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Jay O. Sanders
Age
60
Birthday
Apr. 16th, 1953
Born in
Austin, Texas, USA
Height
6' 4"
Jay O. Sanders' Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2011 - Green Lantern2010 - Edge of Darkness 2009 - I Hate Valentine's Day 2008 - Revolutionary Road 2008 - Cadillac Records 2006 - Half Nelson 2004 - The Day After Tomorrow 2004 - Hair High 2001 - Along Came a Spider 1999 - Music of the Heart 1999 - The Confession 1998 - The Odd Couple II 1997 - The MatchMaker 1997 - Kiss the Girls 1997 - For Richer or Poorer 1996 - Daylight 1995 - Three Wishes 1995 - The Big Green 1994 - Angels in the Outfield 1993 - My Boyfriend's Back 1991 - JFK 1991 - Defenseless 1991 - V.I. Warshawski 1990 - Mr. Destiny 1989 - Glory 1988 - The Prince of Pennsylvania 1988 - Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1987 - The Misfit Brigade 1983 - Eddie Macon's Run 1982 - Hanky Panky |
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TRIVIA:
- Attended the acting conservatory at SUNY Purchase (State University of New York at Purchase).
- His family is very arts-oriented and invested in matters of social conscience. His father was Executive Director of Cleveland's famed "Karamu House" in the mid-60s. An amateur violinist and noted square dance caller, he also spent time as a top administrator for the AFSC (American Friends Service Committee), the Peace Corps (in Colombia), UNICEF, Westchester Council of the Arts, and was editor of 'The Friends Journal'. Equally active in both arenas, his mother was an internationally known choral director, peace activist and emissary, as well as noted television commentator and interviewer relating to the Women's Movement and the issues of aging. His younger brother, Fred, also became an actor and his two sisters, Marta and Elizabeth, are both singers.
- Has narrated more than fifty audiobooks over the years, including the best-selling "My Losing Season" by 'Pat Conroy' (qv) and Dean Koontz's "Dragon Tears" and "Mr. Murder". Popular novelists 'William Gibson (I)' (qv), 'Tony Hillerman', 'William Least- Heat Moon' and 'Joyce Carol Oates' (qv) are among his readings. He and his wife 'Maryann Plunkett' (qv) did some storytelling together on 'Lawrence Sanders' (qv)' "Private Pleasures". They also appeared opposite each other on Broadway in the acclaimed 1993 production of George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan".
- Son Jamie born in 1994.
- Played the recurring role of 'John Goodman (I)' (qv)'s biker buddy "Ziggy" on the sitcom classic _"Roseanne" (1988)_ (qv).
- The virile, large-sized character actor began off-Broadway in Shakespearean roles, with Henry V, Measure for Measure and Twelfth Night among his credits in the late 70s, as well as the original NY productions of Sam Shepard's 'Buried Child' and Michael Weller's 'Loose Ends'.
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