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{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
|image = Al Sapienza 2016.png
|caption = Sapienza in 2016
|name = Al Sapienza
|other_names = Alex Statler
|birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
|occupation = Actor
|years_active = 1979–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 (American TV series)|''House of Cards'']]. He played the role of Jake Housman in the North American premiere of the [[Dirty Dancing (stage version)|stage version of ''Dirty Dancing'']].

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula]]'' || Musician ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Pretty Woman]]'' || Night Doorman || credited as Alex Statler
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Frankie and Johnny (1991 film)|Frankie and Johnny]]'' || Peter's roommate ||
|-
| 1993 || ''[[CIA II: Target Alexa]]'' || Raines || credited as Alex Statler
|-
| 1994 || ''Animal Instincts 2'' || Eric || [[Video]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1995 || ''[[Under Siege 2: Dark Territory]]'' || Captain no. 2 ||
|-
| ''[[Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home]]'' || Engineer ||
|-
| ''[[Judge Dredd (film)|Judge Dredd]]'' || Unnamed Judge (Uncredited) ||
|-
| 1997 || ''The Voyeur'' || James ||
|-
| 1997 || ‘’Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction’’ || John ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1998 || ''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]'' || Taxi driver ||
|-
| ''[[Lethal Weapon 4]]'' || Detective ||
|-
| ''[[Phoenix (1998 film)|Phoenix]]'' || Cop ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[The Hollywood Sign (film)|The Hollywood Sign]]'' || Rodney ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2002 || ''[[Al's Lads]]'' || Georgio || Alternate title - ''Capone's Boys''
|-
| ''[[Rabbit (film)|Rabbit]]'' || Frank || [[Short film]]
|-
| ''Blind Heat'' || Jeffrey Scott ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003 || ''[[Bomb the System]]'' || Officer Bobby Cox ||
|-
| ''[[Endangered Species (2003 film)|Endangered Species]]'' || Medina ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2004 || ''[[Starkweather (film)|Starkweather]]'' || Deputy Fahrnbruch ||
|-
| ''[[Cellular (film)|Cellular]]'' || Ed ||
|-
| ''Sin's Kitchen'' || Joe || Also associate producer
|-
| ''[[Megalodon (2004 film)|Megalodon]]'' || Ross Elliot ||
|-
| ''Redemption'' || Daniel Stanza ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2005 || ''[[Waterborne (film)|Waterborne]]'' || Connors ||
|-
| ''Central Booking'' || Marty Johnson ||
|-
| ''[[Back in the Day (2005 film)|Back in the Day]]'' || Detective Kline || Voiceover
|-
| ''[[Devil's Highway (film)|Devil's Highway]]'' || Hector ||
|-
| ''[[Carlito's Way: Rise to Power]]'' || Nick || Video, uncredited
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Intellectual Property (film)|Intellectual Property]]'' || Paul's father ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Scar (film)|Scar]]'' || Delgado ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008 || ''[[Saw V]]'' || Chief of Police ||
|-
| ''Crazy Girls Undercover'' || Alex Walker ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Dolan's Cadillac (film)|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 ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2012 || ''[[A Dark Truth]]'' || Doug Calder ||
|-
| ''Girls Gone Dead''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1884318/|title = Girls Gone Dead (2012) - IMDb}}</ref> || Sheriff Pratt ||
|-
|''[[Jersey Shore Shark Attack]]'' || Mike ||
|-
| rowspan=3| 2013 || ''[[Please Kill Mr. Know It All]]'' || Mob Boss ||
|-
| ''[[Separation (2013 film)|Separation]]'' || Elliot ||
|-
| ''[[Seasick Sailor]]'' || Lou || Short film
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2014 || ''[[Late Phases]]'' || Bennett ||
|-
| ''[[Million Dollar Arm]]'' || Pete the Scout ||
|-
| ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' || Huddleston ||
|-
| ''[[Omphalos (film)|Omphalos]]'' || Darius Lefaux ||
|-
| ''[[Taken 3]]'' || Detective Johnson ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[The Big Short (film)|The Big Short]]'' || Forum Speaker ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Stevie D]]'' || Nick Grimaldi ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2017 || ''[[XXX: Return of Xander Cage]]'' || CIA Director ||
|-
| ''[[Shock and Awe (film)|Shock and Awe]]'' || Carl ||
|-
| ''Gangster Land'' || [[Johnny Torrio]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018 || ''[[Black Water (2018 film)|Black Water]]'' || Edward Rhodes ||
|-
| ''Damn You, Roland Ruby!'' || Big Ricky Parisi ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2019 || ''[[American Hangman]]'' || Detective Steptoe ||
|-
| ''[[From Zero to I Love You]]'' || Tracey Thayer ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020 || ''[[Capone (2020 film)|Capone]]'' || [[Ralph Capone|Ralphie]] ||
|-
| ''[[Money Plane]]'' || The Bookkeeper ||
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Dark Web: Cicada 3301]]'' || Mike Croft ||
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Who's the Boss?]]'' || Tomato Man || Season 7, Episode 11 "[[List of Who's the Boss? episodes#ep158|Inherit the Wine]]"
|-
| 1995 || ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' || Tommy || Season 2, Episode 12 "[[NYPD Blue Episodes (Season 2)|Large Mouth Bass]]"
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Law & Order]]'' || Scott Shea || Season 9, Episode 16 "[[List of Law & Order episodes (season 9)|Harm]]"
|-
| 1999–2004 || ''[[The Sopranos]]'' || [[Mikey Palmice]] || 10 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 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"
|-
| 2002–03 || ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'' || Paul Koplin || 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003 || ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' || James Fukes || Season 1, Episode 19 "[[List of CSI: Miami episodes#Season 1: (2002-2003)|Double Cap]]
|-
| ''Living Straight'' || Adam Parks || [[TV movie]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2004 || ''[[Charmed]]'' || Johnny the Gent || Season 7, Episode 8 "[[Charmed Noir (Charmed episode)|Charmed Noir]]"
|-
| ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'' || Commander Foley || Season 1, Episode 18 "[[List of NCIS episodes#Season 1 (2003-2004)|UnSEALed]]"
|-
| ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' || Tom || Season 3, Episode 2 "[[Alias episodes (Season 3)#Succession|Succession]]"
|-
| ''[[The O.C.]]'' || Luna Chicks Club Owner || Season 1, Episode 22 "The L.A."
