
Stelio Savante
Actor
Born: April 24, 1970 (55 years old)
Place of birth: Cape Town, South Africa
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) .
Filmography (48)
- Sarah's Oil (2025, ★ 8.1)
- A Beautiful Mind (2001, ★ 7.9)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999, ★ 7.9)
- The Chosen (2019, ★ 8.7)
- Person of Interest (2011, ★ 8.1)
- The Sopranos (1999, ★ 8.7)
- Arrested Development (2003, ★ 7.9)
- FBI (2018, ★ 7.9)
- S.W.A.T. (2017, ★ 8)
- Nefarious (2023, ★ 6.7)
- Safe House (2012, ★ 6.5)
- A Million Colours (2011, ★ 7.2)
- Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015, ★ 6.1)
- Fresh Kills (2024, ★ 6.2)
- What if... (2010, ★ 6.9)
- Running for Grace (2018, ★ 6.5)
- Jimmy (2013, ★ 6.9)
- Without a Trace (2002, ★ 7.2)
- NCIS (2003, ★ 7.6)
- The Suite Life on Deck (2008, ★ 7.8)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001, ★ 7.6)
- Ugly Betty (2006, ★ 6.4)
- Togetherness (2015, ★ 6.7)
- American Genius (2015, ★ 6.4)
- My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006, ★ 5.1)
- Pups Alone (2021, ★ 5.8)
- MobKing (2023, ★ 5.8)
- Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008, ★ 4.8)
- Selling Isobel (2019, ★ 5)
- Condition of Return (2023, ★ 5.6)