Leo Gullotta
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 9, 1946
- Birthplace
- Catania, Sicily, Italy
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.
Filmography
- Salute!
Salute! 2026
Actor
Una vita da Pingitore 2026
as Sé stesso
Raqmar 2025
as Cliente
Per il mio bene 2024
as Luciano
So tutto di te 2023
as Aldo Lipari
Quel posto nel tempo 2022
as Mario
Vecchio 2022
as Vecchio
The Great Wave 2020
Actor
Il delitto Mattarella 2020
as Rosario Nicoletti
Sono solo fantasmi 2019
as Signore distinto
I futurieri 2019
as Voce narrante
La stella di Andra e Tati 2018
as Giovanni Bucci (voice)
The Red Tree 2018
as Narrator
It’s the Law 2017
as Don Raffaele
In arte Nino 2016
as Prof. Giuffrida
I siciliani 2016
Actor
Sad Letters 2016
as Mario
Italo 2015
as Italo (Voce)
- L'ultimo metro di pellicola
L'ultimo metro di pellicola 2014
as Self
La missione di 3P 2014
as Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
In arte Lilia Silvi 2011
Producer
The Father and the Foreigner 2011
as Santini
Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi 2010
as Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)
Baaria 2009
as Liborio
Di che peccato sei? 2007
as Antonio Bertolacci
La stella dei re 2007
as Melkhior
Leo the Lion 2005
as Cobo (voice)
Fatti della banda della Magliana 2005
as Il giudice
Incidenti 2005
as giornalista
Domani è un'altra truffa 2005
Actor
In This World of Thieves 2004
as Leonardo
Guardians of the Clouds 2004
as La Rocca
The Prince of the Dinosaurs 2003
as Sluggard (voice)
Ottavio Mario Mai 2002
as Self
Vajont 2001
as Mario Pancini
Territori d'ombra 2001
as Antonio
Scarlet Diva 2000
as Dr. Vessi
Operazione Odissea 2000
as Michele Sinatra
Villa Ada 1999
Actor
Un uomo perbene 1999
as Giovanni Pandico
Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale 1999
as Don Anselmo
Ladri si diventa 1998
as Perini
Simpatici & antipatici 1998
as Gigetto
La missione 1998
Actor
Leo e Beo 1998
as Beo (voice)
Oltremare - Non è l'America 1998
Actor
The Game Bag 1997
as Carlo Gabbiadini
Ladri si nasce 1997
as il professore
Gli Inaffidabili 1997
as Bostik
3 1996
as Vescovo di Pisa
Bruno aspetta in macchina 1996
as Ziino
Snowball 1995
as Sidik
Savages 1995
as Luigi Pinardi
The Star Maker 1995
as Vito
Carogne - Ciro and Me 1995
as Prandstaller
Men Men Men 1995
as Tony
The Escort 1993
as Polizzi
Package, Double Package and Counterpackage 1993
as Michele Bellezza
Gole Ruggenti 1992
as Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
- Agnieszka
Agnieszka 1992
as Franco
In The Rose Garden 1990
as Armando
Everybody's Fine 1990
as L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
L'insegnante di violoncello 1989
as Leo
Scugnizzi 1989
as Fortunato
Sinbad of the Seven Seas 1989
as Nadir
Cinema Paradiso 1988
as Ignazio, usher
Italiani a Rio 1987
Actor
Blue Tango 1987
as Fior da Fiore
The Professor 1986
as Police Commissioner Iervolino
Department Store 1986
as Simoni, agente teatrale
Il Bi e il Ba 1986
as Gaetano
Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball 1985
as allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio
Where's Picone? 1984
as Sgueglia
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose 1982
as Walter
Stormtroopers II 1982
as Recluta
Spaghetti House 1982
as Salvatore Manzilla
The Paramedic 1982
as Sostituto Procuratore
Miss Right 1982
as Benito
L'esercito più pazzo del mondo 1981
as trasformista
I carabbimatti 1981
as Ceci
The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed 1981
as Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi
I Carabbinieri 1981
as Salvatore Caruso
Teste di quoio 1981
as Carrisi
Stark System 1980
as Schioppa
Café Express 1980
as Vincenzo Imbastaro
Rock 'n Roll 1978
as Il vigile
The Swindle 1977
as Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia"
The Nurse on a Military Tour 1977
as Captain Lopez - doctor
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo 1977
as "Ifigenia", domestico omossessuale
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