
Stelio Savante
Birthday: 1970-04-24Birthplace: 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) .
Filmography
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Character: LeoStarship Troopers 3: Marauder
Character: Chief Bull BrittlesPups Alone
Character: LennyNefarious
Character: Detective RussoPoe
Character: Johnathon Poe3 Blind Saints
Character: FrankieSelling Isobel
Character: AlfonsoFind Her
Character: Felix LeonardThe Secret Village
Character: JoeBlackwood
Character: HenriAwakened
Character: Benny DawsonStealing Roses
Character: JoeySaint Nick of Bethlehem
Character: HarveyunDEFILED
Character: Coach Joe BainesWhat Remains
Character: ScottEisenstein in Guanajuato
Character: Hunter S. KimbroughLive Fast, Die Young
Character: RupeCassidy Way
Character: Truck DriverFresh Kills
Character: NelloSafe House
Character: Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited)Where the Road Runs Out
Character: MartinBlood in the Water
Character: Marius RoosWindsor
Character: Pierre GandyArmy Dog
Character: Sheriff Bill McCallisterA Million Colours
Character: Major Shawn DixonWhat if...
Character: Joel MullerThe Mob Priest
Character: Diamond DanNo Postage Necessary
Character: Agent AmesThe Cleaning Lady
Character: MichaelRunning for Grace
Character: MayorBernie the Dolphin
Character: Brock Winters / The MayorThe Two Thieves
Character: DemasAvalanche
Character: NateAcre Beyond the Rye
Character: PeterThe Message
Character: Gerald WalkerInfidel
Character: Pierre BarthesThe Penitent Thief
Character: TiranPursuit of Freedom
Character: BedrosDestination Marfa
Character: Vincent (The Hitchhiker)Between Borders
Character: DuaneJimmy
Character: Mr. LaneyThe December Cross
Character: Officer RalphPoachers Moon
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