69 Facts About Vincent Gallo

Vincent Gallo was born on April 11,1961 and is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician.

Vincent Gallo has won several accolades, including a Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and has been nominated for the Palme d'Or, the Golden Lion, and the Bronze Horse.

Vincent Gallo went on to become a successful painter and musician, working with Jean-Michel Basquiat and Lukas Haas.

Vincent Gallo later became an actor and starred in films including Arizona Dream, The House of the Spirits, Palookaville, The Funeral, Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby, Trouble Every Day, Stranded, Tetro, Metropia, Essential Killing, and The Legend of Kaspar Hauser.

Vincent Gallo has directed and starred in numerous short films, including The Agent, and several music videos, such as Going Inside, Cosmopolitan Bloodloss, and 99 Problems.

Vincent Gallo has released several solo recordings on Warp Records, including the album When.

Vincent Gallo's work has gained a cult following, especially in Japan.

Vincent Gallo's acting performances have been widely praised by critics, while his directorial work has proven divisive.

Fans of Vincent Gallo's work have notably included Jean-Luc Godard, John Waters, Werner Herzog, Claire Denis, David Lowery, and Robert Pattinson.

Vincent Gallo was born on April 11,1961, in Buffalo, New York to Vincent Gallo Sr.

Vincent Gallo is the second of three children, having an older brother, Charles, and a younger sister, Janine.

Vincent Gallo was raised Catholic, and made his First Communion in 1969.

Vincent Gallo has attributed his self-described controlling and perfectionist nature as a filmmaker to his childhood experiences.

At the age of 12, Vincent Gallo worked for the local mafia in Buffalo, helping them to perform small crimes, such as carjacking and shoplifting.

Vincent Gallo worked for the mafia for approximately one year, and desired to continue down a life of crime and become a powerful gangster.

However, he was eventually convinced by a mafia member, who felt that Vincent Gallo was wasting his potential, to abandon it in favor of a legitimate career.

Vincent Gallo took up various jobs, including ones working in a hi-fi guitar shop and as a restaurant dishwasher.

Vincent Gallo went on to race motorbikes professionally, without training, in Formula II.

Vincent Gallo performed at a professional level in Grand Prix racing, racing for Yamaha, but never won a national championship.

Vincent Gallo created the short film "If You Feel Froggy, Jump" and appeared in the 1981 film Downtown 81 with painter Jean-Michel Basquiat.

In 1984, Vincent Gallo acted in the No Wave film The Way It Is or Eurydice in the Avenues by Eric Mitchell, along with actors Steve Buscemi, Edwige Belmore, Mark Boone Junior and Rockets Redglare.

French director Claire Denis hired Vincent Gallo to act in several films such as the short film Keep It for Yourself, the made-for-TV US Go Home, and its follow-up feature Nenette et Boni.

In 1998, Vincent Gallo released his directorial debut film, Buffalo '66.

Ricci said that Vincent Gallo mocked her weight several years after the film released, and that she has no interest in ever seeing his other films.

In 2001, Vincent Gallo again collaborated with Denis, and appeared in her horror film Trouble Every Day.

In 2003, Vincent Gallo starred in and directed the film The Brown Bunny, which chronicles a motorcycle racer's cross-country road trip and co-starred Chloe Sevigny.

Vincent Gallo retorted by calling Ebert a "fat pig with the physique of a slave trader" and put a hex on Ebert, wishing him colon cancer.

Vincent Gallo was strongly considered for and almost cast as Uncle Rico in the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite, though the role ultimately went to Jon Gries.

In 2008, Vincent Gallo was cast as the titular character in Francis Ford Coppola's drama film Tetro.

Vincent Gallo did not attend the ceremony to accept his award in person, leaving the duty to the film's director Jerzy Skolimowski, who tried to get the actor to reveal himself, leading the audience in a chant of his name.

The Agent starred Sage Stallone, and has only ever been screened twice, with Vincent Gallo having no plans to re-release it to the public.

In 2012, Vincent Gallo starred in Davide Manuli's The Legend of Kaspar Hauser, a modern-western interpretation of the German legend of Kaspar Hauser which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Vincent Gallo plays the two largest roles in the film, the English-speaking Sheriff and the Italian-speaking assassin.

