Personal Info
Birth date
1959-01-03 (66 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Also known as
Vince Riotta
Vincenzo Ricotta
Vince Ricotta
Vincent Riotta
Biography
Vincenzo Ricotta is a British stage and film actor professionally known as Vincent Riotta.
Filmography
Babylon 5
8.039
Overview:
Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be worked out among duly appointed ambassadors. A council made up of representatives from the five major space-faring civilizations - the Earth Alliance, Minbari Federation, Centauri Republic, Narn Regime, and Vorlon Empire - work with the League of Non-Aligned Worlds to keep interstellar relations under control. Aside from its diplomatic function, Babylon 5 also serves as a military post for Earth and a port of call for travelers, traders, businessmen, criminals, and Rangers.Monk
7.942
Overview:
Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.Agatha Christie's Poirot
8.156
Overview:
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.Father Matteo
6.2
Overview:
Don Matteo is a thoroughly ordinary Catholic priest with an extraordinary ability to read people and solve crimes. He’s a parish priest who never met an unjustly accused person he didn’t want to help.JAG
7.325
Overview:
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.Hustle
7.6
Overview:
A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.NewsRadio
7.339
Overview:
The office politics and interpersonal relationships among the staff of WNYX NewsRadio, New York's #2 news radio station.A Touch of Frost
7.5
Overview:
Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.Pie in the Sky
8.2
Overview:
Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.Blood & Treasure
6.6
Overview:
An antiquities expert teams up with an art thief to catch a terrorist who funds his attacks using stolen artifacts.Anti-Mafia Squad
7.594
Overview:
Fighting a modern, fragmented and brutal Mafia, the Sicilian Anti-Mafia Squad seeks to crush the criminal network that holds a death grip on the region. Sophisticated surveillance helps, unless the enemy lies within.The Dark Knight
8.52
Overview:
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.New Tricks
7.4
Overview:
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.Here We Go
6.65
Overview:
Family life with no filter. The Jessops navigate life's everyday challenges - from changing jobs to kidnapping dogs.A.D.
5.091
Overview:
A 12 hours miniseries adapted from Anthony Burgess's novel The Kingdom of the Wicked.Zack Snyder's Justice League
8.117
Overview:
Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.Alias
6.756
Overview:
Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.Rush
7.724
Overview:
In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.Zen
7.238
Overview:
Zen is a British television mini series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the BBC, co-produced with WGBH Boston for its Masterpiece anthology series, Mediaset and ZDF. It stars Rufus Sewell and Caterina Murino and is based on the Aurelio Zen detective novels by Michael Dibdin. The series was filmed on location in Italy, but the dialogue is in English. The series, which comprises three 90-minute films, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sunday evenings from 2 January 2011 on BBC One. The three films were based on the books Vendetta, Cabal and Ratking.Moses
8
Overview:
An ordinary man is called upon by God to do the impossible in this lovingly told production of the Old Testament story. When the Pharaoh of Egypt begins to tighten the noose on his Jewish slaves, Moses leads them to freedom.Abraham
8
Overview:
The life of Abraham, the most tested servant of God and the father of Judaism, spanning from the patriarch's quest for the Promised Land to the sacrifice of his son, Isaac.Shadow of the Noose
NYR
Overview:
Drama centering on the cases of the celebrated London barrister of the Victorian era, Edward Marshall Hall.Per Elisa: An Italian Crime Story
7.7
Overview:
Reconstruction of one of the most shocking crime news events in recent decades: the murders of Elisa Claps and Heather Barnett by Danilo Restivo. The story begins on 12 September 1993 and takes place over a period of about twenty years between Potenza and the English coast of Bournemouth.Inferno
6.081
Overview:
After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.The Two Popes
7.49
Overview:
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.Caruso, the voice of love
