Stelio Savante
Acting
1970-04-24 · 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
TheatersKill Trip
2026 · Movie
Vindication: Search and Rescue
2026 · Movie
Stay Forte
2025 · Movie
Sarah's Oil
2025 · Movie
Hazel's Heart
2025 · Movie
Between Borders
2025 · Movie
Saint Nick of Bethlehem
2024 · Movie
Fresh Kills
2024 · Movie
unDEFILED
2024 · Movie
Condition of Return
2023 · Movie
MobKing
2023 · Movie
Nefarious
2023 · Movie
What Remains
2022 · Movie
Find Her
2022 · Movie
Pursuit of Freedom
2022 · Movie
Blackwood
2022 · Movie
Pups Alone
2021 · Movie
Destination Marfa
2021 · Movie
The Penitent Thief
2021 · Movie
The Message
2020 · Movie
Infidel
2019 · Movie
Selling Isobel
2019 · Movie
The Chosen
2019 · Series
Bernie the Dolphin
2018 · Movie
FBI
2018 · Series
The Cleaning Lady
2018 · Movie
Running for Grace
2018 · Movie
No Postage Necessary
2018 · Movie
Avalanche
2018 · Movie
S.W.A.T.
2017 · Series
Windsor
2016 · Movie
Blood in the Water
2016 · Movie
Cassidy Way
2016 · Movie
Army Dog
2016 · Movie
American Genius
2015 · Series
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
2015 · Movie
Togetherness
2015 · Series
Where the Road Runs Out
2014 · Movie
The Two Thieves
2014 · Movie
The Secret Village
2013 · Movie
Awakened
2013 · Movie
Jimmy
2013 · Movie
Stealing Roses
2012 · Movie
Poe
2012 · Movie
Safe House
2012 · Movie
Person of Interest
2011 · Series
A Million Colours
2011 · Movie
3 Blind Saints
2011 · Movie
What if...
2010 · Movie
The Suite Life on Deck
2008 · Series
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
2008 · Movie
Live Fast, Die Young
2008 · Movie
Ugly Betty
2006 · Series
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
2006 · Movie
The Coldest Winter
2005 · Movie
Solidarity
2005 · Movie
Arrested Development
2003 · Series
NCIS
2003 · Series
Without a Trace
2002 · Series
A Beautiful Mind
2001 · Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
Astoria
2000 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
The Sopranos
1999 · Series
The Mob Priest
Movie
Candles
Movie
Do Not Open
Movie
The December Cross
Movie
Poachers Moon
Movie