Highest rated as cast or director
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). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay O. Sanders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted in 128
2020s
- 2027
- 2025
The Rise & Fall of the Colosseum
Narration
- 2024
Girl From the North Country
Nick Laine
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee
- 2023
- 2022
- 2020
Incidental Moments of the Day
Richard Apple
And So We Come Forth
Richard Apple
Tapes
Movie
What Do We Need to Talk About?
Richard Apple
That Hopey Changey Thing
Richard Apple
Regular Singing
Richard Apple
Sweet and Sad
Richard Apple
Sorry
Richard Apple
2010s
- 2019
Uncle Vanya
Vanya
DC Noir
Sgt. Peters
Saving the Dead Sea
Movie
- 2017
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age
George Gabriel
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?
George Gabriel
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry
George Gabriel
- 2015
- 2014
- 2011
A Novel Romance
Walter Evans
The Jewel
Mr. Rothman
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
I Hate Valentine's Day
Tim the Delivery Guy
The Undying
Dr. Russell Lassiter
- 2008
The Dissection of Thanksgiving
Cliff
- 2007
Greetings from the Shore
Commodore Callaghan
- 2006
- 2004
Hair High
Football Announcer (voice)
- 2003
Abby Singer
Kevin's Father
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
Douglas Duncan
Salem Witch Trials
Thomas Putnam · 2 episodes
- 2002
Widows
Detective John Maynard · 4 episodes
- 2001
Dead Dog
Frank Edmonds
The Last Brickmaker in America
Mike Potter
Boss of Bosses
Joseph O'Brien
- 2000
Picnic
Howard Bevens
Wonderland
Ed Butowski · 1 episode
1990s
- 1999
Earthly Possessions
Zack Emery
Tumbleweeds
Dan Miller
Music of the Heart
Dan Paxton
The Secret Life of Girls
Movie
- 1998
Wrestling with Alligators
Rick
- 1997
The Matchmaker
Senator John McGlory
- 1996
The Prosecutors
DA Alan Baker
- 1995
Three Wishes
Coach Schramka
Down Came a Blackbird
Jan Talbeck
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
Xander · 1 episode
- 1994
Nobody's Children
Joe Stevens
State of Emergency
Dr. Jeffrey Forrest
- 1993
Rio Shannon
John Cleary
- 1992
Hostages
Terry Anderson
- 1991
Meeting Venus
Stephen Taylor
V.I. Warshawski
Murray Ryerson
- 1990
Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Tom Marshall
1980s
- 1989
Cold Sassy Tree
Clayton McAllister
Just Like in the Movies
Ryan Legrand
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
A Doctor's Story
Dr. Curtis
- 1983
Eddie Macon's Run
Rudy Potts
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
Dick Willey
- 1982
- 1981
Starstruck
Mr. Miller
- 1980
The Day Christ Died
Peter
1970s
- 1979
The Scarlet Letter
Robert Salter · 4 episodes
- 1972
- 1971
Other crew 1
2010s
- 2011
Hunting the Edge of Space
Presenter
Appearances42
2020s
- 2026
Queens of Combat: Rome's Female Gladiators
Narrator
- 2024
Decoding the Universe: Quantum
Self - Narrator
Decoding the Universe: Cosmos
Self - Narrator
Decoding the Universe
Narrator · 2 episodes
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
World War Speed: The Drugs That Won WWII
Narrator
The Violin Alone
Narrator (voice)
- 2018
Broken Places
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: First Face of America
Narrator (voice)
- 2017
Ghosts of Stonehenge
Narrator (voice)
Holocaust Escape Tunnel
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Why Trains Crash
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs
Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016
Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Life's Rocky Start
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare
Narrator (voice)
- 2015
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark
Narrator (voice)
Dawn of Humanity
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
Narrator (voice)
- 2014
The Gathering Swarms
Narrator (voice)
- 2013
NOVA: Cold Case JFK
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower
Self - Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?
Narrator (voice)
- 2012
The Man Who Saved the World
Narrator (voice)
NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword
Narrator (voice)
Earth from Space
Narrator (voice)
- 2011
Adventures in Plymptoons!
Self
- 2010
Riddles of the Sphinx
Narrator (voice)
Secrets of Stonehenge
Narrator (voice)
2000s
- 2008
NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs
Narrator (voice)
- 2007
NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial
Narrator (voice)
- 2003
- 2000
Wild Costa Rica
Narrator
1980s
- 1982
1970s
- 1974
