Vincent M. Spano (born October 18, 1962) is an American actor. Spano was born in Brooklyn, New York to Italian American parents. In 1976, he made his stage debut in a production of The Shadow Box at Long Wharf Theatre and Broadway. His film debut was in 1979's The Double McGuffin. He has subsequently appeared in many Hollywood films, including John Sayles's Baby, It's You and City of Hope, Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish, Alive: The Miracle of the Andes, The Rats, Over the Edge-1979 and Creator. In the 1983 family favorite The Black Stallion Returns, he played a handsome, young, Arabic rider, Raj, that returns home from university to compete in a major horse race and befriends an American boy, Alec Ramsey (played by Kelly Reno) along the way. He also starred in the Italian film Good Morning Babylon written and directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, and the 1984 film Alphabet City. He has co-starred with Dylan and Cole Sprouse in A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper. He was most recently seen on ION network opposite Lou Diamond Phillips in Lone Rider. But mostly as his recurring role of FBI Agent Dean Porter on the NBC drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since the 8th season. He starred in the 2004 TV film "Landslide (Buried Alive)" as a fireman trapped in a collapsed building with his son.

Filmography

• 2026Dave vs. Hollywood — Phil, the Interviewer, Producer
• 2025Dante's Inferni — Virgil
• 2024PinkCity: A Psychedelic Meditation — Producer
• 2024The Contract — Nicolas Dell'Aria
• 2023Wonderwell — Franco
• 2020Half Brothers — Mr. B
• 2020The Comeback Trail — Joey Silva
• 2018Bent — Charlie Horvath
• 2018Torch — Gabriel Coronado
• 2015Pearly Gates — Mayor
• 2015Wrestling Isn't Wrestling — Creepy Old Man
• 2014April Rain — Ron Thomas
• 2013Dante's Hell Animated — Virgil (voice)
• 2013This Magic Moment — Roberto Molinez
• Sangue caldo — Mauro Malaspina
• 2010Caldo criminale — ispettore Lai
• Castle — Christopher Carlucci
• 2009Fatal Secrets — Scott, Associate Producer
• 2009Nevermore — Devin Bayliss
• 2008Grave Misconduct — Trent Dodson
• 2008Lone Rider — Stu Croaker
• The Mentalist — Don De Jorio
• Pandemic — Troy Whitlock
• 2007The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie — Miles
• 2006Her Fatal Flaw — Robert Genaro
• L'onore e il rispetto — Rodolfo Di Venanzio
• 2005Landslide — Mark Decker
• 2005The Engagement Ring — Tony Di Cenzo
• House — Tommy
• 2003Deathlands — Ryan Cawdor
• 2003The Only Witness — Det. Steve Banks
• 2002The Rats — Jack Carver
• 2001Jenifer — Jack
• 2001Texas Rangers — Ed Simms
• 2000The Deadly Look of Love — Brett Becker
• 2000The Prophecy 3: The Ascent — Zophael
• 1999Goosed — Steven Binder
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Dean Porter
• 1998A Brooklyn State of Mind — Al Stanco
• 1998The Christmas Path — Balthazar
• 1998The Unknown Cyclist — Frank Cavatelli
• 1997Medusa's Child — Scott Nash
• 1997No Strings Attached — Marc Demetrius
• Prince Street — Det. Alex Gage
• 1996Downdraft — Jack
• 1995The Tie That Binds — Russell Clifton
• 1994The Ascent — Franco Distassi
• 1993Alive — Antonio Balbi
• 1993Indian Summer — Matthew Berman
• 1992Afterburn — Ted Harduvel
• 1991City of Hope — Nick Rinaldi
• 1991Oscar — Anthony Rossano
• 1990The Heart of the Deal — Mitchell Bryce
• Tales from the Crypt — Director
• 1989Venetian Red — Carlo Goldoni
• 1988And God Created Woman — Billy Moran
• 1988High Frequency — Peter
• 1987Good Morning, Babylon — Nicola Bonnano
• 1986Blood Ties — Mark Ciuni
• 1985Creator — Boris Lafkin
• 1984Alphabet City — Johnny
• 1984Maria's Lovers — Al Griselli
• 1983Baby It's You — Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo
• 1983Rumble Fish — Steve
• 1983The Black Stallion Returns — Raj
• 1982A Stranger Is Watching — Gas Thief
• 1981Senior Trip — Dick
• 1981The Gentleman Bandit — Angel Perez
• 1979Over the Edge — Mark
• 1979The Double McGuffin — Foster (as Vinnie Spano)
• Me and My Daddy — Director
• Melodies in the Forest
• Tony & Bobby — Director

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2023The War on Earth — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self