Stelio Savante
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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) .
Known for
Credits
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
as Technician
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
as Leo
Safe House (2012)
as Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited)
Sarah's Oil (2025)
as Earl
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)
as Chief Bull Brittles
Nefarious (2023)
as Detective Russo
Infidel (2019)
as Pierre Barthes
Kill Trip (2026)
as Hank
Bernie the Dolphin (2018)
as Brock Winters / The Mayor
Pups Alone (2021)
as Lenny
The Penitent Thief (2021)
as Tiran
Running for Grace (2018)
as Mayor
What if... (2010)
as Joel Muller
The Cleaning Lady (2018)
as Michael
MobKing (2023)
Actor
Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
as Hunter S. Kimbrough
Blackwood (2022)
as Henri
Hazel's Heart (2025)
as William
Fresh Kills (2024)
as Nello
Between Borders (2025)
as Duane
Blood in the Water (2016)
as Marius Roos
Destination Marfa (2021)
as Vincent (The Hitchhiker)
Stay Forte (2025)
Actor
No Postage Necessary (2018)
as Agent Ames
Stealing Roses (2012)
as Joey
Cassidy Way (2016)
as Truck Driver
Jimmy (2013)
as Mr. Laney
Awakened (2013)
as Benny Dawson
Selling Isobel (2019)
as Alfonso
Condition of Return (2023)
Actor
The Secret Village (2013)
as Joe
Vindication: Search and Rescue (2026)
as Government Agent Stevens
Army Dog (2016)
as Sheriff Bill McCallister
The Mob Priest (—)
as Diamond Dan
What Remains (2022)
as Scott
Astoria (2000)
as Nick
Candles (—)
Actor
Do Not Open (—)
Actor
A Million Colours (2011)
as Major Shawn Dixon
The Two Thieves (2014)
as Demas
Find Her (2022)
as Felix Leonard
3 Blind Saints (2011)
as Frankie
The December Cross (—)
as Officer Ralph
The Message (2020)
as Gerald Walker
Where the Road Runs Out (2014)
as Martin
Poe (2012)
as Johnathon Poe
Saint Nick of Bethlehem (2024)
as Harvey
Live Fast, Die Young (2008)
as Rupe
Solidarity (2005)
as Adam
unDEFILED (2024)
as Coach Joe Baines
The Coldest Winter (2005)
Actor
Windsor (2016)
as Pierre Gandy
Pursuit of Freedom (2022)
as Bedros
Poachers Moon (—)
as Commanding Officer Ben Miller
Avalanche (2018)
as Nate