Jay O. Sanders

73, from Austin, Texas, USA

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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.

Timeline

2027Future projects

  • Poster for Remain

    (Unknown)

2026Aged 73

  • Poster for Queens of Combat: Rome's Female Gladiators

    Narrator

2025Aged 72

  • Poster for The Rise & Fall of the Colosseum

    Narration

2024Aged 71

  • Poster for Decoding the Universe: Cosmos

    Self - Narrator

  • Poster for Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

    Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee

  • Poster for His Three Daughters

    Vincent

  • Poster for Decoding the Universe: Quantum

    Self - Narrator

  • Poster for Girl From the North Country

    Nick Laine

2023Aged 70

  • Poster for When You Finish Saving the World

    Roger

  • Poster for Outrage

    Frank Brand

2022Aged 69

  • Poster for The Road to Galena

    John Baird

  • Poster for BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

    Ambassador Jones

2020Aged 67

  • Poster for The Assistant

    Boss (voice)

  • Poster for That Hopey Changey Thing

    Richard Apple

  • Poster for Sweet and Sad

    Richard Apple

  • Poster for Sorry

    Richard Apple

  • Poster for Regular Singing

    Richard Apple

  • Poster for What Do We Need to Talk About?

    Richard Apple

  • Poster for Tapes

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for And So We Come Forth

    Richard Apple

  • Poster for Incidental Moments of the Day

    Richard Apple

2019Aged 66

2018Aged 65

  • Vice

    Governor

  • Poster for NOVA: First Face of America

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Broken Places

    Narrator (voice)

2017Aged 64

  • Poster for NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for NOVA: Why Trains Crash

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Catfight

    Angry Guy

  • Poster for The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry

    George Gabriel

  • Poster for The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?

    George Gabriel

  • Poster for The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age

    George Gabriel

  • Poster for Holocaust Escape Tunnel

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Ghosts of Stonehenge

    Narrator (voice)

2016Aged 63

  • Poster for NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for NOVA: Life's Rocky Start

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Iceman Reborn

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts

    Narrator (voice)

2015Aged 62

  • Poster for Northern Borders

    Agent Sanders

  • Poster for NOVA: The Great Math Mystery

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Dawn of Humanity

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time

    Narrator (voice)

2014Aged 61

  • Poster for The Gathering Swarms

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for The Mystery of Mona Lisa

    Narrator (voice)

2013Aged 60

  • Poster for NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?

    Narrator (voice)

  • The River

    Phil

  • Poster for NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for NOVA: Cold Case JFK

    Narrator (voice)

2012Aged 59

  • Poster for Earth from Space

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for The Man Who Saved the World

    Narrator (voice)

2011Aged 58

2010Aged 57

  • Poster for Secrets of Stonehenge

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Riddles of the Sphinx

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Edge of Darkness

    Whitehouse

2009Aged 56

  • Poster for The Undying

    Dr. Russell Lassiter

  • Poster for I Hate Valentine's Day

    Tim the Delivery Guy

2008Aged 55

  • Kill the Day

    Dr. Susskind

  • Poster for The Dissection of Thanksgiving

    Cliff

  • Poster for NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Cadillac Records

    Mr. Feder

  • Poster for Revolutionary Road

    Bart Pollock

2007Aged 54

  • Poster for The Valley of Light

    Howard

  • Poster for Happenstance

    Bob

  • Poster for Greetings from the Shore

    Commodore Callaghan

  • Poster for NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial

    Narrator (voice)

2006Aged 53

  • Poster for Half Nelson

    Russ Dunne

  • Poster for Wedding Daze

    Sheriff

2004Aged 51

  • Poster for Hair High

    Football Announcer (voice)

  • Poster for The Day After Tomorrow

    Frank Harris

2003Aged 50

  • Poster for D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear

    Douglas Duncan

  • Poster for Abby Singer

    Kevin's Father

2001Aged 48

  • Poster for My Husband's Double Life

    Patrick Hennessy Welsh

  • Poster for Along Came a Spider

    Kyle Craig

  • Poster for Boss of Bosses

    Joseph O'Brien

  • Poster for The Last Brickmaker in America

    Mike Potter

  • Poster for Dead Dog

    Frank Edmonds

2000Aged 47

1999Aged 46

  • Poster for The Confession

    Jack Renoble

  • Poster for The Jack Bull

    Atty. Gen. Metcalfe

  • Poster for The Secret Life of Girls

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for ATF

    Sam Sinclair

  • Poster for Music of the Heart

    Dan Paxton

  • Poster for Tumbleweeds

    Dan Miller

  • Poster for Earthly Possessions

    Zack Emery

1998Aged 45

  • Poster for Wrestling with Alligators

    Rick

  • Poster for The Odd Couple II

    Leroy

1997Aged 44

  • Poster for Kiss the Girls

    FBI Agent Kyle Craig

  • Poster for The Matchmaker

    Senator John McGlory

  • Poster for For Richer or Poorer

    Samuel Yoder

1996Aged 43

  • Poster for The Prosecutors

    DA Alan Baker

  • Poster for Daylight

    Steven Crighton

1995Aged 42

  • Poster for Kiss of Death

    Federal Agent

  • Poster for The Big Green

    Jay Huffer

  • Poster for Down Came a Blackbird

    Jan Talbeck

  • Poster for Three Wishes

    Coach Schramka

  • Poster for Silver Strand

    Lucas Hughes

1994Aged 41

  • Poster for State of Emergency

    Dr. Jeffrey Forrest

  • Poster for Nobody's Children

    Joe Stevens

  • Poster for Angels in the Outfield

    Ranch Wilder

1993Aged 40

  • Poster for My Boyfriend's Back

    Sheriff McCloud

  • Poster for Rio Shannon

    John Cleary

1992Aged 39

  • Poster for Hostages

    Terry Anderson

1991Aged 38

  • Poster for V.I. Warshawski

    Murray Ryerson

  • Poster for Defenseless

    Bull Dozer

  • Poster for Meeting Venus

    Stephen Taylor

  • Poster for JFK

    Lou Ivon

1990Aged 37

  • Poster for Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

    Tom Marshall

  • Poster for Mr. Destiny

    Jackie Earle

1989Aged 36

  • Poster for Just Like in the Movies

    Ryan Legrand

  • Poster for Cold Sassy Tree

    Clayton McAllister

  • Poster for Glory

    Gen. George Crockett Strong

1988Aged 35

1987Aged 34

  • Poster for The Misfit Brigade

    Tiny

1984Aged 31

  • Poster for A Doctor's Story

    Dr. Curtis

1983Aged 30

  • Poster for Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story

    Dick Willey

  • Poster for Eddie Macon's Run

    Rudy Potts

  • Poster for Cross Creek

    Charles Rawlings

1982Aged 29

  • Poster for Hanky Panky

    Katz

1981Aged 28

  • Poster for Starstruck

    Mr. Miller

1980Aged 27

  • Poster for The Day Christ Died

    Peter

1979Aged 26

  • Poster for Starting Over

    Larry

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