Vincenzo Amato
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 30, 1966
- Birthplace
- Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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.
Filmography
In the Hand of Dante 2026
as Michele Sindona
Crescendo 2026
as Piazzoni
The Healer 2024
as Eric Marchese
Smoke Signals 2024
as Giovanni Kessler
Maestro 2023
as Bruno Zirato
Through the Waves 2022
as Salvo
L'immensità 2022
as Felice
Red Notice 2021
as Director Gallo
Breathless 2021
as Oscar Romano
Caught by a Wave 2021
as Antonio
Light in the Tropics 2020
Actor
Storia di Nilde 2019
as Enrico Berlinguer
Tornare 2019
as Marc
Unbroken: Path to Redemption 2018
as Anthony Zamperini
Sicilian Ghost Story 2017
as Padre di Luna
Veleni 2017
as Stars
The Habit of Beauty 2017
as Ernesto
It’s the Law 2017
as Pierpaolo Natoli
Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan 2016
Actor
Abbraccialo per me 2016
as Pietro
The Wannabe 2015
as Richie
Soundtrack - Ti spio, ti guardo, ti ascolto 2015
as Paolo
Unbroken 2014
as Anthony Zamperini
Darker Than Midnight 2014
as Massimo
War Story 2014
as Filippo
Vinodentro 2013
as Giovanni
The Volcano Exiles 2013
Actor
Girl on a Bicycle 2013
as Paolo Moretti
La scuola è finita 2010
as Aldo Talarico
Did You Hear About the Morgans? 2009
as Girard Rabelais
The Sweet and the Bitter 2007
as Vito Scordia, Saro's father
Golden Door 2006
as Salvatore Mancuso
Respiro 2002
as Pietro
Ciao America 2002
Actor
Prison Song 2001
as Store Owner
Once We Were Strangers 1997
as Antonio, Storyboard Artist
Under the Nails 1993
Thanks
Credits from TMDB.