Biography
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.
Filmography
all 175
Movies 142
TV Shows 33
Voice 23
self 22
Narrator 9
Outrage (2023)
The Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence (2023)
His Three Daughters (2023)
When You Finish Saving the World (2023)
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
The Road to Galena (2022)
Incidental Moments of the Day (2020)
And So We Come Forth (2020)
Tapes (2020)
Decoding COVID-19 (2020)
What Do We Need to Talk About? (2020)
That Hopey Changey Thing (2020)
Sweet and Sad (2020)
Regular Singing (2020)
The Assistant (2020)
NOVA: Decoding da Vinci (2019)
Bombe su Auschwitz? (2019)
Uncle Vanya (2019)
First Horse Warriors (2019)
DC Noir (2019)
Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files (2019)
The Violin Alone (2019)
Broken Places (2018)
NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers (2018)
NOVA: First Face of America (2018)
Vice (2018)
Ghosts of Stonehenge (2017)
Manhunt (2017)
NOVA: Holocaust Escape Tunnel (2017)
Nero's Sunken City (2017)
Leonardo: The Man Who Saved Science (2017)
Women of a Certain Age (2017)
What Did You Expect? (2017)
Hungry (2017)
Catfight (2017)
NOVA: Why Trains Crash (2017)
NOVA: Secrets of the Sky Tombs (2017)
Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts (2016)
NOVA: Iceman Reborn (2016)
NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice (2016)
NOVA: Life's Rocky Start (2016)
NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare (2016)
Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time (2015)
Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse (2015)
NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark (2015)
Blindspot (2015)
Dawn of Humanity (2015)
Sneaky Pete (2015)
NOVA: The Great Math Mystery (2015)
Northern Borders (2015)
Sorry (2014)
The Mystery of Mona Lisa (2014)
The Gathering Swarms (2014)
True Detective (2014)
NOVA: Cold Case JFK (2013)
Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Burnt Mummy (2013)
NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower (2013)
The River (2013)
NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby? (2013)
Earth from Space (2012)
The Man Who Saved the World (2012)
NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword (2012)
A Novel Romance (2011)
The War We Are Living (2011)
Women, War & Peace (2011)
Pan Am (2011)
Person of Interest (2011)
Unforgettable (2011)
I'm Coming Over (2011)
Green Lantern (2011)
Adventures in Plymptoons! (2011)
Body of Proof (2011)
The Jewel (2011)
Crash of Flight 447 (2010)
Blue Bloods (2010)
Edge of Darkness (2010)
Riddles of the Sphinx (2010)
Secrets of Stonehenge (2010)
I Hate Valentine's Day (2009)
The Undying (2009)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Cadillac Records (2008)
NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs (2008)
The Dissection of Thanksgiving (2008)
Greetings from the Shore (2008)
NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial (2007)
Happenstance (2007)
The Valley of Light (2007)
Wedding Daze (2006)
Half Nelson (2006)
The Curse of Oil (2004)
Ladies First (2004)
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Hair High (2004)
Aging Out (2004)
The Rock Star and the Mullahs (2003)
Abby Singer (2003)
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (2003)
Salem Witch Trials (2002)
Cry For Argentina (2002)
Widows (2002)
Widows (2002)
Wide Angle (2002)
Dead Dog (2001)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
The Last Brickmaker in America (2001)
Boss of Bosses (2001)
Along Came a Spider (2001)
My Husband's Double Life (2001)
Secrets of the Dead (2000)
Picnic (2000)
Tumbleweeds (1999)
Music of the Heart (1999)
ATF (1999)
The Secret Life of Girls (1999)
The Jack Bull (1999)
The Confession (1999)
Earthly Possessions (1999)
The Odd Couple II (1998)
Wrestling with Alligators (1998)
For Richer or Poorer (1997)
The Matchmaker (1997)
Kiss the Girls (1997)
Daylight (1996)
The Prosecutors (1996)
Silver Strand (1995)
Three Wishes (1995)
Down Came a Blackbird (1995)
The Big Green (1995)
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (1995)
Kiss of Death (1995)
The Outer Limits (1995)
New York Undercover (1994)
Angels in the Outfield (1994)
Nobody's Children (1994)
State of Emergency (1994)
Rio Shannon (1993)
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
Hostages (1992)
JFK (1991)
Meeting Venus (1991)
Defenseless (1991)
V.I. Warshawski (1991)
Mr. Destiny (1990)
Law & Order (1990)
Northern Exposure (1990)
Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler (1990)
Glory (1989)
Cold Sassy Tree (1989)
Just Like in the Movies (1989)
Booker (1989)
Roseanne (1988)
The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
The Misfit Brigade (1987)
Crime Story (1986)
L.A. Law (1986)
Spenser: For Hire (1985)
Miami Vice (1984)
A Doctor's Story (1984)
Kate & Allie (1984)
AfterMASH (1983)
Cross Creek (1983)
Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story (1983)
Nature (1982)
Hanky Panky (1982)
Starstruck (1981)
Texas (1980)
The Day Christ Died (1980)
Starting Over (1979)
The Scarlet Letter (1979)
NOVA (1974)
ABC Afterschool Special (1972)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1953-04-16 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceAustin, United States of America
SpouseMaryann Plunkett
SiblingsFred Sanders
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known As Jay Sanders , Jay Olcutt Sanders
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