Stelio Savante

• Born — 24 April 1970 • Birthplace — Cape Town, South Africa • Known for — Ugly Betty My Super Ex-Girlfriend Sarah's Oil Colors of Heaven Running for Grace Infidel Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 'The Chosen • Years Active — 1996–present • Occupation — * Actor • producer

A Capetonian of Greek, Italian, British, Ashkenazi, and Anatolian descent, his grandfather was a racing driver who placed and won medals at the 1955 Monte Carlo Rally. Fluent in Afrikaans and Greek, he graduated from Camps Bay High School, immigrated from South Africa to the United States when he was offered an international tennis scholarship by the University of West Alabama.

His prime-time debut came in police procedural crime drama television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as a Bosnian–Muslim fundamentalist. Directed by Juan Jose Campanella and starring Bradley Cooper, the episode was nominated for an Emmy. Recurred as Steve on comedy-drama television series Ugly Betty, produced by Salma Hayek. He became the first male South African to receive a Screen Actor's Guild nomination along with the lead ensemble cast in 2007. Also recurred in 2008 drama television series My Own Worst Enemy, with further guest star lead roles in J. J. Abrams' Undercovers opposite Gugu Mbatha-Raw, The Suite Life on Deck, Person of Interest opposite Jim Caviezel, Without a Trace opposite Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Ivana Milicevic, Breakout Kings opposite Jimmi Simpson, and NCIS. As well as in the HBO series Togetherness directed by Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass, and in The Chosen by Dallas Jenkins. Further television credits include S.W.A.T., FBI, Law & Order: Criminal Intent opposite Annabella Sciorra, The Sopranos, as Dan 'Schaffy' Schaffner in Jim Breuer's pilot Pulp Comics on Comedy Central and recurring as Antonio on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He portrayed Joe Masseria in the mini-series The Making of the Mob: New York for AMC and David Sarnoff in American Genius for National Geographic. Additional film credits include Twentieth Century Fox's 2006 superhero romantic comedy My Super Ex-Girlfriend directed by Ivan Reitman, starring opposite Anna Faris, Eddie Izzard, Uma Thurman, and Rainn Wilson, and Ron Howard's 2001 Academy Award winner A Beautiful Mind opposite Russell Crowe. Ensemble leading roles in Sony Pictures Entertainment 2008 military science fiction film Starship Troopers 3: Marauder produced by David Lancaster, and the 2010 Movieguide award winner drama film What If He also acted in the 2013 supernatural horror film Awakened, and a lead role opposite Isaach De Bankole and Juliet Landau in Rudolf Buitendach's 2014 drama film Where the Road Runs Out, the first feature filmed in Equatorial Guinea, winner of the Best Narrative Feature Award at the 2014 San Diego Film Festival and the Black Reel Award for Outstanding World Cinema in 2017. He also starred in Peter Greenaway's 2015 biographical film Eisenstein in Guanajuato nominated for the Golden Bear at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival. He also voiced the role of Ajax in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. He received positive reviews for his role in the 2011 feature A Million Colours, which screened at the Montreal World Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival, Atlantic Film Festival, and was also awarded two South African Film and Television Awards. Theater credits include lead roles in the American and New York premiers of German playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig's Arabian Night, Dan Gordon's Murder in the First, and Mortal Coils directed by Ed Setrakian.

Savante was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in 2010 and has become a vocal advocate for other sufferers. He stated that the disease attacked his organs, including his liver. He was also diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in 2013. Savante is a Christian.

