
Vincenzo Amato
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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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In the Hand of Dante (2026)
as Michele Sindona

Red Notice (2021)
as Director Gallo

Unbroken (2014)
as Anthony Zamperini

Maestro (2023)
as Bruno Zirato

Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018)
as Anthony Zamperini

Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
as Girard Rabelais

Prison Song (2001)
as Store Owner

L'immensità (2022)
as Felice

The Wannabe (2015)
as Richie

Golden Door (2006)
as Salvatore Mancuso

Crescendo (2026)
as Piazzoni

Caught by a Wave (2021)
as Antonio

Girl on a Bicycle (2013)
as Paolo Moretti

It’s the Law (2017)
as Pierpaolo Natoli

War Story (2014)
as Filippo

Ciao America (2002)
Actor

Tornare (2019)
as Marc

Respiro (2002)
as Pietro

Through the Waves (2022)
as Salvo

The Sweet and the Bitter (2007)
as Vito Scordia, Saro's father

La scuola è finita (2010)
as Aldo Talarico

Smoke Signals (2024)
as Giovanni Kessler

Sicilian Ghost Story (2017)
as Padre di Luna

Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan (2016)
Actor

Once We Were Strangers (1997)
Actor

Abbraccialo per me (2016)
as Pietro

The Healer (2024)
as Eric Marchese

The Habit of Beauty (2017)
as Ernesto

Darker Than Midnight (2014)
as Massimo

Veleni (2017)
as Stars

Vinodentro (2013)
as Giovanni

Light in the Tropics (2020)
Actor

Storia di Nilde (2019)
Actor

Soundtrack - Ti spio, ti guardo, ti ascolto (2015)
as Paolo

The Volcano Exiles (2013)
Actor

Breathless (2021)
as Oscar Romano





