Leo Gullotta

Actor · Born January 9, 1946 · 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.

Acted in 93

2020s

2026
Una vita da Pingitore
Sé stesso
2025
Raqmar
Cliente
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
Police Commissioner Iervolino · 5 episodes
2024
Per il mio bene
Luciano
2023
So tutto di te
Aldo Lipari
2022
Quel posto nel tempo
Mario
Vecchio
Vecchio
Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery
il Procuratore Nicolosi · 6 episodes
69
2020
The Great Wave
Movie
Il delitto Mattarella
Rosario Nicoletti

2010s

2019
Sono solo fantasmi
Signore distinto
I futurieri
Voce narrante
2018
La stella di Andra e Tati
Giovanni Bucci (voice)
2017
It’s the Law
Don Raffaele
65
2016
In arte Nino
Prof. Giuffrida
I siciliani
Movie
Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre
Ruggero Mazzamuto · 12 episodes
Sad Letters
Mario
2015
Italo
Italo (Voce)
2014
La missione di 3P
Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
2011
The Father and the Foreigner
Santini
2010
Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi
Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)

2000s

2009
Baaria
Liborio
66
2007
Di che peccato sei?
Antonio Bertolacci
La stella dei re
Melkhior
2005
Leo the Lion
Cobo (voice)
Fatti della banda della Magliana
Il giudice
Incidenti
giornalista
The Heart in the Well
Don Bruno · 2 episodes
Domani è un'altra truffa
Movie
2004
In This World of Thieves
Leonardo
Guardians of the Clouds
La Rocca
2003
The Prince of the Dinosaurs
Sluggard (voice)
2001
Vajont
Mario Pancini
Territori d'ombra
Antonio
2000
Scarlet Diva
Dr. Vessi
50
Operazione Odissea
Michele Sinatra
C'è posta per te
TV

1990s

1999
Villa Ada
Movie
Un uomo perbene
Giovanni Pandico
Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale
Don Anselmo
1998
Ciao Darwin
Capitano Meridionali · 1 episode
73
Ladri si diventa
Perini
Simpatici & antipatici
Gigetto
Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna
Il cieco · 6 episodes
La missione
Movie
Leo e Beo
Beo (voice)
Oltremare - Non è l'America
Movie
1997
The Game Bag
Carlo Gabbiadini
Ladri si nasce
il professore
Gli Inaffidabili
Bostik
1996
3
Vescovo di Pisa
Bruno aspetta in macchina
Ziino
1995
Snowball
Sidik
Savages
Luigi Pinardi
The Star Maker
Vito
Carogne - Ciro and Me
Prandstaller
Men Men Men
Tony
1994
A che punto è la notte
Priotti · 2 episodes
1993
The Escort
Polizzi
Package, Double Package and Counterpackage
Michele Bellezza
1992
Gole Ruggenti
Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
1990
In The Rose Garden
Armando
Everybody's Fine
L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
73

1980s

1989
L'insegnante di violoncello
Leo
Scugnizzi
Fortunato
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
Nadir
43
1988
Cinema Paradiso
Ignazio, usher
85
1987
Italiani a Rio
Movie
Blue Tango
Fior da Fiore
1986
The Professor
Police Commissioner Iervolino
71
Department Store
Simoni, agente teatrale
57
Il Bi e il Ba
Gaetano
1985
Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball
allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio
1984
Where's Picone?
Sgueglia
1982
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
Walter
Stormtroopers II
Recluta
Spaghetti House
Salvatore Manzilla
The Paramedic
Sostituto Procuratore
57
Miss Right
Benito
1981
L'esercito più pazzo del mondo
trasformista
I carabbimatti
Ceci
The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed
Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi
I Carabbinieri
Salvatore Caruso
Teste di quoio
Carrisi
1980
Stark System
Schioppa
Café Express
Vincenzo Imbastaro