Jay O. Sanders
Actor
- Born
- April 16, 1953 (age 73) · Austin, Texas, USA
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).
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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.
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- 2027Remain as Reece
- 2026Queens of Combat: Rome's Female Gladiators as Narrator
- 2025The Rise & Fall of the Colosseum as Narration
- 2024Girl From the North Country as Nick Laine
- 2024Decoding the Universe: Quantum as Self - Narrator
- 2024His Three Daughters as Vincent
- 2024Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch as Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee
- 2024Decoding the Universe: Cosmos as Self - Narrator
- 2023Outrage as Frank Brand
- 2023
