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| years_active = 1979–present
| years_active = 1979–present
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Maryann Plunkett]]<br>|1991}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Maryann Plunkett]]<br>|1991}}
| children = Jamie Sanders
| children = 1
|education = [[State University of New York, Purchase]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
|education = [[State University of New York, Purchase]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
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'''Jay Olcutt Sanders''' (born April 16, 1953) is an American film, theatre and television actor and playwright. He may be best known for ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'' (1991). He frequently appears in plays [[off-Broadway]] at [[The Public Theatre]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Isherwood|first=Charles|title=I Wouldn't Touch That Pie, if I Were You|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/theater/reviews/titus-andronicus-at-public-lab-review.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 13, 2011}}</ref>
'''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]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Isherwood|first=Charles|title=I Wouldn't Touch That Pie, if I Were You|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/theater/reviews/titus-andronicus-at-public-lab-review.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 13, 2011}}</ref> He received a [[Drama Desk Award]] and a [[New York Drama Critics' Circle Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.playbill.com/person/jay-o-sanders-vault-0000061479|title= Jay. O Sanders (Performer)|website= Playbill|accessdate= April 27, 2024}}</ref>

Sanders made his off-Broadway debut in a [[Shakespeare in the Park]] production of ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'' in 1976. He originated the role of Bradley in [[Sam Shepard]]'s ''[[Buried Child]]'' (1978).<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/564 ''Buried Child''] lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016.</ref> He made his [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut in the play ''Loose Ends'' (1979). He returned to Broadway in ''[[The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial]]'' (1983), ''[[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]]'' (1993), ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' (2007), ''[[Girl from the North Country (musical)|Girl from the North Country]]'' (2020), and ''[[Purlie Victorious]]'' (2023).

He made his feature film debut in the comedy ''[[Starting Over (1979 film)|Starting Over]]'' (1979). He had notable roles in films such as ''[[Cross Creek (film)|Cross Creek]]'' (1983), ''[[Tucker: The Man and His Dream]]'' (1988), ''[[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]'' (1989), ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'' (1991), ''[[Hostages (1992 film)|Hostages]]'' (1992), ''[[Angels in the Outfield (1994 film)|Angels in the Outfield]]'' (1993), ''[[Music of the Heart]]'' (1999), ''[[Tumbleweeds (1999 film)|Tumbleweeds]]'' (1999), and ''[[Revolutionary Road (film)|Revolutionary Road]]'' (2008). He took recurring roles in television series such as ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'', ''[[The Good Wife]]'', ''[[Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest]]'', ''[[Blindspot (TV series)|Blindspot]]'', and ''[[Sneaky Pete]]''. He has served as the narrator for the shows ''[[Wide Angle (TV program)|Wide Angle]]'', ''[[Nova (American TV program)|Nova]]'' and ''[[Secrets of the Dead]]''.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Sanders was born on April 16, 1953, in [[Austin, Texas]], to arts organization executive and violinist James Olcutt Sanders (1917-1983) and Phyllis Rae, née Aden. His parents were Quakers.<ref>Black Theater, City Life: African American Art Institutions and Urban Cultural Ecologies, Macelle Mahala, 2022, p. 221</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Sanders Biography|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/92/Jay-Sanders.html|work=filmreference|year=2008|access-date=2008-07-06}}</ref> He attended the acting conservatory at [[SUNY Purchase]].
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Sanders was born on April 16, 1953 in [[Austin, Texas]], to Phyllis Rae (née Aden) and James Olcutt Sanders.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Sanders Biography|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/92/Jay-Sanders.html|work=filmreference|year=2008|access-date=2008-07-06}}</ref> After attending the acting conservatory at [[SUNY Purchase]], Sanders made his off-Broadway debut in a [[Shakespeare in the Park]] production of ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'' in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller|first=J. Michael|title=J. Michael Miller talks to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders|url=http://www.theactorscenterjournal.org/2013/01/j-michael-miller-talks-to-maryann-plunkett-and-jay-o-sanders/|work=Interview|publisher=The Actors Center|access-date=2013-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817103326/http://www.theactorscenterjournal.org/2013/01/j-michael-miller-talks-to-maryann-plunkett-and-jay-o-sanders/|archive-date=2013-08-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> He played Bradley in the first New York production of [[Sam Shepard]]'s [[Buried Child]] in 1978.<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/564 ''Buried Child''] lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016.</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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Sanders made his off-Broadway debut in a [[Shakespeare in the Park]] production of ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'' in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller|first=J. Michael|title=J. Michael Miller talks to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders|url=http://www.theactorscenterjournal.org/2013/01/j-michael-miller-talks-to-maryann-plunkett-and-jay-o-sanders/|work=Interview|publisher=The Actors Center|access-date=2013-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817103326/http://www.theactorscenterjournal.org/2013/01/j-michael-miller-talks-to-maryann-plunkett-and-jay-o-sanders/|archive-date=2013-08-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> He played Bradley in the first New York production of [[Sam Shepard]]'s ''[[Buried Child]]'' in 1978.<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/564 ''Buried Child''] lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016.</ref>
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Sanders has had a long career in film and television. He is perhaps most recognized for his work in the films ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'' (2004), ''[[Green Lantern (film)|Green Lantern]]'' (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/day_after_tomorrow|title=The Day After Tomorrow|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=2016-02-20}}</ref> and [[Morgan Freeman]] ''Alex Cross'' films. He has appeared in many other notable films, including ''[[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]'' (1989), ''[[Mr. Destiny]]'', ''JFK'' (1991), ''[[Angels in the Outfield (1994 film)|Angels in the Outfield]]'' (1994), ''[[The Big Green]]'' (1995), ''[[Daylight (1996 film)|Daylight]]'', ''[[Tumbleweeds (1999 film)|Tumbleweeds]]'' (1999), ''[[Music of the Heart]]'' (1999), ''[[Half Nelson (film)|Half Nelson]]'' (2006), ''[[Cadillac Records]]'' (2008) and ''[[Revolutionary Road (film)|Revolutionary Road]]'' (2008).<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/684119/Revolutionary-Road/ ''Revolutionary Road''], tcm.com; accessed November 10, 2016</ref>


