Al Sapienza is an American actor who has had numerous roles in television, stage and film productions. He is best known for his role as Mikey Palmice on the HBO series The Sopranos as well as for his role as Marty Spinella, a lobbyist for the teachers' union in the Netflix series House of Cards. He played the role of Jake Housman in the North American premiere of the stage version of Dirty Dancing.
Al Sapienza | |
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 Sapienza in 2016 | |
| Born | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | Alex Statler |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1979–present |
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula | Musician | |
| 1990 | Pretty Woman | Night Doorman | credited as Alex Statler |
| 1991 | Frankie and Johnny | Peter's roommate | |
| 1993 | Champagne and Bullets | Drug smuggler | |
| CIA II: Target Alexa | Raines | credited as Alex Statler | |
| 1994 | Animal Instincts 2 | Eric | Video |
| 1995 | Under Siege 2: Dark Territory | Captain no. 2 | |
| Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home | Engineer | ||
| Judge Dredd | Unnamed Judge (Uncredited) | ||
| 1997 | The Voyeur | James | |
| 1997 | ‘’Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction’’ | John | |
| 1998 | Godzilla | Taxi driver | |
| Lethal Weapon 4 | Detective | ||
| Phoenix | Cop | ||
| 2001 | The Hollywood Sign | Rodney | |
| 2002 | Al's Lads | Georgio | Alternate title - Capone's Boys |
| Rabbit | Frank | Short film | |
| Blind Heat | Jeffrey Scott | ||
| 2003 | Bomb the System | Officer Bobby Cox | |
| Endangered Species | Medina | ||
| 2004 | Starkweather | Deputy Fahrnbruch | |
| Cellular | Ed | ||
| Sin's Kitchen | Joe | Also associate producer | |
| Megalodon | Ross Elliot | ||
| Redemption | Daniel Stanza | ||
| 2005 | Waterborne | Connors | |
| Central Booking | Marty Johnson | ||
| Back in the Day | Detective Kline | Voiceover | |
| Devil's Highway | Hector | ||
| Carlito's Way: Rise to Power | Nick | Video, uncredited | |
| 2006 | Intellectual Property | Paul's father | |
| 2007 | Scar | Delgado | |
| 2008 | Saw V | Chief of Police | |
| Crazy Girls Undercover | Alex Walker | ||
| 2009 | Dolan's Cadillac | Fletcher | |
| 2010 | Unrivaled | Sergio | |
| 2010 | Vacation with Derek | Doug Dumbarton | Television film |
| 2011 | Secrets from Her Past | David | |
| 2011 | Margin Call | Louis Carmelo | |
| 2012 | A Dark Truth | Doug Calder | |
| Girls Gone Dead[1] | Sheriff Pratt | ||
| Jersey Shore Shark Attack | Mike | ||
| 2013 | Please Kill Mr. Know It All | Mob Boss | |
| Separation | Elliot | ||
| Seasick Sailor | Lou | Short film | |
| 2014 | Late Phases | Bennett | |
| Million Dollar Arm | Pete the Scout | ||
| Godzilla | Huddleston | ||
| Omphalos | Darius Lefaux | ||
| Taken 3 | Detective Johnson | ||
| 2015 | The Big Short | Forum Speaker | |
| 2016 | Stevie D | Nick Grimaldi | |
| 2017 | XXX: Return of Xander Cage | CIA Director | |
| Shock and Awe | Carl | ||
| Gangster Land | Johnny Torrio | ||
| 2018 | Black Water | Edward Rhodes | |
| Damn You, Roland Ruby! | Big Ricky Parisi | ||
| 2019 | American Hangman | Detective Steptoe | |
| The Art of Racing in the Rain | Luca Pantoni | ||
| From Zero to I Love You | Tracey Thayer | ||
