Jay Olcutt Sanders born April 16 1953 is an American actor He is noted for his TV roles as Bill Weller on Blindspot Jack Bryant on Manhunt Chief Tom Lidell on The Sinner Det John Maynard on Widows Capt Joseph Hannah on Law Order Criminal Intent and mob lawyer Steven Kordo in NBCs detective series Crime Story 19861988 as well as his film roles on The Day After Tomorrow 2004 Green Lantern 2011 and the Alex Cross films starring Morgan Freeman He has appeared in many other notable films including Glory 1989 Mr Destiny 1990 JFK 1991 Angels in the Outfield 1994 The Big Green 1995 Daylight 1996 The Matchmaker 1997 For Richer or Poorer 1997 Tumbleweeds 1999 Music of the Heart 1999 Half Nelson 2006 Cadillac Records 2008 and Revolutionary Road 2008 He is also known as the narrator for the PBS series Wide Angle from 20022009 and has served as narrator for a number of Nova episodes and documentary specials starting in 2007 He is the voice of DS McKenna in the Red Dead Redemption video game series