Acting · Palermo, Sicily, Italy · Born March 30, 1966
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.
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2026
as Michele Sindona
MovieCrescendo
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as Piazzoni
MovieThe Healer
2024
as Eric Marchese
MovieSmoke Signals
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as Giovanni Kessler
TVElsbeth
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as Tailor
MovieMaestro
2023
as Bruno Zirato
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as Salvo
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as Dr. Romalino
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as Felice
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as Director Gallo
MovieBreathless
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as Oscar Romano
MovieCaught by a Wave
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as Antonio
MovieLight in the Tropics
2020
MovieStoria di Nilde
2019
MovieTornare
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as Marc
TVEvil
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as Sternest Priest
MovieUnbroken: Path to Redemption
2018
as Anthony Zamperini
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2017
as Padre di Luna
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as Stars
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as Ernesto
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as Pierpaolo Natoli
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as Natale Sciacca
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as Pietro
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TVAmerican Crime Story
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as Versace Spokesman
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2015
as Richie
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as Paolo
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as Anthony Zamperini
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as Italian Ambassador Vittorio Civarelli
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2014
as Massimo
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as Filippo
MovieVinoDentro
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as Giovanni
TVThe Blacklist
2013
as Marcus
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MovieGirl on a Bicycle
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as Paolo Moretti
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as Guillaume de Soto
TVLonglasting Youth
2010
as Simone Nicolai
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2010
as Aldo Talarico
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2009
as Girard Rabelais
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as Judge Ciccone
TVEinstein
2008
as Albert Einstein
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as Emilio Pivano
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as Vito Scordia, Saro's father
TVDamages
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as Italian Investor
MovieGolden Door
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as Salvatore Mancuso
MovieRespiro
2002
as Pietro
MovieCiao America
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MoviePrison Song
2001
as Store Owner
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Inspector Rossi
MovieOnce We Were Strangers
1997
