Vincenzo Amato

About

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 UnitSeries • 1999The BlacklistSeries • 2013The Good WifeSeries • 2009ElementarySeries • 2012Gossip GirlSeries • 2007ElsbethSeries • 2024Madam SecretarySeries • 2014DamagesSeries • 2007EvilSeries • 2019American Crime StorySeries • 2016Red NoticeMovie • 2021Fleishman Is in TroubleSeries • 2022In the Hand of DanteMovie • 2026UnbrokenMovie • 2014MaestroMovie • 2023Did You Hear About the Morgans?Movie • 2009Golden DoorMovie • 2006L'immensitàMovie • 2022Unbroken: Path to RedemptionMovie • 2018The WannabeMovie • 2015It’s the LawMovie • 2017Caught by a WaveMovie • 2021Girl on a BicycleMovie • 2013Darker Than MidnightMovie • 2014