
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.
Acting (35 movies)

Golden Door
2006

Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009

Respiro
2002

Red Notice
2021

L'immensità
2022

Girl on a Bicycle
2013

Einstein
2008

The Volcano Exiles
2013

War Story
2014

Darker Than Midnight
2014

Vinodentro
2013

Maestro
2023

Unbroken
2014

Once We Were Strangers
1997

The Wannabe
2015

La scuola è finita
2010

Soundtrack - Ti spio, ti guardo, ti ascolto
2015

Through the Waves
2022

Smoke Signals
2024

Abbraccialo per me
2016

Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan
2016

It’s the Law
2017

The Habit of Beauty
2017

Sicilian Ghost Story
2017

Veleni
2017

Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018

Ciao America
2002

Tornare
2019

Storia di Nilde
2019

Light in the Tropics
2020

Caught by a Wave
2021

Breathless
2021

The Healer
2024

Prison Song
2001

In the Hand of Dante
2025
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