Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 30, 1966
Place of Birth
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Credits
51 titles
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
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
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