Jay O. Sanders
Birthday: 1953-04-16
Birthplace: Austin, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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2024-09-05 | His Three Daughters | Vincent |
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2024-05-24 | Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch | Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee |
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2023-12-01 | Outrage | Frank Brand |
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2023-01-20 | When You Finish Saving the World | Roger |
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2022-10-27 | BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Ambassador Jones |
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2022-07-08 | The Road to Galena | John Baird |
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2020-09-10 | Incidental Moments of the Day | Richard Apple |
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2020-07-01 | And So We Come Forth | Richard Apple |
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2020-06-17 | Tapes | |
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2020-04-29 | What Do We Need to Talk About? | Richard Apple |
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2020-04-21 | That Hopey Changey Thing | Richard Apple |
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2020-04-21 | Regular Singing | Richard Apple |
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2020-04-21 | Sweet and Sad | Richard Apple |
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2020-04-21 | Sorry | Richard Apple |
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2020-01-31 | The Assistant | Boss (voice) |
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2019-08-23 | Uncle Vanya | Vanya |
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2019-04-29 | DC Noir | Sgt. Peters |
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2019-04-19 | Saving the Dead Sea | |
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2018-01-01 | Vice | Governor |
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2017-03-24 | Women of a Certain Age | George Gabriel |
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2017-03-23 | What Did You Expect? | George Gabriel |
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2017-03-22 | Hungry | George Gabriel |
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2016-09-09 | Catfight | Angry Guy |
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2015-01-16 | Northern Borders | Agent Sanders |
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2013-04-05 | The River | Phil |
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2011-11-11 | A Novel Romance | Walter Evans |
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2011-08-14 | I'm Coming Over | Walter |
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2011-06-14 | Green Lantern | Carl Ferris |
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2011-03-04 | The Jewel | Mr. Rothman |
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2010-01-28 | Edge of Darkness | Whitehouse |
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2009-06-27 | I Hate Valentine's Day | Tim the Delivery Guy |
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2009-01-01 | The Undying | Dr. Russell Lassiter |
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2008-12-19 | Revolutionary Road | Bart Pollock |
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2008-12-05 | Cadillac Records | Mr. Feder |
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2008-10-01 | The Dissection of Thanksgiving | Cliff |
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2008-09-12 | Greetings from the Shore | Commodore Callaghan |
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2007-05-04 | Happenstance | Bob |
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2007-01-28 | The Valley of Light | Howard |
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2006-09-09 | Wedding Daze | Sheriff |
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2006-08-11 | Half Nelson | Russ Dunne |
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2004-05-26 | The Day After Tomorrow | Frank Harris |
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2004-04-17 | Hair High | Football Announcer (voice) |
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2003-10-28 | Abby Singer | Kevin's Father |
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2003-10-17 | D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear | Douglas Duncan |
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2002-12-24 | Salem Witch Trials | Thomas Putnam |
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2001-10-17 | Dead Dog | Frank Edmonds |
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2001-09-23 | The Last Brickmaker in America | Mike Potter |
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2001-06-03 | Boss of Bosses | Joseph O'Brien |
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2001-04-06 | Along Came a Spider | Kyle Craig |
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2001-03-12 | My Husband's Double Life | Patrick Hennessy Welsh |
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2001-03-12 | My Husband's Double Life | Timothy Michael Kingsbury |
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2000-04-16 | Picnic | Howard Bevens |
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1999-11-24 | Tumbleweeds | Dan Miller |
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1999-10-29 | Music of the Heart | Dan Paxton |
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1999-09-06 | ATF | Sam Sinclair |
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1999-05-29 | The Secret Life of Girls | |
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1999-04-17 | The Jack Bull | Atty. Gen. Metcalfe |
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1999-03-26 | The Confession | Jack Renoble |
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1999-03-20 | Earthly Possessions | Zack Emery |
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1998-04-09 | The Odd Couple II | Leroy |
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1998-01-18 | Wrestling with Alligators | Rick |
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1997-12-11 | For Richer or Poorer | Samuel Yoder |
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1997-10-03 | The Matchmaker | Senator John McGlory |
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1997-09-29 | Kiss the Girls | FBI Agent Kyle Craig |
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1996-12-06 | Daylight | Steven Crighton |
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1996-12-02 | The Prosecutors | DA Alan Baker |
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1995-11-23 | Silver Strand | Lucas Hughes |
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1995-10-27 | Three Wishes | Coach Schramka |
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1995-10-22 | Down Came a Blackbird | Jan Talbeck |
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1995-09-29 | The Big Green | Jay Huffer |
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1995-04-21 | Kiss of Death | Federal Agent |
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1994-07-15 | Angels in the Outfield | Ranch Wilder |
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1994-03-03 | Nobody's Children | Joe Stevens |
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1994-02-21 | State of Emergency | Dr. Jeffrey Forrest |
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1993-08-14 | Rio Shannon | John Cleary |
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1993-08-06 | My Boyfriend's Back | Sheriff McCloud |
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1992-09-23 | Hostages | Terry Anderson |
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1991-12-20 | JFK | Lou Ivon |
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1991-09-18 | Meeting Venus | Stephen Taylor |
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1991-08-23 | Defenseless | Bull Dozer |
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1991-07-26 | V.I. Warshawski | Murray Ryerson |
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1990-10-12 | Mr. Destiny | Jackie Earle |
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1990-06-03 | Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler | Tom Marshall |
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1989-12-15 | Glory | Gen. George Crockett Strong |
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1989-10-16 | Cold Sassy Tree | Clayton McAllister |
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1989-10-04 | Just Like in the Movies | Ryan Legrand |
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1988-10-10 | The Prince of Pennsylvania | Trooper Joe |
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1988-08-12 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Kirby |
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1987-07-02 | The Misfit Brigade | Tiny |
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1984-04-23 | A Doctor's Story | Dr. Curtis |
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1983-09-21 | Cross Creek | Charles Rawlings |
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1983-03-23 | Eddie Macon's Run | Rudy Potts |
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1983-03-08 | Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story | Dick Willey |
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1982-06-04 | Hanky Panky | Katz |
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1981-10-14 | Starstruck | Mr. Miller |
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1980-03-26 | The Day Christ Died | Peter |
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1979-10-05 | Starting Over | Larry |