
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) .
Acting (45 movies)

My Super Ex-Girlfriend
2006

Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
2008

Pups Alone
2021

Nefarious
2023

MobKing
2023

Poe
2012

3 Blind Saints
2011

Selling Isobel
2019

Condition of Return
2023

Find Her
2022

The Secret Village
2013

Blackwood
2022

Awakened
2013

Stealing Roses
2012

Saint Nick of Bethlehem
2024

unDEFILED
2024

What Remains
2022

Eisenstein in Guanajuato
2015

Live Fast, Die Young
2008

Cassidy Way
2016

Fresh Kills
2024

Safe House
2012

Where the Road Runs Out
2014

Blood in the Water
2016

Sarah's Oil
2025

Windsor
2016

Army Dog
2016

A Million Colours
2011

What if...
2010

No Postage Necessary
2018

The Cleaning Lady
2018

Running for Grace
2018

Bernie the Dolphin
2018

The Two Thieves
2014

Avalanche
2018

The Message
2020

Infidel
2019

The Penitent Thief
2021

Pursuit of Freedom
2022

Destination Marfa
2021

Between Borders
2025

Jimmy
2013

Solidarity
2005

A Beautiful Mind
2001

Hazel
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Penitent Thief | 2021 | Producer |
| Destination Marfa | 2021 | Producer |