Highest rated as cast or director
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.
Acted in 65
2020s
- 2026
Dave vs. Hollywood
Phil, the Interviewer
- 2025
Dante's Inferni
Virgil
- 2024
The Contract
Nicolas Dell'Aria
- 2023
- 2020
2010s
- 2018
- 2015
Wrestling Isn't Wrestling
Creepy Old Man
- 2014
April Rain
Ron Thomas
- 2013
- 2011
Sangue caldo
Mauro Malaspina · 6 episodes
- 2010
Caldo criminale
ispettore Lai
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
Grave Misconduct
Trent Dodson
- 2007
Pandemic
Troy Whitlock · 2 episodes
- 2006
Her Fatal Flaw
Robert Genaro
L'onore e il rispetto
Rodolfo Di Venanzio · 6 episodes
- 2005
The Engagement Ring
Tony Di Cenzo
- 2004
- 2003
Deathlands
Ryan Cawdor
- 2002
The Rats
Jack Carver
- 2001
Jenifer
Jack
- 2000
The Deadly Look of Love
Brett Becker
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
Zophael
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
The Unknown Cyclist
Frank Cavatelli
The Christmas Path
Balthazar
A Brooklyn State of Mind
Al Stanco
- 1997
Medusa's Child
Scott Nash
No Strings Attached
Marc Demetrius
- 1996
Downdraft
Jack
- 1995
The Tie That Binds
Russell Clifton
- 1994
The Ascent
Franco Distassi
- 1993
Indian Summer
Matthew Berman
- 1992
Afterburn
Ted Harduvel
- 1991
City of Hope
Nick Rinaldi
1980s
- 1989
Venetian Red
Carlo Goldoni
- 1988
High Frequency
Peter
- 1987
Good Morning, Babylon
Nicola Bonnano
- 1986
Blood Ties
Mark Ciuni
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
Baby It's You
Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo
- 1982
A Stranger Is Watching
Gas Thief
- 1981
Senior Trip
Dick
The Gentleman Bandit
Angel Perez
No release date
Melodies in the Forest
Rafael Schächter
Produced 3
2020s
- 2026
Dave vs. Hollywood
Producer
- 2024
PinkCity: A Psychedelic Meditation
Producer
2000s
- 2009
Directed 2
1980s
- 1989
No release date
Me and My Daddy
Director
Appearances2
2020s
- 2023
The War on Earth
Self
1990s
- 1993
