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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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-04-16

Place of Birth

Austin, Texas, USA

Cast


Crew

    The Day After Tomorrow

    The Day After Tomorrow

    20046.5 / 10

    Along Came a Spider

    Along Came a Spider

    20016.3 / 10

    Starstruck

    Starstruck

    19810.0 / 10

    JFK

    JFK

    19917.6 / 10

    D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear

    D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear

    20036.4 / 10

    The Matchmaker

    The Matchmaker

    19976.2 / 10

    The Misfit Brigade

    The Misfit Brigade

    19875.9 / 10

    My Boyfriend's Back

    My Boyfriend's Back

    19935.7 / 10

    Wedding Daze

    Wedding Daze

    20065.5 / 10

    Half Nelson

    Half Nelson

    20066.6 / 10

    Angels in the Outfield

    Angels in the Outfield

    19945.9 / 10

    Edge of Darkness

    Edge of Darkness

    20106.4 / 10

    Kiss the Girls

    Kiss the Girls

    19976.5 / 10

    The Big Green

    The Big Green

    19955.5 / 10

    The Road to Galena

    The Road to Galena

    20225.2 / 10

    V.I. Warshawski

    V.I. Warshawski

    19914.7 / 10

    The Man Who Saved the World

    The Man Who Saved the World

    20127.0 / 10

    When You Finish Saving the World

    When You Finish Saving the World

    20235.9 / 10

    Three Wishes

    Three Wishes

    19956.2 / 10

    Dead Dog

    Dead Dog

    20013.2 / 10

    Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

    Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

    19900.0 / 10

    Greetings from the Shore

    Greetings from the Shore

    20075.8 / 10

    Starting Over

    Starting Over

    19796.4 / 10

    The Secret Life of Girls

    The Secret Life of Girls

    19996.0 / 10

    Down Came a Blackbird

    Down Came a Blackbird

    19958.2 / 10

    Vice

    Vice

    20180.0 / 10

    Cross Creek

    Cross Creek

    19836.6 / 10

    NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs

    NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs

    20087.2 / 10

    Ghosts of Stonehenge

    Ghosts of Stonehenge

    20176.0 / 10

    His Three Daughters

    His Three Daughters

    20247.0 / 10

    Wrestling with Alligators

    Wrestling with Alligators

    199810.0 / 10

    Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story

    Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story

    19836.0 / 10

    My Husband's Double Life

    My Husband's Double Life

    20015.8 / 10

    Outrage

    Outrage

    20234.5 / 10

    The Confession

    The Confession

    19995.7 / 10

    Earthly Possessions

    Earthly Possessions

    19996.1 / 10

    Glory

    Glory

    19897.5 / 10

    Cold Sassy Tree

    Cold Sassy Tree

    19896.5 / 10

    Revolutionary Road

    Revolutionary Road

    20087.0 / 10

    The Last Brickmaker in America

    The Last Brickmaker in America

    20017.0 / 10

    Hair High

    Hair High

    20046.4 / 10

    The Prosecutors

    The Prosecutors

    19960.0 / 10

    Daylight

    Daylight

    19966.1 / 10

    The Gathering Swarms

    The Gathering Swarms

    20146.5 / 10

    Adventures in Plymptoons!

    Adventures in Plymptoons!

    20112.0 / 10

    Music of the Heart

    Music of the Heart

    19996.7 / 10

    BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

    BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

    20226.9 / 10

    A Novel Romance

    A Novel Romance

    20117.6 / 10

    Cadillac Records

    Cadillac Records

    20087.1 / 10

    For Richer or Poorer

    For Richer or Poorer

    19976.0 / 10

    Nobody's Children

    Nobody's Children

    19944.3 / 10

    Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Trials

    20026.2 / 10

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

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

    20240.0 / 10

    The Valley of Light

    The Valley of Light

    20076.4 / 10

    The River

    The River

    20138.5 / 10

    The Undying

    The Undying

    20094.2 / 10

    Tucker: The Man and His Dream

    Tucker: The Man and His Dream

    19886.7 / 10

    ATF

    ATF

    19994.7 / 10

    Hanky Panky

    Hanky Panky

    19825.3 / 10

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

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

    20157.3 / 10

    Just Like in the Movies

    Just Like in the Movies

    19898.0 / 10

    I'm Coming Over

    I'm Coming Over

    20113.0 / 10

    I Hate Valentine's Day

    I Hate Valentine's Day

    20095.4 / 10

    Saving the Dead Sea

    Saving the Dead Sea

    20190.0 / 10

    NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs

    NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs

    20177.5 / 10

    A Doctor's Story

    A Doctor's Story

    19845.0 / 10

    Eddie Macon's Run

    Eddie Macon's Run

    19835.7 / 10

    NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword

    NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword

    20127.5 / 10

    Hostages

    Hostages

    19925.9 / 10

    NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial

    NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial

    20079.3 / 10

    Dawn of Humanity

    Dawn of Humanity

    20157.5 / 10

    NOVA: Iceman Reborn

    NOVA: Iceman Reborn

    20167.2 / 10

    NOVA: The Great Math Mystery

    NOVA: The Great Math Mystery

    20157.8 / 10

    NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?

    NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?

    20135.0 / 10

    The Day Christ Died

    The Day Christ Died

    19805.8 / 10

    Abby Singer

    Abby Singer

    20034.5 / 10

    The Dissection of Thanksgiving

    The Dissection of Thanksgiving

    20080.0 / 10

    NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower

    NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower

    20137.0 / 10

    NOVA: Cold Case JFK

    NOVA: Cold Case JFK

    20137.5 / 10

    NOVA: Life's Rocky Start

    NOVA: Life's Rocky Start

    20168.1 / 10

    NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice

    NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice

    20167.0 / 10

    NOVA: Why Trains Crash

    NOVA: Why Trains Crash

    20177.0 / 10

    NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark

    NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark

    20156.0 / 10

    NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare

    NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare

    20167.0 / 10

    The Jewel

    The Jewel

    20116.6 / 10

    The Odd Couple II

    The Odd Couple II

    19986.3 / 10

    Earth from Space

    Earth from Space

    20127.9 / 10

    Tumbleweeds

    Tumbleweeds

    19996.5 / 10

    Silver Strand

    Silver Strand

    19953.8 / 10

    DC Noir

    DC Noir

    20193.2 / 10

    Boss of Bosses

    Boss of Bosses

    20015.6 / 10

    NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel

    NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel

    20176.2 / 10

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

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

    20170.0 / 10

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

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

    20170.0 / 10

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

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

    20170.0 / 10

    Uncle Vanya

    Uncle Vanya

    20190.0 / 10

    NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers

    NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers

    20185.8 / 10

    The Assistant

    The Assistant

    20206.3 / 10

    Rio Shannon

    Rio Shannon

    19930.0 / 10

    Broken Places

    Broken Places

    20180.0 / 10

    That Hopey Changey Thing

    That Hopey Changey Thing

    20200.0 / 10

    Meeting Venus

    Meeting Venus

    19915.8 / 10

    Green Lantern

    Green Lantern

    20115.2 / 10

    Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files

    Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files

    20190.0 / 10

    The Jack Bull

    The Jack Bull

    19996.3 / 10

    Mr. Destiny

    Mr. Destiny

    19906.2 / 10

    Sweet and Sad

    Sweet and Sad

    20206.5 / 10

    Sorry

    Sorry

    20206.5 / 10

    Regular Singing

    Regular Singing

    20200.0 / 10

    What Do We Need to Talk About?

    What Do We Need to Talk About?

    20200.0 / 10

    Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts

    Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts

    20160.0 / 10

    The Prince of Pennsylvania

    The Prince of Pennsylvania

    19885.6 / 10

    State of Emergency

    State of Emergency

    19944.0 / 10

    And So We Come Forth

    And So We Come Forth

    20200.0 / 10

    The Mystery of Mona Lisa

    The Mystery of Mona Lisa

    20146.0 / 10

    Tapes

    Tapes

    20200.0 / 10

    Catfight

    Catfight

    20165.5 / 10

    Northern Borders

    Northern Borders

    20155.8 / 10

    Defenseless

    Defenseless

    19915.0 / 10

    Kiss of Death

    Kiss of Death

    19955.7 / 10

    Picnic

    Picnic

    20003.7 / 10

    Incidental Moments of the Day

    Incidental Moments of the Day

    20200.0 / 10

    Riddles of the Sphinx

    Riddles of the Sphinx

    20106.0 / 10

    The Violin Alone

    The Violin Alone

    20190.0 / 10

    Secrets of Stonehenge

    Secrets of Stonehenge

    20108.0 / 10

    My Husband's Double Life

    My Husband's Double Life

    20015.8 / 10

    NOVA: Decoding da Vinci

    NOVA: Decoding da Vinci

    20197.5 / 10

    Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse

    Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse

    20150.0 / 10

    NOVA: First Face of America

    NOVA: First Face of America

    20187.4 / 10

    Happenstance

    Happenstance

    20071.0 / 10

    Wild Costa Rica

    Wild Costa Rica

    20008.0 / 10

    Girl From the North Country

    Girl From the North Country

    20246.0 / 10

    Nova: Building the Great Cathedrals

    Nova: Building the Great Cathedrals

    20100.0 / 10

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