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Vincent Spano
Actor, Director, Producer
Born October 18, 1962 (61 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.
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.
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Filmography
| 2023 | Wonderwell · as Franco |
| 2021 | Torch · as Gabriel Coronado |
| 2020 | Half Brothers · as Mr. B |
| 2020 | The Comeback Trail · as Joey Silva |
| 2018 | Bent · as Charlie Horvath |
| 2016 | Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (TV Series) · as Commissario Galterio Conte |
| 2015 | Pearly Gates · as Mayor |
| 2015 | Wrestling Isn't Wrestling · as Creepy Old Man |
| 2014 | April Rain · as Special Agent Thomas |
| 2013 | Dante's Hell Animated · as Virgil (voice: English Version) |
| 2013 | This Magic Moment · as Roberto Molinez |
| 2011 | Sangue Caldo (TV Series) · as Mauro Malaspina |
| 2010 | Caldo criminale · as Ispettore Lai |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods (TV Series) · as John Hotchkiss |
| 2009 | Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Christopher Carlucci |
| 2009 | Fatal Secrets · as Scott |
| 2008 | The Mentalist (TV Series) · as Don De Jorio |
| 2008 | Grave Misconduct · as Trent Dodson |
| 2008 | Lone Rider · as Stu Croaker |
| 2007 | The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie · as Miles |
| 2007 | Nevermore · as Devin Bayliss |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | Her Fatal Flaw · as Robert Genaro |
| 2006 | Honor And Respect (TV Series) · as Rodolfo Di Venanzio |
| 2005 | The Engagement Ring · as Tony Di Cenzo |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Tommy |
| 2004 | North Shore (TV Series) · as Dan Ralston |
| 2003 | Deathlands · as Ryan Cawdor |
| 2002 | Silence · as Det. Steve Banks |
| 2002 | The Rats · as Jack Carver |
| 2001 | Texas Rangers · as Ed Simms |
| 2001 | Jenifer · as Jack |
| 2000 | Freedom (US) (TV Series) · as Cally Beach |
| 2000 | The Deadly Look of Love · as Brett Becker |
| 2000 | The Prophecy 3: The Ascent · as Zophael |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Dean Porter |
| 1998 | The Unknown Cyclist · as Frank Cavatelli |
| 1998 | The Christmas Path · as Angel |
| 1998 | A Brooklyn State of Mind · as Al Stanco |
| 1997 | Medusa's Child · as Scott Nash |
| 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 | Rouge Venise · as Carlo Goldoni |
| 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 | Blood Ties · as Mark Ciuni |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | Alphabet City · as Johnny |
| 1984 | Maria's Lovers · as Al Griselli |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish · as Steve |
| 1983 | The Black Stallion Returns · as Raj |
| 1983 | Baby It's You · as Albert 'sheik' Capadilupo |
| 1982 | A Stranger Is Watching · as Gas Thief |
| 1981 | Senior Trip · as Dick |
| 1981 | The Gentleman Bandit · as Angel Perez |
| 1979 | Over the Edge · as Mark Perry |
| 1979 | |
| 1951 | Search for Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Jackie Peterson (1979) |