Jay O. Sanders

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-04-16 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Austin, Texas, USA

Jay O. 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). ...

Acting

2004

The Day After Tomorrow

as Frank Harris

2001

Along Came a Spider

as Kyle Craig

1981

Starstruck

as Mr. Miller

1991

JFK

as Lou Ivon

2003

1997

The Matchmaker

as Senator John McGlory

1993

My Boyfriend's Back

as Sheriff McCloud

2006

Wedding Daze

as Sheriff

2006

Half Nelson

as Russ Dunne

1994

Angels in the Outfield

as Ranch Wilder

2010

Edge of Darkness

as Whitehouse

1997

Kiss the Girls

as FBI Agent Kyle Craig

1995

The Big Green

as Jay Huffer

2022

The Road to Galena

as John Baird

1991

V.I. Warshawski

as Murray Ryerson

2012

The Man Who Saved the World

as Narrator (voice)

1995

Three Wishes

as Coach Schramka

2001

Dead Dog

as Frank Edmonds

2007

Greetings from the Shore

as Commodore Callaghan

1979

1995

Down Came a Blackbird

as Jan Talbeck

2018

Vice

as Governor

1983

Cross Creek

as Charles Rawlings

2008

NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs

as Narrator (voice)

2017

Ghosts of Stonehenge

as Narrator (voice)

2024

2001

My Husband's Double Life

as Patrick Hennessy Welsh

2023

Outrage

as Frank Brand

1999

The Confession

as Jack Renoble

1999

Earthly Possessions

as Zack Emery

1989

Glory

as Gen. George Crockett Strong

1989

Cold Sassy Tree

as Clayton McAllister

2008

Revolutionary Road

as Bart Pollock

2004

Hair High

as Football Announcer (voice)

1996

The Prosecutors

as DA Alan Baker

1996

Daylight

as Steven Crighton

2014

The Gathering Swarms

as Narrator (voice)

1999

Music of the Heart

as Dan Paxton

2011

A Novel Romance

as Walter Evans

2008

Cadillac Records

as Mr. Feder

1997

For Richer or Poorer

as Samuel Yoder

1994

Nobody's Children

as Joe Stevens

2002

Salem Witch Trials

as Thomas Putnam

2007

2013

The River

as Phil

2009

The Undying

as Dr. Russell Lassiter

1999

ATF

as Sam Sinclair

1982

1989

2011

2009

I Hate Valentine's Day

as Tim the Delivery Guy

2017

1984

A Doctor's Story

as Dr. Curtis

1983

Eddie Macon's Run

as Rudy Potts

2012

1992

Hostages

as Terry Anderson

2015

Dawn of Humanity

as Narrator (voice)

2016

NOVA: Iceman Reborn

as Narrator (voice)

2015

NOVA: The Great Math Mystery

as Narrator (voice)

2013

2003

Abby Singer

as Kevin's Father

2013

NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2013

NOVA: Cold Case JFK

as Narrator (voice)

2016

NOVA: Life's Rocky Start

as Narrator (voice)

2016

2017

NOVA: Why Trains Crash

as Narrator (voice)

2015

NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark

as Narrator (voice)

2016

NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare

as Narrator (voice)

2011

The Jewel

as Mr. Rothman

1998

2012

Earth from Space

as Narrator (voice)

1999

Tumbleweeds

as Dan Miller

1995

Silver Strand

as Lucas Hughes

2019

DC Noir

as Sgt. Peters

2001

Boss of Bosses

as Joseph O'Brien

2017

2019

Uncle Vanya

as Vanya

2018

2020

The Assistant

as Boss (voice)

1993

Rio Shannon

as John Cleary

2018

Broken Places

as Narrator (voice)

2020

That Hopey Changey Thing

as Richard Apple

1991

Meeting Venus

as Stephen Taylor

2011

Green Lantern

as Carl Ferris

1999

The Jack Bull

as Atty. Gen. Metcalfe

1990

Mr. Destiny

as Jackie Earle

2020

Sweet and Sad

as Richard Apple

2020

Sorry

as Richard Apple

2020

Regular Singing

as Richard Apple

2020

1988

1994

State of Emergency

as Dr. Jeffrey Forrest

2020

And So We Come Forth

as Richard Apple

2014

The Mystery of Mona Lisa

as Narrator (voice)

2020

2016

Catfight

as Angry Guy

2015

Northern Borders

as Agent Sanders

1991

Defenseless

as Bull Dozer

1995

Kiss of Death

as Federal Agent

2000

Picnic

as Howard Bevens

2020

2010

Riddles of the Sphinx

as Narrator (voice)

2019

The Violin Alone

as Narrator (voice)

2010

Secrets of Stonehenge

as Narrator (voice)

2001

My Husband's Double Life

as Timothy Michael Kingsbury

2019

NOVA: Decoding da Vinci

as Narrator (voice)

2018

NOVA: First Face of America

as Narrator (voice)

2007

2000

Wild Costa Rica

as Narrator

2008

Kill the Day

as Dr. Susskind

2026

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