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Vincent Gallo

Vincent Gallo

Birthday: 1961-04-11 | Place of Birth: Buffalo - New York - USA

Vincent Gallo is American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, singer-songwriter, and painter best known for his films The Brown Bunny (2003) and Buffalo '66 (1998). 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Shut In

as    Sammy

2013
The Legend of Kaspar Hauser

as    The Pusher / The Sheriff

2012
2 Days in New York

as    Himself

2012
Loosies

as    Jax

2010
Promises Written in Water

as    Kevin

2010
Essential Killing

as    Mohammed

2010
42 One Dream Rush

as    Pan (segment "Night of Pan")

2010
Metropia

as    Roger Olofsson (voice)

2009
Tetro

as    Angelo 'Tetro' Tetrocini

2007
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton

as    Himself

2006
Moscow Zero

as    Owen

2004
The Brown Bunny

as    Bud Clay

2004
2004
Ramones: We're Outta Here!

as    Himself

2001
Get Well Soon

as    Bobby Bishop / Kevin Moss

2001
Trouble Every Day

as    Dr. Shane Brown

2001
Stranded

as    Luca Baglioni

2000
Hide and Seek

as    Frank

2000
1999
Goodbye Lover

as    Mike

1999
L.A. Without a Map

as    Moss

1998
Buffalo '66

as    Billy Brown

1997
Truth or Consequences, N.M.

as    Raymond Lembecke

1996
The Funeral

as    Johnny

1996
Angela

as    Preacher

1996
Palookaville

as    Russell Pataki

1995
The Perez Family

as    Orlando

1994
The House of the Spirits

as    Esteban García

1994
Arizona Dream

as    Paul Leger