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Vincenzo Amato

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Vincenzo Amato

Born March 30, 1966 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy35 films

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.

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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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Red Notice poster6.7Red Notice2021It’s the Law poster6.6It’s the Law2017Maestro poster6.2Maestro2023Did You Hear About the Morgans? poster5.4Did You Hear About the Morgans?2009Caught by a Wave poster6.6Caught by a Wave2021L'immensità poster6.3L'immensità2022Unbroken: Path to Redemption poster6.7Unbroken: Path to Redemption2018Sicilian Ghost Story poster6.5Sicilian Ghost Story2017

Filmography

35 films as actor
  1. 2026In the Hand of DanteMichele Sindona
  2. 2026CrescendoPiazzoni
  3. 2024The HealerEric Marchese
  4. 2024Smoke SignalsGiovanni Kessler
  5. 2023MaestroBruno Zirato
  6. 2022Through the WavesSalvo
  7. 2022L'immensitàFelice
  8. 2021Red NoticeDirector Gallo
  9. 2021BreathlessOscar Romano
  10. 2021Caught by a WaveAntonio
  11. 2020Light in the Tropics
  12. 2019Storia di Nilde
  13. 2019TornareMarc
  14. 2018Unbroken: Path to RedemptionAnthony Zamperini
  15. 2017Sicilian Ghost StoryPadre di Luna
  16. 2017VeleniStars
  17. 2017The Habit of BeautyErnesto
  18. 2017It’s the LawPierpaolo Natoli
  19. 2016Abbraccialo per mePietro
  20. 2015The WannabeRichie
  21. 2015Soundtrack - Ti spio, ti guardo, ti ascoltoPaolo
  22. 2014UnbrokenAnthony Zamperini
  23. 2014Darker Than MidnightMassimo
  24. 2014War StoryFilippo
  25. 2013VinodentroGiovanni
  26. 2013The Volcano Exiles
  27. 2013Girl on a BicyclePaolo Moretti
  28. 2010La scuola è finitaAldo Talarico
  29. 2009Did You Hear About the Morgans?Girard Rabelais
  30. 2007The Sweet and the BitterVito Scordia, Saro's father
  31. 2006Golden DoorSalvatore Mancuso
  32. 2002RespiroPietro
  33. 2002Ciao America
  34. 2001Prison SongStore Owner
  35. 1997Once We Were StrangersAntonio