Vincent Gallo
Biography
Vincent Gallo (born April 11, 1961) is an American film actor, director, producer, screenwriter, singer-songwriter, and painter. Although he has had minor roles in mainstream films such as Goodfellas, he is most associated with independent movies, including Buffalo '66, which he wrote, directed, did the music for and starred in; The Brown Bunny, which he also wrote, directed, produced, starred in and photographed; Arizona Dream; The Funeral; and Palookaville. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Gallo was a painter in the New York City art scene showing with famed art dealer Annina Nosei, performed in a rap duo and was part of the first hip hop television broadcast Graffiti Rock, and played in an industrial band called Bohack which released an album title It Took Several Wives.
In the early 2000s, he released several solo recordings on WARP records. Gallo is known for his outspoken views and generally sarcastic nature, once stating: "I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings; and I did it out of spite." Gallo was awarded the Coppa Volpi for Best Actor at the 67th Venice International Film Festival for his performance as a wordless escaping Muslim prisoner in Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing. His own feature film Promises Written In Water, which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in, also screened In Competition at the festival.
Acting (56 movies)
Stranded
2001
The House of the Spirits
1993
Arizona Dream
1993
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997
The Funeral
1996
Tetro
2009
Hide and Seek
2000
Buffalo '66
1998
Moscow Zero
2006
Trouble Every Day
2001
Metropia
2009
Shut In
2022
Palookaville
1995
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
2000
Essential Killing
2010
Get Well Soon
2001
2 Days in New York
2012
The Undesirables
2003
Nenette and Boni
1997
Promises Written in Water
2010
The Legend of Kaspar Hauser
2013
U.S. Go Home
1994
Johnny 316
1998
Doc's Kingdom
1988
L.A. Without a Map
1999
Alex
1991
Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood
2004
GoodFellas
1990
Keep It for Yourself
1991
The Human Trust
2013
Night of Pan
2009
42 One Dream Rush
2010
The Agent
2010
Loosies
2012
Oliviero Rising
2009
Goodbye Lover
1999
1989
2009
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
2007
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
2005
Basquiat
1996
Perfect Moment
1997
Angela
1996
Ramones: We're Outta Here!
2004
The Perez Family
1995
Blank City
2011
Lit: All Access
2004
Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ
1981
The Brown Bunny
2003
Figaro Story
1991
Corinne Day Diary
2004
Looking for Enemies Finding Friends
1997
Vincent Gallo Directs
1997
Honey Bunny
2001
The Groovenians
2002
History of the Buffalo Bills
2009
Vincent Gallo: 48 People Who Should be Dead In Hollywood
2003
Directing (12 movies)
Honey Bunny
2001
Buffalo '66
1998
Promises Written in Water
2010
Short Plays
2014
The Agent
2010
The Brown Bunny
2003
Looking for Enemies Finding Friends
1997
Vincent Gallo Directs
1997
John Frusciante Plays and Sings
2001
United States Wins the World Cup
2014
Going Inside
2001
Anea 17
2010
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ | 1981 | Original Music Composer |
| Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ | 1981 | Executive Producer |
| The Way It Is | 1986 | Original Music Composer |
| Fatal Temptation | 1988 | Producer |
| Breath of Life | 1990 | Producer |
| Vincent Gallo Directs | 1997 | Writer |
| Buffalo '66 | 1998 | Screenplay |
| Buffalo '66 | 1998 | Original Music Composer |
| Buffalo '66 | 1998 | Producer |
| Downtown '81 | 2001 | Original Music Composer |
| Honey Bunny | 2001 | Writer |
| Honey Bunny | 2001 | Producer |
| The Brown Bunny | 2003 | Screenplay |
| The Brown Bunny | 2003 | Producer |
| Promises Written in Water | 2010 | Producer |
| Promises Written in Water | 2010 | Original Music Composer |
| Promises Written in Water | 2010 | Screenplay |
| The Agent | 2010 | Screenplay |
| The Agent | 2010 | Producer |
| The Agent | 2010 | Executive Producer |
| The Agent | 2010 | Original Music Composer |