Vincent "Vinnie" Patterson is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Ryan Kwanten.

"[1] Vinnie is first seen riding a jet ski while Travis Nash (Nic Testoni) works on his boat and splashes him much to his annoyance.

When Travis and his wife Rebecca (Belinda Emmett) take over the caravan park and become Justine's guardians, they are not keen on Vinnie constantly being around.

Vinnie draws Justine's ire when he flirts with Gypsy Nash (Kimberley Cooper) when she arrives in the Bay.

Vinnie's father, Ralph (Alan Cinis) goes bankrupt after being exposed for tax evasion and Vinnie is forced to look for work and first tries his hand as the manager of two bands; The Chick Magnets consisting of Aaron, Joey Rainbow (Alex O'Han) and Tom Nash (Graeme Squires) and The Broken Dolls formed of Justine, Gypsy and Tiegan Brook (Sally Marrett) and tries to convince principal Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn) to let the band play at the school dance.

Vinnie tries everything he can to have his boss Jason fire him and succeeds by wearing the Bonza Burger uniform on a stripping assignment.

When the couple go public by announcing their relationship in the Diner, there is very little reaction as Jesse has informed several people beforehand, until Justine walks in and sees Vinnie kissing Sally.

When Year 12 study the novel Great Expectations as part of the HSC, Vinnie begins to wonder if Donald is his secret benefactor.

Vinnie realises that he will not see a penny of the money and puts little to no effort into his exams and receives one of the lowest HSC scores on record.

Vinnie throws Sally a 21st birthday party in a last-ditch attempt to win her back but she makes it clear that the relationship is over.

After Leah Poulos (Ada Nicodemou) flees her wedding and hitches a lift, Vinnie is on the scene to pick her up and lets her stay in Sally's room while she is away.

After Leah feels uncomfortable living with someone she is dating, she moves in with Shauna Bradley (Kylie Watson) and is later joined by Sally.

Vinnie, with the help of Harry Reynolds (Justin Melvey), uses a plane with a banner showing his proposal to Leah and she accepts.

Leah soon falls pregnant and Vinnie has money worries and takes an extra job of as a children's entertainer, Vin-Vin the Clown.

"[4] Jackie Brygel of the Herald Sun branded Vinnie "a lad who has never been renowned for his great intellect or insightful philosophies on life".

"[6] An Inside Soap reporter branded Vinnie's return from the dead dressed as a giant teddy bear a "bonkers - but nonetheless brilliant" storyline.