Vincent Gallo

Vincent Gallo

Born: April 11, 1961
in Buffalo - New York - USA
Vincent Gallo is American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, singer-songwriter, and painter best known for his films The Brown Bunny (2003) and Buffalo '66 (1998).

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, Gallo was a painter in the New York City art scene showing with famed art dealer Annina Nosei, performed in a rap duo and was part of the first hip hop television broadcast Graffiti Rock, and played in an industrial band called Bohack which released an album title It Took Several Wives.

In the early 2000s, he released several solo recordings on WARP records. Gallo is known for his outspoken views and generally sarcastic nature, once stating: "I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings; and I did it out of spite." Gallo was awarded the Coppa Volpi for Best Actor at the 67th Venice International Film Festival for his performance as a wordless escaping Muslim prisoner in Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing. His own feature film Promises Written In Water, which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in, also screened In Competition at the festival.

Movies for Vincent Gallo...

Shut In
Title: Shut In
Character: Sammy
Released: March 24, 2022
Type: Movie
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.
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The Human Trust
Title: The Human Trust
Character: Harold Marcus
Released: October 19, 2013
Type: Movie
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 a group of men after WWII in various locations around the globe. Eventually an assassin is put on their trail.
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The Legend of Kaspar Hauser
Title: The Legend of Kaspar Hauser
Character: The Pusher / The Sheriff
Released: June 13, 2013
Type: Movie
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 Duchess who feels threatened by the power she exercises over the community.
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2 Days in New York
Title: 2 Days in New York
Character: Himself
Released: March 28, 2012
Type: Movie
Marion and Mingus both come from failed relationships but, by bringing their children together, they've managed to form a small yet happy family. Tensions in their household soon begin to spike when Marion's jovial father shows up on their doorstep with his randy daughter and her peculiar boyfriend in tow. As the motor-mouthed houseguests shatter every taboo imaginable, the happy couple begin to question their commitment.
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Loosies
Title: Loosies
Character: Jax
Released: February 1, 2012
Type: Movie
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 him that she is now pregnant with his child, he must now choose between continuing the lifestyle he lead or take responsibility for his actions.
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Blank City
Title: Blank City
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 6, 2011
Type: Movie
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 circumstances that inspired artists like Jim Jarmusch, Lizzy Borden, and Amos Poe to produce some of their best works. Taking their cues from punk rock and new wave music, these young maverick filmmakers confronted viewers with a stark reality that stood in powerful contrast to the escapist product being churned out by Hollywood.
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42 One Dream Rush
Title: 42 One Dream Rush
Released: September 15, 2010
Type: Movie
An omnibus of short films by auteur directors based on Dreams.
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The Agent
Title: The Agent
Character: The Talent
Released: September 10, 2010
Type: Movie
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 not receive the response he expects from Gallo after telling him the "good news", the agent begins to reveal his true nature.
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Promises Written in Water
Title: Promises Written in Water
Character: Kevin
Released: September 7, 2010
Type: Movie
Kevin is a long-time, professional assassin, specializing in the termination of life. Mallory is a wild, poetic, beautiful young woman confronting her terminal illness and eventual suicide. She reaches out to Kevin to take responsibility for her corpse once she passes, requesting his protection of her dead body’s dignity until her cremation. Kevin’s acceptance of this request causes uncomfortable self-reflection and changes the lens through which he views death.
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Essential Killing
Title: Essential Killing
Character: Mohammed
Released: September 6, 2010
Type: Movie
A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.
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Metropia
Title: Metropia
Character: Roger Olofsson (voice)
Released: October 21, 2009
Type: Movie
In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the voice only leads Roger deeper into a bizarre conspiracy of control - mind and body.
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Tetro
Title: Tetro
Character: Angelo 'Tetro' Tetrocini
Released: June 11, 2009
Type: Movie
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 discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.
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1989
Title: 1989
Character: Ernest
Released: May 21, 2009
Type: Movie
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 act, but as a never ending spiral of short repeated stories.
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Night of Pan
Title: Night of Pan
Character: Pan - The Legend
Released: March 9, 2009
Type: Movie
A magician encounters the void that separates the human mind from divine consciousness and in turn faces the mad god.
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Oliviero Rising
Title: Oliviero Rising
Character: Oliviero
Released: February 10, 2009
Type: Movie
A young and charming employee finds himself victim of an "office intrigue" engineered by his attractive female boss.
