Vincent Spano

Born: 1962-10-18

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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Alive

as Antonio Balbi
Released: 1993-01-15

The amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes...

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Bent

as Charlie Horvath
Released: 2018-03-09

On his latest private investigation, a shamed former cop connects a murder case to a government...

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Rumble Fish

as Steve
Released: 1983-10-09

Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's...

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as Joey Silva
Released: 2020-11-12

Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam...

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Oscar

as Anthony Rossano
Released: 1991-04-26

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the...

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The Prophecy 3: The Ascent

as Zophael
Released: 2000-03-14

The conclusion to The Prophecy Trilogy. Once again, Christopher Walken returns as the Arch-Angel...

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Maria's Lovers

as Al Griselli
Released: 1984-10-03

When her teenage sweetheart Ivan returns home from WWII, Maria eagerly accepts his marriage...

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Half Brothers

as Mr. B
Released: 2020-12-04

A story about the complex connection with a brother who is based in Mexico, meant to be a...

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Indian Summer

as Matthew Berman
Released: 1993-04-23

A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the...

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Venetian Red

as Carlo Goldoni
Released: 1989-09-20

Venice. March 1735. The carnival is in full swing Everybody's happy mood and the lively streets...

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Over the Edge

as Mark Perry
Released: 1979-05-18

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.

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The Black Stallion Returns

as Raj
Released: 1983-03-25

"Black" is a stunning fire-and-silk stallion celebrated the world over. But to his young...

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The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie

as Miles
Released: 2007-11-11

A modern day telling of the Mark Twain classic, The Prince and the Pauper.

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And God Created Woman

as Billy Moran
Released: 1988-03-04

In this variation on director Vadim's own, more acclaimed Et Dieu Créa La Femme (1956, the same...

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Baby It's You

as Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo
Released: 1983-03-04

In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks...

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The Tie That Binds

as Russell Clifton
Released: 1995-09-08

John Netherwood and his wife Leann are fugitives who are both wanted for murder. They have a...

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Good Morning, Babylon

as Nicola Bonnano
Released: 1987-05-13

After the bankruptcy of their father's stonemasonry firm, brothers Nicola and Andrea emigrate to...

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This Magic Moment

as Roberto Molinez
Released: 2013-08-06

When Hollywood star Helena Harris (Diane Neal) films her newest movie, “This Magic Moment,” in...

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April Rain

as Special Agent Thomas
Released: 2014-06-04

When an eclectic group of terrorists plot to attack the United States from within, it's up to a...

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Wonderwell

as Franco
Released: 2023-06-23

In an idyllic Italian village, a young American girl on the threshold of adolescence is swept...

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Fatal Secrets

as Scott
Released: 2009-01-03

An attractive woman enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a charming man with a...

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Creator

as Boris Lafkin
Released: 1985-09-20

With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans...

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City of Hope

as Nick Rinaldi
Released: 1991-10-11

This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most...

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Goosed

as Steven Binder
Released: 1999-09-28

Sheltered rich girl Charlene has an over-protective mother who insists that her daughter should...

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The Rats

as Jack Carver
Released: 2002-09-17

A clan of evil rats overtakes a Manhattan department store and threatens to overrun the city.

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The Engagement Ring

as Tony Di Cenzo
Released: 2005-11-20

A long-lost engagement ring still divides childhood sweethearts who are now in their golden...

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Lone Rider

as Stu Croaker
Released: 2008-04-08

Bobby Hattaway (Lou Diamond Phillips), an honored soldier, returns home after the American Civil...

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Caldo criminale

as Ispettore Lai
Released: 2010-09-27

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Jenifer

as Jack
Released: 2001-10-21

The true story of three sisters who unite in the face of adversity when one of them is diagnosed...

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The Only Witness

as Det. Steve Banks
Released: 2003-08-19

After witnessing a brutal murder, a little girl is quickly surrounded by a group of...

