Vince Colosimo

Early life

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.

Career

Film

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.

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). In 2008, he starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2008 American film Body of Lies. In 2010, Colosimo starred in the sequel Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos.

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.

He appeared in the 2018 film The Second.

Television

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. 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. Colosimo also starred as himself in episode 6 of the hit ABC series We Can Be Heroes.

Colosimo had a three episode guest role in Blue Heelers in 2005, followed by roles in 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).

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.

In early 2009, Colosimo appeared in Carla Cametti PD, a six-part series that aired on SBS. 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?

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.

Other endeavours

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

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

Personal life

He has a daughter, Lucia (born 2002), with his former wife, actress Jane Hall. Colosimo and Hall worked together on A Country Practice in 1994. He lived in Westgarth, a suburb of Melbourne, until late 2015. 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. Since 2017 his partner has been Sabella Sugar, a producer at Ultrafilms.

In September 2016, Colosimo was charged by police after he was found in possession of methamphetamine in Melbourne's north. 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.

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

Credits

Film

Television

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)

Newport Beach Film Festival, USA

• 2011 – Jury Award for best actor for Face to Face.

References

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