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Sanders has had a long career in film and television. He is perhaps most recognized for his work in the films ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'' (2004), ''[[Green Lantern (film)|Green Lantern]]'' (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/day_after_tomorrow|title=The Day After Tomorrow|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=2016-02-20}}</ref> and [[Morgan Freeman]] ''Alex Cross'' films. He has appeared in many other notable films, including ''[[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]'' (1989), ''[[Mr. Destiny]]'' (1990), ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'' (1991), ''[[Angels in the Outfield (1994 film)|Angels in the Outfield]]'' (1994), ''[[The Big Green]]'' (1995), ''[[Daylight (1996 film)|Daylight]]'', ''[[Tumbleweeds (1999 film)|Tumbleweeds]]'' (1999), ''[[Music of the Heart]]'' (1999), ''[[Half Nelson (film)|Half Nelson]]'' (2006), ''[[Cadillac Records]]'' (2008) and ''[[Revolutionary Road (film)|Revolutionary Road]]'' (2008).<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/684119/Revolutionary-Road/ ''Revolutionary Road''], tcm.com; accessed November 10, 2016</ref>
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On television, Sanders played mob lawyer Steven Kordo in the 1986–88 [[NBC]] detective series ''[[Crime Story (U.S. TV series)|Crime Story]]'', Norbert "Ziggy" Walsh on two episodes of ''[[Roseanne]]'', and recurring characters on shows such as ''[[Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest]]'' and ''[[True Detective (TV series)|True Detective]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2558868/what-the-true-detective-season-1-cast-is-doing-now|title=What The True Detective Season 1 Cast Is Doing Now|date=November 21, 2020|website=CINEMABLEND}}</ref> He is the narrator for the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] series ''[[Wide Angle (TV series)|Wide Angle]]'' from 2002 to 2009, and has served as narrator for a number of ''[[Nova (American TV series)|Nova]]'' episodes starting in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/about-the-series/credits/36|title=About the series|publisher=Wide Angle Credits|access-date=2016-02-20}}</ref>


