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Vince Colosimo

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Vince Colosimo
Colosimo at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards
Born
Vincenzo Colosimo

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)Actor, businessman
Years active1983–present
SpouseJane Hall (1996–2007)
Children2

Vincenzo Colosimo is an Australian stage, television and screen actor. He has worked in both Australia and the United States. He is of Italian descent and lives in Melbourne, Australia. He was previously married to Australian actress Jane Hall.

Early life

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Colosimo was born in Melbourne, one of four children of Italian-born parents from Calabria. He grew up in the inner city suburb of Carlton North.[1]

Career

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Film

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Colosimo has had success in film and television in Australia and abroad. He debuted in the coming-of-age story Moving Out in 1983 and featured in 1984's Street Hero.[2]

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 (2003); and Opal Dream (2006).[2] In 2008, he starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2008 American film Body of Lies.[3] In 2010, Colosimo starred in the sequel Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos.[3] Colosimo also appeared in the vampire film Daybreakers, starring alongside Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe and Ethan Hawke.[4]

In 2011 he starred in the film Face to Face, and in 2012 he starred in Starz "Spartacus" Season 4, portraying a pirate leader.

In 2013 he appeared as a coffee shop owner in The Great Gatsby alongside Leonardo DiCaprio.

Television

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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.[3] Vince also starred as himself in episode 6 of the hit ABC series We Can Be Heroes.[3]

From 2005 until late 2007, Colosimo 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).[5]

2008 was a busy year for Colosimo. He portrayed Melbourne gangland figure Alphonse Gangitano in the Channel 9 series Underbelly (in a guest role); 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.[6]

In early 2009, Colosimo appeared in Carla Cametti PD, a six-part series that aired on SBS.[7] In 2010, he had the leading male role in the tele-movie, Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story about the Maria Korp case.

In 2012 he and his ancestors featured in the SBS show, Who Do You Think You Are?[8]

He reprising his role of Alphonse Gangitano in the Underbelly sequel/spin-off series Fat Tony & Co. in 2013, featuring in one episode.

In May 2022, Colosimo appeared as a contestant on the sixth season of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia.[9]

Other endeavours

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Colosimo was part-owner of a cafe in Northcote, Espresso Alley, with Vince Mazzone.[10][11]

He also sampled his voice on Snitch by Vanessa Amorosi in on her 2009 album Hazardous (album)[12]

Personal life

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He has a daughter, Lucia (born 2002), with his former wife, actress Jane Hall.[13] Colosimo and Hall worked together on A Country Practice in 1994. He lived in Westgarth, a suburb of Melbourne, until late 2015.[14] The mother of his second child is Australian actress Diana Glenn with whom he had a son, Massimo, in April 2014. The couple separated two months after the birth of Massimo.[15][16][17]

In September 2016, Colosimo was charged by police after he was found in possession of methamphetamine in Melbourne's north.[18] In January 2017, he appeared in court where he had pleaded guilty and was fined $1000 without conviction and was put under a good behaviour bond for a year.[19][16]

In October 2022, Colosimo was fined $2500 for drunk driving and lying to the police about his identity.[20]

