Vincent Gallo for Raw Magazine

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"Vincent Gallo (Buffalo, Nova Iorque, 11 de abril de 1962) é um ator, diretor de cinema, produtor e músico dos Estados Unidos da América.

Vincent Gallo está sempre associado a filmes independentes, embora já tenha atuado em papéis menores em filmes de grande produção, como em Os Bons Companheiros, de Martin Scorsese. Estrelou, escreveu, produziu e dirigiu Bufallo '66,talvez seu mais reconhecido filme. Nos anos 1980, Vincent Gallo trabalhou como pintor figurativo em Nova York, participando ainda de uma banda chamada Bohack.

Seus pais saíram da Sicilia, na Itália, e foram para os Estados Unidos. Aos 16 anos, seu pai o expulsou de casa e ele continuou vivendo em Nova York algum tempo, até decidir passar uma temporada na Europa.

Ao voltar, começou posando para o famoso estilista Calvin Klein, sendo ainda fotografado por Richard Avedon. Logo se tornou pintor, depois motoqueiro, e finalmente ator.

Além de Bufallo '66, dirigiu, escreveu, produziu e estrelou em Brown Bunny, junto de Chloë Sevigny, famoso filme por conter uma cena ultra-realista, em que a citada atriz pratica sexo oral com ele.

Vincent Gallo (born April 11, 1961) is an Italian-American film director and actor. Though 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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