Jay O. Sanders
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Jay O. Sanders | |
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 Sanders in October 2009 | |
| Born | Jay Olcutt Sanders April 16, 1953 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Height | 1,88 m |
| Spouse | Maryann Plunkett (1991–present) |
| Children | Jamie Sanders |
Jay Olcutt Sanders (born April 16, 1953) is an American actor who has worked in theatre, film, and TV, known for JFK (1991). He frequently appears in plays Off-Broadway at The Public Theatre.[1]
Early life and education
Sanders was born on April 16, 1953 in Austin, Texas, to Phyllis Rae (née Aden) and James Olcutt Sanders.[2] After attending the acting conservatory at SUNY Purchase, Sanders made his Off-Broadway debut in a Shakespeare in the Park production of Henry V in 1976.[3] He played Bradley in the first New York production of Sam Shepard's Buried Child in 1978.[4]
Career
Sanders has had a long career in film and television. He is perhaps most recognized for his work in the films The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Green Lantern (2011).[5] He has appeared in many other notable films, however, including Glory (1989), JFK (1991), Angels in the Outfield (1994), Half Nelson (2006), and Revolutionary Road (2008).[6]
On television, Sanders played mob lawyer Steven Kordo in the 1986–88 NBC detective series Crime Story. He played Norbert "Ziggy" Walsh on two episodes of Roseanne. He played recurring characters on shows such as Person of Interest and True Detective. He is the narrator for the PBS series Wide Angle from 2002–2009 and has served as narrator for a number of Nova episodes starting in 2007.[7]
On stage, Sanders has appeared on Broadway in Loose Ends (1979),[8] The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1983),[9] Saint Joan (1993),[10] and Pygmalion (2007).[11][12]
Off-Broadway, he appeared as George W. Bush in Sir David Hare's Stuff Happens in 2006.[13][14] He then played in a number of Shakespearean plays: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom, 2007), Hamlet (Ghost of Hamlet's Father/Player King/Gravedigger, 2008), Twelfth Night (as Sir Toby Belch, 2009), and the title role in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus (2011).[15]
Sanders appeared in the Richard Nelson Apple Family Plays, a series of plays which ran Off-Broadway at the Public Theatre in 2010 (That Hopey Changey Thing), 2011 (Sweet and Sad), 2012 (Sorry), and 2013 (Regular Singing).[16]
Sanders has appeared in more plays by the Delacorte Theatre (Shakespeare in Central Park) than any other actor to date.[17]
In 2015, Sanders debuted his first play, Unexplored Interior, about the Rwandan Genocide, at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C.[18]
He received the 2018 Joe A. Callaway Award, presented by the Actors’ Equity Foundation for "best performance in a professional production of a classic play", for his performance in Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.[19]
Filmography
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Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Search for the Super Battery | Narrator | Documentary film |
| 2013 | Northern Borders | Agent Sanders | |
| Bones of the Buddha | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2011 | Green Lantern | Carl Ferris | |
| The Jewel | Mr. Rothman | ||
| The Undying | Dr. Richard Lassiter | ||
| A Novel Romance | Walter Evans | ||
| 2010 | Edge of Darkness | Det. Bill Whitehouse | |
| Zenith | Doug Oberts | ||
| 2009 | I Hate Valentine's Day | Tim the Delivery Guy | |
| 2008 | Revolutionary Road | Bart Pollock | |
| Cadillac Records | Mr. Feder | ||
| Poundcake | Cliff | ||
| 2007 | Greetings from the Shore | Commodore Callaghan | |
| Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial | Narrator | Documentary film | |
| 2006 | Half Nelson | Russ Dunne | |
| Wedding Daze | Police Officer | ||
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | Frank Harris | |
| Hair High | Football Announcer (voice) | ||
| 2003 | D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear | Douglas Duncan | Television film |
| Abby Singer | Kevin's Father | ||
| 2001 | Along Came a Spider | FBI Agent Kyle Craig | |
| Boss of Bosses | Joseph O'Brien | Television film | |
| The Familiar Stranger | Patrick Hennessy Welsh / Timothy Michael Kingsbury | ||
| 2000 | Picnic | Television film | |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart | Dan Paxton | |
| The Confession | Jack Renoble | ||
| Earthly Possessions | Jack Emery | Television film | |
| A.T.F. | Sam Sinclair | Television film | |
| The Jack Bull | Atty. Gen. Metcalfe | Television film | |
| Tumbleweeds | Dan Miller | ||
| 1998 | The Odd Couple II | Leroy | |
| 1997 | For Richer or Poorer | Samuel Yoder | |
| The Matchmaker | Senator John McGlory | ||
| Kiss the Girls | FBI Agent Kyle Craig | ||
| 1996 | Daylight | Steven Crighton | |
| 1995 | The Big Green | Coach Jay Huffer | |
| Kiss of Death | Federal Agent | Uncredited | |
| Silver Strand | |||
| Three Wishes | Coach Schramka | ||