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On television, Sanders played mob lawyer Steven Kordo in the 1986–88 [[NBC]] detective series ''[[Crime Story (U.S. TV series)|Crime Story]]'', Norbert "Ziggy" Walsh on two episodes of ''[[Roseanne]]'', and recurring characters on shows such as ''[[Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest]]'' and ''[[True Detective]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2558868/what-the-true-detective-season-1-cast-is-doing-now|title=What The True Detective Season 1 Cast Is Doing Now|date=November 21, 2020|website=CINEMABLEND}}</ref> He is the narrator for the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] series ''[[Wide Angle (TV series)|Wide Angle]]'' from 2002 to 2009, and has served as narrator for a number of ''[[Nova (American TV series)|Nova]]'' episodes starting in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/about-the-series/credits/36|title=About the series|date=27 May 2008 |publisher=Wide Angle Credits|access-date=2016-02-20}}</ref>
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On stage, Sanders has appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''Loose Ends'' (1979),<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/loose-ends-circle-in-the-square-theatre-vault-0000003280 "'Loose Ends' Broadway"], Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016</ref> ''[[The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial]]'' (1983),<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/the-caine-mutiny-court-martial-circle-in-the-square-theatre-vault-0000003267 "'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial' Broadway"], Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016</ref> [[Saint Joan (play)|''Saint Joan'']] (1993),<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/saint-joan-lyceum-theatre-vault-0000007110 "'Saint Joan' Broadway"], Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016</ref> and [[Pygmalion (play)|''Pygmalion'']] (2007).<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/pygmalion-american-airlines-theatre-vault-0000010373 'Pygmalion' on Broadway], Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jay O. Sanders at IBDB|url=http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=71836|publisher=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref>


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On stage, Sanders has appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''Loose Ends'' (1979),<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/loose-ends-circle-in-the-square-theatre-vault-0000003280 "'Loose Ends' Broadway"], Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016</ref> ''[[The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial]]'' (1983),<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/the-caine-mutiny-court-martial-circle-in-the-square-theatre-vault-0000003267 "'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial' Broadway"], Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016</ref> [[Saint Joan (play)|''Saint Joan'']] (1993),<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/saint-joan-lyceum-theatre-vault-0000007110 "'Saint Joan' Broadway"], Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016</ref> [[Pygmalion (play)|''Pygmalion'']] (2007).,<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/pygmalion-american-airlines-theatre-vault-0000010373 'Pygmalion' on Broadway], Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jay O. Sanders at IBDB|url=http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=71836|publisher=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref> ''[[Girl from the North Country (musical)]]'' (2020), and ''[[Purlie Victorious]]'' (2023)
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Off-Broadway, he appeared as [[George W. Bush]] in Sir [[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]]'s ''Stuff Happens'' in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brantley|first=Ben|title=David Hare's 'Stuff Happens': All the President's Men in 'On the Road to Baghdad'|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2006/04/14/theater/reviews/14stuf.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 14, 2006}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/4287 ''Stuff Happens''], lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016.</ref> He then played in a number of Shakespearean plays: ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (Bottom, 2007), ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Ghost of Hamlet's Father/Player King/Gravedigger, 2008), ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (as Sir Toby Belch, 2009), and the title role in Shakespeare's ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' (2011).<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/5326 ''Titus Andronicus''], lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016</ref>


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Off-Broadway, he appeared as [[George W. Bush]] in Sir [[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]]'s ''Stuff Happens'' in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brantley|first=Ben|title=David Hare's 'Stuff Happens': All the President's Men in 'On the Road to Baghdad'|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2006/04/14/theater/reviews/14stuf.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 14, 2006}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/4287 ''Stuff Happens''], lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016.</ref> He then played in a number of Shakespearean plays: ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (Bottom, 2007), ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Ghost of Hamlet's Father/Player King/Gravedigger, 2008), ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (as Sir Toby Belch, 2009), and the title role in Shakespeare's ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' (2011).<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/5326 ''Titus Andronicus''], lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016</ref>
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Sanders appeared in the [[Richard Nelson (playwright)|Richard Nelson]] ''Apple Family Plays'', a series of plays that ran off-Broadway at the Public Theatre in 2010 (''That Hopey Changey Thing''), 2011 (''Sweet and Sad''), 2012 (''Sorry''), and 2013 (''Regular Singing'').<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/2646 "Sanders Off-Broadway"], lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016</ref>

