Stelio Savante

Known for ActingBorn 1970-04-24 (age 56)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) .Read more

Movies & web series

Stay Forte

Astoria

The Coldest Winter

Solidarity

The Chosen

The Sopranos

Person of Interest

S.W.A.T.

FBI

Sarah's Oil

Arrested Development

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Suite Life on Deck

A Beautiful Mind

NCIS

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

unDEFILED

A Million Colours

Without a Trace

Saint Nick of Bethlehem

Jimmy

What if...

Nefarious

Togetherness

Running for Grace

Safe House

American Genius

Fresh Kills

Ugly Betty

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Hazel's Heart

The Message

Pups Alone

Bernie the Dolphin

The Penitent Thief

Between Borders

Where the Road Runs Out

Condition of Return

Infidel

The Cleaning Lady

No Postage Necessary

Army Dog

MobKing

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

Selling Isobel

What Remains

The Two Thieves

Starship Troopers 3: Marauder