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) .
Acted in
Sarah's Oil
2025
Between Borders
2025
as Duane
Saint Nick of Bethlehem
2024
as Harvey
Fresh Kills
2024
as Nello
unDEFILED
2024
as Coach Joe Baines
Condition of Return
2023
MobKing
2023
Nefarious
2023
as Detective Russo
What Remains
2022
as Scott
Find Her
2022
as Felix Leonard
Pursuit of Freedom
2022
as Bedros
Blackwood
2022
as Henri
Pups Alone
2021
as Lenny
Destination Marfa
2021
as Vincent (The Hitchhiker)
The Penitent Thief
2021
as Tiran
The Message
2020
as Gerald Walker
Infidel
2019
as Pierre Barthes
Selling Isobel
2019
as Alfonso
The Chosen
2019
as Moses
Bernie the Dolphin
2018
as Brock Winters / The Mayor
FBI
2018
as Fabian Shabani
The Cleaning Lady
2018
as Michael
Running for Grace
2018
as Mayor
No Postage Necessary
2018
as Agent Ames
Avalanche
2018
as Nate
Windsor
2016
as Pierre Gandy
Blood in the Water
2016
as Marius Roos
Cassidy Way
2016
as Truck Driver
Army Dog
2016
as Sheriff Bill McCallister
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
2015
as Hunter S. Kimbrough
Togetherness
2015
as Yanni
Where the Road Runs Out
2014
as Martin
The Two Thieves
2014
as Demas
The Secret Village
2013
as Joe
Awakened
2013
as Benny Dawson
Jimmy
2013
as Mr. Laney
Stealing Roses
2012
as Joey
Poe
2012
as Johnathon Poe
Safe House
2012
as Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited)
Person of Interest
2011
as Aris Zappo
A Million Colours
2011
as Major Shawn Dixon
3 Blind Saints
2011
as Frankie
What if...
2010
as Joel Muller
The Suite Life on Deck
2008
as Stéphane
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
2008
as Chief Bull Brittles
Live Fast, Die Young
2008
as Rupe
Ugly Betty
2006
as Steve
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
2006
as Leo
The Coldest Winter
2005
Arrested Development
2003
as Gator
NCIS
2003
as Danny Coyle
Without a Trace
2002
as Dimitri
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Phil Bartoli
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Milan Zergin
The Sopranos
1999
as Gaetano Giarizzo
The Mob Priest
as Diamond Dan
Acre Beyond the Rye
as Peter
