Octavio Pisano

Octavio Pisano is a Mexican American actor.^[1] He formerly played Joe Velasco on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and before that, he appeared in Coyote and the indie film Ms. Purple.^[2] He has also appeared in one episode of the Law & Order: Organized Crime spin-off.^[3] He was promoted to series regular in SVU after his first three appearances.^[4] The character of Velasco was introduced in the 23rd season of SVU as an undercover cop from Ciudad Juarez.^[5]

From 2014 to 2017, he starred as Julius Escada Jr. in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime-time soap opera If Loving You Is Wrong. In 2019, Pisano was cast in the ABC reboot of New York Undercover.^[6] In 2021, he starred in the Paramount+ crime drama series Coyote.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Jacked	Avery Jack	Short film
2013	El Quetzal de Jade	Bouncer
2015	Touched	Tommy
	Oro y Polvo	Teo
2016	Love Kills	Hector Estrella
2017	Badsville	Flaco
	Smartass	Lobo
2018	Go Crazy Go Mad	Rodrigo
2019	Ms. Purple	Octavio
	Our Home Here	Mateo	Short film
	Narco Soldiers	Teo
2020	After the Reign	Oscar Gomez
	Feral State	Cyrus	Also associate producer
2022	Presence	Keaton

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	East Los High	Tony	Episode: "This Girl Better Not Die"
2014–2017	If Loving You Is Wrong	Julius Escada Jr.	Series regular
2019	New York Undercover	Moses Hernandez	Unsold pilot
2021	Coyote	Sultan	Series regular, 6 episodes
2021–2025	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Detective Joe Velasco	Series regular (Seasons 23–26)
2022–2023	Law & Order: Organized Crime		3 episodes