Leo Gullotta
Known for Acting · 96 credits
- Born
- 1946-01-09 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Catania, Sicily, Italy
- Also known as
- Leo · Salvatore Leopoldo 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).
Known For
TV Shows (11)
Ciao Darwin
1998
as Capitano Meridionali
Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre
2016
as Ruggero Mazzamuto
Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery
2022
as il Procuratore Nicolosi
Italiani
as Se stesso
Mastro Don Gesualdo
1964
as cameriere
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
2025
as Police Commissioner Iervolino
A che punto è la notte
1994
as Priotti
Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna
1998
as Il cieco
C'è posta per te
2000
The Heart in the Well
2005
as Don Bruno
Il ricatto
1989
as Carla
Movies (85)
The Nurse on a Military Tour
1977
as Captain Lopez - doctor
Cinema Paradiso
1988
as Ignazio, usher
Domani è un'altra truffa
2005
The Professor
1986
as Police Commissioner Iervolino
The Swindle
1977
as Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia"
Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball
1985
as allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio
Department Store
1986
as Simoni, agente teatrale
Baaria
2009
as Liborio
Scarlet Diva
2000
as Dr. Vessi
I Carabbinieri
1981
as Salvatore Caruso
Guardians of the Clouds
2004
as La Rocca
The Star Maker
1995
as Vito
In This World of Thieves
2004
as Leonardo
The Paramedic
1982
as Sostituto Procuratore
It’s the Law
2017
as Don Raffaele
Bruno aspetta in macchina
1996
as Ziino
The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed
1981
as Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi
Leo the Lion
2005
as Cobo (voice)
Everybody's Fine
1990
as L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
I futurieri
2019
as Voce narrante
Simpatici & antipatici
1998
as Gigetto
Un uomo perbene
1999
as Giovanni Pandico
The Father and the Foreigner
2011
as Santini
The Escort
1993
as Polizzi
Café Express
1980
as Vincenzo Imbastaro
The Game Bag
1997
as Carlo Gabbiadini
In arte Nino
2016
as Prof. Giuffrida
Savages
1995
as Luigi Pinardi
Spaghetti House
1982
as Salvatore Manzilla
Ladri si nasce
1997
as il professore
Snowball
1995
as Sidik
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
1989
as Nadir
Carogne - Ciro and Me
1995
as Prandstaller
Gole Ruggenti
1992
as Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
Sono solo fantasmi
2019
as Signore distinto
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
1982
as Walter
I carabbimatti
1981
as Ceci
Gli Inaffidabili
1997
as Bostik
Teste di quoio
1981
as Carrisi
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
1977
as "Ifigenia", domestico omossessuale
Ladri si diventa
1998
as Perini
L'insegnante di violoncello
1989
as Leo
Where's Picone?
1984
as Sgueglia
Ottavio Mario Mai
2002
as Self
Di Che Peccato Sei?
2007
as Antonio Bertolacci
Package, Double Package and Counterpackage
1993
as Michele Bellezza
Stormtroopers II
1982
as Recluta
Per il mio bene
2024
as Luciano
Vajont
2001
as Mario Pancini
Operazione Odissea
2000
as Michele Sinatra
Villa Ada
1999
Men Men Men
1995
as Tony
Miss Right
1982
as Benito
Il delitto Mattarella
2020
as Rosario Nicoletti
Blue Tango
1987
as Fior da Fiore
Italiani a Rio
1987
La stella dei re
2007
as Melkhior
Stark System
1980
as Schioppa
I siciliani
2016
La missione di 3P
2014
as Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale
1999
as Don Anselmo
Il Bi e il Ba
1986
as Gaetano
In The Rose Garden
1990
as Armando
Territori d'ombra
2001
as Antonio
La missione
1998
L'esercito più pazzo del mondo
1981
as trasformista
The Prince of the Dinosaurs
2003
as Sluggard (voice)
3
1996
as Vescovo di Pisa
Scugnizzi
1989
as Fortunato
Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi
2010
as Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)
Rock 'n Roll
1978
as Il vigile
Fatti della banda della Magliana
2005
as Il giudice
Raqmar
2025
as Cliente
Italo
2015
as Italo (Voce)
Oltremare - Non è l'America
1998
Incidenti
2005
as giornalista
Quel posto nel tempo
2022
as Mario
So tutto di te
2023
as Aldo Lipari
Leo e Beo
1998
as Beo (voice)
Sad Letters
2016
as Mario
The Great Wave
2020
The Red Tree
2018
as Narrator
La stella di Andra e Tati
2018
as Giovanni Bucci (voice)
L'ultimo metro di pellicola
2014
as Self
Vecchio
2022
as Vecchio
About Leo Gullotta
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… With 96 credits spanning from 1964 to 2025, Leo Gullotta has appeared in 85 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Leo Gullotta Movies
- The Nurse on a Military Tour (1977) — as Captain Lopez - doctor
- Cinema Paradiso (1988) — as Ignazio, usher
- Domani è un'altra truffa (2005)
- The Professor (1986) — as Police Commissioner Iervolino
- The Swindle (1977) — as Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia"
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