{{Short description|Italian actor (born 1948)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Gerardo Amato | image = | caption = | birth_name = Gerardo Placido | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|10|15}} | birth_place = Ascoli Satriano, Foggia, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | relatives = Michele Placido (brother)<br>Violante Placido (niece) }} '''Gerardo Amato''' (born 15 October 1948) is an Italian actor and voice actor.

== Life and career == Born '''Gerardo Placido''' in Ascoli Satriano, the brother of the actor and director Michele Placido, Gerardo Amato at a young age moved to Milan where he trained as an electrical engineer.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}</ref> He later worked on stage, generally cast in roles of seducers, with Giorgio Strehler, Enrico Maria Salerno, and Ernesto Calindri, among others.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}</ref><ref>Claudia Provvedini (15 May 1998). "La Grande Magia ferma il tempo". ''Corriere della Sera''.</ref> Amato was also active in films and TV-series, but mostly in secondary roles.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli artisti : Vol. 3, Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131}}</ref> In 1977, he won the Grolla d'oro for best new actor thanks to his performance in ''A Sold Life''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Piero Perona|title=Le Grolle a Sordi e Zurlini nessuna attrice è premiata|work=La Stampa|issue=147|date=3 July 1977}}</ref>

== Filmography == *''Una vita venduta'' (1976) *''Nina'' (1976) *''Difficile morire'' (1977) *''Blue Nude'' (1977) *''La notte dell'alta marea'' (1977) *''Eutanasia di un amore'' (1978) *''Io, Caligola'' (1979) *''Zappatore'' (1980) *''Passione d'amore'' (1981) *''Notturno con grida'' (1982) *''Caramelle da uno sconosciuto'' (1987) *''I frati rossi'' (1988) *''Ad un passo dall'aurora'' (1989) *''Io Gilda'' (1989) *''Ombre d'amore'' (1989) *''Ritorno a casa Gori'' (1996) *''Soft Air - Aria compressa'' (1998) *''Odi et amo'' (1998) *''Prigionieri di un incubo''(2001) *''Tra due donne'' (2001) *''Manuale d'amore 2 - Capitoli successivi'' (2007) *''Il mattino ha l'oro in bocca'' (2007) *''Qui scorre il fiume'' (2008) *''Backward'' (2009) *''Uccidere per amare'' (2009) *''Vallanzasca - Gli angeli del male'', (2010) *''Il sottile fascino del peccato'' (2010) *''Una diecimilalire'' (2015) *''7 minuti'' (2016) *''Creed'C'' (2016)

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== External links == *{{official website|http://www.gerardoplacido.it/}} *{{IMDb name|0024152|Gerardo Amato}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Amato, Gerardo}} Category:1952 births Category:People from the Province of Foggia Category:Male actors from Apulia Category:Italian male stage actors Category:Italian male film actors Category:Italian male television actors Category:Living people