Stelio Savante
Birthday: 1970-04-24 | Place of Birth: Cape Town, South AfricaA 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
Acting
Role
as Duane
as Coach Joe Baines
as Harvey
as Nello
as Felix Leonard
as Henri
as Scott
as Tiran
as Vincent (The Hitchhiker)
as Alfonso
as Pierre Barthes
as Agent Ames
as Brock Winters / The Mayor
as Mayor
as Michael
as Marius Roos
as Sheriff Bill McCallister
as Hunter S. Kimbrough
as Benny Dawson
as Joe
as Mr. Laney
as Joey
as Johnathon Poe
