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) .

Most Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Milan Zergin

NCIS

as Danny Coyle

The Sopranos

as Gaetano Giarizzo

S.W.A.T.

as Omar Morina

FBI

as Fabian Shabani

Person of Interest

as Aris Zappo

Arrested Development

as Gator

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Phil Bartoli

The Chosen

as Moses

Without a Trace

as Dimitri

Ugly Betty

as Steve

The Suite Life on Deck

as Stéphane

A Beautiful Mind

as Technician

Infidel

as Pierre Barthes

Nefarious

as Detective Russo

Sarah's Oil

as Earl

Safe House

as Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited)

Hazel's Heart

as William

Togetherness

as Yanni

Blackwood

as Henri