Leo Gullotta
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Film
Cinema Paradiso
Ignazio, usher
1988
Series
Ciao Darwin
Capitano Meridionali
1998
Series
Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery
il Procuratore Nicolosi
2022
Series
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
Police Commissioner Iervolino
2025
Series
C'è posta per te
2000
Series
Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre
Ruggero Mazzamuto
2016
Series
Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna
Il cieco
1998
Film
Scarlet Diva
Dr. Vessi
2000
Film
Baaria
Liborio
2009
Film
The Professor
Police Commissioner Iervolino
1986
Series
A che punto è la notte
Priotti
1994
Film
The Star Maker
Vito
1995
Film
Vajont
Mario Pancini
2001
Film
Everybody's Fine
L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
1990
Film
It’s the Law
Don Raffaele
2017
Series
The Heart in the Well
Don Bruno
2005
Series
Italiani
Se stesso
Film
Domani è un'altra truffa
2005
Series
Mastro Don Gesualdo
cameriere
1964
Film
The Swindle
Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia"
1977
Film
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
Nadir
1989
Film
Leo the Lion
Cobo (voice)
2005
Film
The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed
Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi
1981
Film
I Carabbinieri
Salvatore Caruso
1981
Film
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
"Ifigenia", domestico omossessuale
1977
Film
The Nurse on a Military Tour
Captain Lopez - doctor
1977
Il ricatto
Carla
1989
Film
The Paramedic
Sostituto Procuratore
1982
Film
In The Rose Garden
Armando
1990
Film
Quel posto nel tempo
Mario
2022
Film
I futurieri
Voce narrante
2019
Film
Bruno aspetta in macchina
Ziino
1996
Film
Di che peccato sei?
Antonio Bertolacci
2007
Film
The Father and the Foreigner
Santini
2011
Film
Per il mio bene
Luciano
2024
Film
La stella dei re
Melkhior
2007
Film
In This World of Thieves
Leonardo
2004
Film
Carogne - Ciro and Me
Prandstaller
1995
Film
L'insegnante di violoncello
Leo
1989
Film
The Escort
Polizzi
1993
Film
Department Store
Simoni, agente teatrale
1986
Film
La stella di Andra e Tati
Giovanni Bucci (voice)
2018
Film
Snowball
Sidik
1995
Film
Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball
allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio
1985
Film
Spaghetti House
Salvatore Manzilla
1982
Film
So tutto di te
Aldo Lipari
2023
Film
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
Walter
1982
Film
Il Bi e il Ba
Gaetano
1986
Film
Teste di quoio
Carrisi
1981
Film
Package, Double Package and Counterpackage
Michele Bellezza
1993
Film
Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale
Don Anselmo
1999
Film
Rock 'n Roll
Il vigile
1978
Film
The Prince of the Dinosaurs
Sluggard (voice)
2003
Film
Miss Right
Benito
1982
Film
Café Express
Vincenzo Imbastaro
1980
Film
Sono solo fantasmi
Signore distinto
2019
Film
Un uomo perbene
Giovanni Pandico
1999
Film
Stormtroopers II
Recluta
1982
Film
Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi
Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)
2010
Film
L'esercito più pazzo del mondo
trasformista
1981
Film
Il delitto Mattarella
Rosario Nicoletti
2020
Film
Fatti della banda della Magliana
Il giudice
2005
Film
La missione di 3P
Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
2014
Film
Savages
Luigi Pinardi
1995
Film
Simpatici & antipatici
Gigetto
1998
Film
Territori d'ombra
Antonio
2001
Film
Guardians of the Clouds
La Rocca
2004
Film
Ladri si nasce
il professore
1997
Film
Oltremare - Non è l'America
1998
Film
Scugnizzi
Fortunato
1989
Film
Leo e Beo
Beo (voice)
1998
Film
Gli Inaffidabili
Bostik
1997
Film
Blue Tango
Fior da Fiore
1987
Film
Where's Picone?
Sgueglia
1984
Film
Sad Letters
Mario
2016
Film
Villa Ada
1999
Film
I carabbimatti
Ceci
1981
Film
In arte Nino
Prof. Giuffrida
2016
Film
Men Men Men
Tony
1995
L'ultimo metro di pellicola
Self
2014
Film
Operazione Odissea
Michele Sinatra
2000
Film
Italo
Italo (Voce)
2015
Film
Stark System
Schioppa
1980
Film
The Game Bag
Carlo Gabbiadini
1997
Film
Gole Ruggenti
Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
1992
Film
Italiani a Rio
1987
Film
3
Vescovo di Pisa
1996
Film
Incidenti
giornalista
2005
Film
Ottavio Mario Mai
Self
2002
Film
Ladri si diventa
Perini
1998
Film
The Great Wave
2020
Film
I siciliani
2016
Film
La missione
1998
Film
The Red Tree
Narrator
2018
Film
Raqmar
Cliente
2025
Film
Vecchio
Vecchio
2022