Otto Sanchez

Otto Sanchez is an American actor who is best known for his role as Carmen Guerra on the HBO prison drama Oz, a part he landed in 1998 after studying acting with Jeanne Kaplan and Austin Pendleton at HB Studio. Born in New York City and raised in Jackson Heights, Queens, he first trained in art at the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Columbus College of Art and Design before turning to theater. His screen work includes the supporting role in Bad Boys II (2003), the lead as Paul in Push, which won awards at The Long Island Film Festival, and Ping Pong in Tom DiCillo's Double Whammy (2001). On television he has appeared in Law & Order and its Special Victims Unit and Criminal Intent spinoffs, Third Watch, 100 Centre Street, Burn Notice and Blue Bloods, and he played Otto on the drama Kidnapped. He also acted on stage in Farragut North and Ponies.