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Stelio Savante

Stelio Savante

Actor · Born 1970-04-24 · Cape Town, South Africa

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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) .

Movies & TV Shows

  1. A Beautiful Mind (2001) — Technician
  2. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Milan Zergin
  3. Safe House (2012) — Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited)
  4. The Sopranos (1999) — Gaetano Giarizzo
  5. NCIS (2003) — Danny Coyle
  6. Person of Interest (2011) — Aris Zappo
  7. Arrested Development (2003) — Gator
  8. S.W.A.T. (2017) — Omar Morina
  9. My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) — Leo
  10. The Chosen (2019) — Moses
  11. FBI (2018) — Fabian Shabani
  12. Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008) — Chief Bull Brittles
  13. The Suite Life on Deck (2008) — Stéphane
  14. Nefarious (2023) — Detective Russo
  15. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) — Phil Bartoli
  16. Ugly Betty (2006) — Steve
  17. Without a Trace (2002) — Dimitri
  18. The Cleaning Lady (2018) — Michael
  19. Sarah's Oil (2025) — Earl
  20. Togetherness (2015) — Yanni
  21. Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015) — Hunter S. Kimbrough
  22. Infidel (2019) — Pierre Barthes
  23. What if... (2010) — Joel Muller
  24. Pups Alone (2021) — Lenny
  25. Running for Grace (2018) — Mayor
  26. Bernie the Dolphin (2018) — Brock Winters / The Mayor
  27. The Penitent Thief (2021) — Tiran
  28. The Secret Village (2013) — Joe
  29. Blood in the Water (2016) — Marius Roos
  30. Fresh Kills (2024) — Nello
  31. No Postage Necessary (2018) — Agent Ames
  32. What Remains (2022) — Scott
  33. Cassidy Way (2016) — Truck Driver
  34. Selling Isobel (2019) — Alfonso
  35. Blackwood (2022) — Henri
  36. American Genius (2015) — David Sarnoff
  37. Where the Road Runs Out (2014) — Martin
  38. Find Her (2022) — Felix Leonard
  39. Awakened (2013) — Benny Dawson
  40. Army Dog (2016) — Sheriff Bill McCallister