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Also known as Vince Gallo, V. Gallo, Vinnie Gallo

American film director, writer, model, actor and musician

Person · Open Library

Born
1962
Works
3

Top works

  • Vincent Gallo
  • Vincent Gallo 1999
  • Vincent Gallo Paintings and Drawings 1982-1988 (Art Random No 5)

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1961-04-11
americanwarp

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
204,658
Total plays
3,691,228

Tags

Lo-Fiexperimentalindiesinger-songwriterambient

Vincent Gallo (born Buffalo, New York 11 April 1961) is an Italian American movie actor and director starring in a number of independent movies, notably Buffalo '66 and The Brown Bunny. He is loved and admired by sick, masochistic girls known to have daddy issues. Musically, his work can be devoid of grandeur and often absent are "pop" aesthetics of strict meter, tempo, or modern recording techniques. Gallo instead focuses on mood, gesture and adds elements of early 20th century style. <a href="

via Last.fm · Vincent Gallo

Quotes

  • I constantly try to reinvent my sensibilities and my ideas. I enjoy some of the satisfaction that I get when I feel good about what I've done. But the process is quite lonely and quite painful.
  • One has to be slightly unpopular to have a profound vision.
  • Let’s make decisions for the good of all. Let’s really think in a broader way. Let’s think a little past the obvious. And in that regard I’m always shot down, I’m always called a fascist, I’m always called a homophobe, and I’m always called a freak because I’m conservative politically. But how many phony liberals in Hollywood have danced at the Gaiety? I did. And part of me understands when I’m bashed in the media, for the things that I say, because I use loose language and crude descriptions.
  • I have no publicist, no agent, no manager, no lawyer, no assistant, no helper, no stylist, no intern, no maid, no gardener, nothing. Oh, I have a dentist. I had a shrink but he died 9 years ago, right when I needed him most.
  • I like nice, honest, talented people.
  • I don't trust or love anyone.Because people are all creepy. Creepy creepy creeps. Creeping around. Creeping here and creeping there. Creeping everywhere. Crippity crappity creepies.

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Key facts

Born
( 1961-04-11 ) April 11, 1961 (age 65) , Buffalo, New York , U.S.
Occupations
Actor filmmaker musician model painter
Years active
1981–present
Notable work
Buffalo '66 The Brown Bunny Essential Killing
Genres
Alternative film score
Instruments
Vocals bass guitar guitar
Label
Warp
Formerly of
Gray Bohack Bunny
Website
vincentgallo .com

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Encyclopedic overview

Vincent Gallo (born April 11, 1961) is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician. He has won several accolades, including a Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and has been nominated for the Palme d'Or, the Golden Lion, and the Bronze Horse.

Gallo was a successful painter and musician, working with Jean-Michel Basquiat and Lukas Haas. Gallo later became an actor and starred in films including Arizona Dream (1993), The House of the Spirits (1993), Palookaville (1995), The Funeral (1996), Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999), Trouble Every Day (2001), Stranded (2001), Tetro (2009), Metropia (2009), Essential Killing (2010), The Legend of Kaspar Hauser (2012), and Shut In (2022).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vincent Gallo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.