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Jay O. Sanders
Jay Olcutt Sanders (born April 16, 1953) is an American film, theatre and television actor and playwright.
Born April 16, 1953 Austin, Texas, USA2 movies on MoviHero
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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). …
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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.
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- 2026Queens of Combat: Rome's Female GladiatorsNarrator
- 2025The Rise & Fall of the ColosseumNarration
- 2024Girl From the North CountryNick Laine
- 2024Decoding the Universe: QuantumSelf - Narrator
- 2024His Three DaughtersVincent
- 2024Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton PatchOl' Cap'n Cotchipee
- 2024Decoding the Universe: CosmosSelf - Narrator
- 2023OutrageFrank Brand
- 2023When You Finish Saving the WorldRoger
- 2022BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of TruthsAmbassador Jones
- 2022The Road to GalenaJohn Baird
- 2020Incidental Moments of the DayRichard Apple
- 2020And So We Come ForthRichard Apple
- 2020TapesActor
- 2020What Do We Need to Talk About?Richard Apple
- 2020Regular SingingRichard Apple
- 2020SorryRichard Apple
- 2020Sweet and SadRichard Apple
- 2020That Hopey Changey ThingRichard Apple
- 2020The AssistantBoss (voice)
- 2019NOVA: Decoding da VinciNarrator (voice)
- 2019Uncle VanyaVanya
- 2019World War Speed: The Drugs That Won WWIINarrator
- 2019DC NoirSgt. Peters
- 2019Saving the Dead SeaActor
- 2019Secrets of the Dead: The Nero FilesNarrator (voice)
- 2019The Violin AloneNarrator (voice)
- 2018Broken PlacesNarrator (voice)
- 2018NOVA: Prediction by the NumbersNarrator (voice)
- 2018NOVA: First Face of AmericaNarrator (voice)
- 2018ViceGovernor
- 2017Ghosts of StonehengeNarrator (voice)
- 2017Holocaust Escape TunnelNarrator (voice)
- 2017The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain AgeGeorge Gabriel
- 2017The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?George Gabriel
- 2017The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: HungryGeorge Gabriel
- 2017CatfightAngry Guy
- 2017NOVA: Why Trains CrashNarrator (voice)
- 2017NOVA: Secrets of the Sky TombsSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2016Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant BeastsNarrator (voice)
- 2016Iceman RebornNarrator (voice)
- 2016NOVA: Mystery Beneath the IceNarrator (voice)
- 2016NOVA: Life's Rocky StartNarrator (voice)
- 2016NOVA: Secret Tunnel WarfareNarrator (voice)
- 2015Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and TimeNarrator (voice)
- 2015Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan HorseNarrator (voice)
- 2015NOVA: Secrets of Noah's ArkNarrator (voice)
- 2015Dawn of HumanityNarrator (voice)
- 2015NOVA: The Great Math MysteryNarrator (voice)
- 2015Northern BordersAgent Sanders
- 2014The Gathering SwarmsNarrator (voice)
- 2013NOVA: Cold Case JFKNarrator (voice)
- 2013NOVA: Ground Zero SupertowerSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2013The RiverPhil
- 2013NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?Narrator (voice)
- 2012The Man Who Saved the WorldNarrator (voice)
- 2012NOVA: Secrets of the Viking SwordNarrator (voice)
- 2012Earth from SpaceNarrator (voice)
- 2011A Novel RomanceWalter Evans
- 2011I'm Coming OverWalter
- 2011Adventures in Plymptoons!Self
- 2011The JewelMr. Rothman
- 2010Edge of DarknessWhitehouse
- 2010Riddles of the SphinxNarrator (voice)
- 2010Secrets of StonehengeNarrator (voice)
- 2009I Hate Valentine's DayTim the Delivery Guy
- 2009The UndyingDr. Russell Lassiter
- 2008Revolutionary RoadBart Pollock
- 2008Cadillac RecordsMr. Feder
- 2008NOVA: Arctic DinosaursNarrator (voice)
- 2008The Dissection of ThanksgivingCliff
- 2008Kill the DayDr. Susskind
- 2007NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on TrialNarrator (voice)
- 2007Greetings from the ShoreCommodore Callaghan
- 2007HappenstanceBob
- 2007The Valley of LightHoward
- 2006Wedding DazeSheriff
- 2006Half NelsonRuss Dunne
- 2004The Day After TomorrowFrank Harris
- 2004Hair HighFootball Announcer (voice)
- 2003Abby SingerKevin's Father
- 2003D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of FearDouglas Duncan
- 2003Citizen BerlusconiNarrator
- 2001Dead DogFrank Edmonds
- 2001The Last Brickmaker in AmericaMike Potter
- 2001Boss of BossesJoseph O'Brien
- 2001Along Came a SpiderKyle Craig
- 2001My Husband's Double LifePatrick Hennessy Welsh
- 2000EndsvilleBo Tatum
- 2000PicnicHoward Bevens
- 2000Wild Costa RicaNarrator
- 1999Earthly PossessionsZack Emery
- 1999TumbleweedsDan Miller
- 1999Music of the HeartDan Paxton
- 1999ATFSam Sinclair
- 1999The Secret Life of GirlsActor
- 1999The Jack BullAtty. Gen. Metcalfe
- 1999The ConfessionJack Renoble
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