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) .

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Milan Zergin

Safe House

as Soccer Stadium Commentator (uncredited)

The Sopranos

as Gaetano Giarizzo

NCIS

as Danny Coyle

Person of Interest

as Aris Zappo

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

as Leo

Arrested Development

as Gator

FBI

as Fabian Shabani

Starship Troopers 3: Marauder

as Chief Bull Brittles

The Suite Life on Deck

as Stéphane