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Nick Sandow
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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),…
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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.
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Nick Sandow's Filmography
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Spinning Gold
as Mo Ostin
The Unheard
as Hank
Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers
as Self
Stella's Last Weekend
as Ron
Cabaret Maxime
as Dominic
Patti Cake$
as Ray
The Wannabe
as Anthony
Houses
as Nick
Meadowland
as Lt. Garza
All Roads Lead
as Samuel Carter
The Cold Lands
as Foreman
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
as Corey
The Sitter
as Officer Frank
No Poster
Bobby Cassidy: Counterpuncher
as Interviewer
The Hungry Ghosts
as Gus
Frame Of Mind
as Jimmy
The Lovebirds
as Lenny
The Accidental Husband
as Larry
Resurrecting the Champ
as Marciano
The Collection
Connie and Carla
as Al
Swimfan
as Detective John Zabel
Plan B
as Tommy
New Port South
as Armstrong
Dust
as White trash
The Big Heist
as Henry Hill
Seven and a Match
as Doug
The Day the Ponies Come Back
as Joey
Uninvited
as Ed
On the Run
as Jack
Living Out Loud
as Santi's Man
Return to Paradise
as Ravitch
No Looking Back
as Goldie
A Brooklyn State of Mind
One Night Stand
as Mugger
Grind
as Lenny
Arresting Gena
as Paul
No Exit
as Benny Lentini
Hand Gun
as Max