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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).

Early life

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.

Career

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.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

• Halfway Home, Theatre at St. Clements, New York, 1999
• Baptism By Fire, Studio Dante, New York City, 2004
• Henry Flamethrow, Studio Dante, New York City, 2005 (Director)

References

1. ^ "Nick Sandow". TVGuide.com.
2. ^ "Nick Sandow | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
3. Moore, Camille (2021-01-15). "10 Things You Didn't Know about Nick Sandow". TVOvermind. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
4. Mars, Alexandre (1 May 2017). "#DoingWellByDoingGood: An Interview with Nick Sandow, Joe Caputo from Orange Is the New Black, on…". Medium. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
5. ^ Shaw, Dan (4 December 2015). "Nick Sandow, of 'Orange Is the New Black,' at Home". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
6. ^ Hegedus, Eric (7 July 2015). "Meet the warden who rules the roost on 'OITNB'". New York Post. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
7. "Halfway Home". www.iobdb.com.
8. Moore, Frazier. "On 'Orange,' Nick Sandow excels by more than a whisker". nwitimes.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
9. Genzlinger, Neil (July 12, 2012). "The Seedy Betting Parlor Where Dreams Go to Die" – via NYTimes.com.
10. Andreeva, Nellie (6 May 2014). "Nick Sandow & Selenis Leyva Upped To Regulars On 'Orange Is The New Black'; Damon Wayans Jr. On 'New Girl'". Deadline. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
11. https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-40th-news-doc-emmy-awards-nominations-final-wm-cropped.pdf
12. "Nick Sandow". About the Artists.

External links

• Nick Sandow at IMDb
• Movie Reviews

• Living people
• 1966 births
• American people of Italian descent
• Male actors from the Bronx
• American male film actors
• American male stage actors
• American male television actors
• Television producers from New York City
• Writers from the Bronx
• American television directors
• People from Van Nest, Bronx