Jay O. Sanders
Austin, Texas, USA
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay O. Sanders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age
The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?
Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
