Vincent Spano
Acting • Born 1962-10-18
Biography
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
66 credits
Dante's Hell Animated
Movie • 2013
Virgil (voice)
Landslide
Movie • 2005
Mark Decker
A Brooklyn State of Mind
Movie • 1998
Al Stanco
Torch
Movie • 2018
Gabriel Coronado
The Only Witness
Movie • 2003
Det. Steve Banks
Nevermore
Movie • 2009
Devin Bayliss
Her Fatal Flaw
Movie • 2006
Robert Genaro
The Heart of the Deal
Movie • 1990
Mitchell Bryce
High Frequency
Movie • 1988
Peter
Fatal Secrets
Movie • 2009
Scott
The Engagement Ring
Movie • 2005
Tony Di Cenzo
Caldo criminale
Movie • 2010
ispettore Lai
Venetian Red
Movie • 1989
Carlo Goldoni
Grave Misconduct
Movie • 2008
Trent Dodson
Creator
Movie • 1985
Boris Lafkin
And God Created Woman
Movie • 1988
Billy Moran
Oscar
Movie • 1991
Anthony Rossano
City of Hope
Movie • 1991
Nick Rinaldi
Indian Summer
Movie • 1993
Matthew Berman
Over the Edge
Movie • 1979
Mark
Baby It's You
Movie • 1983
Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo
Alive
Movie • 1993
Antonio Balbi
Rumble Fish
Movie • 1983
Steve
This Magic Moment
Movie • 2013
Roberto Molinez
Alphabet City
Movie • 1984
Johnny
The Deadly Look of Love
Movie • 2000
Brett Becker
Afterburn
Movie • 1992
Ted Harduvel
Maria's Lovers
Movie • 1984
Al Griselli
The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie
Movie • 2007
Miles
Downdraft
Movie • 1996
Jack
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
Movie • 2000
Zophael
The Rats
Movie • 2002
Jack Carver
Good Morning, Babylon
Movie • 1987
Nicola Bonnano
The Black Stallion Returns
Movie • 1983
Raj
Deathlands
Movie • 2003
Ryan Cawdor
Jenifer
Movie • 2001
Jack
Lone Rider
Movie • 2008
Stu Croaker
The Unknown Cyclist
Movie • 1998
Frank Cavatelli
The Double McGuffin
Movie • 1979
Foster (as Vinnie Spano)
Medusa's Child
Movie • 1997
Scott Nash
The Tie That Binds
Movie • 1995
Russell Clifton
April Rain
Movie • 2014
Special Agent Thomas
No Strings Attached
Movie • 1997
Marc Demetrius
Pearly Gates
Movie • 2015
Mayor
The Contract
Movie • 2024
Nicolas Dell'Aria
The Gentleman Bandit
Movie • 1981
Angel Perez
The Ascent
Movie • 1994
Franco Distassi
Wonderwell
Movie • 2023
Franco
A Stranger Is Watching
Movie • 1982
Gas Thief
Bent
Movie • 2018
Charlie Horvath
Senior Trip
Movie • 1981
Dick
Goosed
Movie • 1999
Steven Binder
Blood Ties
Movie • 1986
Mark Ciuni
The Comeback Trail
Movie • 2020
Joey Silva
Half Brothers
Movie • 2020
Mr. B
Texas Rangers
Movie • 2001
Ed Simms
Dante's Inferni
Movie • 2025
Virgil
Castle
TV • 2009
Christopher Carlucci
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Dean Porter
Prince Street
TV • 1997
L'onore e il rispetto
TV • 2006
Rodolfo Di Venanzio
Sangue caldo
TV • 2011
Mauro Malaspina
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Don De Jorio
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
Pandemic
TV • 2007
Troy Whitlock
House
TV • 2004
Tommy