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Cannes: All Access
Title: Cannes: All Access
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 27, 2007
Type: Movie
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 carpet event of the year. Filmmaker Richard Schickel's fascinating documentary captures the glitz and glamour of the festival's incredible 60-year run with archival footage and unforgettable moments. Hollywood's biggest names including Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Sharon Stone and Harvey Weinstein talk about the politics, madness, and thrills of competing for one of the industry's highest honors - the coveted Palme d'Or - and what it's like to be at the most fabulous festival by the sea.
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Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
Title: Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
Character: Himself
Released: April 27, 2007
Type: Movie
From Japan to America, the LV sign dominates the fashion scene. And, one man alone designs the Louis Vuitton creations the exceptional Marc Jacobs. With unprecedented access to one of the world's hottest and busiest designers, Loïc Prigent offers an intimate and revealing portrait of the reclusive Marc Jacobs and the world of haute couture. Whether in the offices and workrooms of Paris and New York, the back of his car, or backstage at a fashion show, we see a genius at work. Jacobs endures unimaginable pressure to chart new paths in fashion as he straddles the demands of the Louis Vuitton conglomerate and his own Marc Jacobs label.
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Title: Dirt
Character: Sammy Winter
Released: January 2, 2007
Type: TV
Dirt is an American television serial broadcast on the FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of-its-kind "glossy tabloid" magazine DirtNow, which was previously two separate publications: drrt and Now.
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Moscow Zero
Title: Moscow Zero
Character: Owen
Released: November 5, 2006
Type: Movie
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 the existence of demons and an entrance to hell beneath the city.
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The Work of Director Mark Romanek
Title: The Work of Director Mark Romanek
Character: Self (segment "99 Problems")
Released: September 13, 2005
Type: Movie
More than two-dozen music-videos directed by filmmaker Mark Romanek (One-Hour Photo) are collected together in this compilation from Palm Pictures. Among the songs featured in The Work of Director Mark Romanek are "Novocaine for the Soul" by Eels, "99 Problems" by Jay-Z, and "Hurt" by Johnny Cash.
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Title: My Coolest Years
Character: Himself
Released: December 6, 2004
Type: TV
My Coolest Years is a television program that aired on VH1 in which actors, musicians, and other celebrities reminisce about their high school years.
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Lit: All Access
Title: Lit: All Access
Character: Self (segment "Bitter")
Released: November 16, 2004
Type: Movie
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 stardom. It includes never-before-seen historical footage from the band's personal archives, as well as backstage footage, live performances, and unforgettable music videos.
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Ramones: We're Outta Here!
Title: Ramones: We're Outta Here!
Character: Himself
Released: September 29, 2004
Type: Movie
Documentary covering The Ramones' long and eventful history, with footage from their final ever show at the Palace in Hollywood, 6th August 1996. Interviews with Joey, Johnny and drummer Marky, tributes from other rock icons including Richard Hell, Debbie Harry and Lemmy.
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Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood
Title: Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood
Character: Himself
Released: September 14, 2004
Type: Movie
Arnold "The Governator" Schwarzenegger and Mel Gibson aren't the only conservative thinkers in Tinseltown. Challenging the notion that every actor is a raging liberal, this deft documentary (directed by former Democratic speechwriter Jesse Moss) talks to some of the less-publicized "righties" -- including Pat Sajak, Drew Carey, Patricia Heaton and Ben Stein -- to find out what it's really like to live and work in "liberal Hollywood."
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The Brown Bunny
Title: The Brown Bunny
Character: Bud Clay
Released: April 7, 2004
Type: Movie
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 California. During his road trip, he is haunted by memories of the last time he saw Daisy, his true love.
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Corinne Day Diary
Title: Corinne Day Diary
Character: Himself
Released: January 28, 2004
Type: Movie
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 most controversial photographers.
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The Undesirables
Title: The Undesirables
Character: Tony Bendando
Released: December 14, 2003
Type: Movie
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 journalist decide to inquire about the story.
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Vincent Gallo: 48 People (Who Should Be Dead in Hollywood)
Title: Vincent Gallo: 48 People (Who Should Be Dead in Hollywood)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 28, 2003
Type: Movie
A fictional conversation with the most feared and misunderstood cult figures in modern cinema with Vincent Gallo voiced by an actor, scripted based on real interviews given by the legendary Vincent Gallo.
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The Groovenians
Title: The Groovenians
Character: Nixon
Released: November 10, 2002
Type: Movie
Two space misfits named Jet and Glindy, who are searching for a planet called Groovenia.
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Title: The Groovenians
Character: Nixon (voice)
Released: November 10, 2002
Type: TV
A couple, Jet and Glindy, live on a planet named Jeepers, where society is uniform and artistic qualities are shunned. Jet and Glindy, meanwhile, are artists and performers. Jet's parents do not approve, and they tell Jet and Glindy that art is not everything in life. However, another boy, named Nixon, is dropped next door from a spaceship. He had been evicted from Groovenia, which he tells Jet and Glindy is a paradise for artists.
