Leo Gullotta
Acting
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.
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movieRaqmar
2025
Cliente
tvIl camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
2025
Police Commissioner Iervolino
moviePer il mio bene
2024
Luciano
movieSo tutto di te
2023
Aldo Lipari
movieVecchio
2022
Vecchio
tvFramed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery
2022
il Procuratore Nicolosi
movieIl delitto Mattarella
2020
Rosario Nicoletti
movieSono solo fantasmi
2019
Signore distinto
movieI futurieri
2019
Voce narrante
movieLa stella di Andra e Tati
2018
Giovanni Bucci (voice)
movieThe Red Tree
2018
Narrator
movieIt’s the Law
2017
Don Raffaele
movieIn arte Nino
2016
Prof. Giuffrida
tvCatturandi - Nel Nome del Padre
2016
Ruggero Mazzamuto
movieSad Letters
2016
Mario
movieItalo
2015
Italo (Voce)
movieLa missione di 3P
2014
Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
movieGiovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi
2010
Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)
movieBaaria
2009
Liborio
movieDi Che Peccato Sei?
2007
Antonio Bertolacci
movieLa stella dei re
2007
Melkhior
movieLeo the Lion
2005
Cobo (voice)
movieIncidenti
2005
giornalista
tvThe Heart in the Well
2005
Don Bruno
movieGuardians of the Clouds
2004
La Rocca
movieThe Prince of the Dinosaurs
2003
Sluggard (voice)
movieVajont
2001
Mario Pancini
movieTerritori d'ombra
2001
Antonio
movieScarlet Diva
2000
Dr. Vessi
movieOperazione Odissea
2000
Michele Sinatra
movieUn uomo perbene
1999
Giovanni Pandico
tvCiao Darwin
1998
Capitano Meridionali
movieLeo e Beo
1998
Beo (voice)
movieThe Game Bag
1997
Carlo Gabbiadini
movieLadri si nasce
1997
il professore
movie3
1996
Vescovo di Pisa
movieSnowball
1995
Sidik
movieSavages
1995
Luigi Pinardi
movieCarogne - Ciro and Me
1995
Prandstaller
tvA che punto è la notte
1994
Priotti
movieThe Escort
1993
Polizzi
moviePackage, Double Package and Counterpackage
1993
Michele Bellezza
movieGole Ruggenti
1992
Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
movieIn The Rose Garden
1990
Armando
movieEverybody's Fine
1990
L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
movieScugnizzi
1989
Fortunato
movieCinema Paradiso
1988
Ignazio, usher
movieBlue Tango
1987
Fior da Fiore
movieThe Professor
1986
Police Commissioner Iervolino
movieDepartment Store
1986
Simoni, agente teatrale
movieIl Bi e il Ba
1986
Gaetano
movieHalf Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball
1985
allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio
movieWhere's Picone?
1984
Sgueglia
movieStormtroopers II
1982
Recluta
movieSpaghetti House
1982
Salvatore Manzilla
movieThe Paramedic
1982
Sostituto Procuratore
movieMiss Right
1982
Benito
movieL'esercito più pazzo del mondo
1981
trasformista
movieThe Honorable with His Lover under the Bed
1981
Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi
movieI Carabbinieri
1981
Salvatore Caruso
movieTeste di quoio
1981
Carrisi
movieStark System
1980
Schioppa
movieCafé Express
1980
Vincenzo Imbastaro
movieRock 'n Roll
1978
Il vigile
movieThe Swindle
1977
Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia"
movieThe Nurse on a Military Tour
1977
Captain Lopez - doctor
movieRide bene... chi ride ultimo
1977
"Ifigenia", domestico omossessuale
tvMastro Don Gesualdo
1964
cameriere
tvItaliani
Se stesso
Production1
movieIn arte Lilia Silvi
2011
Producer