
Stelio Savante
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 ForActing
- Born24 April 1970 (age 55)
- Place of BirthCape Town, South Africa
Stelio Savante

- Known ForActing
- Born24 April 1970 (age 55)
- Place of BirthCape Town, South Africa
Sarah's Oil
2025

Between Borders
2025

Saint Nick of Bethlehem
2024

unDEFILED
2024

Fresh Kills
2024

Nefarious
2023

MobKing
2023

Condition of Return
2023

Find Her
2022

Blackwood
2022

What Remains
2022

Pursuit of Freedom
2022

Destination Marfa
2021

The Penitent Thief
2021

Pups Alone
2021

The Message
2020

Selling Isobel
2019

Infidel
2019

No Postage Necessary
2018

The Cleaning Lady
2018

Running for Grace
2018

Bernie the Dolphin
2018

Avalanche
2018

Cassidy Way
2016

Blood in the Water
2016

Windsor
2016

Army Dog
2016

Eisenstein in Guanajuato
2015

Where the Road Runs Out
2014

The Two Thieves
2014

The Secret Village
2013

Awakened
2013

Jimmy
2013

Poe
2012
Stealing Roses
2012

Safe House
2012

3 Blind Saints
2011

A Million Colours
2011

What if...
2010

Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
2008

Live Fast, Die Young
2008

My Super Ex-Girlfriend
2006
The Coldest Winter
2005

Solidarity
2005
