Actor and producer Stelio Savante is currently starring in the lead ensemble cast of three films currently slated for world-wide sales at the EFM at this year’s Berlinale.
The South African native is an American Movie Award winner and SAG Award nominee who most recently starred in Nathan Scoggin’s noir thriller What Remains (Gravitas Ventures produced by Ralph Winter) opposite Anne Heche in her final performance on film. Also starring opposite Academy Award nominee Frank Langella and Bobby Cannavale in the Lionsgate comedy Angry Neighbors produced by Academy Award nominee Kerry Orent, and opposite Nick McCallum in the noir thriller Find Her (KDMG). The three films are being represented internationally at the European Film Market by Premiere Entertainment Group (What Remains), Playa Media Group (Angry Neighbors), and Talk Global Media (Find Her), respectively.
He was the male lead in the recently released thriller Pursuit Of Freedom (Vision Films), for which he shared in the Political Film Society Of America Human Rights award nomination for producers in the best drama category.
He was also seen in Infidel with Jim Caviezel for director Cyrus Nowrasteh, The Cleaning Lady, and Running For Grace with Matt Dillon and Jim Caviezel for director David. L. Cunningham.
On the TV side, he’s currently starring in The Chosen’s first season on Netflix and he’ll next be seen in the animated series Captain Fall for creators Iver Helgaker and Jonas Torgersen, also for Netflix.South African audiences are most familiar with him from his roles in the SAFTA winner A Million Colours for award winning director Peter Bishai, and in the Call Of Duty video game series, in which he voices the role of the South African specialist, ‘Ajax’.
