Jay O. Sanders

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1953-04-16 (71 years old)

Place of Birth Austin, Texas, USA

Also Known As Jay Sanders , Jay Olcutt Sanders

Jay O. 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.

Known For

Actor

2024
2024
2023
Outrage

as Frank Brand

2022
The Road to Galena

as John Baird

2020
2020
And So We Come Forth

as Richard Apple

2020
2020
2020
That Hopey Changey Thing

as Richard Apple

2020
Regular Singing

as Richard Apple

2020
Sweet and Sad

as Richard Apple

2020
Sorry

as Richard Apple

2020
The Assistant

as Boss (voice)

2020
2019
NOVA: Decoding da Vinci

as Narrator (voice)

2019
Uncle Vanya

as Vanya

2019
DC Noir

as Sgt. Peters

2019
2019
The Violin Alone

as Narrator (voice)

2018
Broken Places

as Narrator (voice)

2018
2018
NOVA: First Face of America

as Narrator (voice)

2018
Vice

as Governor

2017
Ghosts of Stonehenge

as Narrator (voice)

2017
NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel

as Narrator (voice)

2017
2017
Women of a Certain Age

as George Gabriel

2017
What Did You Expect?

as George Gabriel

2017
Hungry

as George Gabriel

2017
NOVA: Why Trains Crash

as Narrator (voice)

2017
NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs

as Narrator (voice)

2017
Manhunt

as Jack Bryant

2016
Catfight

as Angry Guy

2016
NOVA: Iceman Reborn

as Narrator (voice)

2016
NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice

as Narrator (voice)

2016
NOVA: Life's Rocky Start

as Narrator (voice)

2016
NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare

as Narrator (voice)

2015
NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark

as Narrator (voice)

2015
Dawn of Humanity

as Narrator (voice)

2015
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery

as Narrator (voice)

2015
Northern Borders

as Agent Sanders

2015
Chicago Med

as Cray

2015
Blindspot

as Bill Weller

2015
2014
The Mystery of Mona Lisa

as Narrator (voice)

2014
The Gathering Swarms

as Narrator (voice)

2014
True Detective

as Billy Lee Tuttle

2013
NOVA: Cold Case JFK

as Narrator (voice)

2013
NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2013
The River

as Phil

2013
2012
Earth from Space

as Narrator (voice)

2012
The Man Who Saved the World

as Narrator (voice)

2012
2011
A Novel Romance

as Walter Evans

2011
I'm Coming Over

as Walter

2011
Green Lantern

as Carl Ferris

2011
The Jewel

as Mr. Rothman

2011
Pan Am

as Douglas Vanderway

2011
Person of Interest

as Special Counsel

2011
Unforgettable

as Jonathan Hedstrom

2011
Body of Proof

as Harvey Brady

2010
Edge of Darkness

as Whitehouse

2010
Riddles of the Sphinx

as Narrator (voice)

2010
Secrets of Stonehenge

as Narrator (voice)

2010
Blue Bloods

as Jimmy Reagan

2009
I Hate Valentine's Day

as Tim the Delivery Guy

2009
The Undying

as Dr. Russell Lassiter

2009
The Good Wife

as Judge Hal Ferris

2008
Revolutionary Road

as Bart Pollock

2008
Cadillac Records

as Mr. Feder

2008
NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs

as Narrator (voice)

2008
Greetings from the Shore

as Commodore Callaghan

2007
2007
2006
Wedding Daze

as Sheriff

2006
Half Nelson

as Russ Dunne

2004
The Day After Tomorrow

as Frank Harris

2004
Hair High

as Football Announcer (voice)

2003
Abby Singer

as Kevin's Father

2003
2002
Salem Witch Trials

as Thomas Putnam

2002
Widows

as Detective John Maynard

2001
Dead Dog

as Frank Edmonds

2001
Boss of Bosses

as Joseph O'Brien

2001
Along Came a Spider

as Kyle Craig

2001
My Husband's Double Life

as Patrick Hennessy Welsh

2001
My Husband's Double Life

as Timothy Michael Kingsbury

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Harry Rowan, Sr.

2001
2000
Picnic

as Howard Bevens

2000
Wild Costa Rica

as Narrator

2000
Secrets of the Dead

as Narrator (voice)

2000
Wonderland

as Ed Butowski

1999
Tumbleweeds

as Dan Miller

1999
Music of the Heart

as Dan Paxton

1999
ATF

as Sam Sinclair

1999
The Jack Bull

as Atty. Gen. Metcalfe

1999
The Confession

as Jack Renoble

1999
Earthly Possessions

as Zack Emery

1998
1997
For Richer or Poorer

as Samuel Yoder

1997
The Matchmaker

as Senator John McGlory

1997
Kiss the Girls

as FBI Agent Kyle Craig

1996
Daylight

as Steven Crighton

1996
The Prosecutors

as DA Alan Baker

1995
Silver Strand

as Lucas Hughes

1995
Three Wishes

as Coach Schramka

1995
Down Came a Blackbird

as Jan Talbeck

1995
The Big Green

as Jay Huffer

1995
Kiss of Death

as Federal Agent

1995
The Outer Limits

as Ed Barkley

1994
Angels in the Outfield

as Ranch Wilder

1994
Nobody's Children

as Joe Stevens

1994
State of Emergency

as Dr. Jeffrey Forrest

1994
1993
Rio Shannon

as John Cleary

1993
My Boyfriend's Back

as Sheriff McCloud

1992
Hostages

as Terry Anderson

1991
JFK

as Lou Ivon

1991
Meeting Venus

as Stephen Taylor

1991
Defenseless

as Bull Dozer

1991
V.I. Warshawski

as Murray Ryerson

1990
Mr. Destiny

as Jackie Earle

1990
Law & Order

as Nick Taska / Bill Fallon

1990
Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Alan Fenwick

1990
Northern Exposure

as Dr. John Summer

1989
Glory

as Gen. George Crockett Strong

1989
Cold Sassy Tree

as Clayton McAllister

1989
Just Like in the Movies

as Ryan Legrand

1989
Booker

as Gordon Rudd

1988
1988
Roseanne

as Ziggy

1987
1986
Crime Story

as Steve Kordo

1986
L.A. Law

as Detective Michael Phillips

1985
Spenser: For Hire

as Father Crawford

1984
A Doctor's Story

as Dr. Curtis

1984
Miami Vice

as Det. Tim Duryea

1984
Kate & Allie

as Tim Merr

1983
Cross Creek

as Charles Rawlings

1983
Eddie Macon's Run

as Rudy Potts

1983
AfterMASH

as Dr. Gene Pfeiffer

1982
Hanky Panky

as Katz

1982
Nature

as Narrator (voice)

1981
Starstruck

as Mr. Miller

1980
1980
Texas

as Seth

1979
Starting Over

as Larry

1979
The Scarlet Letter

as Robert Salter

1974
NOVA

as Narrator (voice)

1972
1951

Crew

2011