Vincenzo Amato

Acting · Crew

Born March 30, 1966, 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. In 2007, he was nominated for David di Donatello for Best Actor for his performance in Nuovomondo.

Filmography

• 2026Crescendo — Piazzoni
• 2026In the Hand of Dante — Michele Sindona
• Elsbeth — Tailor
• 2024Smoke Signals — Giovanni Kessler
• 2024The Healer — Eric Marchese
• 2023Maestro — Bruno Zirato
• Fleishman Is in Trouble — Dr. Romalino
• 2022L'immensità — Felice
• 2022Through the Waves — Salvo
• 2021Breathless — Oscar Romano
• 2021Caught by a Wave — Antonio
• 2021Red Notice — Director Gallo
• 2020Light in the Tropics
• Evil — Sternest Priest
• 2019Storia di Nilde
• 2019Tornare — Marc
• 2018Unbroken: Path to Redemption — Anthony Zamperini
• 2017It’s the Law — Pierpaolo Natoli
• 2017Sicilian Ghost Story — Padre di Luna
• 2017The Habit of Beauty — Ernesto
• 2017Veleni — Stars
• 2016Abbraccialo per me — Pietro
• American Crime Story — Versace Spokesman
• Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre — Natale Sciacca
• 2016Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan
• 2015Soundtrack - Ti spio, ti guardo, ti ascolto — Paolo
• 2015The Wannabe — Richie
• 2014Darker Than Midnight — Massimo
• Madam Secretary — Italian Ambassador Vittorio Civarelli
• 2014Unbroken — Anthony Zamperini
• 2014War Story — Filippo
• 2013Girl on a Bicycle — Paolo Moretti
• The Blacklist — Marcus
• 2013The Volcano Exiles
• 2013Vinodentro — Giovanni
• Elementary — Guillaume de Soto
• 2010La scuola è finita — Aldo Talarico
• Longlasting Youth — Simone Nicolai
• 2009Did You Hear About the Morgans? — Girard Rabelais
• The Good Wife — Judge Ciccone
• Einstein — Albert Einstein
• Damages — Italian Investor
• Gossip Girl — Emilio Pivano
• 2007The Sweet and the Bitter — Vito Scordia, Saro's father
• 2006Golden Door — Salvatore Mancuso
• 2002Ciao America
• 2002Respiro — Pietro
• 2001Prison Song — Store Owner
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Inspector Rossi
• 1997Once We Were Strangers — Antonio, Storyboard Artist
• 1993Under the Nails — Thanks