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Jay O. Sanders
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.
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As actor
Remain
Queens of Combat: Rome's Female Gladiators
The Rise & Fall of the Colosseum
His Three Daughters
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Girl From the North Country
When You Finish Saving the World
Outrage
The Road to Galena
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
The Assistant
That Hopey Changey Thing
Regular Singing
Sweet and Sad
What Do We Need to Talk About?
Sorry
And So We Come Forth
Tapes
Incidental Moments of the Day
Saving the Dead Sea
DC Noir
Uncle Vanya
Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files
The Violin Alone
NOVA: Decoding da Vinci
World War Speed: The Drugs That Won WWII
Vice
NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
Broken Places
NOVA: First Face of America