Vincent Gallo
Acting • Born 1961-04-11
Biography
Vincent Gallo (born April 11, 1961) is an American film actor, director, producer, screenwriter, singer-songwriter, and painter. Although he has had minor roles in mainstream films such as Goodfellas, he is most associated with independent movies, including Buffalo '66, which he wrote, directed, did the music for and starred in; The Brown Bunny, which he also wrote, directed, produced, starred in and photographed; Arizona Dream; The Funeral; and Palookaville. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Gallo was a painter in the New York City art scene showing with famed art dealer Annina Nosei, performed in a rap duo and was part of the first hip hop television broadcast Graffiti Rock, and played in an industrial band called Bohack which released an album title It Took Several Wives. In the early 2000s, he released several solo recordings on WARP records. Gallo is known for his outspoken views and generally sarcastic nature, once stating: "I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings; and I did it out of spite." Gallo was awarded the Coppa Volpi for Best Actor at the 67th Venice International Film Festival for his performance as a wordless escaping Muslim prisoner in Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing. His own feature film Promises Written In Water, which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in, also screened In Competition at the festival.
Filmography
65 credits
Stranded
Movie • 2001
Luca Baglioni
The House of the Spirits
Movie • 1993
Esteban García
Arizona Dream
Movie • 1993
Paul Leger
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Movie • 1997
Raymond Lembecke
The Funeral
Movie • 1996
Johnny
Tetro
Movie • 2009
Angelo 'Tetro' Tetrocini
Hide and Seek
Movie • 2000
Frank
Buffalo '66
Movie • 1998
Billy Brown
Moscow Zero
Movie • 2006
Owen
Trouble Every Day
Movie • 2001
Dr. Shane Brown
Metropia
Movie • 2009
Roger Olofsson (voice)
Shut In
Movie • 2022
Sammy
Palookaville
Movie • 1995
Russell Pataki
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
Movie • 2000
Sister Gomez
Essential Killing
Movie • 2010
Mohammed
Get Well Soon
Movie • 2001
Bobby Bishop / Kevin Moss
2 Days in New York
Movie • 2012
Himself
The Undesirables
Movie • 2003
Tony Bendando
Nenette and Boni
Movie • 1997
Vincenzo Brown
Promises Written in Water
Movie • 2010
Kevin
The Legend of Kaspar Hauser
Movie • 2013
The Pusher / The Sheriff
U.S. Go Home
Movie • 1995
Captain Brown
Johnny 316
Movie • 1998
Johnny
Doc's Kingdom
Movie • 1988
Jimmy
The Way It Is
Movie • 1986
Victor / Heurtebise
L.A. Without a Map
Movie • 1999
Moss
Golden State Killer
Movie
Joseph James DeAngelo
Alex
Movie • 1991
Mário
Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood
Movie • 2004
Himself
GoodFellas
Movie • 1990
Henry's 70's Crew
Keep It for Yourself
Movie • 1991
Vito Brown
The Human Trust
Movie • 2013
Harold Marcus
Night of Pan
Movie • 2009
Pan - The Legend
42 One Dream Rush
Movie • 2010
Pan
The Agent
Movie • 2010
The Talent
Loosies
Movie • 2012
Jax
Oliviero Rising
Movie • 2009
Oliviero
Goodbye Lover
Movie • 1999
Mike
1989
Movie • 2009
Ernest
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
Movie • 2007
Self
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
Movie • 2005
Self (segment "99 Problems")
Basquiat
Movie • 1996
Party Guest (uncredited)
Perfect Moment
Movie • 1997
Self
Angela
Movie • 1996
Preacher
Ramones: We're Outta Here!
Movie • 2004
Self
The Perez Family
Movie • 1995
Orlando
Blank City
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Lit: All Access
Movie • 2004
Self (segment "Bitter")
Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ
Movie • 1981
Jesus
The Brown Bunny
Movie • 2003
Bud Clay
Figaro Story
Movie • 1991
Vito Brown (segment "Keep It for Yourself")
Corinne Day Diary
Movie • 2004
Himself
Looking for Enemies Finding Friends
Movie • 1997
Vincent Gallo NYC 1997
Vincent Gallo Directs
Movie • 1997
Self
Vampire Lestat
Movie • 1987
Honey Bunny
Movie • 2001
The Emotional Man
The Groovenians
Movie • 2002
Nixon
History of the Buffalo Bills
Movie • 2009
Self
Vincent Gallo: 48 People Who Should be Dead In Hollywood
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Dirt
TV • 2007
Sammy Winter
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Tony Santiago
The Groovenians
TV • 2002
Nixon (voice)
Graffiti Rock
TV • 1984
Himself - "Prince Vince"
My Coolest Years
TV • 2004
Himself
The Howard Stern Show
TV • 1994
Himself