| 1994 | Angels in the Outfield | Ranch Wilder | |
| State of Emergency | Dr. Jeffrey Forrest | ||
| 1993 | My Boyfriend's Back | Sheriff McCloud | |
| 1992 | Hostages | Terry A. Anderson | |
| 1991 | JFK | Lou Ivon | |
| Meeting Venus | Stephen Taylor | ||
| V.I. Warshawski | Murray Ryerson | ||
| 1990 | Mr. Destiny | Jackie Earle 'Cement Head' Bumpers | |
| 1989 | Glory | Gen. George Crockett Strong | |
| A Man Called Hawk | Officer Brogan | ||
| The Young Riders | Longley | ||
| Kate & Allie | Tim Mayer | ||
| 1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Kirby, Tucker's Attorney | |
| The Prince of Pennsylvania | Trooper Joe | ||
| 1987 | The Misfit Brigade | Tiny | |
| 1983 | Cross Creek | Charles Rawlings | |
| Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story | Dick Willey | Television film | |
| Eddie Macon's Run | Rudy Potts | ||
| 1982 | Hanky Panky | Katz | |
| 1980 | The Day Christ Died | Simon Peter | Television film |
| 1979 | Starting Over | Larry | Credited as Jay Sanders |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The Sinner | Chief Tom Lidell | 4 episodes |
| Decoding the Weather Machine | Narrator | 1 episode | |
| 2017–2018 | Sneaky Pete | Sam | 14 episodes |
| 2017 | Search for the Super Battery | Narrator | 1 episode |
| 2015–2016 | Blindspot | Bill Weller | 10 episodes |
| 2015 | Dawn of Humanity | Narrator | 1 episode |
| American Odyssey | Alex | 8 episodes | |
| 2014 | True Detective | Billy Lee Tuttle | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Hostages | Lynn Shipley | |
| Secrets of the Dead | Narrator | 3 episodes | |
| 2012 | Blue Bloods | Jimmy Reagan | |
| 2011–2016 | The Good Wife | Judge Hal Ferris | 2 episodes |
| 2011–2014 | Person of Interest | Special Counsel | 9 episodes |
| 2011–2012 | Pan Am | Douglas Vanderway | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Captain Joseph Hannah | 8 episodes |
| 2010 | Hardcover Mysteries | Narrator | 8 episodes |
| 2002 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Harry Rowan | Episode: "Dead" |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Ed Barkley | Episode: "The Voyage Home" |
| 1993 | Northern Exposure | Dr. John Summers | Episode: "Jaws of Life" |
| Widows | Detective John Maynard | 4 episodes | |
| 1990–1991 | Roseanne | Norbert "Ziggy" Walsh | 2 episodes |
| 1990 | L.A. Law | Detective Michael Phillips | |
| 1989 | Booker | Gordon Rudd | 1 episode |
| Kate & Allie | Tim | Episode: "What's Love Got to Do with It?" | |
| 1986–1988 | Crime Story | Steven Kordo | 12 episodes |
| 1983–1984 | AfterMASH | Dr. Gene Pfeiffer | 10 episode |
Videogames
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Red Dead Redemption | D.S. MacKenna, Mr. Philmore | |
| Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare | D.S. MacKenna | Uncredited | |
| 2007 | Manhunt 2 | The Pervs |
References
- ^ Isherwood, Charles (December 13, 2011). "I Wouldn't Touch That Pie, if I Were You". The New York Times.
- ^ "Jay Sanders Biography". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
- ^ Miller, J. Michael. "J. Michael Miller talks to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders". Interview. The Actors Center.
- ^ Buried Child lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016.
- ^ "The Day After Tomorrow". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- ^ Revolutionary Road, tcm.com; accessed November 10, 2016
- ^ "About the series". Wide Angle Credits. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- ^ "'Loose Ends' Broadway", Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016
- ^ "'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial' Broadway", Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016
- ^ "'Saint Joan' Broadway", Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016
- ^ 'Pygmalion' on Broadway, Playbill.com, accessed November 10, 2016
- ^ "Jay O. Sanders at IBDB". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ^ Brantley, Ben (April 14, 2006). "David Hare's 'Stuff Happens': All the President's Men in 'On the Road to Baghdad'". The New York Times.
- ^ Stuff Happens, lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016.
- ^ Titus Andronicus, lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016
- ^ "Sanders Off-Broadway", lortel.org, accessed November 10, 2016
- ^ "Exploring six degrees of Jay O. Sanders: Unexplored Interior playwright's brilliant career - DC Theatre Scene". 19 November 2015.
- ^ Marks, Peter (November 3, 2015). "Mosaic opens its inaugural curtain with 'Unexplored Interior'". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Alison Fraser and Jay O. Sanders Are Winners of 2018 Joe A. Callaway Awards" Playbill, December 7, 2018
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- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American dramatists and playwrights
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- American male film actors
- American male Shakespearean actors
- American male stage actors
- American male television actors
- Living people
- Male actors from Austin, Texas
- State University of New York at Purchase alumni