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Stelio Savante

Stelio Savante

Born: 1970-04-24 • Cape Town, South Africa

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) .

Filmography
Stay Forte poster
Stay Forte
2025
Sarah's Oil poster
Sarah's Oil
2025 • Earl
Hazel's Heart poster
Hazel's Heart
2025 • William
Between Borders poster
Between Borders
2025 • Duane
Saint Nick of Bethlehem poster
Saint Nick of Bethlehem
2024 • Harvey
Fresh Kills poster
Fresh Kills
2024 • Nello
unDEFILED poster
unDEFILED
2024 • Coach Joe Baines
Condition of Return poster
Condition of Return
2023
MobKing poster
MobKing
2023
Nefarious poster
Nefarious
2023 • Detective Russo
What Remains poster
What Remains
2022 • Scott
Find Her poster
Find Her
2022 • Felix Leonard
Pursuit of Freedom poster
Pursuit of Freedom
2022 • Bedros
Blackwood poster
Blackwood
2022 • Henri
Pups Alone poster
Pups Alone
2021 • Lenny
Destination Marfa poster
Destination Marfa
2021 • Vincent (The Hitchhiker)
The Penitent Thief poster
The Penitent Thief
2021 • Tiran
The Message poster
The Message
2020 • Gerald Walker
Infidel poster
Infidel
2019 • Pierre Barthes
Selling Isobel poster
Selling Isobel
2019 • Alfonso
Bernie the Dolphin poster
Bernie the Dolphin
2018 • Brock Winters / The Mayor
The Cleaning Lady poster
The Cleaning Lady
2018 • Michael
Running for Grace poster
Running for Grace
2018 • Mayor
No Postage Necessary poster
No Postage Necessary
2018 • Agent Ames
Avalanche poster
Avalanche
2018 • Nate
Windsor poster
Windsor
2016 • Pierre Gandy
Blood in the Water poster
Blood in the Water
2016 • Marius Roos
Cassidy Way poster
Cassidy Way
2016 • Truck Driver
Army Dog poster
Army Dog
2016 • Sheriff Bill McCallister
Eisenstein in Guanajuato poster
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
2015 • Hunter S. Kimbrough
Where the Road Runs Out poster
Where the Road Runs Out
2014 • Martin
The Two Thieves poster
The Two Thieves
2014 • Demas
The Secret Village poster
The Secret Village
2013 • Joe
Awakened poster
Awakened
2013 • Benny Dawson
Jimmy poster
Jimmy
2013 • Mr. Laney
Stealing Roses poster
Stealing Roses
2012 • Joey
Poe poster
Poe
2012 • Johnathon Poe
Safe House poster
Safe House
2012 • Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited)
A Million Colours poster
A Million Colours
2011 • Major Shawn Dixon
3 Blind Saints poster
3 Blind Saints
2011 • Frankie
What if... poster
What if...
2010 • Joel Muller
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder poster
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
2008 • Chief Bull Brittles
Live Fast, Die Young poster
Live Fast, Die Young
2008 • Rupe
My Super Ex-Girlfriend poster
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
2006 • Leo
No Image
The Coldest Winter
2005
Solidarity poster
Solidarity
2005 • Adam
A Beautiful Mind poster
A Beautiful Mind
2001 • Technician
No Image
Astoria
2000 • Nick
No Image
The Mob Priest
— • Diamond Dan
Candles poster
Candles
No Image
The December Cross
— • Officer Ralph
No Image
Poachers Moon
— • Commanding Officer Ben Miller