Sanders has appeared in more plays at the [[Delacorte Theater|Delacorte Theatre]] (Shakespeare in Central Park) than any other actor to date.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dctheatrescene.com/2015/11/19/exploring-six-degrees-of-jay-o-sanders-unexplored-interior-playwrights-brilliant-career|title=Exploring six degrees of Jay O. Sanders: Unexplored Interior playwright's brilliant career - DC Theatre Scene|date=19 November 2015}}</ref>


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Sanders appeared in the [[Richard Nelson (playwright)|Richard Nelson]] ''Apple Family Plays'', a series of plays that ran off-Broadway at the Public Theatre in 2010 (''That Hopey Changey Thing''), 2011 (''Sweet and Sad''), 2012 (''Sorry''), and 2013 (''Regular Singing'').<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/2646 "Sanders Off-Broadway"], lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016</ref> Sanders has appeared in more plays at the [[Delacorte Theater|Delacorte Theatre]] (Shakespeare in Central Park) than any other actor to date.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dctheatrescene.com/2015/11/19/exploring-six-degrees-of-jay-o-sanders-unexplored-interior-playwrights-brilliant-career|title=Exploring six degrees of Jay O. Sanders: Unexplored Interior playwright's brilliant career - DC Theatre Scene|date=19 November 2015}}</ref>
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Sanders' first play, ''Unexplored Interior'', about the [[Rwandan genocide]], debuted in November 2015 at the [[Atlas Performing Arts Center]] in Washington, DC. Sanders had been working on it for more than a decade.<ref>{{cite news|last=Marks|first=Peter|date=November 3, 2015|title=Mosaic opens its inaugural curtain with 'Unexplored Interior'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/mosaic-opens-its-inaugural-curtain-with-unexplored-interior/2015/11/03/cdc8cdbe-8237-11e5-8ba6-cec48b74b2a7_story.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=November 25, 2015}}</ref>


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Sanders' first play, ''Unexplored Interior'', about the [[Rwandan genocide]], debuted in November 2015 at the [[Atlas Performing Arts Center]] in Washington, D.C. Sanders had been working on it for more than a decade.<ref>{{cite news|last=Marks|first=Peter|date=November 3, 2015|title=Mosaic opens its inaugural curtain with 'Unexplored Interior'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/mosaic-opens-its-inaugural-curtain-with-unexplored-interior/2015/11/03/cdc8cdbe-8237-11e5-8ba6-cec48b74b2a7_story.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=November 25, 2015}}</ref>
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He received the 2018 Joe A. Callaway Award, presented by the Actors’ Equity Foundation for "best performance in a professional production of a classic play", for his performance in Chekhov's ''[[Uncle Vanya]]''.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/alison-fraser-and-jay-o-sanders-are-winners-of-2018-joe-a-callaway-awards# "Alison Fraser and Jay O. Sanders Are Winners of 2018 Joe A. Callaway Awards"] Playbill, December 7, 2018</ref> He also received the Drama Desk Award for 2019 for Actor in a Play for ''Uncle Vanya''.


