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