Vincenzo Amato
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1966-03-30 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Vincenzo Amato
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
Acting
(2024)
Smoke Signals
as Giovanni Kessler
(2024)
La bocca dell'anima
as Eric Marchese
(2023)
Maestro
as Bruno Zirato
(2022)
L'immensità
as Felice
(2022)
Through the Waves
as Salvo
(2021)
Red Notice
as Director Gallo
(2021)
Caught by a Wave
as Antonio
(2021)
Breathless
as Oscar Romano
(2020)
(2019)
Tornare
as Marc
(2019)
(2018)
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
as Anthony Zamperini
(2017)
It’s the Law
as Pierpaolo Natoli
(2017)
Sicilian Ghost Story
as Padre di Luna
(2017)
The Habit of Beauty
as Ernesto
(2017)
Veleni
as Stars
(2016)
(2016)
(2015)
The Wannabe
as Richie
(2015)
(2014)
Unbroken
as Anthony Zamperini
(2014)
War Story
as Filippo
(2014)
(2013)
Girl on a Bicycle
as Paolo Moretti
(2013)
(2013)
Vinodentro
as Giovanni
(2010)
La scuola è finita
as Aldo Talarico
(2009)
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as Girard Rabelais
(2008)
Einstein
as Albert Einstein
(2006)
Golden Door
as Salvatore Mancuso
(2002)
Respiro
as Pietro
(2002)
(2001)
Prison Song
as Store Owner
(1997)
Crew
(1993)
Under the Nails
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