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. 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 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 (1994), Music of the Heart (1999), Tumbleweeds (1999), and Revolutionary Road (2008). He took recurring roles in television series including 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jay O. Sanders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Chicago Med
as Cray
محقق فذّ
as Billy Lee Tuttle
شخص محل إهتمام
as Special Counsel
الدماء الزرقاء
as Jimmy Reagan
The Good Wife
as Judge Hal Ferris
Damages
as Calder Security Executive
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Harry Rowan, Sr.
القانون والنظام
as Nick Taska / Bill Fallon
L.A. Law
as Detective Michael Phillips
Spenser: For Hire
as Father Crawford
Miami Vice
as Det. Tim Duryea
American Playhouse
as Adam Penn
Nature
as Narrator (voice)
Great Performances
as Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee