Person
Vincenzo Amato
Acting · Born 1966-03-30 · Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Inspector Rossi
The Blacklist
Marcus
Damages
Italian Investor
The Good Wife
Judge Ciccone
Elementary
Guillaume de Soto
Elsbeth
Tailor
Gossip Girl
Emilio Pivano
Madam Secretary
Italian Ambassador Vittorio Civarelli
Evil
Sternest Priest
American Crime Story
Versace Spokesman
Filmography
- 2026In the Hand of DanteMichele Sindona
- 2026CrescendoPiazzoni
- 2024The HealerEric Marchese
- 2024Smoke SignalsGiovanni Kessler
- 2024ElsbethTailor
- 2023MaestroBruno Zirato
- 2022Through the WavesSalvo
- 2022Fleishman Is in TroubleDr. Romalino
- 2022L'immensitàFelice
- 2021Red NoticeDirector Gallo
- 2021BreathlessOscar Romano
- 2021Caught by a WaveAntonio
- 2020Light in the Tropics
- 2019Storia di Nilde
- 2019TornareMarc
- 2019EvilSternest Priest
- 2018Unbroken: Path to RedemptionAnthony Zamperini
- 2017Sicilian Ghost StoryPadre di Luna
- 2017VeleniStars
- 2017The Habit of BeautyErnesto
- 2017It’s the LawPierpaolo Natoli
- 2016Catturandi - Nel Nome del PadreNatale Sciacca
- 2016Abbraccialo per mePietro
- 2016Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan
- 2016American Crime StoryVersace Spokesman
- 2015The WannabeRichie
- 2015Soundtrack - Ti spio, ti guardo, ti ascoltoPaolo
- 2014UnbrokenAnthony Zamperini
- 2014Madam SecretaryItalian Ambassador Vittorio Civarelli
- 2014Darker Than MidnightMassimo
- 2014War StoryFilippo
- 2013VinodentroGiovanni
- 2013The BlacklistMarcus
- 2013The Volcano Exiles
- 2013Girl on a BicyclePaolo Moretti
- 2012ElementaryGuillaume de Soto
- 2010Longlasting YouthSimone Nicolai
- 2010La scuola è finitaAldo Talarico
- 2009Did You Hear About the Morgans?Girard Rabelais
- 2009The Good WifeJudge Ciccone
- 2008EinsteinAlbert Einstein
- 2007Gossip GirlEmilio Pivano
- 2007The Sweet and the BitterVito Scordia, Saro's father
- 2007DamagesItalian Investor
- 2006Golden DoorSalvatore Mancuso
- 2002RespiroPietro
- 2002Ciao America
- 2001Prison SongStore Owner
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitInspector Rossi
- 1997Once We Were Strangers
- 1993Under the NailsThanks
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