Jay O. Sanders

Jay O. Sanders

  • Birthday: 1953-04-16
  • Place of birth: Austin, Texas, USA
  • Also know as: Jay Sanders

Biography

Jay Olcutt Sanders (born April 16, 1953) is an American actor. He is noted for his TV roles as Bill Weller on Blindspot, Jack Bryant on Manhunt, Chief Tom Lidell on The Sinner, Det. John Maynard on Widows, Capt. Joseph Hannah on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and mob lawyer Steven Kordo in NBC's detective series Crime Story (1986-1988), as well as his film roles on The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Green Lantern (2011), and the Alex Cross films starring Morgan Freeman. He has appeared in many other notable films, including Glory (1989), Mr. Destiny (1990), JFK (1991), Angels in the Outfield (1994), The Big Green (1995), Daylight (1996), The Matchmaker (1997), For Richer or Poorer (1997), Tumbleweeds (1999), Music of the Heart (1999), Half Nelson (2006), Cadillac Records (2008), and Revolutionary Road (2008). He is also known as the narrator for the PBS series Wide Angle from 2002–2009 and has served as narrator for a number of Nova episodes and documentary specials starting in 2007. He is the voice of D.S. McKenna in the Red Dead Redemption video game series.

Filmography

NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs

2008

As Narrator (voice)

The Gathering Swarms

2014

As Narrator (voice)

Just Like in the Movies

1989

As Ryan Legrand

NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs

2017

As Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword

2012

As Narrator (voice)

Dawn of Humanity

2015

As Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Iceman Reborn

2016

As Narrator (voice)

NOVA: The Great Math Mystery

2015

As Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?

2013

As Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower

2013

As Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Cold Case JFK

2013

As Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Life's Rocky Start

2016

As Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice

2016

As Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Why Trains Crash

2017

As Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark

2015

As Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare

2016

As Narrator (voice)

Earth from Space

2012

As Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel

2017

As Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers

2018

As Narrator (voice)

Uncle Vanya

2019

As Vanya

Broken Places

2018

As Narrator (voice)

Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files

2019

As Narrator (voice)

The Mystery of Mona Lisa

2014

As Narrator (voice)

The Violin Alone

2019

As Narrator (voice)

Riddles of the Sphinx

2010

As Narrator (voice)

Secrets of Stonehenge

2010

As Narrator (voice)

NOVA: Decoding da Vinci

2019

As Narrator (voice)

NOVA: First Face of America

2018

As Narrator (voice)

The Man Who Saved the World

2012

As Narrator (voice)

Vice

2018

As Governor

Ghosts of Stonehenge

2017

As Narrator (voice)

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear

2003

As Douglas Duncan

V.I. Warshawski

1991

As Murray Ryerson

My Husband's Double Life

2001

As Patrick Hennessy Welsh

Happenstance

2007

As Bob

The Last Brickmaker in America

2001

As Mike Potter

The Undying

2009

As Dr. Russell Lassiter

Tumbleweeds

1999

As Dan Miller

DC Noir

2019

As Sgt. Peters

Outrage

2023

As Frank Brand

The Matchmaker

1997

As Senator John McGlory

The Misfit Brigade

1987

As Tiny

Greetings from the Shore

2008

As Commodore Callaghan

Salem Witch Trials

2002

As Thomas Putnam

The Valley of Light

2007

As Howard

Silver Strand

1995

As Lucas Hughes

Boss of Bosses

2001

As Joseph O'Brien

His Three Daughters

2023

As Vincent

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

As Frank Harris

Three Wishes

1995

As Coach Schramka

The Confession

1999

As Jack Renoble

For Richer or Poorer

1997

As Samuel Yoder

Nobody's Children

1994

As Joe Stevens

The River

2013

As Phil

Hostages

1992

As Terry Anderson

What Did You Expect?

2017

As George Gabriel

Women of a Certain Age

2017

As George Gabriel

Hungry

2017

As George Gabriel

Rio Shannon

1993

As John Cleary

Sorry

2014

As Richard Apple

State of Emergency

1994

As Dr. Jeffrey Forrest

And So We Come Forth

2020

As Richard Apple

The Road to Galena

2022

As John Baird

My Boyfriend's Back

1993

As Sheriff McCloud

Angels in the Outfield

1994

As Ranch Wilder

Kiss the Girls

1997

As FBI Agent Kyle Craig

Down Came a Blackbird

1995

As Jan Talbeck

Earthly Possessions

1999

As Zack Emery

Cold Sassy Tree

1989

As Clayton McAllister

Eddie Macon's Run

1983

As Rudy Potts

The Day Christ Died

1980

As Peter

That Hopey Changey Thing

2020

As Richard Apple

Regular Singing

2020

As Richard Apple

Sweet and Sad

2020

As Richard Apple

What Do We Need to Talk About?

2020

As Richard Apple

The Prince of Pennsylvania

1988

As Trooper Joe

Tapes

2020

As

Defenseless

1991

As Bull Dozer

Incidental Moments of the Day

2020

As Richard Apple

My Husband's Double Life

2001

As Timothy Michael Kingsbury

Starstruck

1981

As Mr. Miller

Edge of Darkness

2010

As Whitehouse

Daylight

1996

As Steven Crighton

Picnic

2000

As Howard Bevens

Along Came a Spider

2001

As Kyle Craig

ATF

1999

As Sam Sinclair

Hanky Panky

1982

As Katz

The Assistant

2020

As Boss (voice)

Dead Dog

2001

As Frank Edmonds

Starting Over

1979

As Larry

Mr. Destiny

1990

As Jackie Earle

Catfight

2017

As Angry Guy

The Big Green

1995

As Jay Huffer

Revolutionary Road

2008

As Bart Pollock

The Odd Couple II

1998

As Leroy

The Prosecutors

1996

As DA Alan Baker

Cross Creek

1983

As Charles Rawlings

I Hate Valentine's Day

2009

As Tim the Delivery Guy

Northern Borders

2015

As Agent Sanders

Leonardo: The Man Who Saved Science

2017

As Narrator (voice)

JFK

1991

As Lou Ivon

A Novel Romance

2011

As Walter Evans

Green Lantern

2011

As Carl Ferris

The Jack Bull

1999

As Atty. Gen. Metcalfe

Wedding Daze

2006

As Sheriff

Glory

1989

As Gen. George Crockett Strong

The Jewel

2011

As Mr. Rothman

Hair High

2004

As Football Announcer (voice)

I'm Coming Over

2011

As Walter

A Doctor's Story

1984

As Dr. Curtis

Abby Singer

2003

As Kevin's Father

Half Nelson

2006

As Russ Dunne

Kiss of Death

1995

As Federal Agent

Cadillac Records

2008

As Mr. Feder

Music of the Heart

1999

As Dan Paxton

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