Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 24, 1970
Place of Birth:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Stelio Savante
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) .
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sarah's Oil | |
| 2025 | Between Borders | Duane |
| 2024 | Saint Nick of Bethlehem | Harvey |
| 2024 | unDEFILED | Coach Joe Baines |
| 2024 | Fresh Kills | Nello |
| 2023 | Nefarious | Detective Russo |
| 2023 | MobKing | |
| 2023 | Condition of Return | |
| 2022 | Find Her | Felix Leonard |
| 2022 | Blackwood | Henri |
| 2022 | What Remains | Scott |
| 2022 | Pursuit of Freedom | Bedros |
| 2021 | Pups Alone | Lenny |
| 2021 | The Penitent Thief | Tiran |
| 2021 | Destination Marfa | Vincent (The Hitchhiker) |
| 2020 | The Message | Gerald Walker |
| 2019 | Selling Isobel | Alfonso |
| 2019 | Infidel | Pierre Barthes |
| 2018 | No Postage Necessary | Agent Ames |
| 2018 | The Cleaning Lady | Michael |
| 2018 | Running for Grace | Mayor |
| 2018 | Bernie the Dolphin | Brock Winters / The Mayor |
| 2018 | Avalanche | Nate |
| 2016 | Cassidy Way | Truck Driver |
| 2016 | Blood in the Water | Marius Roos |
| 2016 | Windsor | Pierre Gandy |
| 2016 | Army Dog | Sheriff Bill McCallister |
| 2015 | Eisenstein in Guanajuato | Hunter S. Kimbrough |
| 2014 | Where the Road Runs Out | Martin |
| 2014 | The Two Thieves | Demas |
| 2013 | The Secret Village | Joe |
| 2013 | Awakened | Benny Dawson |
| 2013 | Jimmy | Mr. Laney |
| 2012 | Poe | Johnathon Poe |
| 2012 | Stealing Roses | Joey |
| 2012 | Safe House | Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited) |
| 2011 | 3 Blind Saints | Frankie |
| 2011 | A Million Colours | Major Shawn Dixon |
| 2010 | What if... | Joel Muller |
| 2008 | Starship Troopers 3: Marauder | Chief Bull Brittles |
| 2008 | Live Fast, Die Young | Rupe |
| 2006 | My Super Ex-Girlfriend | Leo |
| 2005 | The Coldest Winter | |
| 2005 | Solidarity | Adam |
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind | Technician |
| The Mob Priest | Diamond Dan | |
| Acre Beyond the Rye | Peter | |
| Candles | ||
| The December Cross | Officer Ralph | |
| Poachers Moon | Commanding Officer Ben Miller | |
| Stay Forte |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Chosen | Moses |
| 2018 | FBI | Fabian Shabani |
| 2015 | Togetherness | Yanni |
| 2015 | American Genius | David Sarnoff |
| 2011 | Person of Interest | Aris Zappo |
| 2008 | The Suite Life on Deck | Stéphane |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty | Steve |
| 2003 | NCIS | Danny Coyle |
| 2003 | Arrested Development | Gator |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Dimitri |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Phil Bartoli |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Milan Zergin |
| 1999 | The Sopranos | Gaetano Giarizzo |