Vincenzo Amato

Italian actor and sculptor

Vincenzo Amato
Born	30 March 1966 (1966-03-30) (age 58) Palermo, Italy
Occupation	Actor

Vincenzo Amato (born 30 March 1966) is an Italian actor and sculptor. He has two daughters (11 and 12)

Life and career

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.^[1]

Always dedicated to painting, he finished university focused on iron sculpting.^[1] 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.^[1]^[2] 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.^[1] His career as an actor had a breakthrough with the role of the fisherman Pietro in Crialise's next film, Respiro.^[1]

In 2007, he was nominated for David di Donatello for Best Actor for his performance in Nuovomondo.^[3]

Partial filmography

Once We Were Strangers (1997) - Antonio
Prison Song (2001) - Store Owner
Ciao America (2002) - Bongo
Respiro (2002) - Pietro
Nuovomondo (2006) - Salvatore Mancuso
The Sweet and the Bitter (2007) - Vito Scordia, Saro's father
Autumn Dawn (2007) - Marco
Einstein (2008, TV Movie) - Albert Einstein
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) - Girard Rabelais
School Is Over (2010) - Aldo Talarico
Girl on a Bicycle (2013) - Paolo Moretti
Exilados do Vulcão (2013) - Pedro
ReWined (2013) - Giovanni
War Story (2014) - Filippo
Darker Than Midnight (2014) - Massimo, il padre di Davide
Unbroken (2014) - Anthony
The Wannabe (2015) - Richie
Soundtrack (2015) - Paolo
Abbraccialo per me (2016) - Pietro
The Habit of Beauty (2016) - Ernesto
It's the Law (2017) - Pierpaolo Natoli
Sicilian Ghost Story (2017) - Padre di Luna
Veleni (2017) - Dottor Bonadies
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018) - Versace Spokesman
Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018) - Anthony Zamperini
Tornare (2019) - Marc Bennet
Caught by a Wave (2021) - Antonio
Red Notice (2021) - Director Gallo
Maestro (2023) - Bruno Zirato

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Margherita D' Amico (12 May 2003). "Vincenzo Amato, artista e "pescatore" per caso". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 31 January 2016.(subscription required)
^ Miracco, Renato (2009). Instant Book: Italian Artists, New York (in Italian). Charta. p. 10. ISBN 978-88-8158-747-6.
^ Claudia Morgoglione (8 May 2007). "David Donatello, Tornatore in pole poi i film di Crialese e Luchetti". La Repubblica. Retrieved 31 January 2016.