Jay O. Sanders
Birthday: 1953-04-16
Place of Birth: Austin, Texas, USA
Biography: Jay Olcutt Sanders (born April 16, 1953) is an American film, theatre and television actor and playwright. He frequently appears in plays off-Broadway at The Public Theatre. He has received a Drama Desk Award and a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. Sanders made his off-Broadway debut in a Shakespeare in the Park production of Henry V in 1976. He originated the role of Bradley in Sam Shepard's Buried Child (1978). He made his Broadway debut in the play Loose Ends (1979). He returned to Broadway in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1983), Saint Joan (1993), Pygmalion (2007), Girl from the North Country (2020), and Purlie Victorious (2023). He made his feature film debut in the comedy Starting Over (1979). He had notable roles in films such as Cross Creek (1983), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), Glory (1989), JFK (1991), Hostages (1992), Angels in the Outfield (1994), Music of the Heart (1999), Tumbleweeds (1999), and Revolutionary Road (2008). He took recurring roles in television series including Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Good Wife, Person of Interest, Blindspot, and Sneaky Pete. He has served as the narrator for the shows Wide Angle, Nova, and Secrets of the Dead. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay O. Sanders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower
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NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark
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Silver Strand
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Boss of Bosses
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The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry
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NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
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The Assistant
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Broken Places
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That Hopey Changey Thing
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Meeting Venus
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Green Lantern
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Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files
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The Jack Bull
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Mr. Destiny
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Regular Singing
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Sweet and Sad
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What Do We Need to Talk About?
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Sorry
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Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
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The Prince of Pennsylvania
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State of Emergency
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And So We Come Forth
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The Mystery of Mona Lisa
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Tapes
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Kiss of Death
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Catfight
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Northern Borders
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Picnic
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Defenseless
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Incidental Moments of the Day
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Riddles of the Sphinx
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The Violin Alone
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Secrets of Stonehenge
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My Husband's Double Life
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NOVA: Decoding da Vinci
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Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse
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NOVA: First Face of America
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Girl From the North Country
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Remain
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