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.
36 movies · 14 shows
In the Hand of Dante
2026·5.5
Crescendo
2026·6.7
The Healer
2024·6.5
Smoke Signals
2024·6.5
Maestro
2023·6.3
Through the Waves
2022·0.0
L'immensità
2022·6.3
Red Notice
2021·6.7
Breathless
2021·5.8
Caught by a Wave
2021·6.6
Light in the Tropics
2020·4.8
Storia di Nilde
2019·6.8
Tornare
2019·5.3
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018·6.7
Sicilian Ghost Story
2017·6.5
Veleni
2017·3.0
The Habit of Beauty
2017·3.3
It’s the Law
2017·6.6
Abbraccialo per me
2016·6.6
Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan
2016·8.5
The Wannabe
2015·5.1
Soundtrack - Ti spio, ti guardo, ti ascolto
2015·0.0
Unbroken
2014·7.4
Darker Than Midnight
2014·6.1
War Story
2014·4.1
Vinodentro
2013·5.8
The Volcano Exiles
2013·4.4
Girl on a Bicycle
2013·5.9
La scuola è finita
2010·5.3
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009·5.4
The Sweet and the Bitter
2007·5.7
Golden Door
2006·6.5
Respiro
2002·6.6
Ciao America
2002·8.5
Prison Song
2001·5.5
Once We Were Strangers
1997·6.7