
Jay O. Sanders
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1953-04-16
Place of birth: Austin, Texas, USA
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.
Known for

The Day After Tomorrow
2004Frank Harris
Along Came a Spider
2001Kyle Craig
Starstruck
1981Mr. Miller
JFK
1991Lou Ivon
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
2003Douglas Duncan
The Matchmaker
1997Senator John McGlory
The Misfit Brigade
1987Tiny
My Boyfriend's Back
1993Sheriff McCloud
Wedding Daze
2006Sheriff
Half Nelson
2006Russ Dunne
Angels in the Outfield
1994Ranch Wilder
Edge of Darkness
2010Whitehouse
Kiss the Girls
1997FBI Agent Kyle Craig
The Big Green
1995Jay Huffer
The Road to Galena
2022John Baird
V.I. Warshawski
1991Murray Ryerson
The Man Who Saved the World
2012Narrator (voice)
When You Finish Saving the World
2023Roger
Three Wishes
1995Coach Schramka