Cast
Jay O. Sanders
Acting
Cast
Jay O. Sanders
Known for
Acting
Born
1953-04-16
From
Austin, Texas, USA
Also known as Jay Sanders , Jay Olcutt Sanders , جی او. ساندرس
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.
★6.6
MOVIE2004
The Day After Tomorrow
as Frank Harris
★5.2
MOVIE2011
Green Lantern
as Carl Ferris
★6.4
MOVIE1979
Starting Over
as Larry
MOVIE2017
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?
as George Gabriel
★7.5
MOVIE1989
Glory
as Gen. George Crockett Strong
★6.5
MOVIE1997
Kiss the Girls
as FBI Agent Kyle Craig
★7.0
MOVIE2008
Revolutionary Road
as Bart Pollock
★6.1
MOVIE1996
Daylight
as Steven Crighton
★7.6
MOVIE1991
JFK
as Lou Ivon
★6.3
MOVIE2001
Along Came a Spider
as Kyle Craig
★6.0
MOVIE1994
Angels in the Outfield
as Ranch Wilder
★6.4
MOVIE2010
Edge of Darkness
as Whitehouse
★7.1
MOVIE2008
Cadillac Records
as Mr. Feder
★5.8
MOVIE1999
ATF
as Sam Sinclair
★5.6
MOVIE2017
Catfight
as Angry Guy
★7.5
MOVIE2019
NOVA: Decoding da Vinci
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2027
Remain
★7.7
MOVIE2016
Iceman Reborn
as Narrator (voice)
★5.6
MOVIE2006
Wedding Daze
as Sheriff
★7.0
MOVIE2016
NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice
as Narrator (voice)
★4.4
MOVIE1995
Silver Strand
as Lucas Hughes
★5.8
MOVIE2023
When You Finish Saving the World
as Roger
★1.0
MOVIE2007
Happenstance
as Bob
★5.7
MOVIE1995
Kiss of Death
as Federal Agent
★6.5
MOVIE2007
The Valley of Light
as Howard
★5.8
MOVIE2001
My Husband's Double Life
as Patrick Hennessy Welsh
★4.5
MOVIE2009
The Undying
as Dr. Russell Lassiter
★6.0
MOVIE1997
For Richer or Poorer
as Samuel Yoder
★6.8
MOVIE2003
Abby Singer
as Kevin's Father
★6.6
MOVIE2006
Half Nelson
as Russ Dunne
★6.3
MOVIE2020
The Assistant
as Boss (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE2013
NOVA: Cold Case JFK
as Narrator (voice)
★6.7
MOVIE1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
as Kirby
★5.4
MOVIE2009
I Hate Valentine's Day
as Tim the Delivery Guy
★6.4
MOVIE2003
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
as Douglas Duncan
★6.8
MOVIE2024
His Three Daughters
as Vincent
MOVIE2019
Uncle Vanya
as Vanya
★5.6
MOVIE1995
The Big Green
as Jay Huffer
★5.8
MOVIE2015
Northern Borders
as Agent Sanders
★6.3
MOVIE1998
The Odd Couple II
as Leroy
★6.4
MOVIE1999
The Jack Bull
as Atty. Gen. Metcalfe
★6.8
MOVIE2022
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
as Ambassador Jones
★5.5
MOVIE2001
Boss of Bosses
as Joseph O'Brien
★6.6
MOVIE1983
Cross Creek
as Charles Rawlings
★6.5
MOVIE1999
The Secret Life of Girls
★6.7
MOVIE1999
Music of the Heart
as Dan Paxton
★8.3
MOVIE1989
Just Like in the Movies
as Ryan Legrand
MOVIE2020
And So We Come Forth
as Richard Apple
★6.1
MOVIE1997
The Matchmaker
as Senator John McGlory
★5.7
MOVIE1994
State of Emergency
as Dr. Jeffrey Forrest
★4.8
MOVIE1991
V.I. Warshawski
as Murray Ryerson
★5.8
MOVIE1999
The Confession
as Jack Renoble
★6.3
MOVIE1990
Mr. Destiny
as Jackie Earle
MOVIE2020
Regular Singing
as Richard Apple
★6.1
MOVIE2007
Greetings from the Shore
as Commodore Callaghan
★5.9
MOVIE1983
Eddie Macon's Run
as Rudy Potts
MOVIE2020
That Hopey Changey Thing
as Richard Apple
★5.3
MOVIE1982
Hanky Panky
as Katz
★8.1
MOVIE1995
Down Came a Blackbird
as Jan Talbeck
★5.6
MOVIE1988
The Prince of Pennsylvania
as Trooper Joe
★6.2
MOVIE2017
Holocaust Escape Tunnel
as Narrator (voice)
★6.3
MOVIE1980
The Day Christ Died
as Peter
★5.7
MOVIE1993
My Boyfriend's Back
as Sheriff McCloud
★6.3
MOVIE1995
Three Wishes
as Coach Schramka
MOVIE2020
Tapes
★6.5
MOVIE2020
Sweet and Sad
as Richard Apple
★6.7
MOVIE1984
A Doctor's Story
as Dr. Curtis
★5.7
MOVIE1987
The Misfit Brigade
as Tiny
★6.5
MOVIE2014
The Gathering Swarms
as Narrator (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE2000
Wild Costa Rica
as Narrator
MOVIE2020
Incidental Moments of the Day
as Richard Apple
MOVIE2024
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
as Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee
★4.9
MOVIE1991
Defenseless
as Bull Dozer
★6.4
MOVIE2004
Hair High
as Football Announcer (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE1999
Earthly Possessions
as Zack Emery
★6.6
