Nick Sandow
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Spinning Gold as Mo Ostin
- 2023 · The Unheard as Hank
- 2021 · Clarice as Murray Clarke
- 2018 · Stella's Last Weekend as Ron
- 2018 · Cabaret Maxime as Dominic
- 2017 · Patti Cake$ as Ray
- 2015 · The Wannabe as Anthony
- 2015 · Houses as Nick
- 2015 · Meadowland as Lt. Garza
- 2013 · All Roads Lead as Samuel Carter
- 2013 · Orange Is the New Black as Joe Caputo
- 2013 · Deal Travis In as Travis
- 2013 · The Cold Lands as Foreman
- 2012 · The Fitzgerald Family Christmas as Corey
- 2011 · The Sitter as Officer Frank
- 2011 · Unforgettable as William 'Bud' Spence
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as Lt. Alex Bello
- 2010 · Bobby Cassidy: Counterpuncher as Interviewer
- 2009 · Mercy as Scott's Dad
- 2009 · The Hungry Ghosts as Gus
- 2009 · Frame Of Mind as Jimmy
- 2008 · The Lovebirds as Lenny
- 2008 · New Amsterdam as Frank
- 2008 · The Accidental Husband as Larry
- 2007 · Resurrecting the Champ as Marciano
- 2006 · Six Degrees as Louie
- 2006 · The Collection as
- 2004 · Connie and Carla as Al
- 2002 · Swimfan as Detective John Zabel
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Roydell Getty
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Albert Kirkoff
- 2001 · New Port South as Armstrong
- 2001 · Dust as White trash
- 2001 · The Big Heist as Henry Hill
- 2001 · Seven and a Match as Doug
- 2001 · The Day the Ponies Come Back as Joey
- 2001 · Plan B as Tommy
- 2000 · Uninvited as Ed
- 1999 · Third Watch as Joe Lombardo
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ted McCormack
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Doug Kersten
- 1999 · On the Run as Jack
- 1998 · Living Out Loud as Santi's Man
- 1998 · Return to Paradise as Ravitch
- 1998 · No Looking Back as Goldie
- 1997 · Grind as Lenny
- 1996 · No Exit as Benny Lentini
- 1994 · Due South as Barry Pappas
- 1990 · Law & Order as Pete Pogosian
- 1990 · Law & Order as Bail Agent Andy Grenada
- 1990 · Law & Order as Officer Nelson