Jay O. Sanders

Jay O. Sanders
Born	Jay Olcutt Sanders (1953-04-16) April 16, 1953 (age 71) Austin, Texas, U.S.
Education	State University of New York, Purchase (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Maryann Plunkett ​ ​ (m. 1991)​
Children	1

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.^[1] He has received a Drama Desk Award and a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award.^[2]

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).^[3] 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 Starting Over (1979). He had notable roles in films such as Cross Creek (1983), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), Glory (1989), JFK (1991), Hostages (1992), Angels in the Outfield (1993), Music of the Heart (1999), Tumbleweeds (1999), and Revolutionary Road (2008). He took recurring roles in television series such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Good Wife, Person of Interest, Blindspot, and Sneaky Pete. He has served as the narrator for the shows Wide Angle, Nova and Secrets of the Dead.