MOVIE1989
Cold Sassy Tree
as Clayton McAllister
★6.0
MOVIE2017
Ghosts of Stonehenge
as Narrator (voice)
★4.9
MOVIE2023
Outrage
as Frank Brand
MOVIE2019
Saving the Dead Sea
★6.9
MOVIE2011
A Novel Romance
as Walter Evans
MOVIE2025
The Rise & Fall of the Colosseum
as Narration
★6.9
MOVIE2024
Girl From the North Country
as Nick Laine
★2.0
MOVIE2011
Adventures in Plymptoons!
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2026
Queens of Combat: Rome's Female Gladiators
as Narrator
★6.5
MOVIE2020
Sorry
as Richard Apple
★8.0
MOVIE2010
Secrets of Stonehenge
as Narrator (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE2008
NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs
as Narrator (voice)
★3.0
MOVIE2011
I'm Coming Over
as Walter
★10.0
MOVIE1998
Wrestling with Alligators
as Rick
★6.4
MOVIE1999
Tumbleweeds
as Dan Miller
★8.1
MOVIE2016
NOVA: Life's Rocky Start
as Narrator (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE1991
Meeting Venus
as Stephen Taylor
★6.0
MOVIE2010
Riddles of the Sphinx
as Narrator (voice)
★7.9
MOVIE2012
Earth from Space
as Narrator (voice)
★5.3
MOVIE2000
Picnic
as Howard Bevens
★4.5
MOVIE2001
Dead Dog
as Frank Edmonds
★8.0
MOVIE1981
Starstruck
as Mr. Miller
★7.8
MOVIE2015
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
as Narrator (voice)
★5.8
MOVIE1994
Nobody's Children
as Joe Stevens
★8.0
MOVIE1990
Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
as Tom Marshall
★7.0
MOVIE2013
NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2018
Broken Places
as Narrator (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE1996
The Prosecutors
as DA Alan Baker
★7.0
MOVIE2017
NOVA: Why Trains Crash
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1988
The Revolt of Mother
as Adam Penn
★7.3
MOVIE1983
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
as Dick Willey
★8.0
MOVIE2001
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Mike Potter
★3.2
MOVIE2019
DC Noir
as Sgt. Peters
MOVIE1993
Rio Shannon
as John Cleary
MOVIE2020
What Do We Need to Talk About?
as Richard Apple
MOVIE2019
World War Speed: The Drugs That Won WWII
as Narrator
★6.6
MOVIE2011
The Jewel
as Mr. Rothman
★8.0
MOVIE2012
The Man Who Saved the World
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2017
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age
as George Gabriel
★7.5
MOVIE2012
NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword
as Narrator (voice)
★6.1
MOVIE1992
Hostages
as Terry Anderson
★7.5
MOVIE2017
NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs
as Narrator (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE2015
Dawn of Humanity
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2019
The Violin Alone
as Narrator (voice)
★4.3
MOVIE2022
The Road to Galena
as John Baird
MOVIE2008
Kill the Day
as Dr. Susskind
★7.3
MOVIE2015
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
as Narrator (voice)
★5.0
MOVIE2013
NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?
as Narrator (voice)
★9.3
MOVIE2007
NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2018
Vice
as Governor
★6.0
MOVIE2014
The Mystery of Mona Lisa
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2016
Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
as Narrator (voice)
★8.5
MOVIE2013
The River
as Phil
★7.4
MOVIE2018
NOVA: First Face of America
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2008
The Dissection of Thanksgiving
as Cliff
★8.0
MOVIE2024
Decoding the Universe: Cosmos
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE2024
Decoding the Universe: Quantum
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE2017
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry
as George Gabriel
★6.0
MOVIE2015
NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2015
Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse
as Narrator (voice)
★4.0
MOVIE2019
Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files
as Narrator (voice)
★5.8
MOVIE2018
NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
as Narrator (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2016
NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare
as Narrator (voice)