Nick Sandow

Nick Sandow

Birthday: 1966-08-03

Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0762191

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.

Played in movies:

Patti Cake$

Score: 6.6

Stella's Last Weekend

Score: 6.6

The Lovebirds

Score: 6.5

Return to Paradise

Score: 6.5

Resurrecting the Champ

Score: 6.3

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas

Score: 6.1

Seven and a Match

Score: 6.1

Living Out Loud

Score: 5.9

Meadowland

Score: 5.8

Connie and Carla

Score: 5.8

The Day the Ponies Come Back

Score: 5.8

The Cold Lands

Score: 5.7

The Sitter

Score: 5.6

The Accidental Husband

Score: 5.5

No Looking Back

Score: 5.5

Dust

Score: 5.4

Frame Of Mind

Score: 5.3

On the Run

Score: 5.3

Swimfan

Score: 5.3

Cabaret Maxime

Score: 5.2

The Wannabe

Score: 5.2

Spinning Gold

Score: 5.1

Hand Gun

Score: 5.0

No Exit

Score: 5.0

Grind

Score: 5.0

The Big Heist

Score: 4.9

The Unheard

Score: 4.5

Plan B

Score: 4.3

New Port South

Score: 4.1

Uninvited

Score: 3.5

Arresting Gena

Score: 1.0

The Hungry Ghosts

Score: 1.0

Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers

Score: 0.0

All Roads Lead

Score: 0.0

The Collection

Score: 0.0

Bobby Cassidy: Counterpuncher

Score: 0.0

Houses

Score: 0.0

Deal Travis In

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Score: 7.9

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Score: 7.9

Third Watch

Score: 7.9

FBI

Score: 7.9

Blue Bloods

Score: 7.8

Orange Is the New Black

Score: 7.7

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Score: 7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Score: 7.6

Due South

Score: 7.5

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

New Amsterdam

Score: 7.3

Unforgettable

Score: 7.2

Clarice

Score: 6.9

Mercy

Score: 5.9

Six Degrees

Score: 5.8