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
Alive (1993)
as Antonio Balbi
The Only Witness (2003)
as Det. Steve Banks
Maria's Lovers (1984)
as Al Griselli
Rumble Fish (1983)
as Steve
The Double McGuffin (1979)
as Foster (as Vinnie Spano)
Oscar (1991)
as Anthony Rossano
The Comeback Trail (2020)
as Joey Silva
Bent (2018)
as Charlie Horvath
Creator (1985)
as Boris Lafkin
Texas Rangers (2001)
as Ed Simms
A Stranger Is Watching (1982)
as Gas Thief
Half Brothers (2020)
as Mr. B
High Frequency (1988)
as Peter
Alphabet City (1984)
as Johnny
Baby It's You (1983)
as Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo
Indian Summer (1993)
as Matthew Berman
And God Created Woman (1988)
as Billy Moran
The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
as Raj
April Rain (2014)
as Special Agent Thomas
City of Hope (1991)
as Nick Rinaldi
Over the Edge (1979)
as Mark
Landslide (2005)
as Mark Decker
Wonderwell (2023)
as Franco
The Rats (2002)
as Jack Carver
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000)
as Zophael
The Tie That Binds (1995)
as Russell Clifton
Torch (2018)
as Gabriel Coronado
Lone Rider (2008)
as Stu Croaker
The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie (2007)
as Miles
Dante's Inferni (2025)
as Virgil
Fatal Secrets (2009)
as Scott
Senior Trip (1981)
as Dick
Afterburn (1992)
as Ted Harduvel
Pearly Gates (2015)
as Mayor
Medusa's Child (1997)
as Scott Nash
The Christmas Path (1998)
as Balthazar
The Engagement Ring (2005)
as Tony Di Cenzo
Goosed (1999)
as Steven Binder
This Magic Moment (2013)
as Roberto Molinez
The Deadly Look of Love (2000)
as Brett Becker
Jenifer (2001)
as Jack
No Strings Attached (1997)
as Marc Demetrius
The Ascent (1994)
as Franco Distassi
Good Morning, Babylon (1987)
as Nicola Bonnano
Her Fatal Flaw (2006)
as Robert Genaro
Deathlands (2003)
as Ryan Cawdor
The Gentleman Bandit (1981)
as Angel Perez
The Contract (2024)
as Nicolas Dell'Aria
Downdraft (1996)
as Jack
Grave Misconduct (2008)
as Trent Dodson
Dante's Hell Animated (2013)
as Virgil (voice)
Caldo criminale (2010)
as ispettore Lai
The Unknown Cyclist (1998)
as Frank Cavatelli
A Brooklyn State of Mind (1998)
as Al Stanco
Venetian Red (1989)
as Carlo Goldoni
Dave vs. Hollywood (2026)
as Phil, the Interviewer
Nevermore (2009)
as Devin Bayliss
Melodies in the Forest (—)
Actor
Blood Ties (1986)
as Mark Ciuni
The War on Earth (2023)
as Self
The Heart of the Deal (1990)
as Mitchell Bryce