Credits

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1983 Moving Out Gino Feature film
Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1984 Street Hero Vinnie Feature film
1988 All the Way Joe Bianchi TV miniseries
1993 Seven Deadly Sins Sloth TV miniseries
2000 The Wog Boy Frank Feature film
2000 Chopper Neville Bartos Feature film
2001 Lantana Nik Daniels Feature film
AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated — FCCA Award for Best Supporting Actor
2002 Walking on Water Charlie Feature film
Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated — FCCA Award for Best Leading Actor
Nominated – IF Award for Best Actor
2002 The Hard Word Detective Mike Kelly Feature film
2002 Secret Bridemaids' Business James William Davis TV movie
2002 The Nugget Dimitri Feature film
2003 Ain't Got No Jazz Bartender Short Film
2003 After the Deluge Eric TV movie
2003 Take Away Tony Stilano Feature film
2005 BlackJack: Sweet Science Nick Delos TV movie
2005 Life Michael Cardamone TV movie
2006 Opal Dream Rex Williamson Feature film
2006 Solo Keeling Feature film
2007 St. George Short film
2008 Emerald Falls Ned Montoya TV movie
2008 Scorched Michael Francia TV movie
2008 Body of Lies Skip Feature film
2009 Daybreakers Christopher Caruso Feature film
2010 Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story Joe Korp TV movie
2010 Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos Frank Feature film
2011 Panic at Rock Island Hirsch TV movie
2011 Face to Face Greg Baldoni Newport Beach Film Festival Jury Award for Best Actor
Nominated – IF Award for Best Actor
2011 Swerve Sam Feature film
2013 The Great Gatsby Michaelis Feature film
2013 The 34th Battalion Donnelly Pre-Production
2014 Schapelle Corby's Lawyer TV movie
2023 Wog Boy 3: Wog Boys Forever Frank Feature film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 A Country Practice Sergeant Danny Sabatini TV series, 4 episodes
1997 Good Guys, Bad Guys Zoran TV series, episode: Gone to the Dogs
1999 Halifax f.p. Detective Johnson TV series, episode: Someone You Know
2000 Stingers Paul Braun TV series, 3 episodes
2001–02 Something in the Air Joe Sabatini TV series, 29 episodes
2003 Kath & Kim Jared TV series, episode: Obsession
2003 Without a Trace Gus Finn TV series, episode: Trip Box
2004 The Practice Matthew Billings TV series, 5 episodes
2005 Blue Heelers Andrew Lapscott TV series, 3 episodes
2005 MDA Dr. Andrew Morello TV series, 4 episodes
2005 We Can Be Heroes Himself TV series, episode 6
2006 Two Twisted Duncan Cross TV series, episode: Love Crimes
2007 City Homicide Ernie Calabrese TV series, 2 episodes
2008 Underbelly Alphonse Gangitano TV miniseries, 2 episodes
Nominated – Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor
2009 Carla Cometti PD Luciano Gandolfi TV series
2010 The Librarians Adrian Green TV series, 3 episodes
2010 Australian Families of Crime Narrator TV series, episode: Killer Couple: David and Catherine McBirnie
2010 Cops LAC Dominic Salter TV series, episode: I'll See You
2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Hector Chambers TV series, episode: Murder in Montparnasse
2013 Spartacus: War of the Damned Herocleo TV series, 3 episodes
2013 Janet King Jack Rizzoli TV series, 8 episodes
2014 Fat Tony & Co. Alphonse Gangitano TV miniseries, 1 episode
2014 It's A Date Harry TV series, 1 episode
2017 The Warriors Mark Spinotti TV series
2018 Underbelly Files: Chopper Alphonse Gangitano TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2019 Reef Break Mr. Pink TV series, 3 episodes

Awards

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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

Newport Beach Film Festival, USA

References

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  1. ^ Who Do You Think You are? SBS television ancestry show, Vice Colosimo S4 Episode 24, aired April 2012
  2. ^ a b "smh.com.au – A star is reborn". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 April 2002.
  3. ^ a b c d Vince Colosimo at IMDb
  4. ^ Examiner, Huddersfield (11 January 2010). "Fresh: Review of Daybreakers".
  5. ^ "Vince Colosimo: Behind Closed Doors: MDA". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 January 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  6. ^ "Category". Herald Sun. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Category". Herald Sun. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  8. ^ Who Do You Think You are? SBS television ancestry show, Vince Colosimo, Series 4 Episode 4, aired 17 April 2012
  9. ^ Knox, David (22 May 2022). "Celebrity Apprentice 2022: Meet the Cast". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Time Out | Best Things to do and Events in Cities Worldwide".
  11. ^ "Espresso". The Age. Melbourne. 7 February 2012.
  12. ^ "Hazardous – Vanessa Amorosi – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic". AllMusic.
  13. ^ "Vince Colosimo wants his split". 24 May 2008.
  14. ^ "Category". Herald Sun. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  15. ^ Kalina, Paul (28 February 2014). "Lunch with ... Vince Colosimo". The Age.
  16. ^ a b "Underbelly star faces jail, court told, but not till he's back from Cannes". 27 May 2022.
  17. ^ "About".
  18. ^ "Vince Colosimo to face court over alleged drug possession". News.com.au. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  19. ^ "Actor Vince Colosimo fined $1000 for drug possession". News.com.au. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  20. ^ Woods, Emily (10 May 2023). "Actor Vince Colosimo faces co".
  21. ^ a b "Vince Colosimo". IMDb.
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