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.

Фільмографія

• 2023The Unheard — Hank
• 2023Кружляюче золото — Mo Ostin
• Кларіс — Murray Clarke
• Teenage Bounty Hunters — Director
• 2018Cabaret Maxime — Dominic
• Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story — Executive Producer
• 2018Stella's Last Weekend — Ron
• ФБР — Jack Grippo
• 2017Patti Cake$ — Ray
• Time: The Kalief Browder Story — Executive Producer, Creator
• 2015Houses — Nick, Writer
• 2015Meadowland — Lt. Garza
• 2015The Wannabe — Anthony, Director, Writer
• 2013All Roads Lead — Samuel Carter
• 2013The Cold Lands — Foreman
• Помаранчевий — хіт сезону — Joe Caputo, Director
• 2012Ponies — Director
• 2012The Fitzgerald Family Christmas — Corey
• Незабутнє — William 'Bud' Spence
• 2011Нянь — Officer Frank
• 2010Bobby Cassidy: Counterpuncher — Interviewer, Associate Producer
• Блакитна кров — Lt. Alex Bello
• 2009Frame Of Mind — Jimmy
• Mercy — Scott's Dad
• 2009The Hungry Ghosts — Gus
• Медсестра Джекі — Anthony Donovan
• New Amsterdam — Frank
• 2008The Lovebirds — Lenny
• 2008Випадковий чоловік — Larry
• 2007Воскресити чемпіона — Marciano
• Six Degrees — Louie
• 2006The Collection
• 2004Connie and Carla — Al
• CSI: Маямі — Larry Gramercy
• 2002Plan B — Tommy
• 2002Фанатка — Detective John Zabel
• 2001Dust — White trash
• 2001New Port South — Armstrong
• 2001Seven and a Match — Doug
• 2001The Big Heist — Henry Hill
• 2001The Day the Ponies Come Back — Joey
• Закон і порядок: злочинні наміри — Roydell Getty, Albert Kirkoff
• 2000Uninvited — Ed
• 1999On the Run — Jack
• Third Watch — Joe Lombardo
• Закон і порядок: Спеціальний корпус — Ted McCormack, Doug Kersten, Leo Eichmeier
• 1998A Brooklyn State of Mind
• 1998Living Out Loud — Santi's Man
• 1998No Looking Back — Goldie
• 1998Повернення до раю — Ravitch
• 1997Arresting Gena — Paul
• 1997Grind — Lenny
• 1997One Night Stand — Mugger
• 1996No Exit — Benny Lentini
• 1994Hand Gun — Max
• Прямуючи на південь — Barry Pappas
• Закон і порядок — Pete Pogosian, Bail Agent Andy Grenada, Officer Nelson
• Vivien & the Florist — Director

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (1)

• 2021Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers — Self