Jay O. Sanders
Born 1953
Known for Green Lantern, The Day After Tomorrow, Revolutionary Road.
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.
Movie Credits
NOVA: First Face of America (2018)
NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers (2018)
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time (2015)
The Gathering Swarms (2014)
Cold Case JFK (2013)
NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs (2008)
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (2003)
My Husband's Double Life (2001)
V.I. Warshawski (1991)
Outrage (2023)
DC Noir (2019)
The Undying (2009)
His Three Daughters (2024)
Greetings from the Shore (2007)
The Valley of Light (2007)
Salem Witch Trials (2002)
Boss of Bosses (2001)
The Matchmaker (1997)
Silver Strand (1995)
The Misfit Brigade (1987)
The Road to Galena (2022)
For Richer or Poorer (1997)
When You Finish Saving the World (2022)
Earthly Possessions (1999)
Kiss the Girls (1997)
Down Came a Blackbird (1995)
Three Wishes (1995)
Angels in the Outfield (1994)
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
Catfight (2016)
Edge of Darkness (2010)
Picnic (2000)
Daylight (1996)
Defenseless (1991)
The Assistant (2020)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Along Came a Spider (2001)
Dead Dog (2001)
Mr. Destiny (1990)
Hanky Panky (1982)
Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story (1983)
Starting Over (1979)
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Music of the Heart (1999)
The Odd Couple II (1998)
The Big Green (1995)
Meeting Venus (1991)
Northern Borders (2013)
I Hate Valentine's Day (2009)
Cross Creek (1983)
A Novel Romance (2011)
Green Lantern (2011)
The Jack Bull (1999)
JFK (1991)
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
The Jewel (2011)
Wedding Daze (2006)
Glory (1989)
Hair High (2004)
The Confession (1999)
Abby Singer (2003)
Half Nelson (2006)
The Secret Life of Girls (1999)
Kiss of Death (1995)
