About Joe Sabatino
Born and raised on Long Island, a suburb of NYC, Joe Sabatino grew up the youngest of 3 children; who were ruled by a strong and funny Italian mother, whose word was law and carried absolute power. Enjoying a wonderful and exciting childhood, Joe attained both his mother and fathers' great sense of humor and optimistic "glass is half full" view on life.After graduating High School, Joe attended James Madison University "JMU", in Harrisonburg Virginia, where he played football for the "JMU" Dukes. Looking to expand his interests, Joe studied the diverse disciplines of show business when he enrolled in theatre, film and television courses. After graduating from James Madison he was scouted by various NFL teams, namely the NY Jets, Washington Redskins and the Houston Oilers. Looking once again to expand his options, Joe looked overseas and was successfully recruited to play professional football for the Torino Jaguars of Turin, Italy. After living in Europe for a couple of years and appearing in a few television commercials and talk shows as an American football player living in Italy, Joe decided to return to the United States to chase his true passion which was acting.Over the past 3 decades, Joe has had and continues to pursue his acting career on the stage and screen. His work on the CBS Television series "Vegas," was unparalleled, starring opposite Dennis Quaid, Michael Chiklis and Carrie-Anne Moss. Opposite Michael Chiklis he portray's, mob tough guy "Vic Borelli." Some of his more than 200 tv and film credits include; guest starring on "Blue Bloods," "Castle," "Extant," "Brooklyn 9/9," "Necessary Roughness," "24," "Greek," "Raising The Bar," "Prison Break," "Cold Case," "CSI" and "Desperate Housewives," to name a few. Also, you might have seen Joe on Steven Bochco's famed "N.Y.P.D Blue" as Officer John Mackey (80+ episodes), "The Young and The Restless" as Joe Pendelton (75 + episodes) or as mafia tough guy, Miller, on "General Hospital" (31+ episodes).If not on the small screen then you might have caught Joe on the silver screen in Warner Brothers blockbuster feature "The Ring," Universal Studio's "Time Cop 2," or in Joel Schumacher's Batman movies opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey. Presently, Joe was fortunate to land a role in a Brad Pitt produced feature, "Backseat" where he plays opposite Christian Bale and Amy McAdams.Constantly reinventing himself, Joe has shifted gears and also wears the "Producer/Writer" hat. Partnering with Sony/ NBC Universal as Co-Executive Producer of "Necessary Roughness," a sports drama, which aired on USA Television July of 2011 to rave reviews and unheard of television ratings. After the "NR - pilot" debuted it received an extraordinary pick-up of 11 additional episodes. With a wonderful first season "Necessary Roughness" was picked up for a second season and the network gave his team a total of 16 episodes to produce. After the second season of record breaking ratings, Joe's lead actor Callie Thorne was nominated for the prestigious, Golden Globe. Not only had his team been nominated for a Golden Globe but they were also winners of the 2012, "Voice Awards." The USA television network wasted no time in picking up his show for a third season.Along with his wonderful fortune Joe is extremely excited about producing, directing and writing, "Breaking Tradition" a feature length sports documentary which has already garnished theatrical distribution.Presently; Joe has partnere...