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: Acting

Born: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA, 1966-08-03

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1994	Hand Gun	Max	43
2	1996	No Exit	Benny Lentini	50
3	1997	Arresting Gena	Paul	10
4	1997	Grind	Lenny	55
5	1998	No Looking Back	Goldie	55
6	1998	Return to Paradise	Ravitch	65
7	1998	Living Out Loud	Santi's Man	59
8	1999	On the Run	Jack	53
9	2000	Uninvited	Ed	35
10	2001	Plan B	Tommy	43
11	2001	The Day the Ponies Come Back	Joey	58
12	2001	Seven and a Match	Doug	61
13	2001	The Big Heist	Henry Hill	49
14	2001	Dust	White trash	54
15	2001	New Port South	Armstrong	41
16	2002	Swimfan	Detective John Zabel	53
17	2004	Connie and Carla	Al	58
18	2006	The Collection		0
19	2007	Resurrecting the Champ	Marciano	63
20	2008	The Accidental Husband	Larry	55
21	2008	The Lovebirds	Lenny	65
22	2009	Frame Of Mind	Jimmy	53
23	2009	The Hungry Ghosts	Gus	10
24	2010	Bobby Cassidy: Counterpuncher	Interviewer	0
25	2011	The Sitter	Officer Frank	56
26	2012	The Fitzgerald Family Christmas	Corey	61
27	2013	The Cold Lands	Foreman	57
28	2013	Deal Travis In	Travis	0
29	2013	All Roads Lead	Samuel Carter	0
30	2015	Meadowland	Lt. Garza	58
31	2015	Houses	Nick	0
32	2015	The Wannabe	Anthony	52
33	2017	Patti Cake$	Ray	66
34	2018	Cabaret Maxime	Dominic	52
35	2018	Stella's Last Weekend	Ron	66
36	2021	Clarice: Behind the Scenes with Stars and Producers	Self	0
37	2023	The Unheard	Hank	45
38	2023	Spinning Gold	Mo Ostin	51

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1990	Law & Order	Pete Pogosian	74
2	1990	Law & Order	Bail Agent Andy Grenada	74
3	1990	Law & Order	Officer Nelson	74
4	1994	Due South	Barry Pappas	75
5	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Ted McCormack	79
6	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Doug Kersten	79
7	1999	Third Watch	Joe Lombardo	79
8	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Roydell Getty	76
9	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Albert Kirkoff	76
10	2006	Six Degrees	Louie	58
11	2008	New Amsterdam	Frank	73
12	2009	Mercy	Scott's Dad	59
13	2010	Blue Bloods	Lt. Alex Bello	78
14	2011	Unforgettable	William 'Bud' Spence	72
15	2013	Orange Is the New Black	Joe Caputo	77
16	2018	FBI	Jack Grippo	79
17	2021	Clarice	Murray Clarke	69

Nick Sandow

Film

Television