Vincenzo Amato
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
In the Hand of Dante
2026
as Michele Sindona
Crescendo
2026
as Piazzoni
The Healer
2024
as Eric Marchese
Smoke Signals
2024
as Giovanni Kessler
Maestro
2023
as Bruno Zirato
Through the Waves
2022
as Salvo
L'immensità
2022
as Felice
Red Notice
2021
as Director Gallo
Breathless
2021
as Oscar Romano
Caught by a Wave
2021
as Antonio
Light in the Tropics
2020
Storia di Nilde
2019
Tornare
2019
as Marc
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018
as Anthony Zamperini
Sicilian Ghost Story
2017
as Padre di Luna
Veleni
2017
as Stars
The Habit of Beauty
2017
as Ernesto
It’s the Law
2017
as Pierpaolo Natoli
Abbraccialo per me
2016
as Pietro
Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan
2016
The Wannabe
2015
as Richie
Soundtrack - Ti spio, ti guardo, ti ascolto
2015
as Paolo
Unbroken
2014
as Anthony Zamperini
Darker Than Midnight
2014
as Massimo