Jay Sanders
- Born: 16 Apr, 1953
Strapping, broad-faced actor who has been a regular presence on stage, films and TV since the early 1980s. After graduating from SUNY Purchase, Sanders moved to NYC where he began appearing regularly in off-Broadway productions before making his Broadway debut, opposite Kevin Kline and Christine Lahti, in Michael Weller's "Loose Ends" (1979-80). That same year he made his feature debut with a small role in Alan J. Pakula's "Starting Over". Sanders has gone on to appear in a number of notable period films including Francis Ford Coppola's "Tucker: A Man and His Dream" (1988), as one of several mechanics helping the title character realize his vision; "Glory" (1989), as a Union general; and Oliver Stone's "JFK" (1991), as a member of Jim Garri...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- son James Plunkett Sanders: born in March 1994
- wife Maryann Plunkett: married in January 1992; debuted as understudy to Amanda Plummer in "Agnes of God" on Broadway; replaced Bernadette Peters in "Sunday in the Park With George"; won a Tony as Best Actress in "Me and My Girl"; member of Tony Randall's National Actors Theatre; acted opposite Sanders in a stage production of "St. Joan"
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