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Stelio Savante
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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 mal…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Stelio Savante's Filmography
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Kill Trip
as Hank
Vindication: Search and Rescue
as Government Agent Stevens
Stay Forte
Sarah's Oil
as Earl
Hazel's Heart
as William
Between Borders
as Duane
Saint Nick of Bethlehem
as Harvey
Fresh Kills
as Nello
unDEFILED
as Coach Joe Baines
Condition of Return
MobKing
Nefarious
as Detective Russo
What Remains
as Scott
Find Her
as Felix Leonard
Pursuit of Freedom
as Bedros
Blackwood
as Henri
Pups Alone
as Lenny
Destination Marfa
as Vincent (The Hitchhiker)
The Penitent Thief
as Tiran
The Message
as Gerald Walker
Infidel
as Pierre Barthes
Selling Isobel
as Alfonso
Bernie the Dolphin
as Brock Winters / The Mayor
The Cleaning Lady
as Michael
Running for Grace
as Mayor
No Postage Necessary
as Agent Ames
Avalanche
as Nate
Windsor
as Pierre Gandy
Blood in the Water
as Marius Roos
Cassidy Way
as Truck Driver
Army Dog
as Sheriff Bill McCallister
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
as Hunter S. Kimbrough
Where the Road Runs Out
as Martin
The Two Thieves
as Demas
The Secret Village
as Joe
Awakened
as Benny Dawson
Jimmy
as Mr. Laney
Stealing Roses
as Joey
Poe
as Johnathon Poe
Safe House
as Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited)
A Million Colours
as Major Shawn Dixon
3 Blind Saints
as Frankie
What if...
as Joel Muller
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
as Chief Bull Brittles
Live Fast, Die Young
as Rupe
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
as Leo
No Poster
The Coldest Winter
Solidarity
as Adam
A Beautiful Mind
as Technician
No Poster
Astoria
as Nick
Candles
No Poster
The Mob Priest
as Diamond Dan
No Poster
Do Not Open
No Poster
The December Cross
as Officer Ralph
Poachers Moon
as Commanding Officer Ben Miller