Jay O. Sanders

Jay O. Sanders (72)

1953-04-16 | 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.

On Movies

  • His Three Daughters
  • Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
  • Outrage
  • When You Finish Saving the World
  • BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
  • The Road to Galena
  • Incidental Moments of the Day
  • Tapes
  • The Assistant
  • DC Noir
  • Vice
  • The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age
  • Catfight
  • Northern Borders
  • The River
  • A Novel Romance
  • I'm Coming Over
  • Green Lantern
  • The Jewel
  • Edge of Darkness
  • I Hate Valentine's Day
  • The Undying
  • Revolutionary Road
  • Cadillac Records
  • The Dissection of Thanksgiving
  • Greetings from the Shore
  • Happenstance
  • The Valley of Light
  • Wedding Daze
  • Half Nelson
  • The Day After Tomorrow
  • Hair High
  • Abby Singer
  • D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
  • Salem Witch Trials
  • Dead Dog
  • The Last Brickmaker in America
  • Boss of Bosses
  • Along Came a Spider
  • My Husband's Double Life
  • My Husband's Double Life
  • Picnic
  • Tumbleweeds
  • Music of the Heart
  • ATF
  • The Secret Life of Girls
  • The Jack Bull
  • The Confession
  • Earthly Possessions
  • The Odd Couple II
  • Wrestling with Alligators
  • For Richer or Poorer
  • The Matchmaker
  • Kiss the Girls
  • Daylight
  • The Prosecutors
  • Silver Strand
  • Three Wishes
  • Down Came a Blackbird
  • The Big Green
  • Kiss of Death
  • Angels in the Outfield
  • Nobody's Children
  • State of Emergency
  • Rio Shannon
  • My Boyfriend's Back
  • Hostages
  • JFK
  • Meeting Venus
  • Defenseless
  • V.I. Warshawski
  • Mr. Destiny
  • Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
  • Glory
  • Cold Sassy Tree
  • Just Like in the Movies
  • The Prince of Pennsylvania
  • Tucker: The Man and His Dream
  • The Misfit Brigade
  • A Doctor's Story
  • Cross Creek
  • Eddie Macon's Run
  • Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
  • Hanky Panky
  • Starstruck
  • The Day Christ Died
  • Starting Over

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