==Filmography==
==Acting credits==
===Film===
===Film===
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| ''[[The Familiar Stranger]]''
| ''[[The Familiar Stranger]]''
| Patrick Hennessy Welsh / Timothy Michael Kingsbury
| Patrick Hennessy Welsh <br/> Timothy Michael Kingsbury
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| ''[[Bones of the Buddha]]''
| ''[[Bones of the Buddha]]''
| The Narrator
| The Narrator
| Documentary
| Documentary film
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| 2017
| 2017
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| 2022
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| ''[[When You Finish Saving the World]]''
| ''[[When You Finish Saving the World (film)|When You Finish Saving the World]]''
| Roger
| Roger Katz
|
|-
| ''[[Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths]]''
| Ambassador Jones
|
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| 2023
| ''[[His Three Daughters]]''
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| Television film
| Television film
|-
|-
|2006
| 2006–Present
|''The Valley of Light''
|Howard
|Television film
|-
| 2006–present
| ''[[Nova (American TV program)|Nova]]''
| ''[[Nova (American TV program)|Nova]]''
| The Narrator
| The Narrator
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| ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''
| ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''
| Captain Joseph Hannah
| Captain Joseph Hannah
| Main Role 8 episodes
| Main role; 8 episodes
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| 2011–2012
| 2011–2012
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| 9 episodes
| 9 episodes
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| 2012–present
| 2012–Present
| ''[[Secrets of the Dead]]''
| ''[[Secrets of the Dead]]''
| The Narrator
| The Narrator
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| 2014
| 2014
| ''[[True Detective (TV series)|True Detective]]''
| ''[[True Detective]]''
| Billy Lee Tuttle
| Billy Lee Tuttle
| 2 episodes
| 2 episodes
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| 15 episodes
| 15 episodes
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|-
| 2018
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| ''[[The Sinner (TV series)|The Sinner]]''
| ''[[The Sinner (TV series)|The Sinner]]''
| Chief Tom Lidell
| Chief Tom Lidell
| 7 episodes
| 7 episodes
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| ''[[Chicago Med]]''
| Reverend Cray
| Episode: "Down by Law"
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| 2020
| 2020
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| Jack Bryant
| Jack Bryant
| 6 episodes
| 6 episodes
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=== Theatre ===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue
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|1976 || ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'' || Earl of Westmoreland || [[Shakespeare in the Park]] ||<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller|first=J. Michael|title=J. Michael Miller talks to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders|url=http://www.theactorscenterjournal.org/2013/01/j-michael-miller-talks-to-maryann-plunkett-and-jay-o-sanders/|work=Interview|publisher=The Actors Center|access-date=2013-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817103326/http://www.theactorscenterjournal.org/2013/01/j-michael-miller-talks-to-maryann-plunkett-and-jay-o-sanders/|archive-date=2013-08-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|1976 || ''[[Measure for Measure]]'' || Barnardine || Shakespeare in the Park || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/114819-measure-for-measure-at-delacorte-theatre-1976|title= Measure for Measure|website= abouttheartist|accessdate= April 27, 2024}}</ref>
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|1978 || ''[[Buried Child]]'' || Bradley || Theater for the New City || <ref>[http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/564 ''Buried Child''] lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016.</ref>
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|1979 || ''Loose Ends'' || Doug || [[Circle in the Square Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.playbill.com/production/loose-ends-circle-in-the-square-theatre-vault-0000003280|title= Loose Ends (Broadway, 1979)|website= Playbill|accessdate= April 27, 2024}}</ref>
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|1983 || ''[[The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial]]'' || Lt. Stephen Maryk || Circle in the Square, Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.playbill.com/production/the-caine-mutiny-court-martial-circle-in-the-square-theatre-vault-0000003267|title= The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Broadway, 1983)|website= Playbill|accessdate= April 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1993 || ''[[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]]'' || Dunois || [[Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)|Lyceum Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.playbill.com/production/saint-joan-lyceum-theatre-vault-0000007110|title= Saint Joan (Broadway, 1993)|website= Playbill|accessdate= April 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2007 || ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' || Alfred Doolittle || [[American Airlines Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.playbill.com/production/pygmalion-american-airlines-theatre-vault-0000010373|title= Pygmalion (Broadway, 2007)|website= Playbill|accessdate= April 27, 2024}}</ref>
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|2020 || ''[[Girl from the North Country (musical)|Girl from the North Country]]'' || Nick Laine || [[Belasco Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.playbill.com/production/girl-from-the-north-countrybelasco-theatre-2019-2020|title= Girl from the North Country (Broadway, 2020)|website= Playbill|accessdate= April 27, 2024}}</ref>
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|2023 || ''[[Primary Trust]]'' || Clay || [[Laura Pels Theatre]], Off-Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/go-inside-opening-night-of-primary-trust-starring-the-good-places-william-jackson-harper|title= Go Inside Opening Night of Primary Trust, Starring The Good Place's William Jackson Harper|website= Playbill|accessdate= April 27, 2024}}</ref>
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|2023 || ''[[Purlie Victorious]]'' || Ol' Captain Cotchipee || [[Music Box Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.playbill.com/production/purlie-victorious-broadway-music-box-theatre-2023|title= Purlie Victorious (Broadway, 2023)|website= Playbill|accessdate= April 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|}
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| ''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]'' || D.S. MacKenna || Uncredited
| ''[[Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare]]'' || D.S. MacKenna || Uncredited
|}
|}

