Vincenzo Amato (born 30 March 1966) is an Italian actor and sculptor.

Life and career

Born in

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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

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, 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

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, 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 ''Respiro'' is a 2002 Italian- French drama film written and directed by Emanuele Crialese and released in English-language markets in 2003. The film stars Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato, and Francesco Casisa. In the Italian language, '' respir ...

''. In 2007, he was nominated for

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for Best Actor for his performance in '' Nuovomondo''.

Partial filmography

* ''Once We Were Strangers'' (1997) - Antonio * '' Prison Song'' (2001) - Store Owner * '' Ciao America'' (2002) - Bongo * ''

'' (2002) - Pietro * '' Nuovomondo'' (2006) - Salvatore Mancuso * '' The Sweet and the Bitter'' (2007) - Vito Scordia, Saro's father * ''Autumn Dawn'' (2007) - Marco * ''

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'' (2008, TV Movie) -

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* '' Did You Hear About the Morgans?'' (2009) - Girard Rabelais * '' School Is Over'' (2010) - Aldo Talarico * '' Girl on a Bicycle'' (2013) - Paolo Moretti * ''

Exilados do Vulcão ''Exilados do Vulcão'' is a 2013 Brazilian drama film directed by Paula Gaitán. The film premiered at the 2013 Festival de Brasília. Cast * Vincenzo Amato as Pedro *Clara Choveaux as Luiza *Bel García as Bel *Lorena Lobato as Lorena *Simon ...

'' (2013) - Pedro * '' ReWined'' (2013) - Giovanni * '' War Story'' (2014) - Filippo * '' Darker Than Midnight'' (2014) - Massimo, Davide's father * ''

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'' (2014) - Anthony * '' The Wannabe'' (2015) - Richie * ''Soundtrack'' (2015) - Paolo * ''Abbraccialo per me'' (2016) - Pietro * ''The Habit of Beauty'' (2016) - Ernesto * ''

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'' (2017) - Pierpaolo Natoli * ''

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'' (2017) - Padre di Luna * ''Veleni'' (2017) - Dr. Bonadies * '' The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story'' (2018) -

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Spokesman * '' Unbroken: Path to Redemption'' (2018) - Anthony Zamperini * ''Tornare'' (2019) - Marc Bennet * '' Caught by a Wave'' (2021) - Antonio * ''

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'' (2021) - Director Gallo * '' L'immensità'' (2022) - Felice * ''

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'' (2023) -

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* 1966 births Living people Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors Male actors from Palermo Artists from Palermo Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors {{Italy-stage-actor-stub