Leo Gullotta
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 9, 1946 (age 80)
- Birthplace
- Catania, Sicily, Italy
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
Italiani
TV · as Se stesso · 1 ep
Salute!
Movie
Una vita da Pingitore
Movie · as Sé stesso
Raqmar
Movie · as Cliente
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
TV · as Police Commissioner Iervolino · 5 eps
Per il mio bene
Movie · as Luciano
So tutto di te
Movie · as Aldo Lipari
Vecchio
Movie · as Vecchio
Quel posto nel tempo
Movie · as Mario
Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery
TV · as il Procuratore Nicolosi · 6 eps
Il delitto Mattarella
Movie · as Rosario Nicoletti
The Great Wave
Movie
Sono solo fantasmi
Movie · as Signore distinto
I futurieri
Movie · as Voce narrante
La stella di Andra e Tati
Movie · as Giovanni Bucci (voice)
The Red Tree
Movie · as Narrator
It’s the Law
Movie · as Don Raffaele
I siciliani
Movie
In arte Nino
Movie · as Prof. Giuffrida
Sad Letters
Movie · as Mario
Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre
TV · as Ruggero Mazzamuto · 12 eps
Italo
Movie · as Italo (Voce)
La missione di 3P
Movie · as Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
L'ultimo metro di pellicola
Movie · as Self
The Father and the Foreigner
Movie · as Santini
Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi
Movie · as Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)
Baaria
Movie · as Liborio
La stella dei re
Movie · as Melkhior
Di che peccato sei?
Movie · as Antonio Bertolacci
Domani è un'altra truffa
Movie
Incidenti
Movie · as giornalista
Fatti della banda della Magliana
Movie · as Il giudice
Leo the Lion
Movie · as Cobo (voice)
The Heart in the Well
TV · as Don Bruno · 2 eps
In This World of Thieves
Movie · as Leonardo
Guardians of the Clouds
Movie · as La Rocca
The Prince of the Dinosaurs
Movie · as Sluggard (voice)
Ottavio Mario Mai
Movie · as Self
Vajont
Movie · as Mario Pancini
Territori d'ombra
Movie · as Antonio
Scarlet Diva
Movie · as Dr. Vessi
Operazione Odissea
Movie · as Michele Sinatra
C'è posta per te
TV · 1 ep
Un uomo perbene
Movie · as Giovanni Pandico
Villa Ada
Movie
Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale
Movie · as Don Anselmo
Simpatici & antipatici
Movie · as Gigetto
Ladri si diventa
Movie · as Perini
La missione
Movie
Oltremare - Non è l'America
Movie
Leo e Beo
Movie · as Beo (voice)
Ciao Darwin
TV · as Capitano Meridionali · 1 ep
Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna
TV · as Il cieco · 6 eps
Gli Inaffidabili
Movie · as Bostik
Ladri si nasce
Movie · as il professore
The Game Bag
Movie · as Carlo Gabbiadini
Bruno aspetta in macchina
Movie · as Ziino
3
Movie · as Vescovo di Pisa
Snowball
Movie · as Sidik
Men Men Men
Movie · as Tony
Savages
Movie · as Luigi Pinardi
The Star Maker
Movie · as Vito
Carogne - Ciro and Me
Movie · as Prandstaller
A che punto è la notte
TV · as Priotti · 2 eps
The Escort
Movie · as Polizzi
Package, Double Package and Counterpackage
Movie · as Michele Bellezza
Gole Ruggenti
Movie · as Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
Agnieszka
Movie · as Franco
Everybody's Fine
Movie · as L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
In The Rose Garden
Movie · as Armando
Scugnizzi
Movie · as Fortunato
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
Movie · as Nadir
L'insegnante di violoncello
Movie · as Leo
Il ricatto
TV · as Carla · 1 ep
Cinema Paradiso
Movie · as Ignazio, usher
Blue Tango
Movie · as Fior da Fiore
Italiani a Rio
Movie
Department Store
Movie · as Simoni, agente teatrale
Il Bi e il Ba
Movie · as Gaetano
The Professor
Movie · as Police Commissioner Iervolino
Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball
Movie · as allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio
Where's Picone?
Movie · as Sgueglia
Spaghetti House
Movie · as Salvatore Manzilla
The Paramedic
Movie · as Sostituto Procuratore
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
Movie · as Walter
Stormtroopers II
Movie · as Recluta
Miss Right
Movie · as Benito
The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed
Movie · as Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi
I Carabbinieri
Movie · as Salvatore Caruso
Teste di quoio
Movie · as Carrisi
L'esercito più pazzo del mondo
Movie · as trasformista
I carabbimatti
Movie · as Ceci
Stark System
Movie · as Schioppa
Café Express
Movie · as Vincenzo Imbastaro
Rock 'n Roll
Movie · as Il vigile
The Nurse on a Military Tour
Movie · as Captain Lopez - doctor
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
Movie · as "Ifigenia", domestico omossessuale
The Swindle
Movie · as Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia"
Mastro Don Gesualdo
TV · as cameriere · 6 eps