Vince Colosimo

Vince Colosimo
Colosimo at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards
Born	Vincenzo Colosimo (1966-11-11) 11 November 1966 (age 57) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)	Actor, businessman
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Jane Hall (1996–2007)
Children	2

Vincenzo Colosimo (born 11 November 1966) 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[edit]

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[edit]

Film[edit]

Colosimo has had some success on film, mainly in Australia. He made his film debut 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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] From 2018 his partner has been Sabella Sugar, a producer with Ultrafilms.^[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] Again in April 2021 he was arrested for driving while under the influence of the same drug, facing court and a jail threat.^[20]

In 2023, Colosimo has been forced to face court due to failure to pay over 160 fines totaling over $65,000. In October 2022, Colosimo was fined $2500 for being caught drunk driving and lying to the police about his identity.^[21]

Credits[edit]

Film[edit]

Television[edit]

Awards[edit]

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)^[22]

Newport Beach Film Festival, USA

• 2011 – Jury Award for best actor for Face to Face.^[22]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vince Colosimo.

• Vince Colosimo at IMDb