
Vincenzo Amato
Born: 1966-03-30
Place of birth: Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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.
Filmography

Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan
2016

Ciao America
2002

Gossip Girl
2007

Under the Nails
1993

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Evil
2019

The Blacklist
2013

Elementary
2012

The Good Wife
2009

American Crime Story
2016

Damages
2007

Unbroken
2014

Fleishman Is in Trouble
2022

Madam Secretary
2014

Elsbeth
2024

Storia di Nilde
2019

Red Notice
2021

Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018