In 2013, Vincent Gallo's website listed that he had directed, written, produced, and acted in his fourth feature film, April.

That year, Vincent Gallo co-starred with Koichi Sato and Yoo Ji-tae in Junji Sakamoto's film, Human Trust.

In January 2024, it was revealed that Vincent Gallo is set to appear alongside actor James Franco in Jordan Gertner's upcoming film The Policeman, where Vincent Gallo will portray serial killer and rapist Joseph James DeAngelo.

Vincent Gallo played electric bass and sang in the mid-1970s in several adolescent garage bands such as Blue Mood; a progressive rock cover band named Zephyr which did one performance at Lincoln Park, Tonawanda, New York in 1978; The Good ; The Detours; and the Plastics.

At the age of 16, Vincent Gallo moved to New York City and was a later member of the band Gray, with visual artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

In 1984, Vincent Gallo appeared as a dancer on an unsold TV pilot for a hip-hop dance show called Graffiti Rock.

Vincent Gallo played in a band called Bohack, which recorded an album entitled It Took Several Wives.

When Bohack disbanded, Vincent Gallo turned his attention to acting, directing, and composing in films.

Vincent Gallo wrote songs for the soundtrack of the 1998 film Buffalo 66.

Vincent Gallo played in a rock band with Lukas Haas called Bunny, and Gallo put out his own album which he wrote, performed and produced under Warp Records, titled When.

Vincent Gallo directed music videos for the songs "Going Inside" by John Frusciante, and "Anemone" by L'Arc-en-Ciel.

In 2007, Vincent Gallo modeled for Stefano Pilati's menswear campaign, and was photographed for Supreme.

Vincent Gallo later did a fashion campaign and photo shoot with G-Star Raw jeans in Fall 2011.

From 2017 through 2018, Vincent Gallo appeared as a model, photographed in black-and-white, in the Saint Laurent SS18 campaign.

Additionally, Vincent Gallo has stated that he once walked in a fashion show for designer Anna Sui, but left her disappointed by his performance, and was never hired by Sui again.

Vincent Gallo previously owned a condo at Trump Tower, as well as apartments in buildings designed by Jean Nouvel and Richard Meier.

Vincent Gallo is a collector of vinyl records and pre-war sound equipment.

Vincent Gallo knew poet John Giorno, who lived with Burroughs at the time.

In 1984, Vincent Gallo was married to a woman for just 10 weeks, before their relationship ended.

Vincent Gallo has held close friendships with musician Johnny Ramone, musician John Frusciante, and actress Milla Jovovich.

On May 24,2001, Vincent Gallo successfully sued actor John Ventimiglia for assault and battery.

Vincent Gallo has garnered infamy for making incendiary and provocative comments.

Vincent Gallo's website has been labeled as satirical by media outlets such as The Daily Wire, and has drawn the scorn of other outlets, such as The Guardian.

Vincent Gallo has stated in interviews that his website and provocative statements are satire, and has mocked critics who have interpreted them as serious.

Vincent Gallo is a fan of US President Richard Nixon, describing him as an "intellectual".

In 2004, Vincent Gallo appeared in the documentary, Rated R: Republicans in Hollywood, discussing the political discrimination he has faced in the film industry as a conservative.

In 1998, Vincent Gallo listed Pier Paolo Pasolini as his favorite director, and Mauro Bolognini's Il bell'Antonio as his favorite film.

In 2009, Vincent Gallo instead listed Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People as his favorite film.

Vincent Gallo has cited Warren Beatty as one of his favorite actors, as well as his "idol".

Vincent Gallo has listed The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, All Fall Down, Lilith, Mickey One, The Ravine, The Only Game in Town, The Panic in Needle Park, The Gambler, The Death of Richie, The Beyond, and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo among his favorite films.

Vincent Gallo has cited King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King as his favorite album.

Vincent Gallo used the album's track "Moonchild" during a dance sequence in his film Buffalo '66.

Vincent Gallo has called the Ramones the greatest band of all time.

Vincent Gallo's acting performances have received generally positive reviews from film critics.

Conversely, actress Christina Ricci described her experience with Vincent Gallo as "working with a crazy lunatic man", and vowed to never work with him again.

Vincent Gallo's cult following remains especially popular in Japan, having begun shortly after Buffalo '66 was released in the country in 1999.