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Get Well Soon
Title: Get Well Soon
Character: Bobby Bishop / Kevin Moss
Released: December 20, 2001
Type: Movie
After having a nervous breakdown, a popular talk-show host confronts his ex-girlfriend who is dating a cross-dresser.
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Stranded
Title: Stranded
Character: Luca Baglioni
Released: September 24, 2001
Type: Movie
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 miles away, the crew is forced to make desperate choices in order to stay alive. Will they be able to survive as the minutes slip away?
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Honey Bunny
Title: Honey Bunny
Character: The Emotional Man
Released: August 2, 2001
Type: Movie
Beautiful women spinning in circles.
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Trouble Every Day
Title: Trouble Every Day
Character: Dr. Shane Brown
Released: July 11, 2001
Type: Movie
Shane and June Brown are an American couple honeymooning in Paris in an effort to nurture their new life together, a life complicated by Shane’s mysterious and frequent visits to a medical clinic where cutting edge studies of the human libido are undertaken.
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Hide and Seek
Title: Hide and Seek
Character: Frank
Released: May 23, 2000
Type: Movie
A desperate, childless couple kidnap a pregnant woman and lead her husband to believe that she is dead.
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Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
Title: Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
Character: Sister Gomez
Released: May 13, 2000
Type: Movie
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 debauchery, all while hoping to make it across the border into Mexico in order to seek refuge with the mysterious Sister Gomez.
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Goodbye Lover
Title: Goodbye Lover
Character: Mike
Released: April 16, 1999
Type: Movie
Police investigate when a man having an affair with his brother's wife disappears suddenly.
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L.A. Without a Map
Title: L.A. Without a Map
Character: Moss
Released: February 26, 1999
Type: Movie
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 the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a Japanese restaurant, she tells everyone about the handsome "writer" she met on her trip. Unfortunately, he decides to follow her back to Hollywood, setting up the expected light romantic comedy with asides as the newcomer gains experience about the goings on in Hollywood.
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Johnny 316
Title: Johnny 316
Character: Johnny
Released: March 20, 1998
Type: Movie
A preacher without resources spends his days reciting Bible verses. One day he meets a young jobless girl who wanders on Hollywood Boulevard. An impossible love story begins.
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Buffalo '66
Title: Buffalo '66
Character: Billy Brown
Released: January 20, 1998
Type: Movie
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 his girlfriend and they will soon marry.
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Vincent Gallo Directs
Title: Vincent Gallo Directs
Character: Himself
Released: December 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A documentary on the making of “Buffalo 66."
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Looking for Enemies Finding Friends
Title: Looking for Enemies Finding Friends
Character: Vincent Gallo NYC 1997
Released: December 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A self-portrait of Vincent Gallo.
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Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Title: Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Character: Raymond Lembecke
Released: May 2, 1997
Type: Movie
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 for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former boss gets him a measly job in a warehouse, he decides on revenge and plans to steal a million dollars worth of drugs from him.
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Perfect Moment
Title: Perfect Moment
Character: Himself
Released: March 21, 1997
Type: Movie
In this documentary, artist-filmmaker Nicholas Hondrogen asks people to describe memorable moments of their lives. Some, such as Norman Lear and Indian activist Russell Means, talk about religion, while composer Philip Glass and film-producer Irwin Winkler discuss the births of their children. Pastor Jess Moody recalls WW II deaths of his friends, and artist Janice Blake remembers being raped.
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Nenette and Boni
Title: Nenette and Boni
Character: Vincenzo Brown
Released: January 29, 1997
Type: Movie
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 for an interesting couple as a pizza baker, and is surprised and enraged when his younger sister, having run away from boarding school, suddenly turns up. There's a problem that they must confront.
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Basquiat
Title: Basquiat
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: August 9, 1996
Type: Movie
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
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Angela
Title: Angela
Character: Preacher
Released: January 26, 1996
Type: Movie
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 their evil, which she believes to be the cause of their mother's mental illness. Precocious, to say the least, Angela has visions of Lucifer coming to take her and her sister away, and one of her remedies for this is for them to remain within a circle of their dolls and toys until they see a vision of the virgin Mary come to them. But such thinking can only lead to an ending befitting of her own mental state.
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The Funeral
Title: The Funeral
Character: Johnny
Released: January 26, 1996
Type: Movie
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.
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Palookaville
Title: Palookaville
Character: Russell Pataki
Released: September 7, 1995
Type: Movie
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. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and an old black-and-white film) convinces them that they can pull off an armored-truck robbery. While they are busy plotting their caper, their dysfunctional families spin out of control, all around them.
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The Perez Family
Title: The Perez Family
Character: Orlando
Released: May 12, 1995
Type: Movie
In the midst of the Mariel boat lift -- a hurried exodus of refugees from Cuba going to America -- an immigration clerk accidentally presumes that dissident Juan Raul Perez and Dorita Evita Perez are married. United by their last name and a mutual resolve to emigrate, Dorita and Juan agree to play along. But it gets complicated when the two begin falling for each other just as Juan reunites with his wife, Carmela, whom he hasn't seen in decades.
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U.S. Go Home
Title: U.S. Go Home
Character: Captain Brown
Released: October 28, 1994
Type: Movie
In the sixties, in a suburb near Paris, Martine wants to lose her virginity.
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Title: The Howard Stern Show
Character: Himself
Released: June 18, 1994
Type: TV
Raunchy interviews, sketches, and social commentary from the king of shock radio
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The House of the Spirits
Title: The House of the Spirits
Character: Esteban García
Released: October 21, 1993
Type: Movie
A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.
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Arizona Dream
Title: Arizona Dream
Character: Paul Leger
Released: January 6, 1993
Type: Movie
An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to bring him to Arizona for his uncle's wedding. It's a ruse to get Axel into the family business. In Arizona, Axel meets two odd women: vivacious, needy, and plagued by neuroses and familial discord. He gets romantically involved with one, while the other, rich but depressed, plays accordion tunes to a gaggle of pet turtles
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Alex
Title: Alex
Character: Mário
Released: February 16, 1991
Type: Movie
The story of a child who faces the emptiness that surrounds the figure of his parents, disappeared in Africa.
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Figaro Story
Title: Figaro Story
Character: Vito Brown (segment "Keep It for Yourself")
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
An anthology film centering around the worldwide adventures of the Nissan Figaro.
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Keep It for Yourself
Title: Keep It for Yourself
Character: Vito Brown
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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 guy, who left town because he was scared stiff at the idea of seeing her. Originally commissioned as one third of an omnibus feature showcasing the Figaro, a Japan-only retro throwback car.
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GoodFellas
Title: GoodFellas
Character: Henry's 70's Crew
Released: September 12, 1990
Type: Movie
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 of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
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Doc's Kingdom
Title: Doc's Kingdom
Character: Jimmy
Released: September 9, 1988
Type: Movie
An angry young man goes to Europe to find his father, a '60s radical turned doctor in exile.
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Vampire Lestat
Title: Vampire Lestat
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
"Another Vincent Gallo, Michael Holman, and Suzanne Mallouk collaboration is the short film Vampire LeStat, an exploration into horror." - description from the May 2018 event "Michael Holman: An Evening of Films & Discussion with David Hershkovits"
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The Way It Is
Title: The Way It Is
Character: Victor / Heurtebise
Released: April 4, 1986
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Tony Santiago
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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Title: Graffiti Rock
Character: Himself - "Prince Vince"
Released: June 29, 1984
Type: TV
Graffiti Rock was a hip-hop based television program, originally screened June 29, 1984. Intended as an on-going series, the show only received one pilot episode and aired on WPIX channel 11 in New York City and 88 markets around the country, to good Nielsen ratings. Graffiti Rock resembled a hip hop version of the popular television dance shows at the time such as Soul Train and American Bandstand. The show was created and hosted by Michael Holman, who was the manager of the popular break-dancing crew, the New York City Breakers. The episode features Run D.M.C., Shannon, The New York City Breakers, DJ Jimmie Jazz and Kool Moe Dee and Special K of the Treacherous Three. The New York City Breakers, who were fresh off of their success from the movie, Beat Street, made a showcase appearance. The episode also features television and film actress, Debi Mazar and actor/director Vincent Gallo as dancers on the show. A segment of the show was sampled on The Beastie Boys' LP Ill Communication. "[...] alright, you're scratchin it right now, cut the record back and forth against the needle, back and forth, back and forth, make it scratch, but let me tell you something don't try this at home on your dad's stereo only under hiphop supervision, alright ?" The show has since become an important 'must-see' for hip-hop enthusiasts, alongside such titles as Wild Style and Beat Street.
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Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ
Title: Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ
Character: Jesus
Released: February 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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The Policeman
Title: The Policeman
Character: James DeAngelo
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The movie, written and directed by Jordan Gertner, is about rapist and serial killer James DeAngelo, known as the Golden State Killer. Filming for the movie took place in December 2023.