Stelio Savante
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Kill Trip (2026)
as Hank
Safe House (2012)
as Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited)
Sarah's Oil (2025)
as Earl
Nefarious (2023)
as Detective Russo
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
as Leo
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)
as Chief Bull Brittles
Infidel (2019)
as Pierre Barthes
The Penitent Thief (2021)
as Tiran
Vindication: Search and Rescue (2026)
as Government Agent Stevens
Do Not Open (—)
Actor
Astoria (2000)
as Nick
Stay Forte (2025)
Actor
Destination Marfa (2021)
as Vincent (The Hitchhiker)
Hazel's Heart (2025)
as William
Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
as Hunter S. Kimbrough
The Cleaning Lady (2018)
as Michael
Running for Grace (2018)
as Mayor
Selling Isobel (2019)
as Alfonso
Between Borders (2025)
as Duane
Candles (—)
Actor
Pups Alone (2021)
as Lenny
No Postage Necessary (2018)
as Agent Ames
Fresh Kills (2024)
as Nello
Stealing Roses (2012)
as Joey
Jimmy (2013)
as Mr. Laney
Find Her (2022)
as Felix Leonard
Bernie the Dolphin (2018)
as Brock Winters / The Mayor
Blood in the Water (2016)
as Marius Roos
The Coldest Winter (2005)
Actor
What if... (2010)
as Joel Muller
MobKing (2023)
Actor
The Mob Priest (—)
as Diamond Dan
The Two Thieves (2014)
as Demas
What Remains (2022)
as Scott
Blackwood (2022)
as Henri
Cassidy Way (2016)
as Truck Driver
Condition of Return (2023)
Actor
Poe (2012)
as Johnathon Poe
A Million Colours (2011)
as Major Shawn Dixon
Pursuit of Freedom (2022)
as Bedros
Saint Nick of Bethlehem (2024)
as Harvey
Awakened (2013)
as Benny Dawson
The December Cross (—)
as Officer Ralph
The Secret Village (2013)
as Joe
The Message (2020)
as Gerald Walker
3 Blind Saints (2011)
as Frankie
Windsor (2016)
as Pierre Gandy
Where the Road Runs Out (2014)
as Martin
Army Dog (2016)
as Sheriff Bill McCallister
unDEFILED (2024)
as Coach Joe Baines
Solidarity (2005)
as Adam
Avalanche (2018)
as Nate
Live Fast, Die Young (2008)
as Rupe
Poachers Moon (—)
as Commanding Officer Ben Miller