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
Scarlet Diva (2000)
as Dr. Vessi
The Swindle (1977)
as Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia"
The Professor (1986)
as Police Commissioner Iervolino
Domani è un'altra truffa (2005)
Actor
Un uomo perbene (1999)
as Giovanni Pandico
Vajont (2001)
as Mario Pancini
The Star Maker (1995)
as Vito
Carogne - Ciro and Me (1995)
as Prandstaller
Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
as Nadir
In This World of Thieves (2004)
as Leonardo
I futurieri (2019)
as Voce narrante
Leo the Lion (2005)
as Cobo (voice)
Salute! (2026)
Actor
Everybody's Fine (1990)
as L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
Bruno aspetta in macchina (1996)
as Ziino
Una vita da Pingitore (2026)
as Sé stesso
Guardians of the Clouds (2004)
as La Rocca
Department Store (1986)
as Simoni, agente teatrale
It’s the Law (2017)
as Don Raffaele
The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed (1981)
as Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi
Miss Right (1982)
as Benito
The Father and the Foreigner (2011)
as Santini
Stormtroopers II (1982)
as Recluta
So tutto di te (2023)
as Aldo Lipari
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo (1977)
as "Ifigenia", domestico omossessuale
In The Rose Garden (1990)
as Armando
Per il mio bene (2024)
as Luciano
Il delitto Mattarella (2020)
as Rosario Nicoletti
Il Bi e il Ba (1986)
as Gaetano
Sono solo fantasmi (2019)
as Signore distinto
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (1982)
as Walter
Snowball (1995)
as Sidik
Café Express (1980)
as Vincenzo Imbastaro
Di che peccato sei? (2007)
as Antonio Bertolacci
I Carabbinieri (1981)
as Salvatore Caruso
The Nurse on a Military Tour (1977)
as Captain Lopez - doctor
Package, Double Package and Counterpackage (1993)
as Michele Bellezza
Gole Ruggenti (1992)
as Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
The Escort (1993)
as Polizzi
Simpatici & antipatici (1998)
as Gigetto
Spaghetti House (1982)
as Salvatore Manzilla
L'esercito più pazzo del mondo (1981)
as trasformista
Gli Inaffidabili (1997)
as Bostik
The Prince of the Dinosaurs (2003)
as Sluggard (voice)
L'insegnante di violoncello (1989)
as Leo
La stella dei re (2007)
as Melkhior
Savages (1995)
as Luigi Pinardi
Fatti della banda della Magliana (2005)
as Il giudice
The Paramedic (1982)
as Sostituto Procuratore
In arte Nino (2016)
as Prof. Giuffrida
La stella di Andra e Tati (2018)
as Giovanni Bucci (voice)
Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale (1999)
as Don Anselmo
Ladri si nasce (1997)
as il professore
Oltremare - Non è l'America (1998)
Actor
Rock 'n Roll (1978)
as Il vigile
Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball (1985)
as allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio
Teste di quoio (1981)
as Carrisi
I carabbimatti (1981)
as Ceci
Where's Picone? (1984)
as Sgueglia
Italiani a Rio (1987)
Actor
La missione di 3P (2014)
as Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
Quel posto nel tempo (2022)
as Mario
3 (1996)
as Vescovo di Pisa
Villa Ada (1999)
Actor
Italo (2015)
as Italo (Voce)
The Game Bag (1997)
as Carlo Gabbiadini
Men Men Men (1995)
as Tony
Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi (2010)
as Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)
Stark System (1980)
as Schioppa
L'ultimo metro di pellicola (2014)
as Self
Scugnizzi (1989)
as Fortunato
Operazione Odissea (2000)
as Michele Sinatra
Territori d'ombra (2001)
as Antonio
Blue Tango (1987)
as Fior da Fiore
Sad Letters (2016)
as Mario
La missione (1998)
Actor
Incidenti (2005)
as giornalista
Raqmar (2025)
as Cliente
Ladri si diventa (1998)
as Perini
The Great Wave (2020)
Actor
The Red Tree (2018)
as Narrator
Leo e Beo (1998)
as Beo (voice)
Ottavio Mario Mai (2002)
as Self
I siciliani (2016)
Actor
Vecchio (2022)
as Vecchio