Vincent Gallo

Vincent Gallo is American director producer screenwriter actor singersongwriter 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 singersongwriter 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 Skolimowskis 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