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Vincenzo Amato
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.
As actor
In the Hand of Dante
Crescendo
Smoke Signals
The Healer
Maestro
L'immensità
Through the Waves
Red Notice
Caught by a Wave
Breathless
Light in the Tropics
Tornare
Storia di Nilde
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
It’s the Law
The Habit of Beauty
Sicilian Ghost Story
Veleni
Abbraccialo per me
Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan
The Wannabe
Soundtrack - Ti spio, ti guardo, ti ascolto
War Story
Darker Than Midnight
Unbroken
Girl on a Bicycle
The Volcano Exiles
Vinodentro
La scuola è finita
Did You Hear About the Morgans?