Vincenzo Colosimo 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 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.Who Do You Think You are? SBS television ancestry show, Vice Colosimo S4 Episode 24, aired April 2012
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. Colosimo also appeared in the vampire film Daybreakers, starring alongside Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe and Ethan Hawke.
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?Who Do You Think You are? SBS television ancestry show, Vince Colosimo, Series 4 Episode 4, aired 17 April 2012
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.
A sample of Colosimo's voice appears in "Snitch" by Vanessa Amorosi from her 2009 album Hazardous.
In 2026 Colosimo appeared in the music video for the song "Level 5" by fellow Australian band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard.
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 + Year Title Role Notes 1983 Moving Out Gino Feature filmNominated – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1984 Street Hero Vinnie Feature film 1988 All the Way Joe Bianchi TV miniseries 1993 Seven Deadly Sins Sloth TV miniseries 2000 The Wog Boy Frank Feature film 2000 Chopper Neville Bartos Feature film 2001Lantana Nik Daniels Feature filmAACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleNominated — FCCA Award for Best Supporting Actor 2002 Walking on Water Charlie Feature film Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleNominated — FCCA Award for Best Leading ActorNominated – IF Award for Best Actor 2002 The Hard Word Detective Mike Kelly Feature film 2002 Secret Bridemaids' Business James William Davis TV movie 2002 The Nugget Dimitri Feature film 2003 Ain't Got No Jazz Bartender Short Film 2003 After the Deluge Eric TV movie 2003 Take Away Tony Stilano Feature film 2005 BlackJack: Sweet Science Nick Delos TV movie 2005 Life Michael Cardamone TV movie 2006 Opal Dream Rex Williamson Feature film 2006 Solo Keeling Feature film 2007 St. George Short film 2008 Emerald Falls Ned Montoya TV movie 2008 Scorched Michael Francia TV movie 2008 Body of Lies Skip Feature film 2009 Daybreakers Christopher Caruso Feature film 2010 Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story Joe Korp TV movie 2010 Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos Frank Feature film 2011 Panic at Rock Island Hirsch TV movie 2011 Face to Face Greg Baldoni Newport Beach Film Festival Jury Award for Best ActorNominated – IF Award for Best Actor 2011 Swerve Sam Feature film 2013 The Great GatsbyMichaelis Feature film 2013 The 34th Battalion Donnelly Pre-Production 2014 Schapelle Corby's Lawyer TV movie 2023 Wog Boy 3: Wog Boys Forever Frank Feature film 2022Girl at the WindowChrisFeature Film
Television Year Title Role Notes 1994 A Country Practice Sergeant Danny Sabatini TV series, 4 episodes 1997 Good Guys, Bad Guys Zoran TV series, episode: "Gone to the Dogs" 1999 Halifax f.p. Detective Johnson TV series, episode: "Someone You Know" 2000 Stingers Paul Braun TV series, 3 episodes 2001–02 Something in the Air Joe Sabatini TV series, 29 episodes 2003 Kath & Kim Jared TV series, episode: "Obsession" 2003 Without a Trace Gus Finn TV series, episode: "Trip Box" 2004The Practice Matthew Billings TV series, 5 episodes 2005 Blue Heelers Bill Lapscott TV series, 3 episodes 2005 MDA Dr. Andrew Morello TV series, 4 episodes 2005We Can Be Heroes Himself TV series, episode 6 2006 Two Twisted Duncan Cross TV series, episode: "Love Crimes" 2007 City Homicide Ernie Calabrese TV series, 2 episodes 2008 Underbelly Alphonse Gangitano TV miniseries, 2 episodesNominated – Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor 2009 Carla Cometti PD Luciano Gandolfi TV series 2010 The Librarians Adrian Green TV series, 3 episodes Australian Families of Crime Narrator TV series, episode: "Killer Couple: David and Catherine McBirnie" Cops LAC Dominic Salter TV series, episode: "I'll See You" 2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Hector Chambers TV series, episode: "Murder in Montparnasse" 2013 Spartacus: War of the Damned Herocleo TV series, 3 episodes Janet King Jack Rizzoli TV series, 8 episodes 2014 Fat Tony & Co. Alphonse Gangitano TV miniseries, 1 episode It's A Date Harry TV series, 1 episode 2017 The Warriors Mark Spinotti TV series 2018 Underbelly Files: Chopper Alphonse Gangitano TV miniseries, 2 episodes 2019 Reef Break Mr. Pink TV series, 3 episodes 2024 Last Days of the Space Age Rocco Giliberto TV series, 7 episodes
Music video + Year Title Role Notes 2026 Level 5 Cameo appearance
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''.
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