Vince Colosimo

Vincenzo Colosimo
Colosimo at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards.
Born	11 November 1966 (1966-11-11) Melbourne, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present

Vincenzo Colosimo (born 11 November 1966) is an Australian AFI Award winning stage, television and screen actor. He has worked in both Australia and the United States.

Personal life

Colosimo was born in Melbourne and is of Italian descent^{[citation needed]}. He has a daughter, Lucia (2002), with his former partner, actress Jane Hall. Colosimo and Hall worked together on A Country Practice in 1994.^{[citation needed]}

He was selected as one of the entrants to the Who's Who in Australia 2011 edition.

Career

Film career

Colosimo has had some success on film, mainly in Australia. He made his film debut in the coming-of-age story Moving Out in 1982 and featured in 1984's Street Hero.

Other credits include the cult movie Chopper (2000), in which he played Melbourne drug dealer Neville Bartos opposite Eric Bana, The Wog Boy (2000) Lantana (2001), Walking on Water (2002), The Nugget (2002), Take Away (2004) and Opal Dream (2006). In 2008, he starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2008 American film Body of Lies. He is scheduled to act in Australian-based director Mario Andreacchio's movie entitled "The Last Dragon" in 2009. In 2010, Colosimo starred in Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos (the sequel to Wog Boy). Colosimo also appeared in the vampire film Daybreakers, starring alongside Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe and Ethan Hawke.

In 2011, he starred in the film Face to Face.

Television career

Despite several movie roles and guest roles in A Country Practice (1994), Good Guys Bad Guys (1997) and Stingers (2002), it was not until his performance as Joe Sabatini in Something in the Air in 2001 and 2002 that resulted in wider exposure.^{[citation needed]} In 2003, he starred in the telemovie, After the Deluge. In 2003 and 2004, he played Dr. Rex Mariani in The Secret Life of Us. Vince also starred as himself in episode 6 of the hit ABC series We Can Be Heroes. He is chosen as the actor to play Phil Olivetti in the fictional mini-series within the show.^{[citation needed]}

From 2005 until late 2007, Colosmio had guest roles in Blue Heelers (2005), MDA (2005), Two Twisted (2006) and City Homicide (2007). His American credits include popular shows such as The Practice (2004) and Without a Trace (2003).

In 2008, Colosimo had a busy year. He portrayed Melbourne Gangland figure Alphonse Gangitano in the Channel 9 series Underbelly (in a guest role), played in Channel Ten's telemovie Emerald Falls and Channel Nine's Scorched. He also appeared in Top Gear Australia's "Star in a bog-standard car" section in the first episode.

In early 2009, Colosimo appeared in Carla Cametti PD, a six part series that aired on SBS. Colosimo also narrates Customs for Channel Nine. In 2010, he had the leading male-role in the tele-movie, Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story.

Filmography

• 1983: Moving Out as Gino
• 1984: Street Hero as Vinnie
• 1988: All the Way as Joe Bianchi (Tv-mini series)
• 1993: Seven Deadly Sins as Sloth (Tv-mini series)
• 1994: A Country Practice as Danny Sabatini (2 episodes)
• 1997: Halifax f.p:Someone You Know as Det. Johnson
• 1997: Goodguys Badguys as Zoron (1 episode, Gone To The Dogs)
• 2000: The Wog Boy as Frank
• 2000: Chopper as Neville Bartos
• 2000: Stingers as Paul Braun (3 episodes)
• 2001: Lantana as Nik D'Amato
• 2001–2002: Something In The Air as Joe Sabatini (29 episodes)
• 2002: Walking On Water as Charlie
• 2002: The Hard Word as Kelly
• 2002: Secret Bridesmaids Business as James "William" Davis
• 2002: The Nugget as Dimitri
• 2002–2003: The Secret Life Of Us as Dr.Anthony 'Rex' Mariani
• 2003: Ain't Got No Jazz as Bartender
• 2003: After The Deluge as Eric (Tv-mini series)
• 2003: Take Away as Tony Stilano
• 2003: Kath & Kim as Jared (1 episode, Obsession)
• 2003: Without A Trace as Gus Finn (1 episode)
• 2004: The Practice
• 2004: Black Jack: Sweet Sacrifice as Nick Delos
• 2005: Blue Heelers as Bill Lapscott (3 episodes)
• 2005: MDA as Dr. Andrew Morello (4 episodes)
• 2005: Opal Dream as Rex Williamson
• 2005: Life as Micheal Lardamane
• 2006: Solo as Keeling
• 2006: Two Twisted as Duncan (1 episode, Love Crime's)
• 2007: City Homicide as Ernie Calabrese (2 episodes)
• 2008: Underbelly as Alphonse Gangitano (2 episodes)
• 2008: Emerald Falls as Ned Montoya
• 2008: Scorched as Micheal Francia
• 2008: Body of Lies as Skip
• 2009: Carla Cametti PD as Luciano Gandolfi
• 2009: The Librarians as Adrian Green
• 2010: Daybreakers as Christopher
• 2010: Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story as Joe Korp
• 2010: Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos as Frank
• 2010: The Last Dragon: Search For The Last Pearl as TBA (In Production)
• 2010: The Floating Sword as TBA (In Production)
• 2011: Last Man as TBA (In Development)
• 2011: Face to Face as Greg Baldoni

Awards

AFI Awards

• 1982 – Nominated for 'Best Actor in a Lead Role' (for Moving Out)
• 2001 – Won for 'Best Actor in a Supporting Role' (for Lantana)
• 2002 – Nominated for 'Best Actor in a Lead Role' (for Walking On Water)
• 2008 – Nominated for 'Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama' (for Underbelly)

Logie Awards

• 2009 – Nominated for – Most Outstanding Actor' (for Underbelly)

External links

• Vince Colosimo at the Internet Movie Database