Name
Vincenzo Amato
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1966-03-30 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
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
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- 2006 Golden Door as Salvatore Mancuso
- 2009 Did You Hear About the Morgans? as Girard Rabelais
- 2002 Respiro as Pietro
- 2021 Red Notice as Director Gallo
- 2022 L'immensità as Felice
- 2013 Girl on a Bicycle as Paolo Moretti
- 2013 The Volcano Exiles
- 2014 War Story as Filippo
- 2014 Darker Than Midnight as Massimo
- 2013 VinoDentro as Giovanni
- 2023 Maestro as Bruno Zirato
- 2014 Unbroken as Anthony Zamperini
- 1997 Once We Were Strangers
- 2015 The Wannabe as Richie
- 2010 La scuola è finita as Aldo Talarico
- 2015 Soundtrack - Ti spio, ti guardo, ti ascolto as Paolo
- 2022 Through the Waves as Salvo
- 2024 Smoke Signals as Giovanni Kessler
- 2016 Abbraccialo per me as Pietro
- 2016 Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan
- 2017 It’s the Law as Pierpaolo Natoli
- 2017 The Habit of Beauty as Ernesto
- 2017 Sicilian Ghost Story as Padre di Luna
- 2017 Veleni as Stars
- 2018 Unbroken: Path to Redemption as Anthony Zamperini
- 2002 Ciao America
- 2019 Tornare as Marc
- 2019 Storia di Nilde
- 2020 Light in the Tropics
- 2021 Caught by a Wave as Antonio
- 2021 Breathless as Oscar Romano
- 2024 The Healer as Eric Marchese
- 2001 Prison Song as Store Owner
- 2026 In the Hand of Dante as Michele Sindona
- 2026 Crescendo as Piazzoni
- 2007 The Sweet and the Bitter as Vito Scordia, Saro's father
- 2012 Elementary ( 2 episodes ) as Guillaume de Soto
- 2013 The Blacklist ( 1 episode ) as Marcus
- 2009 The Good Wife ( 1 episode ) as Judge Ciccone
- 2010 Longlasting Youth ( 4 episodes ) as Simone Nicolai
- 2016 American Crime Story ( 1 episode ) as Versace Spokesman
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Inspector Rossi
- 2016 Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre ( 12 episodes ) as Natale Sciacca
- 2007 Gossip Girl ( 1 episode ) as Emilio Pivano
- 2022 Fleishman Is in Trouble ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Romalino
- 2019 Evil ( 1 episode ) as Sternest Priest
- 2014 Madam Secretary ( 1 episode ) as Italian Ambassador Vittorio Civarelli
- 2024 Elsbeth ( 1 episode ) as Tailor
- 2008 Einstein ( 2 episodes ) as Albert Einstein
- 2007 Damages ( 1 episode ) as Italian Investor
