Vincent Gallo
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.
65 acting credits · 11 directing credits
Acting · 65
The Equalizer
1985
GoodFellas
1990
Dirt
2007
The Howard Stern Show
1994
The House of the Spirits
1993
Buffalo '66
1998
My Coolest Years
2004
Trouble Every Day
2001
The Brown Bunny
2003
Basquiat
1996
Arizona Dream
1993
Shut In
2022
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997
The Human Trust
2013
The Funeral
1996
Metropia
2009
Tetro
2009
Graffiti Rock
1984
Goodbye Lover
1999
The Groovenians
2002
42 One Dream Rush
2010
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
2000
The Perez Family
1995
L.A. Without a Map
1999
Get Well Soon
2001
Hide and Seek
2000
Blank City
2011
Loosies
2012
2 Days in New York
2012
Angela
1996
Palookaville
1995
Moscow Zero
2006
Essential Killing
2010
Stranded
2001
Figaro Story
1991
Nenette and Boni
1997
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
2005
Johnny 316
1998
Oliviero Rising
2009
Golden State Killer
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U.S. Go Home
1995
Keep It for Yourself
1991
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
2007
Ramones: We're Outta Here!
2004
The Legend of Kaspar Hauser
2013
The Way It Is
1986
The Groovenians
2002
Perfect Moment
1997
Promises Written in Water
2010
History of the Buffalo Bills
2009
Lit: All Access
2004
Vincent Gallo: 48 People Who Should be Dead In Hollywood
2003
Doc's Kingdom
1988
Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ
1981
The Agent
2010
The Undesirables
2003
Looking for Enemies Finding Friends
1997
Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood
2004
Alex
1991
Vampire Lestat
1987
1989
2009
Honey Bunny
2001
Corinne Day Diary
2004
Night of Pan
2009
Vincent Gallo Directs
1997
Directing · 11
Buffalo '66
1998
The Brown Bunny
2003
Promises Written in Water
2010
The Agent
2010
Looking for Enemies Finding Friends
1997
Short Plays
2014
Honey Bunny
2001
Vincent Gallo Directs
1997
John Frusciante Plays and Sings
2001
Anea 17
2010
United States Wins the World Cup
2014