Biography
Vincent Gallo (born April 11, 1961) is an American film actor, director, producer, screenwriter, singer-songwriter, and painter. Although he has had minor roles in mainstream films such as Goodfellas, he is most associated with independent movies, including Buffalo '66, which he wrote, directed, did the music for and starred in; The Brown Bunny, which he also wrote, directed, produced, starred in and photographed; Arizona Dream; The Funeral; and Palookaville. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, G...
Known For
Complete Filmography
A Terceira Face
2025
as Old voice (archive footage)
Hateful poetry, old audio files and archive voices, against the shadow of a frustrated face.
Memória
2023
Songs
Shut In
2022
as Sammy
A young single mother is held captive along with her two children by a violent ex and must plot their escape before it’s too late.
Short Plays
2014
Director
Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world.
United States Wins the World Cup
2014
Director, Music
A highly conceptual film commenting on national pride and international sports.
The Human Trust
2013
as Harold Marcus
A professional scammer is hired by a wealthy young businessman to find a hidden treasure looted from the Bank of Japan and supposedly stashed away by ...
The Legend of Kaspar Hauser
2013
as The Pusher / The Sheriff
Arriving on a deserted beach in the Mediterranean sea, in a time and a place unspecified, Kaspar Hauser is forced to confront the evil of a Grand Duch...
2 Days in New York
2012
as Himself
Marion and Mingus both come from failed relationships but, by bringing their children together, they've managed to form a small yet happy family. Tens...
Loosies
2012
as Jax
A young pickpocket in the New York subways, living a fast, free, lifestyle is confronted by a woman whom he had a one night affair with, she informs h...
Blank City
2011
as Self (archive footage)
In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire circu...
Wretches & Jabberers
2011
Music
In 'Wretches & Jabberers and Stories from the Road', two men with autism embark on a global quest to change prevailing attitudes about disability and ...
42 One Dream Rush
2010
as Pan
Collection of short films by various directors based on dreams, 42 seconds each. It was produced by the world's most awarded vodka "42 Below", known f...
The Agent
2010
as The Talent
The talent agent Ari Sheinwold is visited one day by his top client Vincent Gallo for a meeting, which begins with some good news. When Sheinwold does...
The Agent
2010
Executive Producer, Producer, Art Direction
The talent agent Ari Sheinwold is visited one day by his top client Vincent Gallo for a meeting, which begins with some good news. When Sheinwold does...
Promises Written in Water
2010
as Kevin
Kevin is a long-time, professional assassin, specializing in the termination of life. Mallory is a wild, poetic, beautiful young woman confronting her...
Promises Written in Water
2010
Art Direction, Director, Original Music Composer
Kevin is a long-time, professional assassin, specializing in the termination of life. Mallory is a wild, poetic, beautiful young woman confronting her...
Essential Killing
2010
as Mohammed
A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.
Anea 17
2010
Director
A conceptual, minimalist, experimental film designed to play directly along with music by John Frusciante. Screened once in public, 2017.
Metropia
2009
as Roger Olofsson (voice)
In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger h...
History of the Buffalo Bills
2009
as Self
The Complete History of the Buffalo Bills showcases one of the proudest franchises in pro football history. Relive the glory days of the American Foot...
Tetro
2009
as Angelo 'Tetro' Tetrocini
Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's disco...
1989
2009
as Ernest
A story about human nature. Two characters depict their soul and personality on the prelude of a deal. 1989 shows the tragedy of violence, not as an a...
The Mother of Invention
2009
Thanks
A mockumentary about an aspiring inventor who dreams of winning an annual young inventor award. The only problem is... he's never made an invention th...
Night of Pan
2009
as Pan - The Legend
A magician encounters the void that separates the human mind from divine consciousness and in turn faces the mad god.
Oliviero Rising
2009
as Oliviero
A young and charming employee finds himself victim of an "office intrigue" engineered by his attractive female boss.
Cannes: All Access
2007
as Self (archive footage)
From its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach town in the south of France, the prestigious Cannes Film Festival has become the must-attend red ...
Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
2007
as Himself
From Japan to America, the LV sign dominates the fashion scene. And, one man alone designs the Louis Vuitton creations the exceptional Marc Jacobs. Wi...
Moscow Zero
2006
as Owen
In Moscow, the priest Owen hires a team to guide him in the underworld to find his friend Sergei that is missing while researching the legend about th...
Vic
2006
Thanks
Chronicles a few days in the life of Vic Reeves, a down-on-his-luck Los Angeles actor in his seventies. Haunted by memories of his former glory days i...
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
2005
as Self (segment "99 Problems")
More than two-dozen music-videos directed by filmmaker Mark Romanek (One-Hour Photo) are collected together in this compilation from Palm Pictures. Am...
Lit: All Access
2004
as Self (segment "Bitter")
With over two hours of footage covering the band's 10 year history, "All Access" provides an insightful and entertaining glimpse into their rise to st...
Ramones: We're Outta Here!
2004
as Himself
Documentary covering The Ramones' long and eventful history, with footage from their final ever show at the Palace in Hollywood, 6th August 1996. Inte...
Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood
2004
as Himself
Arnold "The Governator" Schwarzenegger and Mel Gibson aren't the only conservative thinkers in Tinseltown. Challenging the notion that every actor is ...
Kill Your Idols
2004
Thanks
A 2004 documentary on thirty years of alternative rock 'n roll in NYC.Documenting the history from the genuine authenticity of No Wave to the current ...
Corinne Day Diary
2004
as Himself
Shot over a 10-year period by Corinne Day's boyfriend, Mark Szaszy, this fascinating biographical film explores the life and work of one of Britain's ...
The Undesirables
2003
as Tony Bendando
USA, 1951. When a group of Italian immigrants suspected to have connections with the Mafia are sent back to Italy with the brand of "undesirable", a j...
Vincent Gallo: 48 People Who Should be Dead In Hollywood
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Jacques Peretti's fictional interview with the controversial and quixotic Vincent Gallo, a cult figure in Hollywood despite his criticism of Tinseltow...
The Brown Bunny
2003
as Bud Clay
Bud Clay races motorcycles in the 250cc Formula II class of road racing. After a race in New Hampshire, he has five days to get to his next race in Ca...
The Brown Bunny
2003
Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography
Bud Clay races motorcycles in the 250cc Formula II class of road racing. After a race in New Hampshire, he has five days to get to his next race in Ca...
The Groovenians
2002
as Nixon
Two space misfits named Jet and Glindy, who are searching for a planet called Groovenia.
Get Well Soon
2001
as Bobby Bishop / Kevin Moss
After having a nervous breakdown, a popular talk-show host confronts his ex-girlfriend who is dating a cross-dresser.
Stranded
2001
as Luca Baglioni
A team of astronauts on the first mission to Mars crashes onto the surface, losing contact with Earth. With no other recourse, and help millions of mi...
Honey Bunny
2001
as The Emotional Man
Beautiful women spinning in circles.
Honey Bunny
2001
Editor, Writer, Director
Beautiful women spinning in circles.
Downtown '81
2001
Thanks, Original Music Composer
The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicte...
Trouble Every Day
2001
as Dr. Shane Brown
Newlyweds Shane and June arrive in Paris for their honeymoon. In the process of trying to find a cure for his strange, bloodthirsty disease, Shane stu...
Going Inside
2001
Editor, Director, Cinematography
With John Frusciante
John Frusciante Plays and Sings
2001
Director
A visual representation of John Frusciante's album "To Record Only Water for Ten Days". Consisting mostly in several action loops and spinning perform...
Hide and Seek
2000
as Frank
A desperate, childless couple kidnap a pregnant woman and lead her husband to believe that she is dead.
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
2000
as Sister Gomez
A twisted teenage prostitute and an equally deranged vicious killer manage to escape from the pen and embark on a non-stop orgy of violence and debauc...
Goodbye Lover
1999
as Mike
Police investigate when a man having an affair with his brother's wife disappears suddenly.
