He also played General Abbott in the Netflix series Sweet Tooth, for which he received a Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance nomination.
[1] Sandilands began his career in South Africa, his motherland, acting in a variety of projects, most notably in the television series 7de Laan as Bart Kruger beginning in 2000.
"I had to revert to other disciplines such as directing and post-production and sometimes built fences for my neighbours or some other unmentionable activities to simply keep the wolf at bay," Sandilands said of his journey back to the United States.
In 2017, Sandilands had a guest role in the long-running CBS series NCIS and joined the main cast of The CW superhero drama The Flash as Clifford DeVoe / The Thinker.
[citation needed] In August 2022, Sandilands was cast in a role in the film Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, to be directed by Wes Ball for 20th Century Studios.