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Wikipedia / Al Sapienza

Al Sapienza (born July 31, 1962) 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.

Filmography

Film

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

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

Vacation with Derek

Doug Dumbarton

Television film

2011

Secrets from Her Past

David

Margin Call

Louis Carmelo

2012

A Dark Truth

Doug Calder

Girls Gone Dead

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

Arthur

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

2023

Big George Foreman

Gil Clancy

2026

Unholy Night

Uncle Bruno

Television

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"

1996

Hot Line

Nick Garvey

Season 2 Episode 9: "Double Exposure"

1997–2002

JAG

(1) Petty Officer Ralph Carlos(2) Major Satelino

(1) Season 2 Episode 15: "Rendezvous"(2) Season 8 Episode 3: "Family Business"

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"

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

Law & Order

Pete Andretti

Season 15 Episode 13: "Ain't No Love"

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

Television film

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"

Supernatural

Santino Scarpatti

Season 15 Episode 13: "A Most Holy Man"

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

Season 1 Episode 5: "The Whistleblower"

Deck the Heart

Artie Stein

Television film

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

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

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