Vincenzo Amato
- Acting
- March 30, 1966 · Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Biography
Vincenzo Amato (born 30 March 1966) is an Italian actor and sculptor. He has two daughters (11 and 12) Born in Palermo as the son of the stage director and folk musician Emma Muzzi Loffredo, after high school Amato moved to Rome, where his mother lived. Always dedicated to painting, he finished university focused on iron sculpting. After a couple of exhibitions at the art gallery Il Gabbiano in Rome, he moved to Manhattan, New York and began to exhibit with some success at the Earl McGrath Gallery in New York. In the US, Amato became friends with the director Emanuele Crialese, who directed his debut as an actor in the film Once We Were Strangers. His career as an actor had a breakthrough with the role of the fisherman Pietro in Crialise's next film, Respiro. In 2007, he was nominated for David di Donatello for Best Actor for his performance in Nuovomondo.
Known for
Filmography
- In the Hand of Dante · Michele Sindona
- Crescendo · Piazzoni
- The Healer · Eric Marchese
- Smoke Signals · Giovanni Kessler
- Elsbeth · Tailor
- Maestro · Bruno Zirato
- Through the Waves · Salvo
- Fleishman Is in Trouble · Dr. Romalino
- L'immensità · Felice
- Red Notice · Director Gallo
- Breathless · Oscar Romano
- Caught by a Wave · Antonio
- Light in the Tropics
- Storia di Nilde · Enrico Berlinguer
- Tornare · Marc
- Evil · Sternest Priest
- Unbroken: Path to Redemption · Anthony Zamperini
- Sicilian Ghost Story · Padre di Luna
- Veleni · Stars
- The Habit of Beauty · Ernesto
- It’s the Law · Pierpaolo Natoli
- Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre · Natale Sciacca
- Abbraccialo per me · Pietro
- Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan
- American Crime Story · Versace Spokesman
- The Wannabe · Richie
- Soundtrack - Ti spio, ti guardo, ti ascolto · Paolo
- Unbroken · Anthony Zamperini
- Madam Secretary · Italian Ambassador Vittorio Civarelli
- Darker Than Midnight · Massimo
- War Story · Filippo
- Vinodentro · Giovanni
- The Blacklist · Marcus
- The Volcano Exiles
- Girl on a Bicycle · Paolo Moretti
- Elementary · Guillaume de Soto
- Longlasting Youth · Simone Nicolai
- La scuola è finita · Aldo Talarico
- Did You Hear About the Morgans? · Girard Rabelais
- The Good Wife · Judge Ciccone
- Einstein · Albert Einstein
- Gossip Girl · Emilio Pivano
- The Sweet and the Bitter · Vito Scordia, Saro's father
- Damages · Italian Investor
- Golden Door · Salvatore Mancuso
- Respiro · Pietro
- Ciao America
- Prison Song · Store Owner
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Inspector Rossi
- Once We Were Strangers · Antonio, Storyboard Artist
- Under the Nails · Thanks