• Year — Project — Role — Notes • 1995–1996 — Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Antonio — 2 Episodes • 1996 — Close Up — Frankie • 1998 — Pulp Comics: The Jim Breuer Show — Dan Schaffner — 1 Episode • 2000 — Astoria — Nick — US & Greece Theatrical • The Sopranos — Gaetano Giarizzio — 1 Episode: "Full Leather Jacket" • Guiding Light — Mr Black — 2 Episodes • 2001 — A Beautiful Mind — Lab Technician — Worldwide Release • 2003 — All My Children — Guard Berger — 7 Episodes • Midnight Club II — Primo — Video Game • 2005 — Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Phil Bartoli — 1 Episode: "Unchained" • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Milan Zergin — 1 Episode: "Night" • 2006 — My Super Ex Girlfriend — Leo — Worldwide Release • 2007 — NCIS — Danny Coyle — 1 Episode: "Requiem" • Ugly Betty — Steve — Recurring 8 Episodes • 2008 — My Own Worst Enemy: Conspiracy Theory — Oliver Chelovich / John Bentley — 2 Episodes • Corrado — Antonio — Worldwide Release • Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 — Sergei — Video Game • Starship Troopers 3: Marauder — "Bull" Brittles — Video • 2009 — Red Alert 3: Uprising — Sergei — Video Game • Without a Trace — Dimitri Melvychenko — 1 Episode: "Heartbeats" • 2010 — Undercovers — Hollis Kruger — 1 Episode: "Instructions" • Mass Effect 2 — Eclipse Security Guard — Video Game Stolen Memory DLC • Army of Two: The 40th Day — Russian Elite / Russian Grunt / SA Guard / SA Elite / SA Grunt — Video Game • A Million Colours — Major Shawn Dixon — Worldwide Release • The Suite Life on Deck — Stefan — 1 episode: "Breakup in Paris" • What If... — Joel — Worldwide Release • Finding Hope Now — Ruben • 2011 — Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Indian Ocean Pirates / Various Characters — Video Game • A Million Colours — Major Shawn Dixon • 2012 — Where the Road Runs Out — Martin • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier — Nigerian Mercenary / Additional Voices — Video Game • Breakout Kings — Malko — 1 Episode: "Double Down" • 2013 — Jimmy — Mr. Laney • Selling Isobel — Alfonso • The Secret Village — Joe • Awakened — Benny • 2014 — Once We Were Slaves — Demas • Pacific Standard Time — Marius Roos • Person of Interest — Aris Zappo — 1 Episode • 2015 — American Genius — David Sarnoff • Togetherness — Yanni — Episode • Eisenstein in Guanajuato — Hunter S. Kimbrough • The Making of the Mob: New York — Joe Masseria — 2 episodes • 2016 — Cassidy Way — Truck Driver • Apartment 407 — Alfonso • Media — Howard Boston — Television Movie • Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare — Shoreline Mercenary — Video Game • Uncharted 4: A Thief's End — Villain Sniper — Video Game • 2017 — Odious — Eddie • Blood in the Water — Marius Roos • Army Dog — Sheriff Bill • Uncharted: The Lost Legacy — Shoreline Mercenary — Video Game • Windsor — Pierre Gandy • Pronoia — Jeff — short • 2018 — Running for Grace — Mayor — Blue Fox, Netflix • Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 — Ajax — Video Game • No Postage Necessary — Agent Ames • Arrested Development — "Gator" — Episode • Death House — Dr. Roos • The Haves and the Have Nots — Dino Malone — Episode • The Cleaning Lady — Michael • 2019 — Bernie the Dolphin — Brock Winters — Lionsgate • I Am That Man — Detective Olsen — On Demand • The Message (Camp Arrowhead) — Gerald Walker — On Demand • Rapid Eye Movement — Steve Larabee — Theatrical • 2020 — The Penitent Thief — Tiran — Amazon, On Demand; also producer • The Chosen — Moses — PeacockTV • Infidel — Pierre Barthes — Cloudburst, Universal • 2021 — Pups Alone — Lenny — Theatrical, Saban, Paramount • Under the Stadium Lights — Producer — Theatrical, Saban, Paramount • Destination Marfa — Vincent, The Hitchhiker — Released on DVD, Amazon, and Vudu • 2022 — Angry Neighbors — Damenial Krento — Lionsgate; also producer • What Remains — Scott — STARZ, Gravitas Ventures; also executive producer • Find Her — Feliz Leonard — Streaming; also producer • Pursuit Of Freedom — Bedros — Theatrical, PureFlix • Blackwood — Henri — Theatrical, SABAN • Brut Force — Cuco — Streaming, XYZ • 2023 — Captain Fall — The Butterfly Thug — Netflix • FBI — Fabian Shabani — CBS • Nefarious — Detective Russo — Theatrical Release • Mobking — Big Bill — Theatrical Release • 2024 — Saint Nick of Bethlehem — Harvey — Streaming • 2024 — Between Borders — Duane — Streaming • 2024 — Undefiled — Manager Joe Baines — Streaming • 2025 — Sarah's Oil — Earl Raskin — Theatrical Release • 2025 — S.W.A.T. — Omar Marina — CBS • 2026 — Bloodhound — Detective Max Crane — Post Production