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Home/People/Stelio Savante
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Born
Apr 24, 1970
Age 55
Place of Birth
Cape Town, South Africa
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

52
Movies
14
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Stelio Savante

Acting

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) .
Stay Forte poster

Stay Forte

Cast
2025
Sarah's Oil poster

Sarah's Oil

as Earl
2025
Hazel's Heart poster

Hazel's Heart

as William
2025
Between Borders poster

Between Borders

as Duane
2025
Saint Nick of Bethlehem poster

Saint Nick of Bethlehem

as Harvey
2024
Fresh Kills poster

Fresh Kills

as Nello
2024
unDEFILED poster

unDEFILED

as Coach Joe Baines
2024
Condition of Return poster

Condition of Return

Cast
2023
MobKing poster

MobKing

Cast
2023
Nefarious poster

Nefarious

as Detective Russo
2023
What Remains poster

What Remains

as Scott
2022
Find Her poster

Find Her

as Felix Leonard
2022
Pursuit of Freedom poster

Pursuit of Freedom

as Bedros
2022
Blackwood poster

Blackwood

as Henri
2022
Pups Alone poster

Pups Alone

as Lenny
2021
Destination Marfa poster

Destination Marfa

as Vincent (The Hitchhiker)
2021
The Penitent Thief poster

The Penitent Thief

as Tiran
2021
The Message poster

The Message

as Gerald Walker
2020
Infidel poster

Infidel

as Pierre Barthes
2019
Selling Isobel poster

Selling Isobel

as Alfonso
2019