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
Cinema Paradiso
Ciao Darwin
The Nurse on a Military Tour
The Paramedic
Scarlet Diva
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery
The Professor
All Movies (85)
- Raqmar2025 · as Cliente
- Per il mio bene2024 · as Luciano
- So tutto di te2023 · as Aldo Lipari
- Quel posto nel tempo2022 · as Mario
- Vecchio2022 · as Vecchio
- The Great Wave2020
- Il delitto Mattarella2020 · as Rosario Nicoletti
- Sono solo fantasmi2019 · as Signore distinto
- I futurieri2019 · as Voce narrante
- La stella di Andra e Tati2018 · as Giovanni Bucci (voice)
- The Red Tree2018 · as Narrator
- It’s the Law2017 · as Don Raffaele
- In arte Nino2016 · as Prof. Giuffrida
- I siciliani2016
- Sad Letters2016 · as Mario
- Italo2015 · as Italo (Voce)
- L'ultimo metro di pellicola2014 · as Self
- La missione di 3P2014 · as Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
- The Father and the Foreigner2011 · as Santini
- Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi2010 · as Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)
- Baaria2009 · as Liborio
- Di Che Peccato Sei?2007 · as Antonio Bertolacci
- La stella dei re2007 · as Melkhior
- Leo the Lion2005 · as Cobo (voice)
- Fatti della banda della Magliana2005 · as Il giudice
- Incidenti2005 · as giornalista
- Domani è un'altra truffa2005
- In This World of Thieves2004 · as Leonardo
- Guardians of the Clouds2004 · as La Rocca
- The Prince of the Dinosaurs2003 · as Sluggard (voice)
- Ottavio Mario Mai2002 · as Self
- Vajont2001 · as Mario Pancini
- Territori d'ombra2001
- Scarlet Diva2000 · as Dr. Vessi
- Operazione Odissea2000 · as Michele Sinatra
- Villa Ada1999
- Un uomo perbene1999 · as Giovanni Pandico
- Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale1999 · as Don Anselmo
- Ladri si diventa1998 · as Perini
- Simpatici & antipatici1998 · as Gigetto
- La missione1998
- Leo e Beo1998 · as Beo (voice)
- Oltremare - Non è l'America1998
- The Game Bag1997 · as Carlo Gabbiadini
- Ladri si nasce1997 · as il professore
- Gli Inaffidabili1997 · as Bostik
- 31996 · as Vescovo di Pisa
- Bruno aspetta in macchina1996 · as Ziino
- Snowball1995 · as Sidik
- Savages1995 · as Luigi Pinardi
- The Star Maker1995 · as Vito
- Carogne - Ciro and Me1995 · as Prandstaller
- Men Men Men1995 · as Tony
- The Escort1993 · as Polizzi
- Package, Double Package and Counterpackage1993 · as Michele Bellezza
- Gole Ruggenti1992 · as Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
- In The Rose Garden1990 · as Armando
- Everybody's Fine1990 · as L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
- L'insegnante di violoncello1989 · as Leo
- Scugnizzi1989 · as Fortunato
- Sinbad of the Seven Seas1989 · as Nadir
- Cinema Paradiso1988 · as Ignazio, usher
- Italiani a Rio1987
- Blue Tango1987 · as Fior da Fiore
- The Professor1986 · as Police Commissioner Iervolino
- Department Store1986 · as Simoni, agente teatrale
- Il Bi e il Ba1986 · as Gaetano
- Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball1985 · as allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio
- Where's Picone?1984 · as Sgueglia
- Heads I Win, Tails You Lose1982 · as Walter
- Stormtroopers II1982 · as Recluta
- Spaghetti House1982 · as Salvatore Manzilla
- The Paramedic1982 · as Sostituto Procuratore
- Miss Right1982 · as Benito
- L'esercito più pazzo del mondo1981 · as trasformista
- I carabbimatti1981 · as Ceci
- The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed1981 · as Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi
- I Carabbinieri1981 · as Salvatore Caruso
- Teste di quoio1981 · as Carrisi
- Stark System1980 · as Schioppa
- Café Express1980 · as Vincenzo Imbastaro
- Rock 'n Roll1978 · as Il vigile
- The Swindle1977 · as Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia"
- The Nurse on a Military Tour1977 · as Captain Lopez - doctor
- Ride bene... chi ride ultimo1977 · as "Ifigenia", domestico omossessuale
All TV Shows (10)
- Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore2025 · as Police Commissioner Iervolino
- Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery2022 · as il Procuratore Nicolosi
- Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre2016 · as Ruggero Mazzamuto
- The Heart in the Well2005 · as Don Bruno
- C'è posta per te2000
- Ciao Darwin1998 · as Capitano Meridionali
- Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna1998 · as Il cieco
- A che punto è la notte1994 · as Priotti
- Il ricatto1989 · as Carla
- Italiani— · as Se stesso