Vincent Spano
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.
Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Mentalist

House

Castle

Intimate Portrait

Maria's Lovers

Alive

L'onore e il rispetto
All Movies (61)
- Dave vs. Hollywood2026 · as Phil, the Interviewer
- Dante's Inferni2025 · as Virgil
- The Contract2024 · as Nicolas Dell'Aria
- The War on Earth2023 · as Self
- Wonderwell2023 · as Franco
- Half Brothers2020 · as Mr. B
- The Comeback Trail2020 · as Joey Silva
- Torch2018 · as Gabriel Coronado
- Bent2018 · as Charlie Horvath
- Pearly Gates2015 · as Mayor
- April Rain2014 · as Special Agent Thomas
- Dante's Hell Animated2013 · as Virgil (voice)
- This Magic Moment2013 · as Roberto Molinez
- Caldo criminale2010 · as ispettore Lai
- Nevermore2009 · as Devin Bayliss
- Fatal Secrets2009 · as Scott
- Grave Misconduct2008 · as Trent Dodson
- Lone Rider2008 · as Stu Croaker
- The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie2007 · as Miles
- Her Fatal Flaw2006 · as Robert Genaro
- The Engagement Ring2005 · as Tony Di Cenzo
- Landslide2005 · as Mark Decker
- The Only Witness2003 · as Det. Steve Banks
- Deathlands2003 · as Ryan Cawdor
- The Rats2002 · as Jack Carver
- Texas Rangers2001 · as Ed Simms
- Jenifer2001 · as Jack
- The Deadly Look of Love2000 · as Brett Becker
- The Prophecy 3: The Ascent2000 · as Zophael
- Goosed1999 · as Steven Binder
- The Unknown Cyclist1998 · as Frank Cavatelli
- The Christmas Path1998 · as Balthazar
- A Brooklyn State of Mind1998 · as Al Stanco
- Medusa's Child1997 · as Scott Nash
- No Strings Attached1997 · as Marc Demetrius
- Downdraft1996 · as Jack
- The Tie That Binds1995 · as Russell Clifton
- The Ascent1994 · as Franco Distassi
- Indian Summer1993 · as Matthew Berman
- Alive1993 · as Antonio Balbi
- Afterburn1992 · as Ted Harduvel
- City of Hope1991 · as Nick Rinaldi
- Oscar1991 · as Anthony Rossano
- The Heart of the Deal1990 · as Mitchell Bryce
- Venetian Red1989 · as Carlo Goldoni
- High Frequency1988 · as Peter
- And God Created Woman1988 · as Billy Moran
- Good Morning, Babylon1987 · as Nicola Bonnano
- Blood Ties1986 · as Mark Ciuni
- Creator1985 · as Boris Lafkin
- Maria's Lovers1984 · as Al Griselli
- Alphabet City1984 · as Johnny
- Rumble Fish1983 · as Steve
- The Black Stallion Returns1983 · as Raj
- Baby It's You1983 · as Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo
- A Stranger Is Watching1982 · as Gas Thief
- Senior Trip1981 · as Dick
- The Gentleman Bandit1981 · as Angel Perez
- The Double McGuffin1979 · as Foster (as Vinnie Spano)
- Over the Edge1979 · as Mark
- Melodies in the Forest—
All TV Shows (9)
- Sangue caldo2011 · as Mauro Malaspina
- Castle2009 · as Christopher Carlucci
- The Mentalist2008 · as Don De Jorio
- Pandemic2007 · as Troy Whitlock
- L'onore e il rispetto2006 · as Rodolfo Di Venanzio
- House2004 · as Tommy
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Dean Porter
- Prince Street1997
- Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self