Nick Sandow

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Role

Director | Actor | Writer

Date of birth

08/03/1966

Place of birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Nick Sandow

Biography

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".

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