Acting · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Born October 18, 1962
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.
MovieDave vs. Hollywood
2026
as Phil, the Interviewer
MovieDante's Inferni
2025
as Virgil
MovieThe Contract
2024
as Nicolas Dell'Aria
MovieThe War on Earth
2023
as Self
MovieWonderwell
2023
as Franco
TVBlack Tar
2022
as Frank Agosti
MovieHalf Brothers
2020
as Mr. B
MovieThe Comeback Trail
2020
as Joey Silva
MovieTorch
2018
as Gabriel Coronado
MovieBent
2018
as Charlie Horvath
MoviePearly Gates
2015
as Mayor
MovieApril Rain
2014
as Special Agent Thomas
Dante's Hell Animated
2013
as Virgil (voice)
MovieThis Magic Moment
2013
as Roberto Molinez
TVSangue caldo
2011
as Mauro Malaspina
MovieCaldo criminale
2010
as ispettore Lai
TVCastle
2009
as Christopher Carlucci
Nevermore
2009
as Devin Bayliss
MovieFatal Secrets
2009
as Scott
MovieGrave Misconduct
2008
as Trent Dodson
TVThe Mentalist
2008
as Don De Jorio
MovieLone Rider
2008
as Stu Croaker
MovieThe Prince and the Pauper: The Movie
2007
as Miles
TVPandemic
2007
as Troy Whitlock
MovieHer Fatal Flaw
2006
as Robert Genaro
TVL'onore e il rispetto
2006
as Rodolfo Di Venanzio
MovieThe Engagement Ring
2005
as Tony Di Cenzo
MovieLandslide
2005
as Mark Decker
TVHouse
2004
as Tommy
MovieThe Only Witness
2003
as Det. Steve Banks
MovieDeathlands
2003
as Ryan Cawdor
MovieThe Rats
2002
as Jack Carver
MovieTexas Rangers
2001
as Ed Simms
MovieJenifer
2001
as Jack
MovieThe Deadly Look of Love
2000
as Brett Becker
MovieThe Prophecy 3: The Ascent
2000
as Zophael
MovieGoosed
1999
as Steven Binder
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dean Porter
MovieThe Unknown Cyclist
1998
as Frank Cavatelli
MovieThe Christmas Path
1998
as Balthazar
MovieA Brooklyn State of Mind
1998
as Al Stanco
MovieMedusa's Child
1997
as Scott Nash
MovieNo Strings Attached
1997
as Marc Demetrius
Prince Street
1997
MovieDowndraft
1996
as Jack
MovieThe Tie That Binds
1995
as Russell Clifton
MovieThe Ascent
1994
as Franco Distassi
TVIntimate Portrait
1993
as Self
MovieIndian Summer
1993
as Matthew Berman
MovieAlive
1993
as Antonio Balbi
MovieAfterburn
1992
as Ted Harduvel
MovieCity of Hope
1991
as Nick Rinaldi
MovieOscar
1991
as Anthony Rossano
The Heart of the Deal
1990
as Mitchell Bryce
MovieVenetian Red
1989
as Carlo Goldoni
MovieHigh Frequency
1988
as Peter
MovieAnd God Created Woman
1988
as Billy Moran
MovieGood Morning, Babylon
1987
as Nicola Bonnano
MovieBlood Ties
1986
as Mark Ciuni
MovieCreator
1985
as Boris Lafkin
MovieMaria's Lovers
1984
as Al Griselli
MovieAlphabet City
1984
as Johnny
MovieRumble Fish
1983
as Steve
MovieThe Black Stallion Returns
1983
as Raj
MovieBaby It's You
1983
as Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo
MovieA Stranger Is Watching
1982
as Gas Thief
MovieSenior Trip
1981
as Dick
MovieThe Gentleman Bandit
1981
as Angel Perez
MovieThe Double McGuffin
1979
as Foster (as Vinnie Spano)
MovieOver the Edge
1979
as Mark
MovieMelodies in the Forest
