
Jay O. Sanders
Biography
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.…
Filmography
Endsville
2000 · 10.0

Wrestling with Alligators
1998 · 10.0

NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial
2007 · 9.3
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8

Decoding the Universe
2024 · 8.7

Widows
2002 · 8.5
The River
2013 · 8.5

Chicago Med
2015 · 8.3

Just Like in the Movies
1989 · 8.3

True Detective
2014 · 8.3

NOVA: Life's Rocky Start
2016 · 8.1

Person of Interest
2011 · 8.1

Crime Story
1986 · 8.0

Queens of Combat: Rome's Female Gladiators
2026 · 8.0

The Last Brickmaker in America
2001 · 8.0

Riddles of the Sphinx
2010 · 8.0

Starstruck
1981 · 8.0

The Man Who Saved the World
2012 · 8.0

Secrets of Stonehenge
2010 · 8.0

Nature
1982 · 7.9

Earth from Space
2012 · 7.9

Blue Bloods
2010 · 7.8

Northern Exposure
1990 · 7.8

NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
2015 · 7.8

The Outer Limits
1995 · 7.7

Iceman Reborn
2016 · 7.7

The Good Wife
2009 · 7.6

Manhunt
2017 · 7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · 7.6

JFK
1991 · 7.6

Damages
2007 · 7.5

NOVA: Decoding da Vinci
2019 · 7.5

NOVA: Cold Case JFK
2013 · 7.5

NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword
2012 · 7.5

Dawn of Humanity
2015 · 7.5

Sneaky Pete
2015 · 7.5

Glory
1989 · 7.5

Miami Vice
1984 · 7.4

Down Came a Blackbird
1995 · 7.4

NOVA: First Face of America
2018 · 7.4

Blindspot
2015 · 7.4

New York Undercover
1994 · 7.3

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
1983 · 7.3

Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time
2015 · 7.3

Law & Order
1990 · 7.3

Unforgettable
2011 · 7.2

Wonderland
2000 · 7.2

Citizen Berlusconi
2003 · 7.2

NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs
2008 · 7.2

Body of Proof
2011 · 7.1

Cadillac Records
2008 · 7.1

L.A. Law
1986 · 7.0

NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice
2016 · 7.0

Wild Costa Rica
2000 · 7.0

NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare
2016 · 7.0

NOVA: Why Trains Crash
2017 · 7.0

Revolutionary Road
2008 · 7.0

Spenser: For Hire
1985 · 6.9

A Novel Romance
2011 · 6.9

Girl From the North Country
2024 · 6.9

His Three Daughters
2024 · 6.8

Roseanne
1988 · 6.8

Abby Singer
2003 · 6.8

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
2022 · 6.8

Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988 · 6.7

Half Nelson
2006 · 6.7

Music of the Heart
1999 · 6.7

A Doctor's Story
1984 · 6.7

American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6

Cross Creek
1983 · 6.6

The Jewel
2011 · 6.6

Cold Sassy Tree
1989 · 6.6

The Day After Tomorrow
2004 · 6.6

Kiss the Girls
1997 · 6.5

ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · 6.5

Pan Am
2011 · 6.5

The Valley of Light
2007 · 6.5

The Jack Bull
1999 · 6.5

Sorry
2020 · 6.5

Sweet and Sad
2020 · 6.5

The Gathering Swarms
2014 · 6.5

The Secret Life of Girls
1999 · 6.5

Edge of Darkness
2010 · 6.5

Texas
1980 · 6.4

Secrets of the Dead
2000 · 6.4

Starting Over
1979 · 6.4

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
2003 · 6.4

Hair High
2004 · 6.4

Tumbleweeds
1999 · 6.4

Along Came a Spider
2001 · 6.4

Mr. Destiny
1990 · 6.3

The Odd Couple II
1998 · 6.3

Three Wishes
1995 · 6.3

Holocaust Escape Tunnel
2017 · 6.3

The Assistant
2020 · 6.3

Kate & Allie
1984 · 6.2

Daylight
1996 · 6.1

Great Performances
1971 · 6.1

Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995 · 6.1

The Matchmaker
1997 · 6.1

Greetings from the Shore
2007 · 6.1

Angels in the Outfield
1994 · 6.1

For Richer or Poorer
1997 · 6.0

Ghosts of Stonehenge
2017 · 6.0

Earthly Possessions
1999 · 6.0

NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark
2015 · 6.0

Boss of Bosses
2001 · 5.9

Eddie Macon's Run
1983 · 5.9

ATF
1999 · 5.8

Northern Borders
2015 · 5.8

When You Finish Saving the World
2023 · 5.8

The Confession
1999 · 5.8

Meeting Venus
1991 · 5.8

Nobody's Children
1994 · 5.8

NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
2018 · 5.8

My Boyfriend's Back
1993 · 5.7

The Misfit Brigade
1987 · 5.7

State of Emergency
1994 · 5.7

Kiss of Death
1995 · 5.7

Wedding Daze
2006 · 5.7

The Big Green
1995 · 5.6

The Prince of Pennsylvania
1988 · 5.6

Catfight
2017 · 5.5

My Husband's Double Life
2001 · 5.5

I Hate Valentine's Day
2009 · 5.3

Green Lantern
2011 · 5.2

Booker
1989 · 5.2

Hanky Panky
1982 · 5.2

NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?
2013 · 5.0

Outrage
2023 · 4.9

Defenseless
1991 · 4.9

V.I. Warshawski
1991 · 4.8

The Undying
2009 · 4.5

The Scarlet Letter
1979 · 4.5

The Road to Galena
2022 · 4.5

Dead Dog
2001 · 4.5

Silver Strand
1995 · 4.4
Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files
2019 · 4.0

Salem Witch Trials
2003 · 3.7

DC Noir
2019 · 3.2
I'm Coming Over
2011 · 3.0

Happenstance
2007 · 1.0

Remain
2027 · 0.0

Tapes
2020 · 0.0

Uncle Vanya
2019 · 0.0

Regular Singing
2020 · 0.0

The Rise & Fall of the Colosseum
2025 · 0.0
The Revolt of Mother
1988 · 0.0

That Hopey Changey Thing
2020 · 0.0

Incidental Moments of the Day
2020 · 0.0

And So We Come Forth
2020 · 0.0

Saving the Dead Sea
2019 · 0.0

World War Speed: The Drugs That Won WWII
2019 · 0.0

The Violin Alone
2019 · 0.0

The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?
2017 · 0.0

Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
2024 · 0.0

The Dissection of Thanksgiving
2008 · 0.0

The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age
2017 · 0.0

The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry
2017 · 0.0

What Do We Need to Talk About?
2020 · 0.0

Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse
2015 · 0.0
Vice
2018 · 0.0

Broken Places
2018 · 0.0

Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
2016 · 0.0

Rio Shannon
1993 · 0.0
Kill the Day
2008 · 0.0