Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 9, 1946
Place of Birth:
Catania, Sicily, Italy
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Leo Gullotta
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. 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
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Per il mio bene | |
| 2023 | So tutto di te | |
| 2022 | Vecchio | Vecchio |
| 2022 | Quel posto nel tempo | Mario |
| 2020 | Il delitto Mattarella | Rosario Nicoletti |
| 2020 | The Great Wave | |
| 2019 | Sono solo fantasmi | Signore distinto |
| 2019 | I futurieri | Voce narrante |
| 2018 | La stella di Andra e Tati | Giovanni Bucci (voice) |
| 2018 | The Red Tree | Narrator |
| 2017 | It’s the Law | Don Raffaele |
| 2016 | I siciliani | |
| 2016 | In arte Nino | Prof. Giuffrida |
| 2015 | Italo | Italo (voce) |
| 2014 | La missione di 3P | Padre Pino Puglisi (voice) |
| 2014 | L'ultimo metro di pellicola | Self |
| 2011 | The Father and the Foreigner | Santini |
| 2010 | Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi | Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice) |
| 2009 | Baaria | Liborio |
| 2007 | La stella dei re | Melkhior |
| 2007 | Di Che Peccato Sei? | Antonio Bertolacci |
| 2005 | Domani è un'altra truffa | |
| 2005 | Incidenti | giornalista |
| 2005 | Fatti della banda della Magliana | Il giudice |
| 2005 | Leo the Lion | Cobo (voice) |
| 2004 | In This World of Thieves | Leonardo |
| 2004 | Guardiani delle nuvole | La Rocca |
| 2003 | The Prince of the Dinosaurs | Sluggard (voice) |
| 2001 | Vajont | Mario Pancini |
| 2001 | Territori d'ombra | |
| 2000 | Scarlet Diva | Dr. Vessi |
| 2000 | Operazione Odissea | Michele Sinatra |
| 1999 | Un uomo perbene | Giovanni Pandico |
| 1999 | Villa Ada | |
| 1999 | Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale | Don Anselmo |
| 1998 | Simpatici & antipatici | Gigetto |
| 1998 | Ladri si diventa | Perini |
| 1998 | La missione | |
| 1998 | Oltremare - Non è l'America | |
| 1997 | Gli Inaffidabili | Bostik |
| 1997 | Ladri si nasce | il professore |
| 1997 | The Game Bag | Carlo Gabbiadini |
| 1996 | Bruno aspetta in macchina | Ziino |
| 1996 | 3 | Vescovo di Pisa |
| 1995 | Snowball | Sidik |
| 1995 | Savages | Luigi Pinardi |
| 1995 | Men Men Men | Tony |
| 1995 | The Star Maker | Vito |
| 1993 | The Escort | Polizzi |
| 1993 | Package, Double Package and Counterpackage | Michele Bellezza |
| 1992 | Gole ruggenti | Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter |
| 1990 | Everybody's Fine | L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples |
| 1990 | In The Rose Garden | Armando |
| 1989 | Scugnizzi | Fortunato |
| 1989 | Sinbad of the Seven Seas | Nadir |
| 1989 | L'insegnante di violoncello | Leo |
| 1988 | Cinema Paradiso | Ignazio, usher |
| 1987 | Blue Tango | Fior da Fiore |
| 1987 | Italiani a Rio | |
| 1986 | Department Store | Simoni, agente teatrale |
| 1986 | Il Bi e il Ba | Gaetano |
| 1986 | The Professor | Police Commissioner Iervolino |
| 1985 | Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball | allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio |
| 1984 | Where's Picone? | Sgueglia |
| 1982 | Spaghetti House | Salvatore Manzilla |
| 1982 | The Paramedic | Sostituto Procuratore |
| 1982 | Heads I Win, Tails You Lose | Walter |
| 1982 | Stormtroopers II | Recluta |
| 1982 | Miss Right | Benito |
| 1981 | I Carabbinieri | Salvatore Caruso |
| 1981 | The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed | Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi |
| 1981 | Teste di quoio | Carrisi |
| 1981 | L'esercito più pazzo del mondo | trasformista |
| 1981 | I carabbimatti | Ceci |
| 1980 | Stark System | Schioppa |
| 1980 | Cafè Express | Vincenzo Imbastaro |
| 1978 | Rock 'n Roll | Il vigile |
| 1977 | The Nurse on a Military Tour | Captain Lopez - doctor |
| 1977 | Ride bene... chi ride ultimo | "Ifigenia", domestico omossessuale |
| 1977 | The Swindle | Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia" |
| Sad Letters | Father |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore | Police Commissioner Iervolino |
| 2022 | Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery | il Procuratore Nicolosi |
| 2016 | Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre | Ruggero Mazzamuto |
| 2005 | The Heart in the Well | Don Bruno |
| 2000 | C'è posta per te | |
| 1998 | Ciao Darwin | Capitano Meridionali |
| 1998 | Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna | Il cieco |
| 1994 | A che punto è la notte | Priotti |
| 1989 | Il ricatto | Carla |