
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 |