Leo Gullotta
Leo Gullotta
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
91
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-01-09 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Catania, Sicily, Italy
Acting

2025

Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore as Police Commissioner Iervolino

2024

Per il mio bene as Not available

2023

So tutto di te as Not available

2022

Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery as il Procuratore Nicolosi

2022

Quel posto nel tempo as Mario

2022

Vecchio as Vecchio

2020

Il delitto Mattarella as Rosario Nicoletti

2020

The Great Wave as Not available

2019

Sono solo fantasmi as Signore distinto

2019

I futurieri as Voce narrante

2018

La stella di Andra e Tati as Giovanni Bucci (voice)

2018

The Red Tree as Narrator

2017

It’s the Law as Don Raffaele

2016

Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre as Ruggero Mazzamuto

2016

In arte Nino as Prof. Giuffrida

2016

I siciliani as Not available

2015

Italo as Italo (voce)

2014

La missione di 3P as Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)

2010

Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi as Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)

2009

Baaria as Liborio

2007

Di Che Peccato Sei? as Antonio Bertolacci

2007

La stella dei re as Melkhior

2005

The Heart in the Well as Don Bruno

2005

Incidenti as giornalista

2005

Domani è un'altra truffa as Not available

2005

Leo the Lion as Cobo (voice)

2004

In This World of Thieves as Leonardo

2004

Guardiani delle nuvole as La Rocca

2003

The Prince of the Dinosaurs as Sluggard (voice)

2001

Vajont as Mario Pancini

2001

Territori d'ombra as Not available

2000

Scarlet Diva as Dr. Vessi

2000

C'è posta per te as Not available

2000

Operazione Odissea as Michele Sinatra

1999

Un uomo perbene as Giovanni Pandico

1999

Villa Ada as Not available

1998

Ciao Darwin as Capitano Meridionali

1998

Simpatici & antipatici as Gigetto

1998

Oltremare - Non è l'America as Not available

1998

Ladri si diventa as Perini

1998

La missione as Not available

1997

Ladri si nasce as il professore

1997

Gli Inaffidabili as Bostik

1997

The Game Bag as Carlo Gabbiadini

1996

3 as Vescovo di Pisa

1995

Savages as Luigi Pinardi

1995

The Star Maker as Vito

1995

Snowball as Sidik

1995

Men Men Men as Tony

1994

A che punto è la notte as Priotti

1993

The Escort as Polizzi

1992

Gole Ruggenti as Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter

1990

Everybody's Fine as L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples

1990

In The Rose Garden as Armando

1989

Il ricatto as Carla

1989

Scugnizzi as Fortunato

1988

Cinema Paradiso as Ignazio, usher

1987

Italiani a Rio as Not available

1987

Blue Tango as Fior da Fiore

1986

The Professor as Police Commissioner Iervolino

1986

Department Store as Simoni, agente teatrale

1986

Il Bi e il Ba as Gaetano

1985

Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball as allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio

1984

Where's Picone? as Sgueglia

1982

The Paramedic as Sostituto Procuratore

1982

Miss Right as Benito

1982

Spaghetti House as Salvatore Manzilla

1982

Stormtroopers II as Recluta

1981

I Carabbinieri as Salvatore Caruso

1981

The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed as Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi

1981

Teste di quoio as Carrisi

1981

L'esercito più pazzo del mondo as trasformista

1981

I carabbimatti as Ceci

1980

Cafè Express as Vincenzo Imbastaro

1980

Stark System as Schioppa

1978

Rock 'n Roll as Il vigile

1977

The Nurse on a Military Tour as Captain Lopez - doctor

1977

The Swindle as Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia"

1977

Ride bene... chi ride ultimo as "Ifigenia", domestico omossessuale

NaN

Sad Letters as Father
Crew

2011

In arte Lilia Silvi Producer