- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 30, 1966
- Place of Birth
- Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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.
Filmography
movieIn the Hand of Dante
2026 · Michele Sindona
movieCrescendo
2026 · Piazzoni
movieThe Healer
2024 · Eric Marchese
movieSmoke Signals
2024 · Giovanni Kessler
tvElsbeth
2024 · Tailor
movieMaestro
2023 · Bruno Zirato
movieThrough the Waves
2022 · Salvo
tvFleishman Is in Trouble
2022 · Dr. Romalino
movieL'immensità
2022 · Felice
movieRed Notice
2021 · Director Gallo
movieBreathless
2021 · Oscar Romano
movieCaught by a Wave
2021 · Antonio
movieLight in the Tropics
2020
movieStoria di Nilde
2019
movieTornare
2019 · Marc
tvEvil
2019 · Sternest Priest
movieUnbroken: Path to Redemption
2018 · Anthony Zamperini
movieSicilian Ghost Story
2017 · Padre di Luna
movieVeleni
2017 · Stars
movieThe Habit of Beauty
2017 · Ernesto
movieIt’s the Law
2017 · Pierpaolo Natoli
tvCatturandi - Nel Nome del Padre
2016 · Natale Sciacca
movieAbbraccialo per me
2016 · Pietro
movieLeonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan
2016
tvAmerican Crime Story
2016 · Versace Spokesman
movieThe Wannabe
2015 · Richie
movieSoundtrack - Ti spio, ti guardo, ti ascolto
2015 · Paolo
movieUnbroken
2014 · Anthony Zamperini
tvMadam Secretary
2014 · Italian Ambassador Vittorio Civarelli
movieDarker Than Midnight
2014 · Massimo
movieWar Story
2014 · Filippo
movieVinoDentro
2013 · Giovanni
tvThe Blacklist
2013 · Marcus
movieThe Volcano Exiles
2013
movieGirl on a Bicycle
2013 · Paolo Moretti
tvElementary
2012 · Guillaume de Soto
tvLonglasting Youth
2010 · Simone Nicolai
movieLa scuola è finita
2010 · Aldo Talarico
movieDid You Hear About the Morgans?
2009 · Girard Rabelais
tvThe Good Wife
2009 · Judge Ciccone
tvEinstein
2008 · Albert Einstein
tvGossip Girl
2007 · Emilio Pivano
movieThe Sweet and the Bitter
2007 · Vito Scordia, Saro's father
tvDamages
2007 · Italian Investor
movieGolden Door
2006 · Salvatore Mancuso
movieRespiro
2002 · Pietro
movieCiao America
2002
moviePrison Song
2001 · Store Owner
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Inspector Rossi
movieOnce We Were Strangers
1997
movieUnder the Nails
1993 · Thanks