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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…
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Green LanternCarl Ferris
True DetectiveBilly Lee Tuttle
Revolutionary RoadBart Pollock
BlindspotBill Weller
Person of InterestSpecial Counsel2026Queens of Combat: Rome's Female GladiatorsNarratorMovie
2025The Rise & Fall of the ColosseumNarrationMovie
2024Girl From the North CountryNick LaineMovie
2024His Three DaughtersVincentMovie
2024Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton PatchOl' Cap'n CotchipeeMovie
2024Decoding the UniverseNarrator · 2 episodesShow
2023OutrageFrank BrandMovie
2023When You Finish Saving the WorldRogerMovie
2022BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of TruthsAmbassador JonesMovie
2022The Road to GalenaJohn BairdMovie
2020Incidental Moments of the DayRichard AppleMovie
2020And So We Come ForthRichard AppleMovie
2020TapesMovie
2020What Do We Need to Talk About?Richard AppleMovie
2020That Hopey Changey ThingRichard AppleMovie
2020Regular SingingRichard AppleMovie
2020Sweet and SadRichard AppleMovie
2020SorryRichard AppleMovie
2020The AssistantBoss (voice)Movie
2019NOVA: Decoding da VinciNarrator (voice)Movie
2019Uncle VanyaVanyaMovie
2019World War Speed: The Drugs That Won WWIINarratorMovie
2019DC NoirSgt. PetersMovie
2019Saving the Dead SeaMovie
2019Secrets of the Dead: The Nero FilesNarrator (voice)Movie
2019The Violin AloneNarrator (voice)Movie
2018Broken PlacesNarrator (voice)Movie
2018NOVA: Prediction by the NumbersNarrator (voice)Movie
2018NOVA: First Face of AmericaNarrator (voice)Movie
2018ViceGovernorMovie
2017Ghosts of StonehengeNarrator (voice)Movie
2017ManhuntWatson Bryant · 6 episodesShow
2017Holocaust Escape TunnelNarrator (voice)Movie
2017The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain AgeGeorge GabrielMovie
2017The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Two: What Did You Expect?George GabrielMovie
2017The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: HungryGeorge GabrielMovie
2017CatfightAngry GuyMovie
2017NOVA: Why Trains CrashNarrator (voice)Movie
2016Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant BeastsNarrator (voice)Movie
2016Iceman RebornNarrator (voice)Movie
2016NOVA: Mystery Beneath the IceNarrator (voice)Movie
2016NOVA: Life's Rocky StartNarrator (voice)Movie
2016NOVA: Secret Tunnel WarfareNarrator (voice)Movie
2015Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and TimeNarrator (voice)Movie
2015Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan HorseNarrator (voice)Movie
2015NOVA: Secrets of Noah's ArkNarrator (voice)Movie
2015BlindspotBill Weller · 10 episodesShow
2015Dawn of HumanityNarrator (voice)Movie
2015Sneaky PeteSam · 15 episodesShow
2015NOVA: The Great Math MysteryNarrator (voice)Movie
2015Northern BordersAgent SandersMovie
2014The Gathering SwarmsNarrator (voice)Movie
2013NOVA: Cold Case JFKNarrator (voice)Movie
2013The RiverPhilMovie
2013NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby?Narrator (voice)Movie
2012The Man Who Saved the WorldNarrator (voice)Movie
2012NOVA: Secrets of the Viking SwordNarrator (voice)Movie
2012Earth from SpaceNarrator (voice)Movie
2011A Novel RomanceWalter EvansMovie
2011Pan AmDouglas Vanderway · 3 episodesShow
2011UnforgettableJonathan Hedstrom · 1 episodeShow
2011I'm Coming OverWalterMovie
2011Green LanternCarl FerrisMovie
2011Hunting the Edge of SpacePresenter · 2 episodesShow
2011Body of ProofHarvey Brady · 1 episodeShow
2011The JewelMr. RothmanMovie
2010Blue BloodsJimmy Reagan · 1 episodeShow
2010Edge of DarknessWhitehouseMovie
2010Riddles of the SphinxNarrator (voice)Movie
2010Secrets of StonehengeNarrator (voice)Movie
2009I Hate Valentine's DayTim the Delivery GuyMovie
2009The UndyingDr. Russell LassiterMovie
2008Revolutionary RoadBart PollockMovie
2008Cadillac RecordsMr. FederMovie
2008NOVA: Arctic DinosaursNarrator (voice)Movie
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