Jay O. Sanders
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jay Olcutt Sanders (born April 16, 1953) is an American character actor. Sanders was born in Austin, Texas, to Phyllis Rae (née Aden) and James Olcutt Sanders. He is noted for playing Mob lawyer character Steven Kordo in the 1986-88 NBC detective series Crime Story. 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 starting in 2007.
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- Born:
- Apr 16, 1953 In Austin - Texas - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 114
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie His Three Daughters 2024-09-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | His Three Daughters | Vincent | 2024-09-05 |
| Movie | When You Finish Saving the World | Roger | 2023-01-20 |
| Movie | Outrage | Frank Brand | 2023-12-01 |
| Movie | The Road to Galena | John Baird | 2022-07-08 |
| Movie | BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Ambassador Jones | 2022-10-27 |
| Movie | The Assistant | Boss (voice) | 2020-01-31 |
| Movie | Tapes | 2020-06-17 | |
| Movie | DC Noir | Sgt. Peters | 2019-04-29 |
| Movie | Vice | Governor | 2018-01-01 |
| Movie | NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs | Narrator (voice) | 2017-01-04 |
| Movie | Hungry | George Gabriel | 2017-03-22 |
| Movie | Women of a Certain Age | George Gabriel | 2017-03-24 |
| Movie | What Did You Expect? | George Gabriel | 2017-03-23 |
| Movie | Catfight | Angry Guy | 2016-09-09 |
| Movie | Northern Borders | Agent Sanders | 2015-01-16 |
| Movie | NOVA: The Great Math Mystery | Narrator (voice) | 2015-04-15 |
| Movie | Dawn of Humanity | Narrator (voice) | 2015-09-10 |
| Movie | Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time | Narrator (voice) | 2015-11-25 |
| Series | Blindspot | Bill Weller | 2015-09-21 |
| Series | True Detective | Billy Lee Tuttle | 2014-01-12 |
| Movie | The Gathering Swarms | Narrator (voice) | 2014-05-21 |
| Series | D-Day Sacrifice | Host | 2014-06-04 |
| Movie | The River | Phil | 2013-04-05 |
| Movie | NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword | Narrator (voice) | 2012-10-10 |
| Movie | The Man Who Saved the World | Narrator (voice) | 2012-10-22 |
| Movie | Green Lantern | Carl Ferris | 2011-06-14 |
| Movie | The Jewel | Mr. Rothman | 2011-03-04 |
| Movie | Adventures in Plymptoons! | Himself | 2011-05-30 |
| Series | Person of Interest | Special Counsel | 2011-09-22 |
| Movie | I'm Coming Over | Walter | 2011-08-14 |
| Movie | A Novel Romance | Walter Evans | 2011-11-11 |
| Series | Pan Am | Douglas Vanderway | 2011-09-25 |
| Movie | Edge of Darkness | Whitehouse | 2010-01-28 |
| Movie | Riddles of the Sphinx | Narrator (voice) | 2010-01-19 |
| Series | Blue Bloods | Jimmy Reagan | 2010-09-24 |
| Movie | The Undying | Dr. Russell Lassiter | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | I Hate Valentine's Day | Tim the Delivery Guy | 2009-06-27 |
| Movie | Greetings from the Shore | Commodore Callaghan | 2008-09-12 |
| Movie | NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs | Narrator (voice) | 2008-10-07 |
| Movie | Revolutionary Road | Bart Pollock | 2008-12-19 |
| Movie | Cadillac Records | Mr. Feder | 2008-12-05 |
| Movie | The Valley of Light | Howard | 2007-01-28 |
| Movie | NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial | Narrator (voice) | 2007-09-18 |
| Movie | Half Nelson | Russ Dunne | 2006-08-11 |
| Movie | Wedding Daze | Sheriff | 2006-09-09 |
| Movie | Hair High | Football Announcer (voice) | 2004-04-17 |
| Movie | The Day After Tomorrow | Frank Harris | 2004-05-26 |
| Movie | D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear | Douglas Duncan | 2003-10-17 |
| Movie | Abby Singer | Kevin's Father | 2003-10-28 |
