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Stelio Savante

Stelio Savante

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 24, 1970 (55)
Birthplace Cape Town, South Africa
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Mi ... nd (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

unDEFILED

unDEFILED

2024

as Coach Joe Baines

Saint Nick of Bethlehem

Saint Nick of Bethlehem

2024

as Harvey

Fresh Kills

Fresh Kills

2024

as Nello

Nefarious

Nefarious

2023

as Detective Russo

Pursuit of Freedom

Pursuit of Freedom

2022

as Bedros

Find Her

Find Her

2022

as Felix Leonard

Blackwood

Blackwood

2022

as Henri

What Remains

What Remains

2022

as Scott

Destination Marfa

Destination Marfa

2021

as Vincent (The Hitchhiker)

The Penitent Thief

The Penitent Thief

2021

as Tiran

Pups Alone

Pups Alone

2021

as Lenny

The Message

The Message

2020

as Gerald Walker

Infidel

Infidel

2019

as Pierre Barthes

Selling Isobel

Selling Isobel

2019

as Alfonso

Avalanche

Avalanche

2018

as Nate

The Cleaning Lady

The Cleaning Lady

2018

as Michael

Bernie the Dolphin

Bernie the Dolphin

2018

as Brock Winters / The Mayor

No Postage Necessary

No Postage Necessary

2018

as Agent Ames

Running for Grace

Running for Grace

2018

as Mayor

Army Dog

Army Dog

2016

as Sheriff Bill McCallister

Blood in the Water

Blood in the Water

2016

as Marius Roos

Windsor

Windsor

2016

as Pierre Gandy

Cassidy Way

Cassidy Way

2016

as Truck Driver

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

2015

as Hunter S. Kimbrough

The Two Thieves

The Two Thieves

2014

as Demas

Where the Road Runs Out

Where the Road Runs Out

2014

as Martin

The Secret Village

The Secret Village

2013

as Joe

Awakened

Awakened

2013

as Benny Dawson

Poe

Poe

2012

as Johnathon Poe

Stealing Roses

Stealing Roses

2012

as Joey

Safe House

Safe House

2012

as Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited)

3 Blind Saints

3 Blind Saints

2011

as Frankie

A Million Colours

A Million Colours

2011

as Major Shawn Dixon

What if...

What if...

2010

as Joel Muller

Starship Troopers 3: Marauder

Starship Troopers 3: Marauder

2008

as Chief Bull Brittles

Live Fast, Die Young

Live Fast, Die Young

2008

as Rupe

A Beautiful Mind

A Beautiful Mind

2001

as Technician

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The Penitent Thief

The Penitent Thief

2021

Producer

Destination Marfa

Destination Marfa

2021

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Ugly Betty

as Steve

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Sep 28, 2006

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Milan Zergin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1999

Without a Trace

as Dimitri

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 2002

NCIS

as Danny Coyle

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2003

The Chosen

as Moses

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 21, 2019

Person of Interest

as Aris Zappo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2011

The Sopranos

as Gaetano Giarizzo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1999

The Suite Life on Deck

as Stéphane

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 2008

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Phil Bartoli

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 2001

Togetherness

as Yanni

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 11, 2015

Arrested Development

as Gator

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 02, 2003

FBI

as Fabian Shabani

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 2018

American Genius

as David Sarnoff

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 01, 2015

S.W.A.T.

as Omar Morina

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 02, 2017

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