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Vincent Spano
Actor, Director
Born October 18, 1962 (59 years)
Vincent M. Spano (born October 18, 1962) is an American actor.
Spano was born in Brooklyn, New York to Italian American parents. In 1976, he made his stage debut in a production of The Shadow Box at Long Wharf Theatre and Broadway. His film debut was in 1979's The Double McGuffin.
He has subsequently appeared in many Hollywood films, including John Sayles's Baby, It's You and City of Hope, Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish, Alive: The Miracle of the Andes, The Rats, Over the Edge-1979 and Creator. In the 1983 family favorite The Black Stallion Returns, he played a handsome, young, Arabic rider, Raj, that returns home from university to compete in a major horse race and befriends an American boy, Alec Ramsey (played by Kelly Reno) along the way. He also starred in the Italian film Good Morning Babylon written and directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, and the 1984 film Alphabet City. He has co-starred with Dylan and Cole Sprouse in A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper. He was most recently seen on ION network opposite Lou Diamond Phillips in Lone Rider. But mostly as his recurring role of FBI Agent Dean Porter on the NBC drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since the 8th season.
He starred in the 2004 TV film "Landslide (Buried Alive)" as a fireman trapped in a collapsed building with his son.
Filmography
| 2022 | Wonderwell · as Franco |
| 2021 | Torch · as Gabriel Coronado |
| 2020 | The Comeback Trail · as Joey Silva |
| 2020 | Half Brothers · as Mr. B |
| 2018 | Bent · as Charlie Horvath |
| 2016 | Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (TV Series) · as Commissario Galterio Conte |
| 2015 | Pearly Gates · as Mayor |
| 2014 | April Rain · as Special Agent Thomas |
| 2013 | Dante's Hell Animated · as Virgil (voice: English version) |
| 2013 | This Magic Moment · as Roberto Molinez |
| 2012 | VeggieTales: The Little Drummer Boy! · as Security Guard #1 |
| 2011 | Sangue Caldo (TV Series) · as Mauro Malaspina |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods (TV Series) · as John Hotchkiss |
| 2009 | Fatal Secrets · as Scott |
| 2009 | Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Christopher Carlucci |
| 2008 | Lone Rider · as Stu Croaker |
| 2008 | Grave Misconduct · as Trent Dodson |
| 2008 | The Mentalist (TV Series) · as Don De Jorio |
| 2007 | The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie · as Miles |
| 2007 | Pandemic (TV Series) · as Troy Whitlock |
| 2006 | Honor And Respect (TV Series) · as Rodolfo Di Venanzio |
| 2006 | Her Fatal Flaw · as Robert Genaro |
| 2005 | The Engagement Ring · as Tony Di Cenzo |
| 2005 | Landslide · as Mark Decker |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Tommy |
| 2004 | North Shore (TV Series) · as Dan Ralston |
| 2002 | The Rats · as Jack Carver |
| 2002 | Silence · as Det. Steve Banks |
| 2001 | Texas Rangers · as Ed Simms |
| 2001 | Jenifer · as Jack |
| 2000 | The Prophecy 3: The Ascent · as Zophael |
| 2000 | The Deadly Look of Love · as Brett Becker |
| 2000 | Freedom (US) (TV Series) · as Cally Beach |
| 1999 | Goosed · as Steven Binder |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as FBI Agent Dean Porter |
| 1998 | A Brooklyn State of Mind · as Al Stanco |
| 1998 | The Christmas Path · as Angel |
| 1997 | No Strings Attached · as Marc Demetrius |
| 1996 | Downdraft · as Jack |
| 1995 | The Tie That Binds · as Russell Clifton |
| 1994 | The Ascent · as Franco Distassi |
| 1993 | Indian Summer · as Matthew Berman |
| 1993 | Alive · as Antonio Balbi |
| 1992 | Afterburn · as Ted Harduvel |
| 1991 | City of Hope · as Nick Rinaldi |
| 1991 | Oscar · as Anthony Rossano |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Officer Fine |
| 1988 | High Frequency · as Peter |
| 1988 | And God Created Woman · as Billy Moran |
| 1987 | Good Morning Babylon · as Nicola Bonnano |
| 1986 | Il cugino americano · as Mark Ciuni |
| 1985 | Creator · as Boris Lafkin |
| 1984 | Maria's Lovers · as Al Griselli |
| 1984 | Alphabet City · as Johnny |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish · as Steve |
| 1983 | Baby It's You · as Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo |
| 1983 | The Black Stallion Returns · as Raj |
| 1982 | A Stranger Is Watching · as Gas Thief |
| 1979 | Over the Edge · as Mark Perry |
| 1979 | The Double McGuffin · as Foster |