NYR
Overview:
Caruso, the voice of love is an Italian television miniserie of 2012, inspired by Enrico Caruso, broadcast on Rai 1 on 23 and 24 September 2012. It was produced by Claudia Mori, for Hi Guys. The story focuses on contrasting relationships between Enrico Caruso and the two Florentine sisters Rina and Ada Giachetti-from which he had two children, Rodolfo and Enrico Jr. - And on marriage with the young American Dorothy Benjamin, from which Caruso had his daughter Gloria. (Translated from Italian, from Wikipedia)Acting
TBAObject Permanence as Gordy
2024Estomago 2: The Cookfather as Dom Galante
2024Mya - Un sogno da vivere as Unknown
2023Il meglio di te as Unknown
2023Per Elisa: An Italian Crime Story (6 Episodes) as Phil James
2023Good Vibes as Unknown
2023Goffredo e l'Italia chiamò as Ammiraglio Giorgio Mameli
2023Book Club: The Next Chapter as Chef Gianni
2022I racconti della domenica as Unknown
2022TÁR as Cory Berg
2022Love in the Villa as Carlo Caruso
2022Rocketry: The Nambi Effect as Luigi Crocco
2022Here We Go (1 Episode) as Alf
2022Lupo bianco as Console Stati Uniti
2021Anemos as Unknown
2021House of Gucci as Fernando Reggiani
2021Zack Snyder's Justice League as CID Chief Detective
2020Divorzio a Las Vegas as Judge pistons
2019Entro Mezzanotte as Unknown
2019The Two Popes as Driver
2019Rome in Love as Paolo Petruzzi
2019Blood & Treasure (1 Episode) as Father Giancana
2019Dolce Fine Giornata as Lodovici
20187 Days in Entebbe as Dan Shomron
201855 Steps as James Adams
2017The Chinese Widow as Jimmy Doolittle
2017Black Butterfly as Lt Carcano
2017Honour as Boss
2016Christman in London - God Save the Queen as Mike The Hammer
2016At War for Love as Maggiore Maone
2016Inferno as Death Mask Guard
2014Third Person as Gerry
2014Goltzius & the Pelican Company as Ricardo del Monte
2013Rush as Lauda's Mechanic
2012Caruso, the voice of love (2 Episodes) as Stitch
2011Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy as Guiliano Mignini
2011Zen (3 Episodes) as Giorgio de Angelis
2009Nine as Luigi
2009Anti-Mafia Squad (4 Episodes) as Michelangelo Lo Bianco alias "Mickey"
2008The Dark Knight as Cop at 250 52nd St.
2007Corleone (6 Episodes) as Tommaso Buscetta
2007L'ultimo Dei Corleonesi as Vintaloro
2007Chiara e Francesco as Favarone
2006Giovanni Falcone - L'uomo che sfidò Cosa Nostra as Rudolph Giuliani
2006Giovanni Falcone - L'uomo che sfidò Cosa Nostra (2 Episodes) as Rudolph Giuliani
2006Shadow Man as Harry
2006Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare as Hanno
2006The Listening as Frank Vaughan, Vaughan
2006Fade to Black as Alberto Cava
2005Revolver as Benny
2005Father Hope as Aldo Torrisi
2004Unstoppable as Miller
2004No Problem as Anselmo Lorenzi
2004Hustle (1 Episode) as Carlo Bachini
2004New Tricks (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003Belly of the Beast as Fitch McQuaid
2003Under the Tuscan Sun as Martini
2002Monk (1 Episode) as Vladimir Kazinsky
2002Il destino ha 4 zampe as Unknown
2002Heaven as Chief Guard
2002Texas '46 as prigioniero italiano
2001Alias (1 Episode) as Dr. Viadro
2001Submerged as Harold Preble
2001Captain Corelli's Mandolin as Quartermaster
2000Father Matteo (1 Episode) as Giorgio Pacari
1999Falling Sky as Mr. Hanes
1999Ballad of the Nightingale as Michael Wynn-Booth
1996In Love and War as Italian Officer (as Vincenzo Ricotta)
1996Moses (2 Episodes) as Midan
1995JAG (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Major Kassim, Ambassador Moshak, Temir
1995NewsRadio (1 Episode) as Photographer
1994Ready to Kill as Robert
1994Abraham (2 Episodes) as König Arjoch
1994Pie in the Sky (1 Episode) as Chief Supt. Barry Simmonds
1994Babylon 5 (1 Episode) as Bryce
1994Power and Lovers as Nicola
1993Abraham as König Arjoch
1993Leon the Pig Farmer as Elliot Cohen
1992A Touch of Frost (1 Episode) as Philip Townsend
1992Running Late as Messenger
1991Chernobyl: The Final Warning as Valery Mashenko
1989Shadow of the Noose (1 Episode) as Herbert Bennett
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot (1 Episode) as Mario Ascanio
1988Hanna's War as Yoel (as Vincenzo Ricotta)
1988The Party as Richard Maine (as Vincenzo Ricotta)
1987Body Contact as Tony Zulu (as Vincenzo Ricotta)
1986Car Trouble as Kevin (as Vincenzo Riccota)
1986Harem as Salim
1985A.D. (5 Episodes) as Stephanus
1984Pope John Paul II as Teodor Krawick
Writing
1995Deadly Weapon ... Screenplay
Directing
1995Deadly Weapon ... Director