Al Sapienza

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Al Sapienza
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Sapienza in 2016
Born
Other namesAlex Statler
OccupationActor
Years active1979–present

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.

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Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1979 Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula Musician
1990 Pretty Woman Night Doormancredited as Alex Statler
1991 Frankie and Johnny Peter's roommate
1993 Champagne and Bullets Drug smuggler
CIA II: Target Alexa Rainescredited as Alex Statler
1994Animal Instincts 2Eric Video
1995 Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Captain no. 2
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home Engineer
Judge Dredd Unnamed Judge (Uncredited)
1997The VoyeurJames
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 GeorgioAlternate title - Capone's Boys
Rabbit Frank Short film
Blind HeatJeffrey Scott
2003 Bomb the System Officer Bobby Cox
Endangered Species Medina
2004 Starkweather Deputy Fahrnbruch
Cellular Ed
Sin's KitchenJoeAlso associate producer
Megalodon Ross Elliot
RedemptionDaniel Stanza
2005 Waterborne Connors
Central BookingMarty Johnson
Back in the Day Detective KlineVoiceover
Devil's Highway Hector
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power NickVideo, uncredited
2006 Intellectual Property Paul's father
2007 Scar Delgado
2008 Saw V Chief of Police
Crazy Girls UndercoverAlex Walker
2009 Dolan's Cadillac Fletcher
2010 Unrivaled Sergio
2010 Vacation with Derek Doug DumbartonTelevision film
2011Secrets from Her PastDavid
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 LouShort 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Who's the Boss? Tomato ManSeason 7 Episode 11: "Inherit the Wine"
1995 NYPD Blue TommySeason 2 Episode 12: "Large Mouth Bass"
1999 Law & Order Scott SheaSeason 9 Episode 16: "Harm"
1999–2004 The Sopranos Mikey Palmice 10 episodes
2000 NYPD Blue Pete MangriniSeason 7 Episode 17: "Roll Out the Barrel"
Judging Amy Greg ChristofaroSeason 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 FukesSeason 1 Episode 19: "Double Cap"
Living StraightAdam Parks TV movie
2004 Charmed Johnny the GentSeason 7 Episode 8: "Charmed Noir"
NCIS Commander FoleySeason 1 Episode 18: "UnSEALed"
Alias TomSeason 3 Episode 2: "Succession"
The O.C. Luna Chicks Club OwnerSeason 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 AttorneySeason 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 Panzerelli11 episodes
2007Til Lies Do Us PartEthan TV movie
2008 In Plain Sight Frank Santoro Sr. / Francis AmatoSeason 1 Episode 1: "Pilot"
2009 Fringe Conrad MoreauSeason 1 Episode 13: "The Transformation"
Dark Blue Season 1 Episode 3: "Purity"
Warehouse 13 Captain PowellSeason 1 Episode 6: "Burnout"
2010 Burn Notice Special Agent CallahanSeason 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 SupervisorSeason 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 Terney14 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 RasmusSeason 1 Episode 20: "Home Invasion"
2014 The Flash Detective Fred ChyreSeason 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 HardwareSeason 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 Lawson8 episodes
Elementary Sergeant BlackSeason 4 Episode 17: "You've Got Me, Who's Got You?"
2016–2017The Peter Austin Noto ShowSelf 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)
2018No Easy DaysAndrew Whitmore8 episodes
InsomniaEric Ford8 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 SonnySeason 1 Episode 16: "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
The Blacklist Carlo AndrossaniSeason 6 Episode 16: "Lady Luck (Number 69)"
Designated Survivor General Nathan KelloggSeason 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. ShakerSeason 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

YearTitleRole
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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  2. "Al Sapienza". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-07-11.