Vincenzo Amato

Vincenzo Amato

Acting • Born 1966-03-30

Acting1Palermo, Sicily, Italy

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

50 credits
Golden Door

Golden Door

Movie • 2006

Salvatore Mancuso

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

Movie • 2009

Girard Rabelais

Respiro

Respiro

Movie • 2002

Pietro

Red Notice

Red Notice

Movie • 2021

Director Gallo

L'immensità

L'immensità

Movie • 2022

Felice

Girl on a Bicycle

Girl on a Bicycle

Movie • 2013

Paolo Moretti

The Volcano Exiles

The Volcano Exiles

Movie • 2013

War Story

War Story

Movie • 2014

Filippo

Darker Than Midnight

Darker Than Midnight

Movie • 2014

Massimo

Vinodentro

Vinodentro

Movie • 2013

Giovanni

Maestro

Maestro

Movie • 2023

Bruno Zirato

Unbroken

Unbroken

Movie • 2014

Anthony Zamperini

Once We Were Strangers

Once We Were Strangers

Movie • 1997

The Wannabe

The Wannabe

Movie • 2015

Richie

La scuola è finita

La scuola è finita

Movie • 2010

Aldo Talarico

Soundtrack - Ti spio, ti guardo, ti ascolto

Soundtrack - Ti spio, ti guardo, ti ascolto

Movie • 2015

Paolo

Through the Waves

Through the Waves

Movie • 2022

Salvo

Smoke Signals

Smoke Signals

Movie • 2024

Giovanni Kessler

Abbraccialo per me

Abbraccialo per me

Movie • 2016

Pietro

Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan

Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan

Movie • 2016

It’s the Law

It’s the Law

Movie • 2017

Pierpaolo Natoli

The Habit of Beauty

The Habit of Beauty

Movie • 2017

Ernesto

Sicilian Ghost Story

Sicilian Ghost Story

Movie • 2017

Padre di Luna

Veleni

Veleni

Movie • 2017

Stars

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

Movie • 2018

Anthony Zamperini

Ciao America

Ciao America

Movie • 2002

Tornare

Tornare

Movie • 2019

Marc

Storia di Nilde

Storia di Nilde

Movie • 2019

Light in the Tropics

Light in the Tropics

Movie • 2020

Caught by a Wave

Caught by a Wave

Movie • 2021

Antonio

Breathless

Breathless

Movie • 2021

Oscar Romano

The Healer

The Healer

Movie • 2024

Eric Marchese

Prison Song

Prison Song

Movie • 2001

Store Owner

In the Hand of Dante

In the Hand of Dante

Movie • 2025

Michele Sindona

L'Objet du délit

L'Objet du délit

Movie

The Sweet and the Bitter

The Sweet and the Bitter

Movie • 2007

Vito Scordia, Saro's father

Elementary

Elementary

TV • 2012

Guillaume de Soto

The Blacklist

The Blacklist

TV • 2013

Marcus

The Good Wife

The Good Wife

TV • 2009

Judge Ciccone

Longlasting Youth

Longlasting Youth

TV • 2010

Simone Nicolai

American Crime Story

American Crime Story

TV • 2016

Versace Spokesman

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV • 1999

Inspector Rossi

Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre

Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre

TV • 2016

Natale Sciacca

Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl

TV • 2007

Emilio Pivano

Fleishman Is in Trouble

Fleishman Is in Trouble

TV • 2022

Dr. Romalino

Evil

Evil

TV • 2019

Sternest Priest

Madam Secretary

Madam Secretary

TV • 2014

Italian Ambassador Vittorio Civarelli

Elsbeth

Elsbeth

TV • 2024

Tailor

Einstein

Einstein

TV • 2008

Albert Einstein

Damages

Damages

TV • 2007

Italian Investor