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Born | Jay Olcutt Sanders April 16, 1953 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
Education | State University of New York, Purchase (BFA) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1979–present |
Spouse(s) | Maryann Plunkett (1991–present) |
Children | Jamie Sanders |
Jay Olcutt Sanders (born April 16, 1953) is an American actor who has worked in theatre, film, and TV, known for JFK (1991). He frequently appears in plays Off-Broadway at The Public Theatre. [1]
Sanders was born on April 16, 1953 in Austin, Texas, to Phyllis Rae (née Aden) and James Olcutt Sanders. [2] After attending the acting conservatory at SUNY Purchase, Sanders made his Off-Broadway debut in a Shakespeare in the Park production of Henry V in 1976. [3] He played Bradley in the first New York production of Sam Shepard's Buried Child in 1978. [4]
Sanders has had a long career in film and television. He is perhaps most recognized for his work in the films The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Green Lantern (2011). [5] He has appeared in many other notable films, however, including Glory (1989), JFK (1991), Angels in the Outfield (1994), Half Nelson (2006), and Revolutionary Road (2008). [6]
On television, Sanders played mob lawyer Steven Kordo in the 1986–88 NBC detective series Crime Story , Norbert "Ziggy" Walsh on two episodes of Roseanne , and recurring characters on shows such as Person of Interest and True Detective . He is the narrator for the PBS series Wide Angle from 2002 to 2009 and has served as narrator for a number of Nova episodes starting in 2007. [7]
On stage, Sanders has appeared on Broadway in Loose Ends (1979), [8] The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1983), [9] Saint Joan (1993), [10] and Pygmalion (2007). [11] [12]
Off-Broadway, he appeared as George W. Bush in Sir David Hare's Stuff Happens in 2006. [13] [14] He then played in a number of Shakespearean plays: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom, 2007), Hamlet (Ghost of Hamlet's Father/Player King/Gravedigger, 2008), Twelfth Night (as Sir Toby Belch, 2009), and the title role in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus (2011). [15]
Sanders appeared in the Richard Nelson Apple Family Plays, a series of plays which ran Off-Broadway at the Public Theatre in 2010 (That Hopey Changey Thing), 2011 (Sweet and Sad), 2012 (Sorry), and 2013 (Regular Singing). [16]
Sanders has appeared in more plays at the Delacorte Theatre (Shakespeare in Central Park) than any other actor to date. [17]
In 2015, Sanders debuted his first play, Unexplored Interior, about the Rwandan genocide, at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C. [18]
He received the 2018 Joe A. Callaway Award, presented by the Actors’ Equity Foundation for "best performance in a professional production of a classic play", for his performance in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya . [19]
He also received the Drama Desk Award for 2019 for Actor in a Play for Uncle Vanya.
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | The Assistant | Boss (voice) | |
2017 | Search for the Super Battery | Narrator | Documentary film |
2013 | Northern Borders | Agent Sanders | |
Bones of the Buddha | Narrator | Documentary | |
2011 | Green Lantern | Carl Ferris | |
The Jewel | Mr. Rothman | ||
The Undying | Dr. Richard Lassiter | ||
A Novel Romance | Walter Evans | ||
2010 | Edge of Darkness | Det. Bill Whitehouse | |
Zenith | Doug Oberts | ||
2009 | I Hate Valentine's Day | Tim the Delivery Guy | |
2008 | Revolutionary Road | Bart Pollock | |
Cadillac Records | Mr. Feder | ||
Poundcake | Cliff | ||
2007 | Greetings from the Shore | Commodore Callaghan | |
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial | Narrator | Documentary film | |
2006 | Half Nelson | Russ Dunne | |
Wedding Daze | Police Officer | ||
2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | Frank Harris | |
Hair High | Football Announcer (voice) | ||
