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.

Filmografi

Red Notice2021 · Director GalloIn the Hand of Dante2026 · Michele SindonaUnbroken2014 · Anthony ZamperiniMaestro2023 · Bruno ZiratoThe Wannabe2015 · RichieGolden Door2006 · Salvatore MancusoDid You Hear About the Morgans?2009 · Girard RabelaisUnbroken: Path to Redemption2018 · Anthony ZamperiniL'immensità2022 · FeliceTornare2019 · MarcOnce We Were Strangers1997 · AntonioGirl on a Bicycle2013 · Paolo MorettiVeleni2017 · StarsIt’s the Law2017 · Pierpaolo NatoliCaught by a Wave2021 · AntonioRespiro2002 · PietroAbbraccialo per me2016 · PietroDarker Than Midnight2014 · MassimoCrescendo2026 · PiazzoniSicilian Ghost Story2017 · Padre di LunaThe Volcano Exiles2013 · Light in the Tropics2020 · Prison Song2001 · Store OwnerThe Healer2024 · Eric Marchese