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Afterburn

as Ted Harduvel
Released: 1992-05-30

Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the...

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High Frequency

as Peter
Released: 1988-05-17

A boy who operates a ham radio and a man who works at a satellite relay station witness the same...

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Alphabet City

as Johnny
Released: 1984-03-04

A New York City drug dealer decides to get out of the business, but has to flee from mobsters.

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A Stranger Is Watching

as Gas Thief
Released: 1982-10-28

A twisted man holds a TV newswoman and a girl hostage in the bowels of Grand Central Station.

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Pearly Gates

as Mayor
Released: 2015-04-26

Pearly Gates is a story about wanting to be remembered, and knowing that long after death, a...

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Medusa's Child

as Scott Nash
Released: 1997-11-16

Fuming over the departure of his wife Vivian and the cutting of his research funding, crazy...

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Grave Misconduct

as Trent Dodson
Released: 2008-11-01

A fledgling mystery writer sees an opportunity to advance her career after the death of a...

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Landslide

as Mark Decker
Released: 2005-02-12

Manhattan fireman Mark Decker visits, for the first time, his Steven in his ex Emma's new...

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A Brooklyn State of Mind

as Al Stanco
Released: 1998-01-01

Al Stanco has lived all of his life in Brooklyn and does some work for the local crime lord,...

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Deathlands

as Ryan Cawdor
Released: 2003-05-17

Following the destruction caused on Earth by nuclear weapons, Ryan Cawdor returns after twenty...

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Blood Ties

as Mark Ciuni
Released: 1986-12-14

An innocent American engineer is blackmailed by gangsters into a plot to assassinate his cousin,...

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Her Fatal Flaw

as Robert Genaro
Released: 2006-11-24

If you think your dating life is hard, check out what happens to poor Laney! Talk about a love...

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The Ascent

as Franco Distassi
Released: 1994-09-15

The real-life adventure of a dashing Italian soldier who escapes a British prisoner-of-war camp...

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The Double McGuffin

as uncredited
Released: 1979-06-01

Some school kids stumble across a briefcase full of money, when they go back for it, they find a...

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The Deadly Look of Love

as Brett Becker
Released: 2000-07-10

Janet Flanders is a small-town, unsophisticated young woman who is seduced by the fantasy of...

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The Gentleman Bandit

as Angel Perez
Released: 1981-05-06

Based on the real-life ordeal of Baltimore priest Bernard Pagano, who was accused of several...

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No Strings Attached

as Marc Demetrius
Released: 1997-08-27

A renowned journalist becomes a suspect in a series of murders after he becomes intimately...

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Senior Trip

as Dick
Released: 1981-12-30

A group of graduating students from a midwestern high school comes to New York City on a trip to...

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The Unknown Cyclist

as Frank Cavatelli
Released: 1998-10-10

A man's dying wish is for the people in his life to participate in a 450-mile charity bicycle...

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Torch

as Gabriel Coronado
Released: 2018-10-08

Clara grew up in the Belize jungles but was sent to live in San Francisco after a childhood...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Dean Porter
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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The Mentalist

as Don De Jorio
First aired: 2008-09-23

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and...

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House

as Tommy
First aired: 2004-11-16

Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of...

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Castle

as Christopher Carlucci
First aired: 2009-03-09

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard...

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Intimate Portrait

as Self
First aired: 1993-11-14

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network...

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L'onore e il rispetto

as Rodolfo Di Venanzio
First aired: 2006-09-05

L'onore e il rispetto is an Italian television series. There are three seasons, each with six...

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Pandemic

as Troy Whitlock
First aired: 2007-05-26

The bird flu virus spreads through Los Angeles as a doctor from the CDC races to find a vaccine.

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Sangue caldo

as Mauro Malaspina
First aired: 2011-09-09

The "good criminal" Arturo La Paglia, said Mister (Gabriel Garko) wants to score his last shot,...

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