2003 | D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear | Douglas Duncan | Television film |
Abby Singer | Kevin's Father | ||
2001 | Along Came a Spider | FBI Agent Kyle Craig | |
Boss of Bosses | Joseph O'Brien | Television film | |
The Familiar Stranger | Patrick Hennessy Welsh / Timothy Michael Kingsbury | ||
2000 | Picnic | Television film | |
1999 | Music of the Heart | Dan Paxton | |
The Confession | Jack Renoble | ||
Earthly Possessions | Jack Emery | Television film | |
A.T.F. | Sam Sinclair | Television film | |
The Jack Bull | Atty. Gen. Metcalfe | Television film | |
Tumbleweeds | Dan Miller | ||
1998 | The Odd Couple II | Leroy | |
1997 | For Richer or Poorer | Samuel Yoder | |
The Matchmaker | Senator John McGlory | ||
Kiss the Girls | FBI Agent Kyle Craig | ||
1996 | Daylight | Steven Crighton | |
1995 | The Big Green | Coach Jay Huffer | |
Kiss of Death | Federal Agent | Uncredited | |
Silver Strand | Lucas Hughes | ||
Three Wishes | Coach Schramka | ||
1994 | Angels in the Outfield | Ranch Wilder | |
State of Emergency | Dr. Jeffrey Forrest | ||
1993 | My Boyfriend's Back | Sheriff McCloud | |
1992 | Hostages | Terry A. Anderson | |
1991 | JFK | Lou Ivon | |
Meeting Venus | Stephen Taylor | ||
V.I. Warshawski | Murray Ryerson | ||
1990 | Mr. Destiny | Jackie Earle 'Cement Head' Bumpers | |
1989 | Glory | Gen. George Crockett Strong | |
A Man Called Hawk | Officer Brogan | ||
The Young Riders | Longley | ||
1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Kirby, Tucker's Attorney | |
The Prince of Pennsylvania | Trooper Joe | ||
1987 | The Misfit Brigade | Tiny | |
1983 | Cross Creek | Charles Rawlings | |
Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story | Dick Willey | Television film | |
Eddie Macon's Run | Rudy Potts | ||
1982 | Hanky Panky | Katz | |
1980 | The Day Christ Died | Simon Peter | Television film |
1979 | Starting Over | Larry | Credited as Jay Sanders |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Manhunt: Deadly Games | Jack Bryant | 6 episodes |
2018 | The Sinner | Chief Tom Lidell | 7 episodes |
Decoding the Weather Machine | Narrator | 1 episode | |
2017–2019 | Sneaky Pete | Sam | 15 episodes |
2015–2020 | Blindspot | Bill Weller | 11 episodes |
2015 | Dawn of Humanity | Narrator | 1 episode |
American Odyssey | Alex | 8 episodes | |
2014 | True Detective | Billy Lee Tuttle | 2 episodes |
2013 | Hostages | Lynn Shipley | Episode: "The Cost of Living" |
2012–present | Secrets of the Dead | Narrator | 24 episodes |
2012–2014 | Person of Interest | Special Counsel | 9 episodes |
2012 | Blue Bloods | Jimmy Reagan | Episode: "Reagan V. Reagan" |
2011–2016 | The Good Wife | Judge Hal Ferris | 2 episodes |
2011–2012 | Pan Am | Douglas Vanderway | 3 episodes |
2011 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Captain Joseph Hannah | Main Role 8 episodes |
2010 | Hardcover Mysteries | Narrator | 8 episodes |
2006–present | Nova | Narrator | 70 episodes |
2002–2009 | Wide Angle | Narrator | 63 episodes |
2002 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Harry Rowan | Episode: "Dead" |
2002 | Widows | Detective John Maynard | 4 episodes |
1999 | Law & Order | Nick Taska / Bill Fallon | Episode: "Tabula Rasa" |
1995 | The Outer Limits | Ed Barkley | Episode: "The Voyage Home" |
1993 | Northern Exposure | Dr. John Summers | Episode: "Jaws of Life" |
1990–1991 | Roseanne | Norbert "Ziggy" Walsh | 2 episodes |
1990 | L.A. Law | Detective Michael Phillips | Episode: "Watts a Matter?" |
1989 | Booker | Gordon Rudd | Episode: "All You Gotta Do Is Do It" |
Kate & Allie | Tim Mayer | Episode: "What's Love Got to Do with It?" | |
1986–1988 | Crime Story | Steven Kordo | 12 episodes |
1985 | Miami Vice | Detective Tim Duryea | Episode: "The Maze" |
1983–1984 | AfterMASH | Dr. Gene Pfeiffer | 10 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare | D.S. MacKenna | Uncredited |
Red Dead Redemption | D.S. MacKenna, Mr. Philmore | ||
2007 | Manhunt 2 | The Pervs |
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