Stelio Savante
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) .
67 acting credits
Acting · 67
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
NCIS
2003
S.W.A.T.
2017
FBI
2018
The Sopranos
1999
Person of Interest
2011
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Without a Trace
2002
Arrested Development
2003
The Chosen
2019
Ugly Betty
2006
The Suite Life on Deck
2008
A Beautiful Mind
2001
Sarah's Oil
2025
Togetherness
2015
Safe House
2012
Nefarious
2023
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
2006
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
2008
American Genius
2015
The Penitent Thief
2021
Hazel's Heart
2025
What if...
2010
What Remains
2022
The Cleaning Lady
2018
Pups Alone
2021
Stay Forte
2025
Blackwood
2022
Selling Isobel
2019
Running for Grace
2018
Infidel
2019
Destination Marfa
2021
Jimmy
2013
MobKing
2023
Bernie the Dolphin
2018
Pursuit of Freedom
2022
Awakened
2013
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
2015
The Secret Village
2013
The December Cross
—
Between Borders
2025
No Postage Necessary
2018
Fresh Kills
2024
Cassidy Way
2016
Blood in the Water
2016
Find Her
2022
Army Dog
2016
Candles
—
Windsor
2016
Stealing Roses
2012
3 Blind Saints
2011
Saint Nick of Bethlehem
2024
The Two Thieves
2014
Solidarity
2005
The Mob Priest
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unDEFILED
2024
Poe
2012
Where the Road Runs Out
2014
Live Fast, Die Young
2008
The Message
2020
A Million Colours
2011
Condition of Return
2023
Poachers Moon
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Avalanche
2018
Vindication: Search and Rescue
2026
Astoria
2000
The Coldest Winter
2005