Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1970-04-24 (Age: 56)
Place of Birth
Cape Town, South Africa
Stelio Savante
Biography
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 (49)
Vindication: Search and Rescue
2026
Stay Forte
2025
Sarah's Oil
2025
Hazel's Heart
2025
Between Borders
2025
Saint Nick of Bethlehem
2024
Fresh Kills
2024
unDEFILED
2024
Condition of Return
2023
MobKing
2023
Nefarious
2023
What Remains
2022
Find Her
2022
Pursuit of Freedom
2022
