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Otto Sanchez is an American actor best known for playingCarmen Guerra in theHBO prison dramaOz. He also played the role of Otto in the short-lived dramaKidnapped. He appeared as a supporting character inBad Boys II. He played the lead role of Paul in the filmPush which won awards at The Long Island Film Festival. He has also been seen in NBC'sLaw & Order,Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,Law & Order: Criminal Intent,Third Watch,100 Centre Street,Burn Notice and most recentlyBlue Bloods.

Sanchez, a nativeNew Yorker, was raised by his mother, Violeta Zoila Carbajal, inJackson Heights, Queens. He was the youngest of two boys and two girls.

Otto's passion for painting was his first connection into the arts. After pursuing Advertising Design at theFashion Institute of Technology in New York City, 1987 to 1989, then fine arts at theColumbus College of Art and Design, in Columbus, Ohio, on a scholarship, his passion shifted into theater. Returning to New York City in 1991, he studied acting under Jeanne Kaplan andAustin Pendleton at HB Studio. In 1998, he landed his breakthrough role Carmen "Chico" Guerra on the HBO seriesOz.

Other film credits include Negrito inKill the Poor. "Ping Pong" inDouble Whammy byTom DiCillo.

TV credits: Danny Santos in "Canterbury's Law (withJulianna Margulies), Deputy Sheriff Rick Silo opposite Academy Award-winnerMelissa LeoThe Fighter inCriminal Minds.

Sanchez made a guest appearance onCurb Your Enthusiasm and100 Centre Street.

TV pilots:Denis Leary andPeter Tolan's NBC policedramedyFort Pit as Tommy Cruz, andMark Rosner'sTNT TV dramaThe Line as Christian Diaz.

Sanchez has also appeared on stage. His last part was in November 2008, in the world premiere ofBeau Willimon's political playFarragut North (now adapted into the filmIdes of March) directed byDoug Hughes (Doubt) at theAtlantic Theater Company in New York City in the dual role of Frank/Waiter oppositeJohn Gallagher, Jr.

"In one of the play's sharpest moments a waiter played by Otto Sanchez earnestly tells Stephen about his hard-luck American life, and you can see Stephen (John Gallagher, Jr.) translating it into a stump-speech anecdote in his head." — Ben Brantley,NY Times.

In 2004 he co-starred oppositeJohn Ventimiglia ofThe Sopranos in the role of Wallace, in the Off-Broadway playPonies, produced by Emmy award-winnerMichael Imperioli at Studio Dante in New York City.

Otto's recent film projects includeThe Moment I Died with Colleen Divincentis and Jocelyn Druyan, directed and written byVincent Zambrano.

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