon's Run
Rudy Potts

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
Dick Willey

Hanky Panky
Katz

Starstruck
Mr. Miller

The Day Christ Died
Peter

Starting Over
Larry







