
Vincent Spano
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 18, 1962 (age 64)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography

Melodies in the Forest
Movie · as Rafael Schächter

Dave vs. Hollywood
Movie · as Phil, the Interviewer

Dante's Inferni
Movie · as Virgil

The Contract
Movie · as Nicolas Dell'Aria

Wonderwell
Movie · as Franco

The War on Earth
Movie · as Self

The Comeback Trail
Movie · as Joey Silva

Half Brothers
Movie · as Mr. B

Torch
Movie · as Gabriel Coronado

Bent
Movie · as Charlie Horvath

Pearly Gates
Movie · as Mayor

Wrestling Isn't Wrestling
Movie · as Creepy Old Man

April Rain
Movie · as Ron Thomas
Dante's Hell Animated
Movie · as Virgil (voice)

This Magic Moment
Movie · as Roberto Molinez

Sangue caldo
TV · as Mauro Malaspina · 6 eps

Caldo criminale
Movie · as ispettore Lai
Nevermore
Movie · as Devin Bayliss

Fatal Secrets
Movie · as Scott

Castle
TV · as Christopher Carlucci · 1 ep

Grave Misconduct
Movie · as Trent Dodson

Lone Rider
Movie · as Stu Croaker

The Mentalist
TV · as Don De Jorio · 1 ep

The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie
Movie · as Miles

Pandemic
TV · as Troy Whitlock · 2 eps

Her Fatal Flaw
Movie · as Robert Genaro

L'onore e il rispetto
TV · as Rodolfo Di Venanzio · 6 eps

Landslide
Movie · as Mark Decker

The Engagement Ring
Movie · as Tony Di Cenzo

House
TV · as Tommy · 1 ep

The Only Witness
Movie · as Det. Steve Banks

Deathlands
Movie · as Ryan Cawdor

The Rats
Movie · as Jack Carver

Jenifer
Movie · as Jack

Texas Rangers
Movie · as Ed Simms

The Deadly Look of Love
Movie · as Brett Becker

The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
Movie · as Zophael

Goosed
Movie · as Steven Binder

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Dean Porter · 5 eps

A Brooklyn State of Mind
Movie · as Al Stanco

The Unknown Cyclist
Movie · as Frank Cavatelli

The Christmas Path
Movie · as Balthazar

Medusa's Child
Movie · as Scott Nash

No Strings Attached
Movie · as Marc Demetrius
Prince Street
TV · as Det. Alex Gage · 6 eps

Downdraft
Movie · as Jack

The Tie That Binds
Movie · as Russell Clifton

The Ascent
Movie · as Franco Distassi

Alive
Movie · as Antonio Balbi

Indian Summer
Movie · as Matthew Berman

Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Afterburn
Movie · as Ted Harduvel

Oscar
Movie · as Anthony Rossano

City of Hope
Movie · as Nick Rinaldi
The Heart of the Deal
Movie · as Mitchell Bryce

Venetian Red
Movie · as Carlo Goldoni

High Frequency
Movie · as Peter

And God Created Woman
Movie · as Billy Moran

Good Morning, Babylon
Movie · as Nicola Bonnano

Blood Ties
Movie · as Mark Ciuni

Creator
Movie · as Boris Lafkin

Maria's Lovers
Movie · as Al Griselli

Alphabet City
Movie · as Johnny

The Black Stallion Returns
Movie · as Raj

Baby It's You
Movie · as Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo

Rumble Fish
Movie · as Steve

A Stranger Is Watching
Movie · as Gas Thief

The Gentleman Bandit
Movie · as Angel Perez

Senior Trip
Movie · as Dick

Over the Edge
Movie · as Mark

The Double McGuffin
Movie · as Foster (as Vinnie Spano)


