Stelio Savante
Stelio Savante
Biography
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
Actor
as Diamond Dan
as Peter
as Duane
as Harvey
as Nello
as Coach Joe Baines
as Detective Russo
as Scott
as Felix Leonard
as Bedros
as Henri
as Lenny
as Vincent (The Hitchhiker)
as Tiran
as Gerald Walker
as Pierre Barthes
as Alfonso
as Moses
as Brock Winters / The Mayor
as Michael
as Mayor
as Agent Ames
as Nate
as Fabian Shabani
as Pierre Gandy
as Marius Roos
as Truck Driver
as Sheriff Bill McCallister
as Hunter S. Kimbrough
as Yanni
as Martin
as Demas
as Joe
as Benny Dawson
as Mr. Laney
as Joey
as Johnathon Poe
as Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited)
as Major Shawn Dixon
as Frankie
as Aris Zappo
as Joel Muller
as Chief Bull Brittles
as Rupe
as Stéphane
as Leo
as Steve
as Gator
as Danny Coyle
as Dimitri
as Phil Bartoli
as Milan Zergin
as Gaetano Giarizzo
Producer
as Producer
as Producer