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Leo Gullotta
Actor
Born January 9, 1946 (78 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery (TV Series) · as Il Procuratore Nicolosi |
| 2020 | Il delitto Mattarella · as Rosario Nicoletti |
| 2019 | Sono solo fantasmi · as Signore Distinto |
| 2018 | The Star of Andra and Tati · as Giovanni Bucci (voice) |
| 2018 | The Red Tree · as Narrator |
| 2017 | L'ora legale · as Don Raffaele |
| 2016 | In arte Nino · as Prof. Giuffrida |
| 2015 | Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre (TV Series) · as Ruggero Mazzamuto |
| 2014 | Italo Barocco · as Italo (voce) |
| 2012 | 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 | |
| 2007 | Di che peccato sei? · as Antonio Bertolacci |
| 2007 | La stella dei re · as Melkhior |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Leo the Lion · as Cobo (voice) |
| 2005 | Fatti della banda della Magliana · as Il Giudice |
| 2005 | The Heart in the Well · as Don Bruno |
| 2005 | The Heart in the Well (TV Series) · as Don Bruno |
| 2004 | O la va, o la spacca (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2004 | In questo mondo di ladri · as Leonardo |
| 2004 | Beyond Borders (TV Series) · as Dottor Del Vecchio |
| 2001 | Cuore (2001) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2001 | Vajont - La diga del disonore · as Mario Pancini |
| 2000 | Scarlet Diva · as Dr. Vessi |
| 2000 | You've Got Mail (TV Series) |
| 2000 | The Prince of Dinosaurs · as Sluggard (voice) |
| 1999 | Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale · as Don Anselmo |
| 1999 | Operazione Odissea · as Michele Sinatra |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | A Respectable Man · as Giovanni Pandico |
| 1998 | Ciao Darwin (TV Series) · as Capitano Meridionali |
| 1998 | Ladri si diventa · as Perini |
| 1998 | Simpatici & antipatici · as Gigetto |
| 1998 | Le ragazze di piazza di Spagna (TV Series) · as Blind Man (1998) |
| 1997 | Mamma per caso (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1997 | Il carniere · as Carlo Gabbiadini |
| 1997 | Ladri si nasce · as Il Professore |
| 1997 | Gli inaffidabili · as Bostik |
| 1996 | 3 · as Vescovo Di Pisa |
| 1996 | Bruno Is Waiting on the Car · as Ziino |
| 1995 | Palla di neve · as Sidik |
| 1995 | Selvaggi · as Luigi Pinardi |
| 1995 | The Star Maker · as Vito |
| 1995 | Men Men Men · as Tony |
| 1994 | A che punto è la notte (TV Series) · as Priotti |
| 1994 | A che punto è la notte · as Priotti |
| 1993 | La scorta · as Polizzi |
| 1993 | Pacco, doppio pacco e contropaccotto · 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 |
| 1989 | Sinbad of the Seven Seas · as Nadir |
| 1989 | The Cello Teacher · as Leo |
| 1989 | Scugnizzi · as Fortunato |
| 1988 | Cinema Paradiso · as Ignazio, Usher |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Urban Animals · as Don Michele Amitrano |
| 1986 | Grandi magazzini · as Simoni, Agente Teatrale |
| 1986 | Il camorrista · as Jervolino |
| 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 | L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto · as Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi |
| 1981 | I carabbinieri · as Salvatore Caruso |
| 1981 | Teste di quoio · as Carrisi |
| 1980 | Café Express · as Vincenzo Imbastaro |
| 1977 | The Swindle · as Tarcisio Pollaroli "er Fibbia" |
| 1977 | The female soldier at the military visit · as Captain Lopez - Doctor |
| 1977 | Ride bene... chi ride ultimo · as "ifigenia", Domestico Omossessuale |
| 1973 | Qui squadra mobile (TV Series) · as Esperto Balistico |
| 1973 | Maria Rosa la guardona · as Cast |
| 1964 | Mastro Don Gesualdo (TV Series) · as Un Cameriere |