
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jay Olcutt Sanders (born April 16, 1953) is an American character actor. Sanders was born in Austin, Texas, to Phyllis Rae (née Aden) and James Olcutt Sanders. He is noted for playing Mob lawyer character Steven Kordo in the 1986-88 NBC detective series Crime Story. He is also known as 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.
Film | Just Like in the Movies | Ryan Legrand | 2022 |
Film | The Assistant | Boss (voice) | 2020-01-31 |
Film | That Hopey Changey Thing | Richard Apple | 2020-04-21 |
Film | What Do We Need to Talk About? | Richard Apple | 2020-04-29 |
Film | Regular Singing | Richard Apple | 2020-04-21 |
Film | Sweet and Sad | Richard Apple | 2020-04-21 |
Film | Sorry | Richard Apple | 2020-04-21 |
Film | DC Noir | Sgt. Peters | 2019-04-29 |
Film | The Nero Files | 2019-02-20 | |
Film | Uncle Vanya | Vanya | 2019-08-23 |
Film | Broken Places | Narrator | 2018-10-15 |
Film | NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers | Voice | 2018-02-28 |
Film | Holocaust Escape Tunnel | voice | 2017-04-19 |
Film | Women of a Certain Age | George Gabriel | 2017-03-24 |
Film | What Did You Expect? | George Gabriel | 2017-03-23 |
Film | Hungry | George Gabriel | 2017-03-22 |
Film | Catfight | Angry Guy | 2017-03-03 |
Film | Why Trains Crash | 2017-02-22 | |
Film | Nova: Secrets of the Sky Tombs | Narrator | 2017-01-04 |
Film | Secret Tunnel Warfare | 2016-01-06 | |
Film | Life's Rocky Start | Narrator | 2016-01-13 |
Film | Mystery Beneath the Ice | 2016-01-20 | |
Film | Iceman Reborn | Narrator | 2016-02-17 |
Film | Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time | 2015-11-25 | |
Film | Secrets of Noah's Ark | 2015-10-07 | |
Serial | Blindspot | Bill Weller | 2015-09-21 |
Film | Dawn of Humanity | Narrator | 2015-09-10 |
Serial | Sneaky Pete | Sam | 2015-08-07 |
Film | The Great Math Mystery | Narrator | 2015-04-15 |
Film | Northern Borders | Agent Sanders | 2015-01-16 |
Serial | D-Day Sacrifice | Himself - Host | 2014-06-04 |
Film | The Gathering Swarms | Himself / Narrator | 2014-05-21 |
Serial | True Detective | Billy Lee Tuttle | 2014-01-12 |
Film | Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby? | Narrator | 2013-01-01 |
Film | The River | Phil | 2013-04-05 |
Film | Cold Case JFK | Narrator | 2013-11-13 |
Film | Ground Zero Supertower | Narrator | 2013-09-11 |
Film | Earth from Space | Narrator | 2012-11-13 |
Film | Secrets of the Viking Sword | Narrator | 2012-10-10 |
Film | A Novel Romance | Walter Evans | 2011-11-11 |
Serial | Pan Am | Douglas Vanderway | 2011-09-25 |
Serial | Person of Interest | Special Counsel | 2011-09-22 |
Film | I'm Coming Over | Walter | 2011-08-14 |
Film | The Jewel | Mr. Rothman | 2011-03-04 |
Film | Green Lantern | Carl Ferris | 2011-06-16 |
Film | Building the Great Cathedrals | Narrator | 2010-10-19 |
Serial | Blue Bloods | Jimmy Reagan | 2010-09-24 |
Film | Edge of Darkness | Whitehouse | 2010-01-28 |
Film | I Hate Valentine's Day | Tim the Delivery Guy | 2009-06-27 |
Film | The Undying | Dr. Russell Lassiter | 2009-01-01 |
Film | Greetings from the Shore | Commodore Callaghan | 2008-09-12 |
Film | Cadillac Records | Mr. Feder | 2008-12-05 |
Film | The Dissection of Thanksgiving | Cliff | 2008-10-01 |
Film | Arctic Dinosaurs | Himself - Narrator | 2008-10-07 |
Film | Revolutionary Road | Bart Pollock | 2008-12-19 |
Film | Judgement Day: Intelligent Design on Trial | Narrator | 2007-09-18 |
Film | The Valley of Light | Howard | 2007-01-28 |
Film | Wedding Daze | Sheriff | 2006-09-09 |
Film | Half Nelson | Russ Dunne | 2006-08-11 |
Film | The Day After Tomorrow | Frank Harris | 2004-05-26 |
Film | Hair High | Football Announcer (voice) | 2004-04-17 |
