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Jay O. Sanders

04/16/1953 (71 years old) | Austin, USA | Actor | Male

Jay Olcutt Sanders (born April 16, 1953) is an American actor. He is noted for his TV roles as Bill Weller on Blindspot, Jack Bryant on Manhunt, Chief Tom Lidell on The Sinner, Det. John Maynard on Widows, Capt. Joseph Hannah on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and mob lawyer Steven Kordo in NBC's detective series Crime Story (1986-1988), as well as his film roles on The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Green Lantern (2011), and the Alex Cross films starring Morgan Freeman.He has appeared in many other notable films, including Glory (1989), Mr. Destiny (1990), JFK (1991), Angels in the Outfield (1994), The Big Green (1995), Daylight (1996), The Matchmaker (1997), For Richer or Poorer (1997), Tumbleweeds (1999), Music of the Heart (1999), Half Nelson (2006), Cadillac Records (2008), and Revolutionary Road (2008).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 and documentary specials starting in 2007.He is the voice of D.S. McKenna in the Red Dead Redemption video game series.

Jay O. Sanders Top Movies and TV Shows in 2024

Chart List

1.	Glory	418
2.	The Day After Tomorrow	263
3.	Cadillac Records	195
4.	Edge of Darkness	184
5.	Revolutionary Road	40
6.	JFK	37
7.	Daylight	19
8.	Starting Over	9
9.	D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear	8
10.	Kiss the Girls	8
11.	Along Came a Spider	7
12.	When You Finish Saving The World	4
13.	Music of the Heart	0
14.	Half Nelson	0
15.	Hanky Panky	0
16.	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	0

Glory

Movie | United States | 12/15/1989 | War | Civil War

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

7.8/10

94%

1,459

The Day After Tomorrow

Movie | United States | 05/24/2004 | Science Fiction | Disaster

After years of unabated global warming, the greenhouse effect is wreaking havoc all over the globe in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and, most ominously, the beginning of the next Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist Jack Hall tries to save the world while also shepherding to safety his son Sam, who was in New York when the city was overwhelmed by the beginnings of the new big freeze.

6.5/10

45%

1,541

Cadillac Records

Movie | United States | 12/05/2008 | Crime | Music

In this tale of sex, violence, race, and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, \Cadillac Records\ follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of Americas musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.

7.0/10

66%

1,202

Edge of Darkness

Movie | United States | 01/29/2010 | Action | Revenge

As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emmas killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emmas own mysterious life.

6.6/10

55%

477

Revolutionary Road

Movie | United States | 12/19/2008 | Drama | Midlife Crisis

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

7.3/10

67%

390

JFK

Movie | United States | 12/20/1991 | Drama | Conspiracy

A rule bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

8.0/10

84%

219

Daylight

Movie | United States | 12/06/1996 | Thriller | Disaster

A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.

5.9/10

26%

307

Starting Over

Movie | United States | 10/05/1979 | Comedy | Rom Com

A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he cant get over his ex-wife. This effects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefields novel. Burt Reynolds is an attractive middle-aged man who suffers a crisis of confidence when ditched by his ambitious singer wife (Candice Bergen), until he begins to forge a new new relationship with an equally insecure teacher (Jill Clayburgh). But when the wife attempts a reconciliation - seduction followed by a truly excruciating song she has composed for him - he realizes where his loyalty lies.

6.5/10

86%

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear

Movie | United States | 10/17/2003 | Crime | Terorrism

Based on the known events that shook the United States for 23 days in 2002. Within 24 hours six people were killed by a sniper in Maryland County. A man and his son get overlooked in all settings where shootings occur. The police, in cooperation with the FBI follows the wrong track of a white van, while the murderers act with impunity and panic seizes the population

6.0/10

Kiss the Girls

Movie | United States | 10/03/1997 | Crime | Serial killer

Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down \Casanova,\ a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.

6.6/10

32%

253

Along Came a Spider

Movie | United States | 04/06/2001 | Thriller | Serial killer

When a teacher kidnaps a girl from a prestigious school, homicide detective Alex Cross takes the case, teaming up with young security agent Jezzie Flannigan, in hopes of finding the girl and stopping the brutal psychopath. Every second counts as Alex and Jezzie attempt to track down the kidnapper before the spider claims another victim for its web.

6.4/10

32%

766

When You Finish Saving The World

Movie | United States | 01/20/2023 | Comedy

Evelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other. As Evelyn tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.

5.6/10

Music of the Heart

Movie | United States | 10/29/1999 | Drama | Music

Story of a schoolteachers struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.

6.7/10

63%

Half Nelson

Movie | United States | 08/11/2006 | Drama | Drugs

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.

7.1/10

91%

Hanky Panky

Movie | United States | 06/04/1982

The complete innocent, Michael Jordon, is drawn into a web of secrecy and government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she is later murdered, Michael is the chief suspect and on the run.

5.6/10

40%

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV Show | United States | 09/30/2001 | Crime | Case of the week

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.

7.4/10

197

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