Jay O. Sanders

Date of Birth: 16 Apr 1953
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 49 (Actor)
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Washington, D.C. homicide detective Alex Cross is through playing mind games with criminals - that is until a methodical predator, Gary Soneji kidnaps the young daughter of a United States senator from an elite school and lures Cross into the case.
An abrupt climate change has cataclysmic consequences for the entire planet. (20th Century Fox)
The true story of a young teacher who fights against the board of education in her bid to teach underprivileged kids in a Harlem school the beauty of music through the violin. In her struggle she loses everything as the system comes down on her with all their might but her determination for the kids happiness helps her to battle back with wonderfully inspirational results.
A woman constantly runs from town to town with her 12 year old daughter to escape failed relationships. The film opens with one escape and the shift into a new start in San Diego. There Mom takes up with a controlling trucker and fights with her weirdo boss. Meanwhile, the daughter, used to making the constant shifts, finds a fit at school including getting chosen for a play lead. (imdb)
Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety. (imdb)
When a boy prays for a chance to have a family if the California Angels win the pennant, angels are assigned to make that possible. (imdb)
Unhappy Larry Burrows sees what his life could've been like, had he made that winning home run as a teenager. (imdb)
Another Disney underdog sports team of misfit kids (soccer this time) learns to play a new sport and become champions... (imdb)
A real estate hustler and his wife hide from the IRS among the Amish. (imdb)
Dan, an idealistic inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit, and Drey, one of his troubled students, stumble into an unexpected friendship that threatens either to undo them or to provide the vital change they both need to move forward in their lives.
Missy McCloud is the most beautiful girl in school and Johnny Dingo has been in love with her for years. One night, Johnny is killed trying to win her over, and soon he comes back from the dead, and wins Missy's heart. (imdb)
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (2003) - TV Movie
T.V. movie based on the sniper attacks. (Wikipedia.org)
A divorced man falls in love, but somehow he can't get over his ex-wife. This effects his love life in comic ways. Based on Dan Wakefield's novel. (imdb)
Based on a true story. Shortly after World War II, Preston Tucker is a grandiose schemer with a new dream, to produce the best cars ever made. With the assistance of Abe Karatz and some impressive salesmanship on his own part, he obtains funding and begins to build his factory. The whole movie also has many parallels with director Coppola's own efforts to build a new movie studio of his own. (imdb)
Marcy is an assistant to Senator John McGlory, who is having problems with a re-election campaign. Desperate for Irish votes, McGlory's chief of staff Nick sends Marcy to Ireland to trace McGlory's relatives or ancestors. Marcy arrives at the village of Ballinagra when it is preparing for an annual Matchmaking Festival. A well-dressed, handsome and single young lady, she becomes the center of attention for two professional matchmakers, Dermot and Millie, as well as for bartender Sean. (imdb)
Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's daughter, Kat, and together they set out to crack the case. (imdb)
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.
In an unexplained act of charity, Jeanne Holman, picks up an injured, apparent tramp and takes him home to care for him little realising who he was or the effect he would have on her life and those of her family (imdb)
Tom and Perri are a successful couple residing in New York City with their dog, a Golden Retriever named Sophie. Tom is crushed when Sophie is hit and killed by a car while Perri is walking her, and angered that someone would drive away from the scene without any apparent remorse. As time passes, Tom's anger becomes an obsession to make the hit and run driver pay for his crime. (imdb)
The complete innocent, Michael Jordan, 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. (imdb)
27th Panzers, a group of soldiers consisting of prisoners, battles the Soviet forces.
As a 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 Emma's killer. Now, he will go to the edge of darkness to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own secret life.
The story is set in 1959, Maddy is a teen-ager who has her first romance with carnival worker Will. Meanwhile her roommate, widow Claire is pregnant by garage owner Rick, whom she doesn't love. (imdb)
A lawyer is hired to defend an old college friend accused of murdering her husband. (imdb)
A test pilot is granted a mystical green ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers, as well as membership into an intergalactic squadron tasked with keeping peace within the universe.
Salem Witch Trials (2002) - TV Movie
1692 colonial Salem, Massachusetts. A small town, with no clear governing body, became embroiled in a scandal that forever stood as one of the darkest chapters in American history, taking the lives of 19 innocent men and women. (imdb)
Cold Sassy Tree (1989) - TV Movie
Handsome May-December romantic drama set in a sleepy Southern town at the turn of the century. An independent lady from up North causes a scandal when she decides to wed the local general-store owner just three weeks after he's been widowed. (imdb)
The Familiar Stranger (2001) - TV Movie
Elisabeth Welsh discovers that her husband Patrick faked his death and assumed a new identity, while she struggled for 10 years as a single mother with two sons. (imdb)
The Last Brickmaker in America (2001) - TV Movie
A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost 13-year-old.
A fictional version of one of the biggest financial frauds ever: Parmalat bankruptcy.
A Doctor's Story (1984) - TV Movie
A physician (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.
The Valley of Light (2007) - TV Movie
Returning from the War, Noah Lark discovers his family is gone. With a passion for fishing, Noah travels to a new town in search of a legendary great bass that has yet to be caught. On his journey he learns that with great friendship and great faith he will always be happy. (imdb)
There's nothing wrong with the Marshetta family that a little felony can't cure. Rupert doesn't want to follow in his father's blue-collar footsteps, so he and his quirky friend kidnap his father for ransom, only nobody wants him back. (Anonymous)
Seduced by the ghost of a Civil War soldier, Barbara Haughton creates a love that is undying. (imdb)
Secrets of the Dead (2000) - TV Series
Notable historical events and locations are scientifically examined.
The rivalry between two former college friends comes to a head when they both attend the same glamorous event.
Still reeling from the death of her father, a young girl spends one last summer at the Jersey Shore before heading off to college. But when her plans fall apart, the girl stumbles into a mysterious world of Russian sailors, high-stakes gambling, and unexpected love. (imdb)
Retrace the thought experiments that inspired his theory on the nature of reality.
Wide Angle (2002) - TV Series
The weekly one-hour program covered international current affairs and was last hosted by veteran journalist Aaron Brown. Wide Angle began broadcasting on PBS in 2002, and aimed to expand the awareness and understanding of Americans about the changing world in which they live. (Wikpedia)
Evelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other as Evelyn desperately tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, while Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.
Blindspot (2015) - TV Series
- Split the Law (S01 E05)
- Cede Your Soul (S01 E06)
- Persecute Envoys (S01 E08)
- Scientists Hollow Fortune (S01 E12)
- Any Wounded Thief (S01 E16)
- Mans Telepathic Loyal Lookouts (S01 E17)
- One Begets Technique (S01 E18)
- In the Comet of Us (S01 E19)
- If Love a Rebel, Death Will Render (S01 E22)
Follows a renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker who returns home and works through an existential crisis as he grapples with his identity, familial relationships, the folly of his memories. (IMDb)
When their father’s health worsens, three estranged sisters come together to try to plan for the inevitable.
Widows (2002) - TV Mini-Series
The widows of three men killed while trying to steal a famous painting, join forces to find their husband's killers and finish off the job of stealing the painting. (imdb)