Vincenzo Amato
Actor
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
Unbroken
as Anthony Zamperini 2014
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
as Girard Rabelais 2009
Maestro
as Bruno Zirato 2023
It’s the Law
as Pierpaolo Natoli 2017
Caught by a Wave
as Antonio 2021
L'immensitÃ
as Felice 2022
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
as Anthony Zamperini 2018
Sicilian Ghost Story
as Padre di Luna 2017
Golden Door
as Salvatore Mancuso 2006
Respiro
as Pietro 2002
Girl on a Bicycle
as Paolo Moretti 2013
Smoke Signals
as Giovanni Kessler 2024
The Wannabe
as Richie 2015
Tornare
as Marc 2019
Breathless
as Oscar Romano 2021
Darker Than Midnight
as Massimo 2014