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Jay O. Sanders

Actor

Jay O. Sanders

Acting
1982 — present · 18 films
Born
16 April 1953 · age 73
From
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.

Career Signature

How Jay O. Sanders’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

crowd-pleaser
bittersweet
kinetic urgency
family dynamics
tightly wound

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

Tonal kin

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Filmography

His Three Daughters

2024

When You Finish Saving the World

2023

The Assistant

2020

Edge of Darkness

2010

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

Along Came a Spider

2001

Tumbleweeds

1999

Kiss the Girls

1997

For Richer or Poorer

1997

The Matchmaker

1997

Daylight

1996

Three Wishes

1995

Angels in the Outfield

1994

My Boyfriend's Back

1993

V.I. Warshawski

1991

Mr. Destiny

1990

The Prince of Pennsylvania

1988

Hanky Panky

1982