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Stelio Savante

Stelio Savante

Birthday: 1970-04-24 | Place of Birth: Cape Town, South Africa

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) .

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
The Penitent Thief

as    Tiran

2021
Destination Marfa

as    Vincent (The Hitchhiker)

2019
Infidel

as    Pierre Barthes

2018
No Postage Necessary

as    Agent Ames

2018
Running for Grace

as    Mayor

2018
The Cleaning Lady

as    Michael

2016
Blood in the Water

as    Marius Roos

2015
Eisenstein in Guanajuato

as    Hunter S. Kimbrough

2013
Awakened

as    Benny Dawson

2013
The Secret Village

as    Joe

2012
Stealing Roses

as    Joey

2012
Poe

as    Johnathon Poe

2010
What if...

as    Joel Muller

2008
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder

as    Chief Bull Brittles

2006
My Super Ex-Girlfriend

as    Leo