== Awards and honors ==
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Jay O. Sanders
Born
Jay Olcutt Sanders

(1953-04-16) April 16, 1953 (age 71)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
EducationState University of New York, Purchase (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1979–present
Spouse
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(m. 1991)​
Children1

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.[1] He received a Drama Desk Award and a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award.[2]

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).[3] 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 (1993), Music of the Heart (1999), Tumbleweeds (1999), and Revolutionary Road (2008). He took recurring roles in television series such as 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.

Early life and education

Sanders was born on April 16, 1953, in Austin, Texas, to arts organization executive and violinist James Olcutt Sanders (1917-1983) and Phyllis Rae, née Aden. His parents were Quakers.[4][5] He attended the acting conservatory at SUNY Purchase.

Career

Sanders made his off-Broadway debut in a Shakespeare in the Park production of Henry V in 1976.[6] He played Bradley in the first New York production of Sam Shepard's Buried Child in 1978.[7]

Sanders has had a long career in film and television. He is perhaps most recognized for his work in the films The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Green Lantern (2011)[8] and Morgan Freeman Alex Cross films. 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, Tumbleweeds (1999), Music of the Heart (1999), Half Nelson (2006), Cadillac Records (2008) and Revolutionary Road (2008).[9]

On television, Sanders played mob lawyer Steven Kordo in the 1986–88 NBC detective series Crime Story, Norbert "Ziggy" Walsh on two episodes of Roseanne, and recurring characters on shows such as Person of Interest and True Detective.[10] He is the narrator for the PBS series Wide Angle from 2002 to 2009, and has served as narrator for a number of Nova episodes starting in 2007.[11]

On stage, Sanders has appeared on Broadway in Loose Ends (1979),[12] The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1983),[13] Saint Joan (1993),[14] Pygmalion (2007).,[15][16] Girl from the North Country (musical) (2020), and Purlie Victorious (2023)

Off-Broadway, he appeared as George W. Bush in Sir David Hare's Stuff Happens in 2006.[17][18] He then played in a number of Shakespearean plays: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom, 2007), Hamlet (Ghost of Hamlet's Father/Player King/Gravedigger, 2008), Twelfth Night (as Sir Toby Belch, 2009), and the title role in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus (2011).[19]

Sanders appeared in the Richard Nelson Apple Family Plays, a series of plays that ran off-Broadway at the Public Theatre in 2010 (That Hopey Changey Thing), 2011 (Sweet and Sad), 2012 (Sorry), and 2013 (Regular Singing).[20] Sanders has appeared in more plays at the Delacorte Theatre (Shakespeare in Central Park) than any other actor to date.[21]

Sanders' first play, Unexplored Interior, about the Rwandan genocide, debuted in November 2015 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C. Sanders had been working on it for more than a decade.[22]

