Stelio Savante
Acting • Born 1970-04-24
Biography
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
66 credits
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Movie • 2006
Leo
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
Movie • 2008
Chief Bull Brittles
Pups Alone
Movie • 2021
Lenny
Nefarious
Movie • 2023
Detective Russo
MobKing
Movie • 2023
Poe
Movie • 2012
Johnathon Poe
3 Blind Saints
Movie • 2011
Frankie
Selling Isobel
Movie • 2019
Alfonso
Condition of Return
Movie • 2023
Find Her
Movie • 2022
Felix Leonard
The Coldest Winter
Movie • 2005
The Secret Village
Movie • 2013
Joe
Blackwood
Movie • 2022
Henri
Awakened
Movie • 2013
Benny Dawson
Stealing Roses
Movie • 2012
Joey
Saint Nick of Bethlehem
Movie • 2024
Harvey
unDEFILED
Movie • 2024
Coach Joe Baines
What Remains
Movie • 2022
Scott
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Movie • 2015
Hunter S. Kimbrough
Live Fast, Die Young
Movie • 2008
Rupe
Cassidy Way
Movie • 2016
Truck Driver
Fresh Kills
Movie • 2024
Nello
Safe House
Movie • 2012
Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited)
Where the Road Runs Out
Movie • 2014
Martin
Blood in the Water
Movie • 2016
Marius Roos
Sarah's Oil
Movie • 2025
Earl
Windsor
Movie • 2016
Pierre Gandy
Army Dog
Movie • 2016
Sheriff Bill McCallister
A Million Colours
Movie • 2011
Major Shawn Dixon
What if...
Movie • 2010
Joel Muller
The Mob Priest
Movie
Diamond Dan
No Postage Necessary
Movie • 2018
Agent Ames
The Cleaning Lady
Movie • 2018
Michael
Running for Grace
Movie • 2018
Mayor
Bernie the Dolphin
Movie • 2018
Brock Winters / The Mayor
The Two Thieves
Movie • 2014
Demas
Avalanche
Movie • 2018
Nate
The Message
Movie • 2020
Gerald Walker
Infidel
Movie • 2019
Pierre Barthes
The Penitent Thief
Movie • 2021
Tiran
Candles
Movie
Pursuit of Freedom
Movie • 2022
Bedros
Destination Marfa
Movie • 2021
Vincent (The Hitchhiker)
Between Borders
Movie • 2025
Duane
Jimmy
Movie • 2013
Mr. Laney
The December Cross
Movie
Officer Ralph
Poachers Moon
Movie
Commanding Officer Ben Miller
Stay Forte
Movie • 2025
Solidarity
Movie • 2005
Adam
A Beautiful Mind
Movie • 2001
Technician
Hazel's Heart
Movie • 2025
William
Astoria
Movie • 2000
Nick
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Milan Zergin
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Dimitri
NCIS
TV • 2003
Danny Coyle
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
Steve
The Chosen
TV • 2019
Moses
Person of Interest
TV • 2011
Aris Zappo
The Sopranos
TV • 1999
Gaetano Giarizzo
The Suite Life on Deck
TV • 2008
Stéphane
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Phil Bartoli
Togetherness
TV • 2015
Yanni
Arrested Development
TV • 2003
Gator
FBI
TV • 2018
Fabian Shabani
American Genius
TV • 2015
David Sarnoff
S.W.A.T.
TV • 2017
Omar Morina