Jay O. Sanders
Jay O. Sanders
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.
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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
171
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-04-16 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Austin, Texas, USA
Acting

2024

His Three Daughters as Vincent

2024

Decoding the Universe as Narrator

2024

Girl From the North Country as Nick Laine

2023

Outrage as Frank Brand

2022

The Road to Galena as John Baird

2020

Stars in the House as Self

2020

The Assistant as Boss (voice)

2020

What Do We Need to Talk About? as Richard Apple

2020

Regular Singing as Richard Apple

2020

Sweet and Sad as Richard Apple

2020

That Hopey Changey Thing as Richard Apple

2020

Incidental Moments of the Day as Richard Apple

2020

And So We Come Forth as Richard Apple

2020

Sorry as Richard Apple

2020

Tapes as Not available

2019

Saving the Dead Sea as Not available

2019

NOVA: Decoding da Vinci as Narrator (voice)

2019

DC Noir as Sgt. Peters

2019

Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files as Narrator (voice)

2019

The Violin Alone as Narrator (voice)

2019

Uncle Vanya as Vanya

2018

NOVA: First Face of America as Narrator (voice)

2018

Broken Places as Narrator (voice)

2018

NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers as Narrator (voice)

2018

Vice as Governor

2017

Manhunt as Jack Bryant

2017

Women of a Certain Age as George Gabriel

2017

What Did You Expect? as George Gabriel

2017

NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel as Narrator (voice)

2017

Ghosts of Stonehenge as Narrator (voice)

2017

NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs as Narrator (voice)

2017

Hungry as George Gabriel

2017

NOVA: Why Trains Crash as Narrator (voice)

2016

Catfight as Angry Guy

2016

NOVA: Life's Rocky Start as Narrator (voice)

2016

NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare as Narrator (voice)

2016

NOVA: Iceman Reborn as Narrator (voice)

2016

NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice as Narrator (voice)

2015

Chicago Med as Cray

2015

Blindspot as Bill Weller

2015

Sneaky Pete as Sam

2015

Northern Borders as Agent Sanders

2015

NOVA: The Great Math Mystery as Narrator (voice)

2015

Dawn of Humanity as Narrator (voice)

2015

NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark as Narrator (voice)

2014

True Detective as Billy Lee Tuttle

2014

The Mystery of Mona Lisa as Narrator (voice)

2014

The Gathering Swarms as Narrator (voice)

2013

The River as Phil

2013

NOVA: Cold Case JFK as Narrator (voice)

2013

NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower as Self - Narrator (voice)

2013

NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby? as Narrator (voice)

2012

Earth from Space as Narrator (voice)

2012

The Man Who Saved the World as Narrator (voice)

2012

NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword as Narrator (voice)

2011

Person of Interest as Special Counsel

2011

Body of Proof as Harvey Brady

2011

Unforgettable as Jonathan Hedstrom

2011

Green Lantern as Carl Ferris

2011

Pan Am as Douglas Vanderway

2011

A Novel Romance as Walter Evans

2011

The Jewel as Mr. Rothman

2011

I'm Coming Over as Walter

2010

Blue Bloods as Jimmy Reagan

2010

Edge of Darkness as Whitehouse

2010

Riddles of the Sphinx as Narrator (voice)

2010

Secrets of Stonehenge as Narrator (voice)

2010

Nova: Building the Great Cathedrals as Self - Narrator

2009

The Good Wife as Judge Hal Ferris

2009

I Hate Valentine's Day as Tim the Delivery Guy

2009

The Undying as Dr. Russell Lassiter

2008

Revolutionary Road as Bart Pollock

2008

Cadillac Records as Mr. Feder

2008

Greetings from the Shore as Commodore Callaghan

2008

NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs as Narrator (voice)

2007

The Valley of Light as Howard

2007

Happenstance as Bob

2006

Wedding Daze as Sheriff

2006

Half Nelson as Russ Dunne

2004

The Day After Tomorrow as Frank Harris

2004

Hair High as Football Announcer (voice)

2003

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear as Douglas Duncan

2003

Abby Singer as Kevin's Father

2002

Salem Witch Trials as Thomas Putnam

2002

Widows as Detective John Maynard

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Harry Rowan, Sr.

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Joseph Hannah

2001

Along Came a Spider as Kyle Craig

2001

My Husband's Double Life as Patrick Hennessy Welsh

2001

My Husband's Double Life as Timothy Michael Kingsbury

2001

Boss of Bosses as Joseph O'Brien

2001

The Last Brickmaker in America as Mike Potter

2001

Dead Dog as Frank Edmonds

2000

Secrets of the Dead as Narrator (voice)

2000

Wonderland as Ed Butowski

2000

Picnic as Howard Bevens

2000

Wild Costa Rica as Narrator

1999

The Jack Bull as Atty. Gen. Metcalfe

1999

Music of the Heart as Dan Paxton

1999

The Confession as Jack Renoble

1999

ATF as Sam Sinclair

1999

Earthly Possessions as Zack Emery

1999

The Secret Life of Girls as Not available

1999

Tumbleweeds as Dan Miller

1998

The Odd Couple II as Leroy

1997

Kiss the Girls as FBI Agent Kyle Craig

1997

For Richer or Poorer as Samuel Yoder

1997

The Matchmaker as Senator John McGlory

1996

Daylight as Steven Crighton

1996

The Prosecutors as DA Alan Baker

1995

The Outer Limits as Ed Barkley

1995

The Big Green as Jay Huffer

1995

Kiss of Death as Federal Agent

1995

Three Wishes as Coach Schramka

1995

Down Came a Blackbird as Jan Talbeck

1995

Silver Strand as Lucas Hughes

1994

New York Undercover as Howard

1994

Angels in the Outfield as Ranch Wilder

1994

State of Emergency as Dr. Jeffrey Forrest

1994

Nobody's Children as Joe Stevens

1993

My Boyfriend's Back as Sheriff McCloud

1993

Rio Shannon as John Cleary

1992

Hostages as Terry Anderson

1991

JFK as Lou Ivon

1991

V.I. Warshawski as Murray Ryerson

1991

Defenseless as Bull Dozer

1991

Meeting Venus as Stephen Taylor

1990

Law & Order as Nick Taska / Bill Fallon

1990

Law & Order as Defense Attorney Alan Fenwick

1990

Northern Exposure as Dr. John Summer

1990

Mr. Destiny as Jackie Earle

1989

Booker as Gordon Rudd

1989

Glory as Gen. George Crockett Strong

1989

Just Like in the Movies as Ryan Legrand

1989

Cold Sassy Tree as Clayton McAllister

1988

Roseanne as Ziggy

1988

The Prince of Pennsylvania as Trooper Joe

1987

The Misfit Brigade as Tiny

1986

L.A. Law as Detective Michael Phillips

1986

Crime Story as Steve Kordo

1985

Spenser: For Hire as Father Crawford

1984

Miami Vice as Det. Tim Duryea

1984

Kate & Allie as Tim Merr

1984

A Doctor's Story as Dr. Curtis

1983

Eddie Macon's Run as Rudy Potts

1983

Cross Creek as Charles Rawlings

1982

Nature as Narrator (voice)

1982

Hanky Panky as Katz

1981

Starstruck as Mr. Miller

1980

Texas as Seth

1980

The Day Christ Died as Peter

1979

The Scarlet Letter as Robert Salter

1979

Starting Over as Larry

1974

NOVA as Narrator (voice)

1972

ABC Afterschool Special as Mr. Miller

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Howard
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