Vincenzo Amato
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.
Acted in
La bocca dell'anima
2024
as Eric Marchese
Smoke Signals
2024
as Giovanni Kessler
Maestro
2023
as Bruno Zirato
Through the Waves
2022
as Salvo
Fleishman Is in Trouble
2022
as Dr. Romalino
L'immensità
2022
as Felice
Red Notice
2021
as Director Gallo
Breathless
2021
as Oscar Romano
Caught by a Wave
2021
as Antonio
Tornare
2020
as Marc
Light in the Tropics
2020
Storia di Nilde
2019
Evil
2019
as Sternest Priest
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
Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre
2016
as Natale Sciacca
Abbraccialo per me
2016
Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan
2016
American Crime Story
2016
as Versace Spokesman
The Wannabe
2015
as Richie
Soundtrack - Ti spio, ti guardo, ti ascolto
2015
as Paolo
Unbroken
2014
as Anthony Zamperini
Darker Than Midnight
2014
War Story
2014
as Filippo
Vinodentro
2013
as Giovanni
The Blacklist
2013
as Marcus
The Volcano Exiles
2013
Girl on a Bicycle
2013
as Paolo Moretti
Elementary
2012
as Guillaume de Soto
Longlasting Youth
2010
as Simone Nicolai
La scuola è finita
2010
as Aldo Talarico
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009
as Girard Rabelais
The Good Wife
2009
as Judge Ciccone
Einstein
2008
as Albert Einstein
Gossip Girl
2007
as Emilio Pivano
Golden Door
2006
as Salvatore Mancuso
Respiro
2002
as Pietro
Ciao America
2002
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Inspector Rossi
Once We Were Strangers
1997