Coffee with Jay O. Sanders - Actor "JFK", "Green Lantern", "Day AFter Tomorrow"

Coffee with Jay O. Sanders means you'll be able to tap into the mind of an American theater treasure. Yes you can pick his brain about big budget films, or his recurring roles in productions at Shakespeare in the Park, or premiering Sam Shepard's "Buried Child", or his TV work on a multitude of mainstream series... and yes you can also get perspective on his work as a playwright, voice over artist, and NYC resident... Enough? It's never enough with Jay. This is a great gift for a young talent that needs some sage advice, a veteran who wants to swap stories, or simply a fan who wants an up close with an incredible theater artist.

Jay has had a long career in film and television. He is perhaps most recognized for his work in the blockbuster films The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Green Lantern (2011). He has appeared in many other notable films, however, including Glory (1989), JFK (1991),Angels in the Outfield (1994), Half Nelson (2006), and Revolutionary Road (2008).

On television, Sanders is also noted for playing Mob lawyer character Steven Kordo in the 1986–88 NBC detective series Crime Story. He has also played recurring characters on shows such as Person of Interest and True Detective. He is additionally 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.

On stage, Sanders has appeared on Broadway in Loose Ends, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Saint Joan, and Pygmalion. Off-Broadway, he appeared as George W. Bush in David Hare's Stuff Happens in 2006 and the title role in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. He has appeared in more shows at the Delacourte theater (Shakespeare in Central Park) than any other actor to date.

In 2015, Jay debuted his first play, Unexplored Interior, about the Rwandan Genocide, at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, DC.

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