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