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