Acting credits

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1979 Starting Over Larry Credited as Jay Sanders
1982 Hanky Panky Katz
1983 Cross Creek Charles Rawlings
Eddie Macon's Run Rudy Potts
1987 The Misfit Brigade Lance Corporal Wolfgang "Tiny" Creutzfeldt
1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream Kirby, Tucker's Attorney
The Prince of Pennsylvania Trooper Joe
1989 Glory General George Crockett Strong
A Man Called Hawk Officer Brogan
The Young Riders Longley
1990 Mr. Destiny Jackie Earle "Cement Head" Bumpers
1991 JFK Lou Ivon
Meeting Venus Stephen Taylor
V.I. Warshawski Murray Ryerson
1992 Hostages Terry A. Anderson
1993 My Boyfriend's Back Sheriff McCloud
1994 Angels in the Outfield Ranch Wilder
State of Emergency Dr. Jeffrey Forrest
1995 The Big Green Coach Jay Huffer
Kiss of Death Federal Agent Uncredited
Silver Strand Lucas Hughes
Three Wishes Coach Schramka
1996 Daylight Steven Crighton
1997 For Richer or Poorer Samuel Yoder
The Matchmaker Senator John McGlory
Kiss the Girls FBI Agent Kyle Craig
1998 The Odd Couple II Leroy
1999 Music of the Heart Dan Paxton
The Confession Jack Renoble
Tumbleweeds Dan Miller
2001 Along Came a Spider FBI Agent Kyle Craig
The Familiar Stranger Patrick Hennessy Welsh
Timothy Michael Kingsbury
2003 Abby Singer Kevin's Father
2004 The Day After Tomorrow Frank Harris
Hair High Football Announcer (voice)
2006 Half Nelson Russ Dunne
Wedding Daze Police Officer
2007 Greetings from the Shore Commodore Callaghan
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial The Narrator Documentary film
2008 Revolutionary Road Bart Pollock
Cadillac Records Mr. Feder
Poundcake Cliff
2009 I Hate Valentine's Day Tim, The Delivery Guy
2010 Edge of Darkness Detective Bill Whitehouse
Zenith Doug Oberts
2011 Green Lantern Carl Ferris
The Jewel Mr. Rothman
The Undying Dr. Richard Lassiter
A Novel Romance Walter Evans
2013 Northern Borders Agent Sanders
Bones of the Buddha The Narrator Documentary film
2017 Search for the Super Battery The Narrator Documentary film
2019 The Assistant Boss (voice)
2022 When You Finish Saving the World Roger Katz
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Ambassador Jones
2023 His Three Daughters

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1980 The Day Christ Died Simon Peter Television film
1983 Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story Dick Willey Television film
1983–1984 AfterMASH Dr. Gene Pfeiffer 10 episodes
1985 Miami Vice Detective Tim Duryea Episode: "The Maze"
1986–1988 Crime Story Steven Kordo 12 episodes
1989 Booker Gordon Rudd Episode: "All You Gotta Do Is Do It"
Kate & Allie Tim Mayer Episode: "What's Love Got to Do with It?"
1990 L.A. Law Detective Michael Phillips Episode: "Watts a Matter?"
1990–1991 Roseanne Norbert "Ziggy" Walsh 2 episodes
1993 Northern Exposure Dr. John Summers Episode: "Jaws of Life"
1995 Down Came a Blackbird Jan Talbeck Television film
The Outer Limits Ed Barkley Episode: "The Voyage Home"
1999 Earthly Possessions Jack Emery Television film
A.T.F. Sam Sinclair Television film
The Jack Bull Attorney General Metcalfe Television film
Law & Order Nick Taska / Bill Fallon Episode: "Tabula Rasa"
2000 Picnic Unknown Television film
2001 Boss of Bosses Joseph O'Brien Television film
2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Harry Rowan Episode: "Dead"
2002 Widows Detective John Maynard 4 episodes
2002–2009 Wide Angle The Narrator 63 episodes
2003 D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear Douglas Duncan Television film
2006 The Valley of Light Howard Television film
2006–present Nova The Narrator 70 episodes
2010 Hardcover Mysteries The Narrator 8 episodes
2011 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Captain Joseph Hannah Main role; 8 episodes
2011–2012 Pan Am Douglas Vanderway 3 episodes
2011–2016 The Good Wife Judge Hal Ferris 2 episodes
2012 Blue Bloods Jimmy Reagan Episode: "Reagan V. Reagan"
2012–2014 Person of Interest Special Counsel 9 episodes
2012–present Secrets of the Dead The Narrator 24 episodes
2013 Hostages Lynn Shipley Episode: "The Cost of Living"
2014 True Detective Billy Lee Tuttle 2 episodes
2015 Dawn of Humanity The Narrator 1 episode
American Odyssey Alex 8 episodes
2015–2020 Blindspot Bill Weller 11 episodes
2017–2019 Sneaky Pete Sam 15 episodes
2018 The Sinner Chief Tom Lidell 7 episodes
Chicago Med Reverend Cray Episode: "Down by Law"
2020 Manhunt: Deadly Games Jack Bryant 6 episodes

