
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.
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Acting (78 movies)

Cinema Paradiso
1988

Stark System
1980

Baaria
2009

Department Store
1986

The Nurse on a Military Tour
1977

The Escort
1993

Scugnizzi
1989

Vecchio
2022

So tutto di te
2023

Il Bi e il Ba
1986

Un uomo perbene
1999

Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi
2010

The Prince of the Dinosaurs
2003

Blue Tango
1987

Snowball
1995

La missione di 3P
2014

Italiani a Rio
1987

Gli Inaffidabili
1997

Villa Ada
1999

Ladri si nasce
1997

Domani è un'altra truffa
2005

Spaghetti House
1982

Rock 'n Roll
1978

Incidenti
2005

Italo
2015

Quel posto nel tempo
2022

Scarlet Diva
2000

Sinbad of the Seven Seas
1989

Café Express
1980

L'insegnante di violoncello
1989

I siciliani
2016

The Paramedic
1982

Men Men Men
1995

Where's Picone?
1984

Vajont
2001

Savages
1995

The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed
1981

I Carabbinieri
1981

The Father and the Foreigner
2011

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
1982

Fatti della banda della Magliana
2005

Simpatici & antipatici
1998

In This World of Thieves
2004

Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
1977

Package, Double Package and Counterpackage
1993

Leo the Lion
2005

Ladri si diventa
1998

Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale
1999

3
1996

Territori d'ombra
2001

Teste di quoio
1981

L'esercito più pazzo del mondo
1981

The Swindle
1977

It’s the Law
2017

In arte Nino
2016

The Star Maker
1995

Everybody's Fine
1990

Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball
1985

I carabbimatti
1981

La stella dei re
2007

Stormtroopers II
1982

Sad Letters
2016

Gole Ruggenti
1992

In The Rose Garden
1990

La stella di Andra e Tati
2018

The Red Tree
2018

Guardians of the Clouds
2004

The Game Bag
1997

Miss Right
1982

Sono Solo Fantasmi
2019

Il delitto Mattarella
2020

I futurieri
2019

Operazione Odissea
2000

The Great Wave
2020

Oltremare - Non è l'America
1998

Di Che Peccato Sei?
2007

Per il mio bene
2024

The Professor
1986
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| In arte Lilia Silvi | 2011 | Producer |