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
The Comeback Trail (2020)
as Joey Silva
Alive (1993)
as Antonio Balbi
Rumble Fish (1983)
as Steve
Pearly Gates (2015)
as Mayor
Oscar (1991)
as Anthony Rossano
Creator (1985)
as Boris Lafkin
Bent (2018)
as Charlie Horvath
And God Created Woman (1988)
as Billy Moran
Maria's Lovers (1984)
as Al Griselli
Baby It's You (1983)
as Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo
Torch (2018)
as Gabriel Coronado
Alphabet City (1984)
as Johnny
Afterburn (1992)
as Ted Harduvel
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000)
as Zophael
Wrestling Isn't Wrestling (2015)
as Creepy Old Man
Dante's Hell Animated (2013)
as Virgil (voice)
Over the Edge (1979)
as Mark
Deathlands (2003)
as Ryan Cawdor
Dante's Inferni (2025)
as Virgil
The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
as Raj
Half Brothers (2020)
as Mr. B
The Double McGuffin (1979)
as Foster (as Vinnie Spano)
The Rats (2002)
as Jack Carver
Texas Rangers (2001)
as Ed Simms
The Only Witness (2003)
as Det. Steve Banks
This Magic Moment (2013)
as Roberto Molinez
Indian Summer (1993)
as Matthew Berman
The Tie That Binds (1995)
as Russell Clifton
The Christmas Path (1998)
as Balthazar
Goosed (1999)
as Steven Binder
The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie (2007)
as Miles
The Deadly Look of Love (2000)
as Brett Becker
Wonderwell (2023)
as Franco
Melodies in the Forest (—)
Actor
A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
as Gas Thief
April Rain (2014)
as Ron Thomas
Dave vs. Hollywood (2026)
as Phil, the Interviewer
City of Hope (1991)
as Nick Rinaldi
The War on Earth (2023)
as Self
Good Morning, Babylon (1987)
as Nicola Bonnano
Senior Trip (1981)
as Dick
Lone Rider (2008)
as Stu Croaker
A Brooklyn State of Mind (1998)
as Al Stanco
Landslide (2005)
as Mark Decker
Grave Misconduct (2008)
as Trent Dodson
The Engagement Ring (2005)
as Tony Di Cenzo
The Unknown Cyclist (1998)
as Frank Cavatelli
Fatal Secrets (2009)
as Scott
Caldo criminale (2010)
as ispettore Lai
The Contract (2024)
as Nicolas Dell'Aria
The Gentleman Bandit (1981)
as Angel Perez
Venetian Red (1989)
as Carlo Goldoni
Medusa's Child (1997)
as Scott Nash
Blood Ties (1986)
as Mark Ciuni
High Frequency (1988)
as Peter
The Heart of the Deal (1990)
as Mitchell Bryce
No Strings Attached (1997)
as Marc Demetrius
Her Fatal Flaw (2006)
as Robert Genaro
Jenifer (2001)
as Jack
Downdraft (1996)
as Jack
Nevermore (2009)
as Devin Bayliss
The Ascent (1994)
as Franco Distassi