
1953-04-16 ( 71 years old ) in Austin, Texas, USA
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.
Movies
Girl From the North Country
2024-11-21
His Three Daughters
2024-09-05
Outrage
2023-12-01
When You Finish Saving the World
2023-01-20
The Road to Galena
2022-07-08
Incidental Moments of the Day
2020-09-10
And So We Come Forth
2020-07-01
Tapes
2020-06-17
What Do We Need to Talk About?
2020-04-29
That Hopey Changey Thing
2020-04-21
Regular Singing
2020-04-21
Sweet and Sad
2020-04-21
Sorry
2020-04-21
The Assistant
2020-01-31
NOVA: Decoding da Vinci
2019-11-13
Uncle Vanya
2019-08-23
DC Noir
2019-04-29
Saving the Dead Sea
2019-04-19
Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files
2019-02-20
The Violin Alone
2019-01-29
Broken Places
2018-10-15
NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
2018-02-28
NOVA: First Face of America
2018-02-07
Vice
2018-01-01
Ghosts of Stonehenge
2017-10-11
NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel
2017-04-19
Women of a Certain Age
2017-03-24
What Did You Expect?
2017-03-23
Hungry
2017-03-22
NOVA: Why Trains Crash
2017-02-22
NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs
2017-01-04
Catfight
2016-09-09
NOVA: Iceman Reborn
2016-02-17
NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice
2016-01-20
NOVA: Life's Rocky Start
2016-01-13
NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare
2016-01-06
Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse
2015-10-13
NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark
2015-10-07
Dawn of Humanity
2015-09-10
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
2015-04-15
Northern Borders
2015-01-16
The Mystery of Mona Lisa
2014-07-09
The Gathering Swarms
2014-05-21
NOVA: Cold Case JFK
2013-11-13
NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower
2013-09-11
The River
2013-04-05
NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?
2013-01-01
Earth from Space
2012-11-13
The Man Who Saved the World
2012-10-22
NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword
2012-10-10
A Novel Romance
2011-11-11
I'm Coming Over
2011-08-14
Green Lantern
2011-06-14
Adventures in Plymptoons!
2011-05-30
The Jewel
2011-03-04
Nova: Building the Great Cathedrals
2010-10-19
Edge of Darkness
2010-01-28
Riddles of the Sphinx
2010-01-19
Secrets of Stonehenge
2010-01-02
I Hate Valentine's Day
2009-06-27
The Undying
2009-01-01
Revolutionary Road
2008-12-19
Cadillac Records
2008-12-05
NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs
2008-10-07
The Dissection of Thanksgiving
2008-10-01
Greetings from the Shore
2008-09-12
Happenstance
2007-05-04
The Valley of Light
2007-01-28
Wedding Daze
2006-09-09
Half Nelson
2006-08-11
The Day After Tomorrow
2004-05-26
Hair High
2004-04-17
Abby Singer
2003-10-28
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
2003-10-17
Salem Witch Trials
2002-12-24
Dead Dog
2001-10-17
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001-09-23
Boss of Bosses
2001-06-03
Along Came a Spider
2001-04-06
My Husband's Double Life
2001-03-12
My Husband's Double Life
2001-03-12
Picnic
2000-04-16
Wild Costa Rica
2000-01-01
Tumbleweeds
1999-11-24
Music of the Heart
1999-10-29
ATF
1999-09-06
The Secret Life of Girls
1999-05-29
The Jack Bull
1999-04-17
The Confession
1999-03-26
Earthly Possessions
1999-03-20
The Odd Couple II
1998-04-09
Wrestling with Alligators
1998-01-18
For Richer or Poorer
1997-12-11
The Matchmaker
1997-10-03
Kiss the Girls
1997-09-29
Daylight
1996-12-06
The Prosecutors
1996-12-02
Silver Strand
1995-11-23
Three Wishes
1995-10-27
Down Came a Blackbird
1995-10-22
The Big Green
1995-09-29
Kiss of Death
1995-04-21
Angels in the Outfield
1994-07-15
Nobody's Children
1994-03-03
State of Emergency
1994-02-21
Rio Shannon
1993-08-14
My Boyfriend's Back
1993-08-06
Hostages
1992-09-23
JFK
1991-12-20
Meeting Venus
1991-09-18
Defenseless
1991-08-23
V.I. Warshawski
1991-07-26
Mr. Destiny
1990-10-12
Glory
1989-12-15
Cold Sassy Tree
1989-10-16
Just Like in the Movies
1989-10-04
The Prince of Pennsylvania
1988-10-10
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988-08-12
The Misfit Brigade
1987-07-02
A Doctor's Story
1984-04-23
Cross Creek
1983-09-21
Eddie Macon's Run
1983-03-23
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
1983-03-08
Hanky Panky
1982-06-04
Starstruck
1981-10-14
The Day Christ Died
1980-03-26
Starting Over
1979-10-05
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