Vince Colosimo

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name = Vince Colosimo


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Vince Colosimo (born 11 November 1966 in Melbourne) is an Australian stage and screen actor of Italian descent. He has worked in both Australia and the United States.

Personal life

Colosimo is not married. He has a daughter Lucia (2002) with his former partner, actress Jane Hall. Colosimo and Hall worked together on "A Country Practice" in 1994. He lives in North Fitzroy, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. Colosimo is the cousin of Simon ColosimoFact|date=March 2008, who plays for Sydney FC, a team competing in Australia's A-League.

Television and film career

Making his film debut in the coming-of-age story "Moving Out" (1983), it is probably Colosimo's performance in the comedy "The Wog Boy" (2000) that gained him attention. His performance as Dr. Rex Mariani in "The Secret Life of Us" resulted in further exposure. Other credits to his name include the cult movie "Chopper" (2000), in which he played Melbourne drug dealer Neville Bartos opposite Eric Bana, "Lantana" (2001), "Walking on Water" (2002), "Take Away" (2004) and "Opal Dream" (2006), and TV series "After the Deluge" (2003), "Blue Heelers" (2005), "MDA" (2005) and City Homicide (2007). His American credits include popular shows such as "The Practice" and "Without a Trace".

In 2008, Colosimo had a busy year. He portrayed Melbourne Gangland figure Alphonse Gangitano in the channel 9 series " Underbelly" and played Ned in Channel Ten's telemovie Emerald Falls. Later in 2008, Colosimo will appear in "Carla Cametti PD" a six part series that will air on SBS and will also appear in the Channel Nine Telemovie Scorched (telemovie). He also appeared in Top Gear Australia's "Star in a reasonably priced car" section in the first episode, and starred alongside Leonardo Di Caprio in the 2008 American Film Body of Lies.

Awards

AFI Awards
* 2002 - Nominated for Best Actor in a Lead Role (for "Walking On Water")
* 2001 - Won for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (for "Lantana")
* 1982 - Nominated for Best Actor in a Lead Role (for "Moving Out")