| 2020 | Capone | Ralphie | |
| Money Plane | The Bookkeeper | ||
| 2021 | Dark Web: Cicada 3301 | Mike Croft |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Who's the Boss? | Tomato Man | Season 7 Episode 11: "Inherit the Wine" |
| 1995 | NYPD Blue | Tommy | Season 2 Episode 12: "Large Mouth Bass" |
| 1999 | Law & Order | Scott Shea | Season 9 Episode 16: "Harm" |
| 1999–2004 | The Sopranos | Mikey Palmice | 10 episodes |
| 2000 | NYPD Blue | Pete Mangrini | Season 7 Episode 17: "Roll Out the Barrel" |
| Judging Amy | Greg Christofaro | Season 1 Episode 19: "The Out-of-Towners" | |
| 2002–2003 | 24 | Paul Koplin | (1) Season 2 Episode 7: "Day 2: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m." (2002) (2) Season 2 Episode 8: "Day 2: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m." (2002) (3) Season 2 Episode 9: "Day 2: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m." (2003) |
| 2003 | CSI: Miami | James Fukes | Season 1 Episode 19: "Double Cap" |
| Living Straight | Adam Parks | TV movie | |
| 2004 | Charmed | Johnny the Gent | Season 7 Episode 8: "Charmed Noir" |
| NCIS | Commander Foley | Season 1 Episode 18: "UnSEALed" | |
| Alias | Tom | Season 3 Episode 2: "Succession" | |
| The O.C. | Luna Chicks Club Owner | Season 1 Episode 22: "The L.A." | |
| 2004-2024 | NCIS | (1) Commander William Foley (2) De Leon's Lawyer (3) Maurice Riva |
(1) Season 1 Episode 18: "UnSEALed" (2004) (2) Season 20 Episode 22: "Black Sky" (2023) (3) Season 21 Episode 1: "Algùn Día" (2024) |
| 2005 | Prison Break | Philly Falzone | (1) Season 1 Episode 2: "Allen" (2) Season 1 Episode 3: "Cell Test" (3) Season 1 Episode 9: "Tweener" (4) Season 1 Episode 10: "Sleight of Hand" |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Seamus Flaherty's Attorney | Season 6 Episode 7: "Country Crossover" |
| The Path to 9/11 | Donald Sadowy | (1) Season 1 Episode 1 (2) Season 1 Episode 2 | |
| 2006–2008 | Brotherhood | Mayor Frank Panzerelli | 11 episodes |
| 2007 | Til Lies Do Us Part | Ethan | TV movie |
| 2008 | In Plain Sight | Frank Santoro Sr. / Francis Amato | Season 1 Episode 1: "Pilot" |
| 2009 | Fringe | Conrad Moreau | Season 1 Episode 13: "The Transformation" |
| Dark Blue | Season 1 Episode 3: "Purity" | ||
| Warehouse 13 | Captain Powell | Season 1 Episode 6: "Burnout" | |
| 2010 | Burn Notice | Special Agent Callahan | Season 3 Episode 16: "Devil You Know" |
| 2011 | White Collar | Frank DeLuca, Jr. | Season 3 Episode 4: "Dentist of Detroit" |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | ATF Supervisor | Season 12 Episode 24: "Smoked" | |
| 2011–2012 | Blue Bloods | Phil Sanfino | (1) Season 2 Episode 5: "A Night on the Town" (2011) (2) Season 2 Episode 16: "Women with Guns" (2012) (3) Season 2 Episode 21: Collateral Damage" (2012) |
| 2011–2015 | Person of Interest | Detective Raymond Terney | 14 episodes |
| 2013 | House of Cards | Marty Spinella | (1) Season 1 Episode 3: "Chapter 3" (2) Season 1 Episode 5: "Chapter 5" (3) Season 1 Episode 6: "Chapter 6" |
| Arrow | Edward Rasmus | Season 1 Episode 20: "Home Invasion" | |
| 2014 | The Flash | Detective Fred Chyre | Season 1 Episode 1: "Pilot" |
| Gotham | Dick Lovecraft | (1) Season 1 Episode 9: "Harvey Dent" (2) Season 1 Episode 10: "Lovecraft" | |
