Stelio Savante
Acting
Born: April 24, 1970 (age 56) · Cape Town, South Africa
Highest Rated
Biography
A South African born New Yorker with over three decades of versatile, award winning performances in popular, world-wide theatrically released studio & independent films, prime-time & cable television & New York theater. After small speaking roles opposite Russell Crowe in Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind (2001) & David Chase's The Sopranos (1999) as Gaetano; his breakthrough lead role came in 2005 on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) directed by Oscar winner Juan José Campanella. Starring opposite Mariska Hargitay, Chris Meloni, & Bradley Cooper as the chilling yet engaging fundamentalist Milan Zergin. Also, a coveted recurring role on Ugly Betty (2006), becoming South Africa's first male SAG Award Nominee (Ensemble Comedy Performance). Followed by significant supporting roles in the studio films My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) opposite Eddie Izzard, Luke Wilson, & Uma Thurman directed by Ivan Reitman for Twentieth Century Fox . An ensemble lead in Sony's Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008) produced by David Lancaster, a supporting role in Pure Flix's What If... (2010), & supporting lead in the Lionsgate family film Army Dog (2016) .
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Movies (48)
A Beautiful Mind
Technician
Sarah's Oil
Earl
Safe House
Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited)
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Leo
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
Chief Bull Brittles
Nefarious
Detective Russo
Infidel
Pierre Barthes
Kill Trip
Hank
Pups Alone
Lenny
The Cleaning Lady
Michael
What if...
Joel Muller
The Penitent Thief
Tiran
Running for Grace
Mayor
Destination Marfa
Vincent (The Hitchhiker)
What Remains
Scott
Bernie the Dolphin
Brock Winters / The Mayor
Blackwood
Henri
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Hunter S. Kimbrough
No Postage Necessary
Agent Ames
Selling Isobel
Alfonso
Fresh Kills
Nello
MobKing
2023
Stay Forte
2025
Hazel's Heart
William
Blood in the Water
Marius Roos
Jimmy
Mr. Laney
Vindication: Search and Rescue
Government Agent Stevens
Between Borders
Duane
Stealing Roses
Joey
The Secret Village
Joe
Cassidy Way
Truck Driver
Where the Road Runs Out
Martin
Awakened
Benny Dawson
Army Dog
Sheriff Bill McCallister
The Two Thieves
Demas
Condition of Return
2023
A Million Colours
Major Shawn Dixon
Find Her
Felix Leonard
3 Blind Saints
Frankie
unDEFILED
Coach Joe Baines
Windsor
Pierre Gandy
The Message
Gerald Walker
Saint Nick of Bethlehem
Harvey
Pursuit of Freedom
Bedros
Live Fast, Die Young
Rupe
Poe
Johnathon Poe
Avalanche
Nate
Solidarity
Adam
TV Shows (14)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Milan Zergin · 1 eps
NCIS
Danny Coyle · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Phil Bartoli · 1 eps
FBI
Fabian Shabani · 1 eps
S.W.A.T.
Omar Morina · 1 eps
The Sopranos
Gaetano Giarizzo · 1 eps
Person of Interest
Aris Zappo · 1 eps
The Chosen
Moses · 1 eps
Without a Trace
Dimitri · 1 eps
Arrested Development
Gator · 1 eps
Ugly Betty
Steve · 9 eps
The Suite Life on Deck
Stéphane · 1 eps
Togetherness
Yanni · 1 eps
American Genius
David Sarnoff · 1 eps