L.A. Without a Map
1999
as Moss
An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for...
L.A. Without a Map
1999
Music
An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for...
Late August, Early September
1999
Thanks
A book editor juggles relationships with two women while coping with his best friend's terminal illness.
Johnny 316
1998
as Johnny
A preacher without resources spends his days reciting Bible verses. One day he meets a young jobless girl who wanders on Hollywood Boulevard. An impos...
Buffalo '66
1998
as Billy Brown
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is ...
Buffalo '66
1998
Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is ...
Looking for Enemies Finding Friends
1997
as Vincent Gallo NYC 1997
A self-portrait of Vincent Gallo.
Vincent Gallo Directs
1997
as Self
A documentary on the making of “Buffalo 66."
Vincent Gallo Directs
1997
Writer, Director
A documentary on the making of “Buffalo 66."
Looking for Enemies Finding Friends
1997
Director
A self-portrait of Vincent Gallo.
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997
as Raymond Lembecke
Raymond Lembecke is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago. (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap ...
Perfect Moment
1997
as Self
In this documentary, artist-filmmaker Nicholas Hondrogen asks people to describe memorable moments of their lives. Some, such as Norman Lear and India...
Nenette and Boni
1997
as Vincenzo Brown
Teenage siblings Nenette and Boni were raised apart as a result of their parents' divorce. Their mother, who doted on her son Boni, has died. He works...
Basquiat
1996
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
The Funeral
1996
as Johnny
After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.
Angela
1996
as Preacher
A ten year old girl named Angela leads her six year old sister, Ellie, through various regimens of 'purification' in an attempt to rid themselves of t...
Palookaville
1995
as Russell Pataki
Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despit...
The Perez Family
1995
as Orlando
In the midst of the Mariel boat lift -- a hurried exodus of refugees from Cuba going to America -- an immigration clerk accidentally presumes that dis...
U.S. Go Home
1994
as Captain Brown
In the sixties, in a suburb near Paris, Martine wants to lose her virginity.
The House of the Spirits
1993
as Esteban García
A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.
Arizona Dream
1993
as Paul Leger
An Inuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags ...
Alex
1991
as Mário
The story of a child who faces the emptiness that surrounds the figure of his parents, disappeared in Africa.
Keep It for Yourself
1991
as Vito Brown
Sophie comes to New York from France with the intention of joining a man she met a few months before. She finds herself alone in the apartment of the ...
Figaro Story
1991
as Vito Brown (segment "Keep It for Yourself")
An anthology film centering around the worldwide adventures of the Nissan Figaro.
Breath of Life
1990
Producer
Set in Italy in 1946 just after World War 2, the film explores the lives and emotions of a group of patients who are terminally ill and confined to an...
GoodFellas
1990
as Henry's 70's Crew
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks ...
Doc's Kingdom
1988
as Jimmy
An angry young man goes to Europe to find his father, a '60s radical turned doctor in exile.
Fatal Temptation
1988
Producer
A woman's husband is blinded in an auto accident, so she hires the other driver as a chauffeur. Then she catches her blind husband with his mistress s...
Vampire Lestat
1987
"Another Vincent Gallo, Michael Holman, and Suzanne Mallouk collaboration is the short film Vampire LeStat, an exploration into horror." - description...
The Way It Is
1986
as Victor / Heurtebise
A group of actors in the East Village of New York City have been rehearsing for a play when the lead actress in the play turns up dead.
The Way It Is
1986
Original Music Composer
A group of actors in the East Village of New York City have been rehearsing for a play when the lead actress in the play turns up dead.
Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ
1981
as Jesus
Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ
1981
Original Music Composer, Executive Producer
Golden State Killer
N/A
as Joseph James DeAngelo
Follows the Golden State Killer, a serial rapist and murderer who terrorized California during the 1970s and '80s.
Untitled Kiyoshi Kurosawa Cowboy Film
N/A
Plot and release date TBA. Said to be about a cowboy played by Vincent Gallo.