Vincenzo Amato
Actor
- Born
- March 30, 1966 (age 60) · 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.
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In 2007, he was nominated for David di Donatello for Best Actor for his performance in Nuovomondo.
Known for
Red Notice
November 4, 2021
Unbroken
December 25, 2014
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
December 17, 2009
Maestro
November 22, 2023
It’s the Law
January 19, 2017
Caught by a Wave
March 25, 2021
L'immensità
September 15, 2022
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
September 14, 2018
Sicilian Ghost Story
November 18, 2017
Golden Door
September 22, 2006
Respiro
May 18, 2002
In the Hand of Dante
June 12, 2026
Acting36
- 2026In the Hand of Dante as Michele Sindona
- 2026Crescendo as Piazzoni
- 2024The Healer as Eric Marchese
- 2024Smoke Signals as Giovanni Kessler
- 2023Maestro as Bruno Zirato
- 2022Through the Waves as Salvo
- 2022L'immensità as Felice
- 2021Red Notice as Director Gallo
- 2021Breathless as Oscar Romano
- 2021Caught by a Wave