Leo Gullotta
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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
Credits
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
as Ignazio, usher
Baaria (2009)
as Liborio
The Nurse on a Military Tour (1977)
as Captain Lopez - doctor
Department Store (1986)
as Simoni, agente teatrale
Scarlet Diva (2000)
as Dr. Vessi
I Carabbinieri (1981)
as Salvatore Caruso
The Professor (1986)
as Police Commissioner Iervolino
The Star Maker (1995)
as Vito
The Swindle (1977)
as Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia"
The Paramedic (1982)
as Sostituto Procuratore
Everybody's Fine (1990)
as L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
Miss Right (1982)
as Benito
It’s the Law (2017)
as Don Raffaele
Vajont (2001)
as Mario Pancini
The Escort (1993)
as Polizzi
The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed (1981)
as Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi
L'insegnante di violoncello (1989)
as Leo
Scugnizzi (1989)
as Fortunato
Snowball (1995)
as Sidik
Leo the Lion (2005)
as Cobo (voice)
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (1982)
as Walter
Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
as Nadir
I futurieri (2019)
as Voce narrante
Sono solo fantasmi (2019)
as Signore distinto
Simpatici & antipatici (1998)
as Gigetto
Blue Tango (1987)
as Fior da Fiore
Café Express (1980)
as Vincenzo Imbastaro
The Game Bag (1997)
as Carlo Gabbiadini
In The Rose Garden (1990)
as Armando
Il delitto Mattarella (2020)
as Rosario Nicoletti
Ladri si nasce (1997)
as il professore
Where's Picone? (1984)
as Sgueglia
Stormtroopers II (1982)
as Recluta
Un uomo perbene (1999)
as Giovanni Pandico
Teste di quoio (1981)
as Carrisi
Il Bi e il Ba (1986)
as Gaetano
Savages (1995)
as Luigi Pinardi
Villa Ada (1999)
Actor
Gli Inaffidabili (1997)
as Bostik
I carabbimatti (1981)
as Ceci
Spaghetti House (1982)
as Salvatore Manzilla
Package, Double Package and Counterpackage (1993)
as Michele Bellezza
In arte Nino (2016)
as Prof. Giuffrida
Guardians of the Clouds (2004)
as La Rocca
In This World of Thieves (2004)
as Leonardo
So tutto di te (2023)
as Aldo Lipari
The Father and the Foreigner (2011)
as Santini
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo (1977)
as "Ifigenia", domestico omossessuale
La missione di 3P (2014)
as Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball (1985)
as allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio
The Prince of the Dinosaurs (2003)
as Sluggard (voice)
Italo (2015)
as Italo (Voce)
Bruno aspetta in macchina (1996)
as Ziino
Operazione Odissea (2000)
as Michele Sinatra
Carogne - Ciro and Me (1995)
as Prandstaller
Leo e Beo (1998)
as Beo (voice)
Gole Ruggenti (1992)
as Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
Rock 'n Roll (1978)
as Il vigile
3 (1996)
as Vescovo di Pisa
Stark System (1980)
as Schioppa
La stella dei re (2007)
as Melkhior
Per il mio bene (2024)
as Luciano
L'esercito più pazzo del mondo (1981)
as trasformista
La missione (1998)
Actor
Domani è un'altra truffa (2005)
Actor
Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale (1999)
as Don Anselmo
Oltremare - Non è l'America (1998)
Actor
Di Che Peccato Sei? (2007)
as Antonio Bertolacci
Italiani a Rio (1987)
Actor
Men Men Men (1995)
as Tony
Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi (2010)
as Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)
I siciliani (2016)
Actor
La stella di Andra e Tati (2018)
as Giovanni Bucci (voice)
The Great Wave (2020)
Actor
L'ultimo metro di pellicola (2014)
as Self
Ladri si diventa (1998)
as Perini
Incidenti (2005)
as giornalista
Quel posto nel tempo (2022)
as Mario
The Red Tree (2018)
as Narrator
Territori d'ombra (2001)
Actor
Ottavio Mario Mai (2002)
as Self
Vecchio (2022)
as Vecchio
Raqmar (2025)
as Cliente
Sad Letters (2016)
as Mario
Fatti della banda della Magliana (2005)
as Il giudice