Acting
Vincent Spano
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
Dave vs. Hollywood
Film · 2026
Dante's Inferni
Film · 2025
The Contract
Film · 2024
Wonderwell
Film · 2023
The War on Earth
Film · 2023
The Comeback Trail
Film · 2020
Half Brothers
Film · 2020
Torch
Film · 2018
Bent
Film · 2018
Pearly Gates
Film · 2015
Wrestling Isn't Wrestling
Film · 2015
April Rain
Film · 2014
Dante's Hell Animated
Film · 2013
This Magic Moment
Film · 2013
Sangue caldo
Series · 2011
Caldo criminale
Film · 2010
Nevermore
Film · 2009
Fatal Secrets
Film · 2009
Castle
Series · 2009
Grave Misconduct
Film · 2008
Lone Rider
Film · 2008
The Mentalist
Series · 2008
The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie
Film · 2007
Pandemic
Series · 2007
Her Fatal Flaw
Film · 2006
L'onore e il rispetto
Series · 2006
Landslide
Film · 2005
The Engagement Ring
Film · 2005
House
Series · 2004
The Only Witness
Film · 2003
Deathlands
Film · 2003
The Rats
Film · 2002
Jenifer
Film · 2001
Texas Rangers
Film · 2001
The Deadly Look of Love
Film · 2000
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
Film · 2000
Goosed
Film · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
A Brooklyn State of Mind
Film · 1998
The Unknown Cyclist
Film · 1998
The Christmas Path
Film · 1998
Medusa's Child
Film · 1997
No Strings Attached
Film · 1997
Prince Street
Series · 1997
Downdraft
Film · 1996
The Tie That Binds
Film · 1995
The Ascent
Film · 1994
Indian Summer
Film · 1993
Alive
Film · 1993
Intimate Portrait
Series · 1993
Afterburn
Film · 1992
Oscar
Film · 1991
City of Hope
Film · 1991
The Heart of the Deal
Film · 1990
Venetian Red
Film · 1989
High Frequency
Film · 1988
And God Created Woman
Film · 1988
Good Morning, Babylon
Film · 1987
Blood Ties
Film · 1986
Creator
Film · 1985
Alphabet City
Film · 1984
Maria's Lovers
Film · 1984
Baby It's You
Film · 1983
Rumble Fish
Film · 1983
The Black Stallion Returns
Film · 1983
A Stranger Is Watching
Film · 1982
The Gentleman Bandit
Film · 1981
Senior Trip
Film · 1981
Over the Edge
Film · 1979
The Double McGuffin
Film · 1979
Melodies in the Forest
Film