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1976 Henry V Earl of Westmoreland Shakespeare in the Park [23]
1976 Measure for Measure Barnardine Shakespeare in the Park [24]
1978 Buried Child Bradley Theater for the New City [25]
1979 Loose Ends Doug Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway [26]
1983 The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Lt. Stephen Maryk Circle in the Square, Broadway [27]
1993 Saint Joan Dunois Lyceum Theatre, Broadway [28]
2007 Pygmalion Alfred Doolittle American Airlines Theatre, Broadway [29]
2020 Girl from the North Country Nick Laine Belasco Theatre, Broadway [30]
2023 Primary Trust Clay Laura Pels Theatre, Off-Broadway [31]
2023 Purlie Victorious Ol' Captain Cotchipee Music Box Theatre, Broadway [32]

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Manhunt 2 The Pervs
2010 Red Dead Redemption D.S. MacKenna, Mr. Philmore
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare D.S. MacKenna Uncredited

Awards and honors

He received the 2018 Joe A. Callaway Award, presented by the Actors’ Equity Foundation for "best performance in a professional production of a classic play", for his performance in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.[33] He also received the Drama Desk Award for 2019 for Actor in a Play for Uncle Vanya. In 2024, he received an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play for his performance in Primary Trust.[34]

References

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  2. ^ "Jay. O Sanders (Performer)". Playbill. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  3. ^ Buried Child lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016.
  4. ^ Black Theater, City Life: African American Art Institutions and Urban Cultural Ecologies, Macelle Mahala, 2022, p. 221
  5. ^ "Jay Sanders Biography". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2008.
  6. ^ Miller, J. Michael. "J. Michael Miller talks to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders". Interview. The Actors Center. Archived from the original on August 17, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  7. ^ Buried Child lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016.
  8. ^ "The Day After Tomorrow". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  9. ^ Revolutionary Road, tcm.com; accessed November 10, 2016
  10. ^ "What The True Detective Season 1 Cast Is Doing Now". CINEMABLEND. November 21, 2020.
  11. ^ "About the series". Wide Angle Credits. May 27, 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  12. ^ "'Loose Ends' Broadway", Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016
  13. ^ "'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial' Broadway", Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016
  14. ^ "'Saint Joan' Broadway", Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016
  15. ^ 'Pygmalion' on Broadway, Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016
  16. ^ "Jay O. Sanders at IBDB". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  17. ^ Brantley, Ben (April 14, 2006). "David Hare's 'Stuff Happens': All the President's Men in 'On the Road to Baghdad'". The New York Times.
  18. ^ Stuff Happens, lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016.
  19. ^ Titus Andronicus, lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016
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  21. ^ "Exploring six degrees of Jay O. Sanders: Unexplored Interior playwright's brilliant career - DC Theatre Scene". November 19, 2015.
  22. ^ Marks, Peter (November 3, 2015). "Mosaic opens its inaugural curtain with 'Unexplored Interior'". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  23. ^ Miller, J. Michael. "J. Michael Miller talks to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders". Interview. The Actors Center. Archived from the original on August 17, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  24. ^ "Measure for Measure". abouttheartist. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  25. ^ Buried Child lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016.
  26. ^ "Loose Ends (Broadway, 1979)". Playbill. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  27. ^ "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Broadway, 1983)". Playbill. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  28. ^ "Saint Joan (Broadway, 1993)". Playbill. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  29. ^ "Pygmalion (Broadway, 2007)". Playbill. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  30. ^ "Girl from the North Country (Broadway, 2020)". Playbill. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  31. ^ "Go Inside Opening Night of Primary Trust, Starring The Good Place's William Jackson Harper". Playbill. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  32. ^ "Purlie Victorious (Broadway, 2023)". Playbill. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  33. ^ Gans, Andrew. "Alison Fraser and Jay O. Sanders Are Winners of 2018 Joe A. Callaway Awards" Playbill, December 7, 2018
  34. ^ Culwell-Block, Logan (May 13, 2024). "Stereophonic Leads 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards, Wins Best Play; See the Full List of Winners". Playbill. Retrieved May 13, 2024.

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