Jay O. Sanders

Jay O. Sanders

Date of Birth:

Apr 16, 1953

Place of Birth:

Austin, Texas, USA

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.

filmography:

Tumbleweeds Tumbleweeds

1999

Silver Strand Silver Strand

1995

DC Noir DC Noir

2019

Earth from Space Earth from Space

2012

The Odd Couple II The Odd Couple II

1998

NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare

2016

The Jewel The Jewel

2011

Boss of Bosses Boss of Bosses

2001

NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel

2017

NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers

2018

The Assistant The Assistant

2020

Uncle Vanya Uncle Vanya

2019

What Did You Expect? What Did You Expect?

2017

Hungry Hungry

2017

Women of a Certain Age Women of a Certain Age

2017

NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark

2015

NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice

2016

Dawn of Humanity Dawn of Humanity

2015

NOVA: Iceman Reborn NOVA: Iceman Reborn

2016

NOVA: The Great Math Mystery NOVA: The Great Math Mystery

2015

NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial

2007

Hostages Hostages

1992

Eddie Macon's Run Eddie Macon's Run

1983

NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword

2012

NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby? NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?

2013

The Day Christ Died The Day Christ Died

1980

NOVA: Life's Rocky Start NOVA: Life's Rocky Start

2016

NOVA: Why Trains Crash NOVA: Why Trains Crash

2017

NOVA: Cold Case JFK NOVA: Cold Case JFK

2013

NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower

2013

Abby Singer Abby Singer

2003

The Dissection of Thanksgiving The Dissection of Thanksgiving

2008

Rio Shannon Rio Shannon

1993

Broken Places Broken Places

2018

Defenseless Defenseless

1991

Incidental Moments of the Day Incidental Moments of the Day

2020

Riddles of the Sphinx Riddles of the Sphinx

2010

Picnic Picnic

2000

Northern Borders Northern Borders

2015

Kiss of Death Kiss of Death

1995

Catfight Catfight

2016

The Violin Alone The Violin Alone

2019

Secrets of Stonehenge Secrets of Stonehenge

2010

Happenstance Happenstance

2007

Wild Costa Rica Wild Costa Rica

2000

NOVA: First Face of America NOVA: First Face of America

2018

Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse

2015

My Husband's Double Life My Husband's Double Life

2001

NOVA: Decoding da Vinci NOVA: Decoding da Vinci

2019

Tapes Tapes

2020

The Mystery of Mona Lisa The Mystery of Mona Lisa

2014

The Jack Bull The Jack Bull

1999

Mr. Destiny Mr. Destiny

1990

Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files

2019

Green Lantern Green Lantern

2011

That Hopey Changey Thing That Hopey Changey Thing

2020

Meeting Venus Meeting Venus

1991

Regular Singing Regular Singing

2020

Sweet and Sad Sweet and Sad

2020

State of Emergency State of Emergency

1994

And So We Come Forth And So We Come Forth

2020

The Prince of Pennsylvania The Prince of Pennsylvania

1988

Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts

2016

What Do We Need to Talk About? What Do We Need to Talk About?

2020

Sorry Sorry

2020

A Doctor's Story A Doctor's Story

1984

NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs

2017

Greetings from the Shore Greetings from the Shore

2008

Starting Over Starting Over

1979

The Secret Life of Girls The Secret Life of Girls

1999

Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

1990

Dead Dog Dead Dog

2001

When You Finish Saving the World When You Finish Saving the World

2023

Three Wishes Three Wishes

1995

Down Came a Blackbird Down Came a Blackbird

1995

Vice Vice

2018

Wrestling with Alligators Wrestling with Alligators

1998

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story

1983

His Three Daughters His Three Daughters

2024

Ghosts of Stonehenge Ghosts of Stonehenge

2017

Cross Creek Cross Creek

1983

NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs

2008

The Man Who Saved the World The Man Who Saved the World

2012

V.I. Warshawski V.I. Warshawski

1991

The Matchmaker The Matchmaker

1997

The Misfit Brigade The Misfit Brigade

1987

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear

2003

JFK JFK

1991

Along Came a Spider Along Came a Spider

2001

Starstruck Starstruck

1981

My Boyfriend's Back My Boyfriend's Back

1993

Wedding Daze Wedding Daze

2006

The Big Green The Big Green

1995

The Road to Galena The Road to Galena

2022

Kiss the Girls Kiss the Girls

1997

Edge of Darkness Edge of Darkness

2010

Half Nelson Half Nelson

2006

Angels in the Outfield Angels in the Outfield

1994

My Husband's Double Life My Husband's Double Life

2001

Outrage Outrage

2023

The Valley of Light The Valley of Light

2007

The River The River

2013

The Undying The Undying

2009

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

2024

Salem Witch Trials Salem Witch Trials

2002

For Richer or Poorer For Richer or Poorer

1997

Nobody's Children Nobody's Children

1994

Tucker: The Man and His Dream Tucker: The Man and His Dream

1988

ATF ATF

1999

I Hate Valentine's Day I Hate Valentine's Day

2009

Saving the Dead Sea Saving the Dead Sea

2019

I'm Coming Over I'm Coming Over

2011

Just Like in the Movies Just Like in the Movies

1989

Hanky Panky Hanky Panky

1982

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

2015

Cadillac Records Cadillac Records

2008

A Novel Romance A Novel Romance

2011

Revolutionary Road Revolutionary Road

2008

The Last Brickmaker in America The Last Brickmaker in America

2001

Cold Sassy Tree Cold Sassy Tree

1989

Glory Glory

1989

The Confession The Confession

1999

Earthly Possessions Earthly Possessions

1999

Hair High Hair High

2004

The Prosecutors The Prosecutors

1996

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

2022

Leonardo: The Man Who Saved Science Leonardo: The Man Who Saved Science

2017

Music of the Heart Music of the Heart

1999

Adventures in Plymptoons! Adventures in Plymptoons!

2011

Daylight Daylight

1996

The Gathering Swarms The Gathering Swarms

2014

The Day After Tomorrow The Day After Tomorrow

2004

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