Place of Birth:
Austin, Texas, USA
Date of Birth:
4/16/1953
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.
The Day After Tomorrow
Along Came a Spider
Starstruck
JFK
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
The Matchmaker
The Misfit Brigade
My Boyfriend's Back
Wedding Daze
Half Nelson
Angels in the Outfield
Edge of Darkness
Kiss the Girls
The Big Green
The Road to Galena
V.I. Warshawski
The Man Who Saved the World
When You Finish Saving the World
Three Wishes
Dead Dog
Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Greetings from the Shore
Starting Over
The Secret Life of Girls
Down Came a Blackbird
Vice
Cross Creek
NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs
Ghosts of Stonehenge
His Three Daughters
Wrestling with Alligators
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
My Husband's Double Life
Outrage
The Confession
Earthly Possessions
Glory
Cold Sassy Tree
Revolutionary Road
The Last Brickmaker in America
Hair High
The Prosecutors
Daylight
The Gathering Swarms
Adventures in Plymptoons!
Music of the Heart
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
A Novel Romance
Cadillac Records
For Richer or Poorer
Nobody's Children
Salem Witch Trials
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
The Valley of Light
The River
The Undying
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
ATF
Hanky Panky
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
Just Like in the Movies
I'm Coming Over
I Hate Valentine's Day
Saving the Dead Sea
NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs
A Doctor's Story
Eddie Macon's Run
NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword
Hostages
NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial
Dawn of Humanity
NOVA: Iceman Reborn
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?
The Day Christ Died
Abby Singer
The Dissection of Thanksgiving
NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower
NOVA: Cold Case JFK
NOVA: Life's Rocky Start
NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice
NOVA: Why Trains Crash
NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark
NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare
The Jewel
The Odd Couple II
Earth from Space
Tumbleweeds
Silver Strand
DC Noir
Boss of Bosses
NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel
Hungry
What Did You Expect?
Women of a Certain Age
Uncle Vanya
NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
The Assistant
Rio Shannon
Broken Places
That Hopey Changey Thing
Meeting Venus
Green Lantern
Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files
The Jack Bull
Mr. Destiny
Sweet and Sad
Sorry
Regular Singing
What Do We Need to Talk About?
Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
The Prince of Pennsylvania
State of Emergency
And So We Come Forth
The Mystery of Mona Lisa
Tapes
Catfight
Northern Borders
Defenseless
Kiss of Death
Picnic
Incidental Moments of the Day
Riddles of the Sphinx
The Violin Alone
Secrets of Stonehenge
My Husband's Double Life
NOVA: Decoding da Vinci
Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse
NOVA: First Face of America
Happenstance
Wild Costa Rica
Girl From the North Country
Nova: Building the Great Cathedrals