Vincent Spano
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Vincent M. Spano (born October 18, 1962) is an American actor. Spano was born in Brooklyn, New York to Italian American parents. In 1976, he made his stage debut in a production of The Shadow Box at Long Wharf Theatre and Broadway. His film debut was in 1979's The Double McGuffin. He has subsequently appeared in many Hollywood films, including John Sayles's Baby, It's You and City of Hope, Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish, Alive: The Miracle of the Andes, The Rats, Over the Edge-1979 and Creator. In the 1983 family favorite The Black Stallion Returns, he played a handsome, young, Arabic rider, Raj, that returns home from university to compete in a major horse race and befriends an American boy, Alec Ramsey (played by Kelly Reno) along the way. He also starred in the Italian film Good Morning Babylon written and directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, and the 1984 film Alphabet City. He has co-starred with Dylan and Cole Sprouse in A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper. He was most recently seen on ION network opposite Lou Diamond Phillips in Lone Rider. But mostly as his recurring role of FBI Agent Dean Porter on the NBC drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since the 8th season. He starred in the 2004 TV film "Landslide (Buried Alive)" as a fireman trapped in a collapsed building with his son.
Known for
Credits
Maria's Lovers (1984)
as Al Griselli
Alive (1993)
as Antonio Balbi
Oscar (1991)
as Anthony Rossano
The Comeback Trail (2020)
as Joey Silva
Rumble Fish (1983)
as Steve
Bent (2018)
as Charlie Horvath
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000)
as Zophael
Half Brothers (2020)
as Mr. B
Texas Rangers (2001)
as Ed Simms
Over the Edge (1979)
as Mark
Alphabet City (1984)
as Johnny
Indian Summer (1993)
as Matthew Berman
And God Created Woman (1988)
as Billy Moran
Baby It's You (1983)
as Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo
Creator (1985)
as Boris Lafkin
Pearly Gates (2015)
as Mayor
The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
as Raj
The Only Witness (2003)
as Det. Steve Banks
Dante's Inferni (2025)
as Virgil
Afterburn (1992)
as Ted Harduvel
The Deadly Look of Love (2000)
as Brett Becker
Good Morning, Babylon (1987)
as Nicola Bonnano
City of Hope (1991)
as Nick Rinaldi
Fatal Secrets (2009)
as Scott
The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie (2007)
as Miles
April Rain (2014)
as Ron Thomas
The Rats (2002)
as Jack Carver
Wonderwell (2023)
as Franco
Jenifer (2001)
as Jack
A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
as Gas Thief
The Unknown Cyclist (1998)
as Frank Cavatelli
The Double McGuffin (1979)
as Foster (as Vinnie Spano)
This Magic Moment (2013)
as Roberto Molinez
Deathlands (2003)
as Ryan Cawdor
The Christmas Path (1998)
as Balthazar
Dante's Hell Animated (2013)
as Virgil (voice)
The Tie That Binds (1995)
as Russell Clifton
A Brooklyn State of Mind (1998)
as Al Stanco
Medusa's Child (1997)
as Scott Nash
Torch (2018)
as Gabriel Coronado
Goosed (1999)
as Steven Binder
Grave Misconduct (2008)
as Trent Dodson
High Frequency (1988)
as Peter
Lone Rider (2008)
as Stu Croaker
The Ascent (1994)
as Franco Distassi
Landslide (2005)
as Mark Decker
Melodies in the Forest (—)
Actor
Her Fatal Flaw (2006)
as Robert Genaro
Caldo criminale (2010)
as ispettore Lai
Dave vs. Hollywood (2026)
as Phil, the Interviewer
The Engagement Ring (2005)
as Tony Di Cenzo
The Heart of the Deal (1990)
as Mitchell Bryce
No Strings Attached (1997)
as Marc Demetrius
The Gentleman Bandit (1981)
as Angel Perez
Blood Ties (1986)
as Mark Ciuni
Senior Trip (1981)
as Dick
Venetian Red (1989)
as Carlo Goldoni
The Contract (2024)
as Nicolas Dell'Aria
The War on Earth (2023)
as Self
Downdraft (1996)
as Jack
Nevermore (2009)
as Devin Bayliss