Acting credits
61
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Stelio Savante
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.6
Low visibility
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Movies: 47Series: 14Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 37403
IMDb ID: nm0767445
Known for: Acting
Born: April 24, 1970
Age: 55
Place of birth: Cape Town, South Africa
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1999 - 2025
Years active: 27
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q2054051
Other jobs
Producer (2)
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) .
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Stelio Savante.
10.0
Stay Forte
2025 Movie
8.0
Sarah's Oil
as Earl
2025 Movie
6.5
Hazel's Heart
as William
2025 Movie
5.6
Between Borders
as Duane
2025 Movie
7.0
Saint Nick of Bethlehem
as Harvey
2024 Movie
6.1
Fresh Kills
as Nello
2024 Movie
7.3
unDEFILED
as Coach Joe Baines
2024 Movie
5.6
Condition of Return
2023 Movie
5.8
MobKing
2023 Movie
6.7
Nefarious
as Detective Russo
2023 Movie
4.9
What Remains
as Scott
2022 Movie
4.0
Find Her
as Felix Leonard
2022 Movie
4.5
Pursuit of Freedom
as Bedros
2022 Movie
3.8
Blackwood
as Henri
2022 Movie
5.8
Pups Alone
as Lenny
2021 Movie
3.5
Destination Marfa
as Vincent (The Hitchhiker)
2021 Movie
5.8
The Penitent Thief
as Tiran
2021 Movie
6.0
The Message
as Gerald Walker
2020 Movie
5.6
Infidel
as Pierre Barthes
2019 Movie
5.0
Selling Isobel
as Alfonso
2019 Movie
5.9
Bernie the Dolphin
as Brock Winters / The Mayor
2018 Movie
5.4
The Cleaning Lady
as Michael
2018 Movie
6.5
Running for Grace
as Mayor
2018 Movie
5.3
No Postage Necessary
as Agent Ames
2018 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Stelio Savante.
8.7
The Chosen
as Moses • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.9
FBI
as Fabian Shabani • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.1
S.W.A.T.
as Omar Morina • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.4
American Genius
as David Sarnoff • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.7
Togetherness
as Yanni • 1 eps
2015 Series
8.1
Person of Interest
as Aris Zappo • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.8
The Suite Life on Deck
as Stéphane • 1 eps
2008 Series
6.4
Ugly Betty
as Steve • 9 eps
2006 Series
7.9
Arrested Development
as Gator • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.6
NCIS
as Danny Coyle • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.2
Without a Trace
as Dimitri • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Phil Bartoli • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Milan Zergin • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.7
The Sopranos
as Gaetano Giarizzo • 1 eps
1999 Series