Leo Gullotta
Salvatore Leopoldo "Leo" Gullotta (born 9 January 1946) is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian and writer. Born in Catania and the last of six children, Gullotta started his career as an extra in Teatro Massimo Bellini. In his long career as actor, Gullotta has starred in about 100 films and has participated in numerous shows and drama series for television. In 1987 he won his first David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Il Camorrista by Giuseppe Tornatore, and later worked with Tornatore four more times. In 1997 and 2000 he won two more David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor, for the Maurizio Zaccaro films Il carniere and Un uomo perbene. He has also won two Silver Ribbon for Best supporting Actor, in 1984 for Mi manda Picone by Nanni Loy and in 2001 for Vajont by Renzo Martinelli. Gullotta has starred in many theatrical plays and dramas, and was part of the theater company "Il Bagaglino". He won the Flaiano Prize as stage actor of the year in 2010. He celebrated fifty years of activity that same year. Gullotta is also a well known voice actor, among others. He was the Italian voice of Manny in the first three films of the Ice Age film series. He reprised this role in short films and video games. He also dubbed Burt Young in Rocky, Joe Pesci in Once Upon a Time in America, Moonwalker, My Cousin Vinny and The Irishman, and the robot Johnny 5 in Short Circuit. He also became the new Italian voice of Woody Allen after the death of Oreste Lionello in 2009. In 1998 Gullotta debuted as writer with the book Mille fili d'erba (Di Renzo Editore, ISBN 88-86044-87-9). Gullotta is openly gay. He did not reveal his sexuality to the public until 1995. In 2019, he married his partner of 32 years. Gullotta is discreet about the details of his husband. Source: Article "Leo Gullotta" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
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- 2023 · So tutto di te as
- 2022 · Quel posto nel tempo as
- 2022 · Vecchio as Vecchio
- 2022 · Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery as il Procuratore Nicolosi
- 2020 · The Great Wave as
- 2020 · Il delitto Mattarella as Rosario Nicoletti
- 2019 · Sono solo fantasmi as Signore distinto
- 2019 · I futurieri as Voce narrante
- 2018 · La stella di Andra e Tati as Giovanni Bucci (voice)
- 2018 · The Red Tree as Narrator
- 2017 · It’s the Law as Don Raffaele
- 2016 · In arte Nino as Prof. Giuffrida
- 2016 · Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre as Ruggero Mazzamuto
- 2015 · Italo as Italo (voce)
- 2014 · L'ultimo metro di pellicola as Self
- 2014 · La missione di 3P as Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
- 2010 · Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi as Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)
- 2010 · The Father and the Foreigner as Santini
- 2009 · Baaria as Liborio
- 2007 · Di Che Peccato Sei? as Antonio Bertolacci
- 2007 · La stella dei re as Melkhior
- 2005 · Leo the Lion as Cobo (voice)
- 2005 · Fatti della banda della Magliana as Il giudice
- 2005 · Incidenti as giornalista
- 2005 · The Heart in the Well as Don Bruno
- 2005 · The Heart in the Well as Don Bruno
- 2005 · Domani è un'altra truffa as
- 2004 · In This World of Thieves as Leonardo
- 2004 · Guardiani delle nuvole as La Rocca
- 2003 · The Prince of the Dinosaurs as Sluggard (voice)
- 2001 · Vajont as Mario Pancini
- 2001 · Territori d'ombra as
- 2000 · Scarlet Diva as Dr. Vessi
- 2000 · Operazione Odissea as Michele Sinatra
- 2000 · C'è posta per te as
- 1999 · Villa Ada as
- 1999 · Un uomo perbene as Giovanni Pandico
- 1999 · Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale as Don Anselmo
- 1998 · Ciao Darwin as Capitano Meridionali
- 1998 · Ladri si diventa as Perini
- 1998 · Simpatici & antipatici as Gigetto
- 1998 · La missione as
- 1998 · Oltremare - Non è l'America as
- 1997 · The Game Bag as Carlo Gabbiadini
- 1997 · Ladri si nasce as il professore
- 1997 · Gli Inaffidabili as Bostik
- 1996 · 3 as Vescovo di Pisa
- 1996 · Bruno aspetta in macchina as Ziino
- 1995 · Snowball as Sidik
- 1995 · Savages as Luigi Pinardi
- 1995 · The Star Maker as Vito
- 1995 · Men Men Men as Tony
- 1994 · A che punto è la notte as Priotti
- 1994 · A che punto è la notte as Priotti
- 1993 · The Escort as Polizzi
- 1993 · Package, Double Package and Counterpackage as Michele Bellezza
- 1992 · Gole ruggenti as Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
- 1990 · Everybody's Fine as L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
- 1990 · In The Rose Garden as Armando
- 1989 · L'insegnante di violoncello as Leo
- 1989 · Scugnizzi as Fortunato
- 1989 · Il ricatto as Carla
- 1989 · Sinbad of the Seven Seas as Nadir
- 1988 · Cinema Paradiso as Ignazio, usher
- 1987 · Italiani a Rio as
- 1987 · Blue Tango as Fior da Fiore
- 1986 · The Professor as Jervolino
- 1986 · Department Store as Simoni, agente teatrale
- 1986 · Il Bi e il Ba as Gaetano
- 1985 · Mezzo destro mezzo sinistro - 2 calciatori senza pallone as allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio
- 1984 · Where's Picone? as Sgueglia
- 1982 · Heads I Win, Tails You Lose as Walter
- 1982 · Stormtroopers II as Recluta
- 1982 · Spaghetti House as Salvatore Manzilla
- 1982 · The Paramedic as Sostituto Procuratore
- 1982 · Miss Right as Benito
- 1981 · L'esercito più pazzo del mondo as trasformista
- 1981 · I carabbimatti as Ceci
- 1981 · The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed as Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi
- 1981 · I Carabbinieri as Salvatore Caruso
- 1981 · Teste di quoio as Carrisi
- 1980 · Stark System as Schioppa
- 1980 · Cafè Express as Vincenzo Imbastaro
- 1978 · Rock 'n Roll as Il vigile
- 1977 · The Swindle as Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia"
- 1977 · The Nurse on a Military Tour as Captain Lopez - doctor
- Future · I siciliani as
- 1977 · Ride bene... chi ride ultimo as "Ifigenia", domestico omossessuale
- Future · Sad Letters as Father