Jay O. Sanders
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.
KNOWN FOR
CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Kate & Allie
5.9
Spenser: For Hire
6.7
L.A. Law
7.1
Roseanne
6.8
Crime Story
7.9
New York Undercover
7.1
Northern Exposure
7.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.565
Booker
5.1
Nature
8.1
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
6.333
The Outer Limits
7.722
Manhunt
7.579
ABC Afterschool Special
6.429
Person of Interest
8.1
NOVA
7.023
True Detective
8.287
Blue Bloods
7.801
Pan Am
6.4
Unforgettable
7.176
Body of Proof
7
Widows
0
Blindspot
7.38
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.565
Law & Order
7.4
Law & Order
7.4
Texas
5.7
Stars in the House
0
The Scarlet Letter
4.7
Chicago Med
8.29
Wonderland
10
Sneaky Pete
7.483
Miami Vice
7.451
Secrets of the Dead
6.3
The Good Wife
7.598
Decoding the Universe
0
Movies
The Day After Tomorrow
6.543
Along Came a Spider
6.326
Starstruck
0
JFK
7.594
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
6.4
The Matchmaker
6.2
The Misfit Brigade
5.778
My Boyfriend's Back
5.7
Wedding Daze
5.548
Half Nelson
6.649
Angels in the Outfield
5.9
Edge of Darkness
6.357
Kiss the Girls
6.529
The Big Green
5.5
The Road to Galena
5.2
V.I. Warshawski
4.7
The Man Who Saved the World
7
When You Finish Saving the World
5.841
Three Wishes
6.2
Dead Dog
3.2
Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
0
Greetings from the Shore
5.8
Starting Over
6.358
The Secret Life of Girls
6
Down Came a Blackbird
8.2
Vice
0
Cross Creek
6.6
NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs
7.2
Ghosts of Stonehenge
6
His Three Daughters
6.993
Wrestling with Alligators
10
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
6
My Husband's Double Life
5.8
Outrage
4.469
The Confession
5.7
Earthly Possessions
6.1
Glory
7.471
Cold Sassy Tree
6.5
Revolutionary Road
6.989
The Last Brickmaker in America
7
Hair High
6.379
The Prosecutors
0
Daylight
6.1
The Gathering Swarms
6.5
Adventures in Plymptoons!
2
Music of the Heart
6.7
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
6.895
A Novel Romance
7.6
Cadillac Records
7.1
For Richer or Poorer
6
Nobody's Children
4.333
Salem Witch Trials
6.2
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
0
The Valley of Light
6.4
The River
8.5
The Undying
4.2
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
6.7
ATF
4.7
Hanky Panky
5.294
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
7.3
Just Like in the Movies
8
I'm Coming Over
3
I Hate Valentine's Day
5.368
Saving the Dead Sea
0
NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs
7.5
A Doctor's Story
5
Eddie Macon's Run
5.735
NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword
7.5
Hostages
5.889
NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial
9.3
Dawn of Humanity
7.5
NOVA: Iceman Reborn
7.2
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
7.8
NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?
5
The Day Christ Died
5.8
Abby Singer
4.5
The Dissection of Thanksgiving
0
NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower
7
NOVA: Cold Case JFK
7.5
NOVA: Life's Rocky Start
8.1
NOVA: Why Trains Crash
7
NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice
7
NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark
6
NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare
7
The Jewel
6.6
The Odd Couple II
6.3
Earth from Space
7.9
Tumbleweeds
6.5
Silver Strand
3.8
DC Noir
3.2
Boss of Bosses
5.6
NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel
6.2
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry
0
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age
0
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?
0
Uncle Vanya
0
NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
5.8
The Assistant
6.3
Rio Shannon
0
Broken Places
0
That Hopey Changey Thing
0
Meeting Venus
5.921
Green Lantern
5.175
Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files
0
The Jack Bull
6.353
Mr. Destiny
6.25
Regular Singing
0
Sweet and Sad
6.5
What Do We Need to Talk About?
0
Sorry
6.5
Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
0
The Prince of Pennsylvania
5.6
State of Emergency
4
And So We Come Forth
0
The Mystery of Mona Lisa
6
Tapes
0
Kiss of Death
5.662
Catfight
5.5
Northern Borders
5.8
Picnic
3.667
Defenseless
5
Incidental Moments of the Day
0
Riddles of the Sphinx
6
The Violin Alone
0
Secrets of Stonehenge
8
My Husband's Double Life
5.8
NOVA: Decoding da Vinci
7.5
Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse
0
NOVA: First Face of America
7.375
Happenstance
1
Wild Costa Rica
8
Girl From the North Country
6
Nova: Building the Great Cathedrals
0
Kill the Day
0