| Movie | Salem Witch Trials | Thomas Putnam | 2002-12-24 |
| Movie | Along Came a Spider | Kyle Craig | 2001-04-06 |
| Movie | My Husband's Double Life | Timothy Michael Kingsbury | 2001-03-12 |
| Movie | Boss of Bosses | Joseph O'Brien | 2001-06-03 |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Joseph Hannah | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Dead Dog | Frank Edmonds | 2001-10-17 |
| Movie | The Last Brickmaker in America | Mike Potter | 2001-09-23 |
| Movie | Picnic | Howard Bevens | 2000-04-16 |
| Movie | The Confession | Jack Renoble | 1999-03-26 |
| Movie | Earthly Possessions | Zack Emery | 1999-03-20 |
| Movie | The Jack Bull | Atty. Gen. Metcalfe | 1999-04-17 |
| Movie | The Secret Life of Girls | 1999-05-29 | |
| Movie | Music of the Heart | Dan Paxton | 1999-10-29 |
| Movie | ATF | Sam Sinclair | 1999-09-06 |
| Movie | Tumbleweeds | Dan Miller | 1999-11-24 |
| Movie | The Odd Couple II | Leroy | 1998-04-09 |
| Movie | Kiss the Girls | FBI Agent Kyle Craig | 1997-09-29 |
| Movie | The Matchmaker | Senator John McGlory | 1997-10-03 |
| Movie | For Richer or Poorer | Samuel Yoder | 1997-12-11 |
| Movie | Daylight | Steven Crighton | 1996-12-06 |
| Movie | Kiss of Death | Federal Agent | 1995-04-21 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
| Series | Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | Unknown | 1995-09-21 |
| Movie | Three Wishes | Coach Schramka | 1995-10-27 |
| Movie | The Big Green | Jay Huffer | 1995-09-29 |
| Movie | Down Came a Blackbird | Jan Talbeck | 1995-10-22 |
| Movie | State of Emergency | Dr. Jeffrey Forrest | 1994-02-21 |
| Movie | Nobody's Children | Joe Stevens | 1994-03-03 |
| Movie | Angels in the Outfield | Ranch Wilder | 1994-07-15 |
| Series | New York Undercover | Unknown | 1994-09-08 |
| Movie | My Boyfriend's Back | Sheriff McCloud | 1993-08-06 |
| Movie | Rio Shannon | John Cleary | 1993-08-14 |
| Movie | Hostages | Terry Anderson | 1992-09-23 |
| Movie | Defenseless | Bull Dozer | 1991-08-23 |
| Movie | V.I. Warshawski | Murray Ryerson | 1991-07-26 |
| Movie | Meeting Venus | Stephen Taylor | 1991-09-18 |
| Movie | JFK | Lou Ivon | 1991-12-20 |
| Series | Northern Exposure | Unknown | 1990-07-12 |
| Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | Mr. Destiny | Jackie Earle | 1990-10-12 |
| Series | Booker | Unknown | 1989-09-24 |
| Movie | Just Like in the Movies | Ryan Legrand | 1989-10-04 |
| Movie | Cold Sassy Tree | Clayton McAllister | 1989-10-16 |
| Movie | Glory | Gen. George Crockett Strong | 1989-12-15 |
| Movie | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Kirby | 1988-08-12 |
| Movie | The Prince of Pennsylvania | Trooper Joe | 1988-10-10 |
| Series | Roseanne | Unknown | 1988-10-18 |
| Movie | The Misfit Brigade | Tiny | 1987-07-02 |
| Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
| Series | Crime Story | Steve Kordo | 1986-09-19 |
| Series | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown | 1985-09-20 |
| Series | Kate & Allie | Unknown | 1984-03-19 |
| Movie | A Doctor's Story | Dr. Curtis | 1984-04-23 |
| Movie | Eddie Macon's Run | Rudy Potts | 1983-03-23 |
| Movie | Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story | Dick Willey | 1983-03-08 |
| Movie | Cross Creek | Charles Rawlings | 1983-09-21 |
| Series | AfterMASH | 1983-09-26 | |
| Movie | Hanky Panky | Katz | 1982-06-04 |
| Series | Nature | Narrator | 1982-10-10 |
| Movie | Starstruck | Mr. Miller | 1981-10-14 |
| Movie | The Day Christ Died | Peter | 1980-03-26 |
| Series | The Scarlet Letter | Robert Salter | 1979-03-03 |
| Movie | Starting Over | Larry | 1979-10-05 |
| Series | NOVA | Narrator | 1974-03-03 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |