Stelio Savante

Acting

Stelio Savante

Born April 24, 1970Cape Town, South Africa66 credits

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) .

Known For

Filmography

Sarah's Oil
2025Sarah's Oil
as EarlMovie
Hazel's Heart
2025Hazel's Heart
as WilliamMovie
Between Borders
2025Between Borders
as DuaneMovie
Fresh Kills
2024Fresh Kills
as NelloMovie
unDEFILED
2024unDEFILED
as Coach Joe BainesMovie
Nefarious
2023Nefarious
as Detective RussoMovie
What Remains
2022What Remains
as ScottMovie
Find Her
2022Find Her
as Felix LeonardMovie
Blackwood
2022Blackwood
as HenriMovie
Pups Alone
2021Pups Alone
as LennyMovie
Destination Marfa
2021Destination Marfa
as Vincent (The Hitchhiker)Movie
The Message
2020The Message
as Gerald WalkerMovie
Infidel
2019Infidel
as Pierre BarthesMovie
Selling Isobel
2019Selling Isobel
as AlfonsoMovie
The Chosen
2019The Chosen
as MosesTV
Bernie the Dolphin
2018Bernie the Dolphin
as Brock Winters / The MayorMovie
FBI
2018FBI
as Fabian ShabaniTV
The Cleaning Lady
2018The Cleaning Lady
as MichaelMovie
No Postage Necessary
2018No Postage Necessary
as Agent AmesMovie
Avalanche
2018Avalanche
as NateMovie
S.W.A.T.
2017S.W.A.T.
as Omar MorinaTV
Windsor
2016Windsor
as Pierre GandyMovie
Blood in the Water
2016Blood in the Water
as Marius RoosMovie
Cassidy Way
2016Cassidy Way
as Truck DriverMovie
Army Dog
2016Army Dog
as Sheriff Bill McCallisterMovie
American Genius
2015American Genius
as David SarnoffTV
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
2015Eisenstein in Guanajuato
as Hunter S. KimbroughMovie
The Two Thieves
2014The Two Thieves
as DemasMovie
Awakened
2013Awakened
as Benny DawsonMovie
Jimmy
2013Jimmy
as Mr. LaneyMovie
Stealing Roses
2012Stealing Roses
as JoeyMovie
Poe
2012Poe
as Johnathon PoeMovie
Safe House
2012Safe House
as Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited)Movie
Person of Interest
2011Person of Interest
as Aris ZappoTV
A Million Colours
2011A Million Colours
as Major Shawn DixonMovie
3 Blind Saints
20113 Blind Saints
as FrankieMovie
What if...
2010What if...
as Joel MullerMovie
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
2008Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
as Chief Bull BrittlesMovie
Ugly Betty
2006Ugly Betty
as SteveTV
Solidarity
2005Solidarity
as AdamMovie
NCIS
2003NCIS
as Danny CoyleTV
A Beautiful Mind
2001A Beautiful Mind
as TechnicianMovie
A
2000Astoria
as NickMovie
The Sopranos
1999The Sopranos
as Gaetano GiarizzoTV
T
The Mob Priest
as Diamond DanMovie
T
The December Cross
as Officer RalphMovie
P
Poachers Moon
as Commanding Officer Ben MillerMovie