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Nick Sandow

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  • Producer
  • Director
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Nick Sandow
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Nick Sandow is an American actor, writer, producer and director, best known for his role as Joe Caputo in Orange Is the New Black which earned him three SAG Awards. Other director credits include his first feature film and NYTimes Critic pick "Ponies" as well as multiple episodes of "Orange Is The New Black". Nick wrote and directed the crime drama "The Wannabe" which was was executive produced by Martin Scorsese. The NYTimes said, "The Wannabe is Nick Sandow's modest, assured and cautionary gangland character study." Teaming up with Jay-Z, he created Spike Network's "TIME: The Kalief Browder Story" which won the Peabody Award in 2018. Nick went on to produce Paramount Network's "Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story". Other acting credits include "Boardwalk Empire", "Meadowland", "SVU" and "Blue Bloods".
BornAugust 3, 1966
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BornAugust 3, 1966
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Dascha Polanco, and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)
    Orange Is the New Black
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Joe Caputo
    Patricia Arquette and Vincent Piazza in The Wannabe (2015)
    The Wannabe
    5.1
    • Anthony
    • 2015
    Colin Firth, Uma Thurman, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in The Accidental Husband (2008)
    The Accidental Husband
    5.6
    • Larry
    • 2008
    TIME: The Kalief Browder Story (2017)
    TIME: The Kalief Browder Story
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Producer

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    Actor



    • Tour One (WT)
      • Giuseppe
      • Post-production



    • Jeremy Sisto, Alana De La Garza, Missy Peregrym, John Boyd, and Zeeko Zaki in FBI (2018)
      FBI
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Jack Grippo
      • 2025
    • Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney in American Rust (2021)
      American Rust
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Mike Orr
      • 2024
    • The Unheard (2023)
      The Unheard
      4.7
      • Hank
      • 2023
    • Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Jeremy Jordan, Jay Pharoah, Casey Likes, and Caylee Cowan in Spinning Gold (2023)
      Spinning Gold
      5.9
      • Mo Ostin
      • 2023
    • Rebecca Breeds in Clarice (2021)
      Clarice
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Murray Clarke
      • 2021
    • Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Dascha Polanco, and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)
      Orange Is the New Black
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Joe Caputo
      • 2013–2019
    • Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff in Stella's Last Weekend (2018)
      Stella's Last Weekend
      6.4
      • Ron
      • 2018
    • Michael Imperioli in Cabaret Maxime (2018)
      Cabaret Maxime
      5.8
      • Dominic
      • 2018
    • Patti Cake$ (2017)
      Patti Cake$
      6.8
      • Ray
      • 2017
    • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
      Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Det. Ted McCormack
      • Doug Kersten
      • 2006–2015
    • Meadowland (2015)
      Meadowland
      5.8
      • Lt. Garza
      • 2015
    • Patricia Arquette and Vincent Piazza in The Wannabe (2015)
      The Wannabe
      5.1
      • Anthony
      • 2015
    • Houses (2015)
      Houses
      6.7
      • 2015
    • Zarra's Law (2014)
      Zarra's Law
      4.6
      • Sal
      • 2014
    • All Roads Lead (2013)
      All Roads Lead
      6.4
      • Samuel Carter
      • 2013

    Producer



    • Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story (2018)
      Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story
      5.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • TIME: The Kalief Browder Story (2017)
      TIME: The Kalief Browder Story
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • creator
      • 2017
    • Houses (2015)
      Houses
      6.7
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Bobby Cassidy in Bobby Cassidy: Counterpuncher (2009)
      Bobby Cassidy: Counterpuncher
      7.5
      • associate producer
      • 2009

    Director



    • The Florist
      • Director
      • Pre-production



    • Social Distance (2020)
      Social Distance
      5.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Maddie Phillips and Anjelica Bette Fellini in Teenage Bounty Hunters (2020)
      Teenage Bounty Hunters
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Dascha Polanco, and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)
      Orange Is the New Black
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017–2019
    • Georgia Flood in American Princess (2019)
      American Princess
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Patricia Arquette and Vincent Piazza in The Wannabe (2015)
      The Wannabe
      5.1
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Ponies (2011)
      Ponies
      7.6
      • Director
      • 2011

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    • Alternative name
      • Nicholas J. Sandow
    • Height
      • 6′ (1.83 m)
    • Born
      • August 3, 1966
      • The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
    • Children
        Sasha Sandow
    • Other works
      In April 2004, starred in the play Baptism By Fire at Studio Dante in NYC, directed by Michael Imperioli.
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