| Ascension | Councilman Rose | (1) Season 1 Episode 1: "Chapter One" (2) Season 1 Episode 2: "Chapter Two" (3) Season 1 Episode 3: "Chapter Three" | |
| 2015 | Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise | Mr. Davies | |
| Public Morals | Harry Hardware | Season 1 Episode 2: "Family Is Family" | |
| 2016 | Game of Silence | Wallace Tuttle | (1) Season 1 Episode 3: "Hurricane Gil" (2) Season 1 Episode 4: "The Uninvited" (3) Season 1 Episode 5: "Ghosts of Quitman" (4) Season 1 Episode 6: "Into the Black" (5) Season 1 Episode 9: "The Truth" (6) Season 1 Episode 10: "She Sang Hymns Out of Tune" |
| Shoot the Messenger | Erik Lawson | 8 episodes | |
| Elementary | Sergeant Black | Season 4 Episode 17: "You've Got Me, Who's Got You?" | |
| 2016–2017 | The Peter Austin Noto Show | Self at Sid's pants/sids pants Himself | (1) Season 3 Episode 25: "Al Sapienza" (2016) (2) Season 5 Episode 3 (2016) (3) Season 5 Episode 4 (2016) (4) Season 5 Episode 9 (2017) |
| 2017 | Shades of Blue | Kirschner | (1) Season 2 Episode 11: "The Quality of Mercy" (2) Season 2 Episode 12: "Behind the Mask" |
| Rogue | SAC Mullen | (1) Season 4 Episode 9: "The Third Man" (2) Season 4 Episode 10: "A Good Leaving Alone" | |
| 2017–2019 | Suits | Thomas Bratton | (1) Season 7 Episode 4: "Divide and Conquer" (2017) (2) Season 7 Episode 7: "Full Disclosure" (2017) (3) Season 7 Episode 8: "100" (2017) (4) Season 8 Episode 9: "Motion to Delay" (2018) (5) Season 9 Episode 4: "Cairo" (2019) |
| 2018 | No Easy Days | Andrew Whitmore | 8 episodes |
| Insomnia | Eric Ford | 8 episodes | |
| Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | Lieutenant General Marcus Trent | (1) Season 1 Episode 5: "End of Honor" (2) Season 1 Episode 7: "The Boy" (3) Season 1 Episode 8: "Inshallah" | |
| 2019 | God Friended Me | Sonny | Season 1 Episode 16: "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" |
| The Blacklist | Carlo Androssani | Season 6 Episode 16: "Lady Luck (Number 69)" | |
| Designated Survivor | General Nathan Kellogg | Season 3 Episode 7: "#identity/crisis" | |
| Pure | Sterling Mackay | (1) Season 2 Episode 1: "Excommunication" (2) Season 2 Episode 2: "Faspa" (3) Season 2 Episode 5: "Penance" | |
| Hudson & Rex | Edward Bullock | (1) Season 1 Episode 8: "Fast Eddie's, Slow Food" (2) Season 1 Episode 11: "Bad Water Rising" | |
| 2021 | Queen of the South | Mr. Shaker | Season 5 Episode 6: "Plata o Plomo" |
| Dopesick | Paul Hanly[2] | Season 1 Episode 5: "The Whistleblower" | |
| 2023–2024 | Reacher | Drew Marsh | (1) Season 2 Episode 4: "A Night at the Symphony" (2023) (2) Season 2 Episode 6: "New York's Finest" (2024) (3) Season 2 Episode 7: "The Man Goes Through" (2024) |
| 2024 | The Umbrella Academy | Richard/Dick |
Season 4 Episode 4: "The Cleanse" |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Soviet Strike | Nick Arnold |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | E.G. Halliwell |
| 2008 | Grand Theft Auto IV | The Crowd of Liberty City |
References
edit- ^ "Girls Gone Dead (2012) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Al Sapienza". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
External links
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