Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1966-03-30 (Age: 60)
Place of Birth
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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.
Filmography (36)
Crescendo
2026
In the Hand of Dante
2025
The Healer
2024
Smoke Signals
2024
Maestro
2023
Through the Waves
2022
L'immensità
2022
Red Notice
2021
Breathless
2021
Caught by a Wave
2021
Light in the Tropics
2020
Storia di Nilde
2019
Tornare
2019
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018
