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Leo Gullotta
Actor

Leo Gullotta

9 Jan 1946Born
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Catania, Sicily, ItalyBirthplace

Biography

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.

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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

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 92 credits.

  1. TBAItalianiSeries: Se stesso (1 episode)
  2. 2025RaqmarFilm: Cliente
  3. 2025Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe TornatoreSeries: Police Commissioner Iervolino (5 episodes)
  4. 2024Per il mio beneFilm: Luciano
  5. 2023So tutto di teFilm: Aldo Lipari
  6. 2022Quel posto nel tempoFilm: Mario
  7. 2022VecchioFilm: Vecchio
  8. 2022Framed! A Sicilian Murder MysterySeries: il Procuratore Nicolosi (6 episodes)
  9. 2020The Great WaveFilm
  10. 2020Il delitto MattarellaFilm: Rosario Nicoletti
  11. 2019Sono solo fantasmiFilm: Signore distinto
  12. 2019I futurieriFilm: Voce narrante
  13. 2018La stella di Andra e TatiFilm: Giovanni Bucci (voice)
  14. 2018The Red TreeFilm: Narrator
  15. 2017It’s the LawFilm: Don Raffaele
  16. 2016In arte NinoFilm: Prof. Giuffrida
  17. 2016I sicilianiFilm
  18. 2016Catturandi - Nel Nome del PadreSeries: Ruggero Mazzamuto (12 episodes)
  19. 2016Sad LettersFilm: Mario
  20. 2015ItaloFilm: Italo (Voce)
  21. 2014La missione di 3PFilm: Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
  22. 2011The Father and the ForeignerFilm: Santini
  23. 2010Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupiFilm: Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)
  24. 2009BaariaFilm: Liborio
  25. 2007Di che peccato sei?Film: Antonio Bertolacci
  26. 2007La stella dei reFilm: Melkhior
  27. 2005Leo the LionFilm: Cobo (voice)
  28. 2005Fatti della banda della MaglianaFilm: Il giudice
  29. 2005IncidentiFilm: giornalista
  30. 2005The Heart in the WellSeries: Don Bruno (2 episodes)
  31. 2005Domani è un'altra truffaFilm
  32. 2004In This World of ThievesFilm: Leonardo
  33. 2004Guardians of the CloudsFilm: La Rocca
  34. 2003The Prince of the DinosaursFilm: Sluggard (voice)
  35. 2001VajontFilm: Mario Pancini
  36. 2001Territori d'ombraFilm: Antonio
  37. 2000Scarlet DivaFilm: Dr. Vessi
  38. 2000Operazione OdisseaFilm: Michele Sinatra
  39. 1999Villa AdaFilm
  40. 1999Un uomo perbeneFilm: Giovanni Pandico
  41. 1999Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di NataleFilm: Don Anselmo
  42. 1998Ladri si diventaFilm: Perini
  43. 1998Simpatici & antipaticiFilm: Gigetto
  44. 1998Le ragazze di Piazza di SpagnaSeries: Il cieco (6 episodes)
  45. 1998La missioneFilm
  46. 1998Leo e BeoFilm: Beo (voice)
  47. 1998Oltremare - Non è l'AmericaFilm
  48. 1997The Game BagFilm: Carlo Gabbiadini
  49. 1997Ladri si nasceFilm: il professore
  50. 1997Gli InaffidabiliFilm: Bostik
  51. 19963Film: Vescovo di Pisa
  52. 1996Bruno aspetta in macchinaFilm: Ziino
  53. 1995SnowballFilm: Sidik
  54. 1995SavagesFilm: Luigi Pinardi
  55. 1995The Star MakerFilm: Vito
  56. 1995Carogne - Ciro and MeFilm: Prandstaller
  57. 1995Men Men MenFilm: Tony
  58. 1994A che punto è la notteSeries: Priotti (2 episodes)
  59. 1993The EscortFilm: Polizzi
  60. 1993Package, Double Package and CounterpackageFilm: Michele Bellezza
  61. 1992Gole RuggentiFilm: Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
  62. 1990In The Rose GardenFilm: Armando
  63. 1990Everybody's FineFilm: L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
  64. 1989L'insegnante di violoncelloFilm: Leo
  65. 1989ScugnizziFilm: Fortunato
  66. 1989Il ricattoSeries: Carla (1 episode)
  67. 1989Sinbad of the Seven SeasFilm: Nadir
  68. 1988Cinema ParadisoFilm: Ignazio, usher
  69. 1987Italiani a RioFilm
  70. 1987Blue TangoFilm: Fior da Fiore
  71. 1986The ProfessorFilm: Police Commissioner Iervolino
  72. 1986Department StoreFilm: Simoni, agente teatrale
  73. 1986Il Bi e il BaFilm: Gaetano
  74. 1985Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a BallFilm: allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio
  75. 1984Where's Picone?Film: Sgueglia
  76. 1982Heads I Win, Tails You LoseFilm: Walter
  77. 1982Stormtroopers IIFilm: Recluta
  78. 1982Spaghetti HouseFilm: Salvatore Manzilla
  79. 1982The ParamedicFilm: Sostituto Procuratore
  80. 1982Miss RightFilm: Benito

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