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Prison Break]]'' || [[List of Prison Break minor characters#Philly Falzone|Philly Falzone]] || 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2006 || ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' || Seamus Flaherty's attorney || Season 6, Episode 7 "Country Crossover"
|-
| ''[[The Path to 9/11]]'' || Donald Sadowy || 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[In Plain Sight]]'' || Frank Santoro Sr./Francis Amato || Episode: "Pilot"
|-
| 2006–08 || ''[[Brotherhood (Showtime TV series)|Brotherhood]]'' || Mayor Frank Panzerelli || 11 episodes
|-
| 2007 || ''Til Lies Do Us Part'' || Ethan || [[TV movie]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009 || ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'' || Conrad Moreau || Season 1, Episode 13 "[[The Transformation]]"
|-
| ''[[Dark Blue (TV series)|Dark Blue]]'' || || Episode: "Purity"
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Burn Notice]]'' || Special Agent Callahan || Season 3, Episode 16 "Devil You Know"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011 || ''[[White Collar (TV series)|White Collar]]'' || Frank DeLuca, Jr. || Season 3, Episode 4 "Dentist of Detroit"
|-
| ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' || ATF Supervisor || Season 12, Episode 24 "Smoked"
|-
| 2011–12 || ''[[Blue Bloods (TV series)|Blue Bloods]]'' || Phil Sanfino || 3 episodes
|-
| 2011–15 || ''[[Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest]]'' || Detective Raymond Terney || 14 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013 || ''[[House of Cards (American TV series)|House of Cards]]'' || Marty Spinella || 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]'' || Edward Rasmus || Season 1, Episode 20 "Home Invasion"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2014 || ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'' || Detective Fred Chyre || Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot"
|-
| ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'' || Dick Lovecraft || 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Ascension (miniseries)|Ascension]]'' || Councilman Rose || 3 episodes
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Public Morals (2015 TV series)|Public Morals]]'' || Harry Hardware || Season 1, Episode 2 "Family Is Family"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2016 || ''[[Game of Silence (U.S. TV series)|Game of Silence]]'' || Wallace Tuttle || 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[Shoot the Messenger (TV series)|Shoot the Messenger]]'' || Erik Lawson || 8 episodes
|-
| ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]'' || Sergeant Black || Season 4, Episode 17 "[[List_of_Elementary_episodes#Season_4_(2015–16)|You've Got Me, Who's Got You?]]"
|-
| 2016–17 || ''The Peter Austin Noto Show'' || Self at Sid's pants/sids pants Himself || 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017 || ''[[Shades of Blue (TV series)|Shades of Blue]]'' || Kirschner || 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Rouge (TV series)|Rouge]]'' || SAC Mullen || 2 episodes
|-
| 2017–19 || ''[[Suits (U.S. TV series)|Suits]]'' || Thomas Bratton || 5 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2018 || ''No Easy Days'' || Andrew Whitmore || 8 episodes
|-
| ''Insomnia'' || Eric Ford || 8 episodes
|-
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (TV series)|Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan]]'' || Lt. Gen. Marcus Trent || 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2019 || ''[[God Friended Me]]'' || Sonny || 1 episode
|-
| ''[[The Blacklist (TV series)|The Blacklist]]'' || Carlo Androssani || 1 episode
|-
| ''[[Designated Survivor (TV series)|Designated Survivor]]'' || General Nathan Kellogg || 1 episode
|-
| ''[[Pure (Canadian TV series)|Pure]]'' || Sterling Mackay || 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[Hudson & Rex]]'' || Edward Bullock || 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021 ||''[[Queen of the South (TV series)|Queen of the South]]'' || Mr. Shaker || 1 episode
|-
|[[Dopesick (miniseries)|''Dopesick'']]
|Paul Hanly<ref>{{Cite web |title=Al Sapienza |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002326/ |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=IMDb}}</ref>
|1 episode
|-
| 2023 || ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'' || De Leon's Lawyer || Season 20 Episode 22 "Black Sky'
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Role
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Soviet Strike]]'' || Nick Arnold
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent (video game)|Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' || E.G. Halliwell
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' || The Crowd of Liberty City
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190926053734/http://www.alsapienza.com/ Official website of Al Sapienza]
* {{IMDb name | id=0002326 | name=Al Sapienza}}

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[[Category:American expatriates in Canada]]
[[Category:20th-century American male actors]]
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