Stelio Savante
Acting
Born April 24, 1970, Cape Town, South Africa
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) .
Filmography
- 2026Kill Trip — Hank
- 2026Vindication: Search and Rescue — Government Agent Stevens
- 2025Between Borders — Duane
- 2025Hazel's Heart — William
- 2025Sarah's Oil — Earl
- 2025Stay Forte
- 2024Fresh Kills — Nello
- 2024Saint Nick of Bethlehem — Harvey
- 2024unDEFILED — Coach Joe Baines
- 2023Condition of Return
- 2023MobKing
- 2023Nefarious — Detective Russo
- 2022Blackwood — Henri
- 2022Find Her — Felix Leonard
- 2022Pursuit of Freedom — Bedros
- 2022What Remains — Scott
- 2021Destination Marfa — Vincent (The Hitchhiker), Producer
- 2021Pups Alone — Lenny
- 2021The Penitent Thief — Tiran, Producer
- 2020The Message — Gerald Walker
- 2019Infidel — Pierre Barthes
- 2019Selling Isobel — Alfonso
- The Chosen — Moses
- 2018Avalanche — Nate
- 2018Bernie the Dolphin — Brock Winters / The Mayor
- FBI — Fabian Shabani
- 2018No Postage Necessary — Agent Ames
- 2018Running for Grace — Mayor
- 2018The Cleaning Lady — Michael
- S.W.A.T. — Omar Morina
- 2016Army Dog — Sheriff Bill McCallister
- 2016Blood in the Water — Marius Roos
- 2016Cassidy Way — Truck Driver
- 2016Windsor — Pierre Gandy
- American Genius — David Sarnoff
- 2015Eisenstein in Guanajuato — Hunter S. Kimbrough
- Togetherness — Yanni
- 2014The Two Thieves — Demas
- 2014Where the Road Runs Out — Martin
- 2013Awakened — Benny Dawson
- 2013Jimmy — Mr. Laney
- 2013The Secret Village — Joe
- 2012Poe — Johnathon Poe
- 2012Safe House — Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited)
- 2012Stealing Roses — Joey
- 20113 Blind Saints — Frankie
- 2011A Million Colours — Major Shawn Dixon
- Person of Interest — Aris Zappo
- 2010What if... — Joel Muller
- 2008Live Fast, Die Young — Rupe
- 2008Starship Troopers 3: Marauder — Chief Bull Brittles
- The Suite Life on Deck — Stéphane
- 2006My Super Ex-Girlfriend — Leo
- Ugly Betty — Steve
- 2005Solidarity — Adam
- 2005The Coldest Winter
- Arrested Development — Gator
- NCIS — Danny Coyle
- Without a Trace — Dimitri
- 2001A Beautiful Mind — Technician
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Phil Bartoli
- 2000Astoria — Nick
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Milan Zergin
- The Sopranos — Gaetano Giarizzo
- Candles
- Do Not Open — Producer
- Poachers Moon — Commanding Officer Ben Miller
- The December Cross — Officer Ralph, Executive Producer
- The Mob Priest — Diamond Dan