Actor
Jay O. Sanders
April 16, 1953 · Austin, Texas, USA
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).
Notable work
6.6The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
as Frank Harris
5.2Green Lantern (2011)
as Carl Ferris
8.3True Detective (2014)
as Billy Lee Tuttle
7Revolutionary Road (2008)
as Bart Pollock
7.4Blindspot (2015)
as Bill Weller
7.6JFK (1991)
as Lou Ivon
8.1Person of Interest (2011)
as Special Counsel
6.3Along Came a Spider (2001)
as Kyle Craig
6.5Kiss the Girls (1997)
as FBI Agent Kyle Craig
7.5Glory (1989)
as Gen. George Crockett Strong
6.4Edge of Darkness (2010)
as Whitehouse
6.1Daylight (1996)
as Steven Crighton
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