Leo Gullotta
Acting
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.
TV Shows(9)
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
Police Commissioner Iervolino
2025
Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery
il Procuratore Nicolosi
2022
Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre
Ruggero Mazzamuto
2016
The Heart in the Well
Don Bruno
2005
C'è posta per te
2000
Ciao Darwin
Capitano Meridionali
1998
Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna
Il cieco
1998
A che punto è la notte
Priotti
1994
Il ricatto
Carla
1989
Movies(85)
Raqmar
Cliente
2025
Per il mio bene
Luciano
2024
So tutto di te
2023
Quel posto nel tempo
Mario
2022
Vecchio
Vecchio
2022
The Great Wave
2020
Il delitto Mattarella
Rosario Nicoletti
2020
Sono solo fantasmi
Signore distinto
2019
I futurieri
Voce narrante
2019
La stella di Andra e Tati
Giovanni Bucci (voice)
2018
The Red Tree
Narrator
2018
It’s the Law
Don Raffaele
2017
In arte Nino
Prof. Giuffrida
2016
I siciliani
2016
Sad Letters
Mario
2016
Italo
Italo (Voce)
2015
L'ultimo metro di pellicola
Self
2014
La missione di 3P
Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
2014
The Father and the Foreigner
Santini
2011
Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi
Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)
2010
Baaria
Liborio
2009
Di Che Peccato Sei?
Antonio Bertolacci
2007
La stella dei re
Melkhior
2007
Leo the Lion
Cobo (voice)
2005
Fatti della banda della Magliana
Il giudice
2005
Incidenti
giornalista
2005
Domani è un'altra truffa
2005
In This World of Thieves
Leonardo
2004
Guardians of the Clouds
La Rocca
2004
The Prince of the Dinosaurs
Sluggard (voice)
2003
Ottavio Mario Mai
Self
2002
Vajont
Mario Pancini
2001
Territori d'ombra
2001
Scarlet Diva
Dr. Vessi
2000
Operazione Odissea
Michele Sinatra
2000
Villa Ada
1999
Un uomo perbene
Giovanni Pandico
1999
Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale
Don Anselmo
1999
Ladri si diventa
Perini
1998
Simpatici & antipatici
Gigetto
1998
La missione
1998
Leo e Beo
Beo (voice)
1998
Oltremare - Non è l'America
1998
The Game Bag
Carlo Gabbiadini
1997
Ladri si nasce
il professore
1997
Gli Inaffidabili
Bostik
1997
3
Vescovo di Pisa
1996
Bruno aspetta in macchina
Ziino
1996
Snowball
Sidik
1995
Savages
Luigi Pinardi
1995
The Star Maker
Vito
1995
Carogne - Ciro and Me
Prandstaller
1995
Men Men Men
Tony
1995
The Escort
Polizzi
1993
Package, Double Package and Counterpackage
Michele Bellezza
1993
Gole Ruggenti
Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
1992
In The Rose Garden
Armando
1990
Everybody's Fine
L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
1990
L'insegnante di violoncello
Leo
1989
Scugnizzi
Fortunato
1989
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
Nadir
1989
Cinema Paradiso
Ignazio, usher
1988
Italiani a Rio
1987
Blue Tango
Fior da Fiore
1987
The Professor
Police Commissioner Iervolino
1986
Department Store
Simoni, agente teatrale
1986
Il Bi e il Ba
Gaetano
1986
Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball
allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio
1985
Where's Picone?
Sgueglia
1984
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
Walter
1982
Stormtroopers II
Recluta
1982
Spaghetti House
Salvatore Manzilla
1982
The Paramedic
Sostituto Procuratore
1982
Miss Right
Benito
1982
L'esercito più pazzo del mondo
trasformista
1981
I carabbimatti
Ceci
1981
The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed
Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi
1981
I Carabbinieri
Salvatore Caruso
1981
Teste di quoio
Carrisi
1981
Stark System
Schioppa
1980
Café Express
Vincenzo Imbastaro
1980
Rock 'n Roll
Il vigile
1978
The Swindle
Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia"
1977
The Nurse on a Military Tour
Captain Lopez - doctor
1977
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
"Ifigenia", domestico omossessuale
1977