Nick Sandow
Born: 1966-08-03 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Nick Sandow (born August 3, 1966) is an American character actor, writer, producer and director, best known for his role as Joe Caputo in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019). Of Italian descent, Sandow grew up in the Italian neighborhood of Van Nest in the Bronx.He moved to Manhattan around age 19 to study acting under William Esper Studio in the Two-Year Professional Actor Training Program and work in theater. Sandow made his debut appearing in an episode of television series Law & Order in 1992 and worked as a bartender while taking small acting jobs in New York City. He appeared in a number of films, such as Grind (1997), A Brooklyn State of Mind (1998), Return to Paradise (1998) and On the Run (1999). Sandow performed in the 1999 off-Broadway production of Halfway Home. He played mobster Henry Hill in the 2001 made-for-television crime drama film, The Big Heist. Sandow guest-starred on New York Undercover, Third Watch, NYPD Blue, Boardwalk Empire, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, How to Make It in America and Blue Bloods. He began his directing career in theater on Off-Off-Broadway directing Dark Yellow, Chicken and From Riverdale to Riverhead. In 2011 he directed the immigrant drama film, Ponies based on play with the same name. In 2013, Sandow was cast in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black, as prison administrator Joe Caputo, was originally supposed to have been for a handful of episodes for the show's first season. Instead, his role was expanded during the second season, and Sandow was made a series regular with the start of the third season. He received three Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series with the cast. In 2015 he wrote, directed and acted in The Wannabe. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and later got a wider release. In 2017 he received News and Documentary Emmy Awards nomination for producing the documentary series, Time: The Kalief Browder Story. In 2021 he was regular cast member in the short-lived CBS crime drama series, Clarice.
Filmography
2023
- Spinning Gold as Mo Ostin
- The Unheard as Hank
2021
- Clarice as Murray Clarke
- Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers as Self
2020
- Teenage Bounty Hunters ... (Director)
2018
- FBI as Jack Grippo
- Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story ... (Executive Producer)
- Stella's Last Weekend as Ron
- Cabaret Maxime as Dominic
2017
- Time: The Kalief Browder Story ... (Executive Producer)
- Patti Cake$ as Ray
2015
- Meadowland as Lt. Garza
- The Wannabe as Anthony
- Houses as Nick
2013
- Orange Is the New Black as Joe Caputo
- The Cold Lands as Foreman
- All Roads Lead as Samuel Carter
2012
- The Fitzgerald Family Christmas as Corey
- Ponies ... (Director)
2011
- Unforgettable as William 'Bud' Spence
- The Sitter as Officer Frank
2010
- Blue Bloods as Lt. Alex Bello
- Bobby Cassidy: Counterpuncher as Interviewer
2009
- Nurse Jackie as Anthony Donovan
- Mercy as Scott's Dad
- The Hungry Ghosts as Gus
- Frame Of Mind as Jimmy
2008
- New Amsterdam as Frank
- The Accidental Husband as Larry
- The Lovebirds as Lenny
2007
- Resurrecting the Champ as Marciano
2006
- Six Degrees as Louie
- The Collection
2004
- Connie and Carla as Al
2002
- CSI: Miami as Larry Gramercy
- Swimfan as Detective John Zabel
- Plan B as Tommy
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Roydell Getty
- Dust as White trash
- New Port South as Armstrong
- The Day the Ponies Come Back as Joey
- The Big Heist as Henry Hill
- Seven and a Match as Doug
2000
- Uninvited as Ed
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ted McCormack
- Third Watch as Joe Lombardo
- On the Run as Jack
1998
- Return to Paradise as Ravitch
- Living Out Loud as Santi's Man
- No Looking Back as Goldie
1997
- One Night Stand as Mugger
- Grind as Lenny
- Arresting Gena as Paul
1996
- No Exit as Benny Lentini
1990
- Law & Order as Pete Pogosian