Octavio Pisano stars as Detective Joe Velasco on NBC's "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit," now in its 23rd season and the longest-running primetime drama series of all time.

Pisano starred alongside Michael Chiklis on the CBS All Access limited series "Coyote." He was a series regular on the reboot of Dick Wolf's "New York Undercover" and on Tyler Perry's OWN series "If Loving You Is Wrong."

Pisano's film credits include the award-winning "Ms. Purple" directed by Justin Chon ("Blue Bayou"), "Badsville," "Powder & Gold" and "Smartass."