Film | Abby Singer | Kevin's Father | 2003-10-28 |
Film | D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear | Douglas Duncan | 2003-10-17 |
Film | Salem Witch Trials | Thomas Putnam | 2002-01-01 |
Film | My Husband's Double Life | Timothy Michael Kingsbury | 2001-03-12 |
Film | Along Came a Spider | Kyle Craig | 2001-04-06 |
Film | Boss of Bosses | Joseph O'Brien | 2001-06-03 |
Film | The Last Brickmaker in America | Mike Potter | 2001-09-23 |
Film | Dead Dog | Detective | 2001-10-01 |
Serial | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Joseph Hannah | 2001-09-30 |
Film | Picnic | Howard Bevens | 2000-04-16 |
Film | Tumbleweeds | Dan Miller | 1999-11-28 |
Film | ATF | Sam Sinclair | 1999-09-06 |
Film | The Secret Life of Girls | 1999-05-29 | |
Film | The Jack Bull | Atty. Gen. Metcalfe | 1999-04-17 |
Film | The Confession | Jack Renoble | 1999-03-26 |
Film | Earthly Possessions | Zack Emery | 1999-03-20 |
Film | Music of the Heart | Dan Paxton | 1999-10-29 |
Film | The Odd Couple II | Leroy | 1998-04-09 |
Film | Wrestling with Alligators | Rick | 1998-01-18 |
Film | For Richer or Poorer | Samuel Yoder | 1997-12-11 |
Film | The Matchmaker | Senator John McGlory | 1997-10-03 |
Film | Kiss the Girls | FBI Agent Kyle Craig | 1997-09-29 |
Film | Daylight | Steven Crighton | 1996-12-06 |
Film | Kiss of Death | Federal Agent | 1995-04-21 |
Serial | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
Film | Three Wishes | Coach Schramka | 1995-10-27 |
Serial | Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | Unknown | 1995-09-21 |
Film | The Big Green | Coach Jay Huffer | 1995-09-29 |
Film | Down Came a Blackbird | Jan Talbeck | 1995-10-22 |
Film | Silver Strand | Lucas Hughes | 1995-11-23 |
Serial | New York Undercover | Unknown | 1994-09-08 |
Film | Angels in the Outfield | Ranch Wilder | 1994-07-15 |
Film | Nobody's Children | Joe Stevens | 1994-03-03 |
Film | State of Emergency | Dr. Jeffrey Forrest | 1994-02-21 |
Film | Rio Shannon | John Cleary | 1993-08-14 |
Film | My Boyfriend's Back | Sheriff McCloud | 1993-08-06 |
Film | Hostages | Terry Anderson | 1992-09-23 |
Film | V.I. Warshawski | Murray Ryerson | 1991-07-26 |
Film | Defenseless | Bull Dozer | 1991-08-23 |
Film | Meeting Venus | 1991-11-17 | |
Film | JFK | Lou Ivon | 1991-12-20 |
Serial | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
Serial | Northern Exposure | Unknown | 1990-07-12 |
Film | Mr. Destiny | Jackie Earle | 1990-10-12 |
Film | Glory | Gen. George Crockett Strong | 1989-12-15 |
Film | Cold Sassy Tree | Clayton McAllister | 1989-10-16 |
Serial | Booker | Unknown | 1989-09-24 |
Serial | Roseanne | Unknown | 1988-10-18 |
Film | The Prince of Pennsylvania | Trooper Joe | 1988-10-10 |
Film | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Kirby | 1988-08-12 |
Film | The Misfit Brigade | Tiny | 1987-07-02 |
Serial | Crime Story | Steve Kordo | 1986-09-19 |
Serial | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
Serial | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown | 1985-09-20 |
Serial | Kate & Allie | Unknown | 1984-03-19 |
Film | A Doctor's Story | Dr. Curtis | 1984-04-23 |
Serial | AfterMASH | 1983-09-26 | |
Film | Cross Creek | Charles Rawlings | 1983-09-21 |
Film | Eddie Macon's Run | Rudy Potts | 1983-03-23 |
Film | Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story | Dick Willey | 1983-03-08 |
Serial | Nature | Narrator | 1982-10-10 |
Film | Hanky Panky | Katz | 1982-06-04 |
Film | The Day Christ Died | Peter | 1980-03-26 |
Film | Starting Over | Larry | 1979-10-05 |
Serial | NOVA | Narrator | 1974-03-03 |
Serial | ABC Afterschool Special | Unknown | 1972-10-04 |
Serial | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |