Vince Colosimo

Vincenzo Colosimo (born 11 November 1966) is an Australian AFI Award winning stage, television and screen actor. He has worked in both Australia and the United States. --- Colosimo was born in Melbourne, one of four children of Italian-born parents from Calabria. He grew up in the inner city suburb of North Carlton. Colosimo has had some success on film, mainly in Australia. He made his film debut in the coming-of-age story Moving Out in 1982 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 (2004) and Opal Dream (2006). In 2008, he starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2008 American film Body of Lies. 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. --- Colosimo 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 Westgarth, a suburb of Melbourne, in a house once owned with Hall. He was selected as one of the entrants to the Who's Who in Australia 2011 edition.