Stelio Savante

Stelio Savante (55)

1970-04-24 | 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) .

Upcoming Films

On Movies

  • Between Borders
  • Saint Nick of Bethlehem
  • Fresh Kills
  • unDEFILED
  • Condition of Return
  • MobKing
  • Nefarious
  • What Remains
  • Find Her
  • Pursuit of Freedom
  • Blackwood
  • Pups Alone
  • Destination Marfa
  • The Penitent Thief
  • The Message
  • Infidel
  • Selling Isobel
  • Bernie the Dolphin
  • The Cleaning Lady
  • Running for Grace
  • No Postage Necessary
  • Avalanche
  • Windsor
  • Blood in the Water
  • Cassidy Way
  • Army Dog
  • Eisenstein in Guanajuato
  • Where the Road Runs Out
  • The Two Thieves
  • The Secret Village
  • Awakened
  • Jimmy
  • Stealing Roses
  • Poe
  • Safe House
  • A Million Colours
  • 3 Blind Saints
  • What if...
  • Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
  • My Super Ex-Girlfriend
  • Solidarity
  • A Beautiful Mind

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