Leo Gullotta
Known for Acting · 94 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
Cinema Paradiso
1988
as Ignazio, usher
Ciao Darwin
1998
as Capitano Meridionali
Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery
2022
as il Procuratore Nicolosi
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
2025
as Police Commissioner Iervolino
The Nurse on a Military Tour
1977
as Captain Lopez - doctor
Scarlet Diva
2000
as Dr. Vessi
TV Shows (9)
Ciao Darwin
1998
as Capitano Meridionali
Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery
2022
as il Procuratore Nicolosi
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
2025
as Police Commissioner Iervolino
Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna
1998
as Il cieco
Il ricatto
1989
as Carla
A che punto è la notte
1994
as Priotti
C'è posta per te
2000
Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre
2016
as Ruggero Mazzamuto
The Heart in the Well
2005
as Don Bruno
Movies (85)
Cinema Paradiso
1988
as Ignazio, usher
The Nurse on a Military Tour
1977
as Captain Lopez - doctor
Scarlet Diva
2000
as Dr. Vessi
I Carabbinieri
1981
as Salvatore Caruso
Baaria
2009
as Liborio
The Star Maker
1995
as Vito
The Professor
1986
as Police Commissioner Iervolino
The Swindle
1977
as Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia"
Department Store
1986
as Simoni, agente teatrale
The Paramedic
1982
as Sostituto Procuratore
Everybody's Fine
1990
as L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
L'insegnante di violoncello
1989
as Leo
I carabbimatti
1981
as Ceci
Miss Right
1982
as Benito
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
1989
as Nadir
It’s the Law
2017
as Don Raffaele
Simpatici & antipatici
1998
as Gigetto
Snowball
1995
as Sidik
The Escort
1993
as Polizzi
Blue Tango
1987
as Fior da Fiore
Vajont
2001
as Mario Pancini
Leo the Lion
2005
as Cobo (voice)
Spaghetti House
1982
as Salvatore Manzilla
Savages
1995
as Luigi Pinardi
Guardians of the Clouds
2004
as La Rocca
Domani è un'altra truffa
2005
Scugnizzi
1989
as Fortunato
Un uomo perbene
1999
as Giovanni Pandico
Il delitto Mattarella
2020
as Rosario Nicoletti
The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed
1981
as Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi
Café Express
1980
as Vincenzo Imbastaro
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
1982
as Walter
Sono solo fantasmi
2019
as Signore distinto
L'esercito più pazzo del mondo
1981
as trasformista
Package, Double Package and Counterpackage
1993
as Michele Bellezza
Di Che Peccato Sei?
2007
as Antonio Bertolacci
Stormtroopers II
1982
as Recluta
Operazione Odissea
2000
as Michele Sinatra
Villa Ada
1999
Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale
1999
as Don Anselmo
Stark System
1980
as Schioppa
Teste di quoio
1981
as Carrisi
Ladri si nasce
1997
as il professore
Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball
1985
as allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio
In The Rose Garden
1990
as Armando
Italo
2015
as Italo (Voce)
Per il mio bene
2024
as Luciano
Gli Inaffidabili
1997
as Bostik
Men Men Men
1995
as Tony
Incidenti
2005
as giornalista
Il Bi e il Ba
1986
as Gaetano
In arte Nino
2016
as Prof. Giuffrida
3
1996
as Vescovo di Pisa
Italiani a Rio
1987
La stella di Andra e Tati
2018
as Giovanni Bucci (voice)
The Prince of the Dinosaurs
2003
as Sluggard (voice)
Oltremare - Non è l'America
1998
Ladri si diventa
1998
as Perini
Gole Ruggenti
1992
as Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
Rock 'n Roll
1978
as Il vigile
The Game Bag
1997
as Carlo Gabbiadini
In This World of Thieves
2004
as Leonardo
La missione di 3P
2014
as Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
1977
as "Ifigenia", domestico omossessuale
La missione
1998
Territori d'ombra
2001
Quel posto nel tempo
2022
as Mario
Leo e Beo
1998
as Beo (voice)
Fatti della banda della Magliana
2005
as Il giudice
Vecchio
2022
as Vecchio
So tutto di te
2023
The Father and the Foreigner
2011
as Santini
Ottavio Mario Mai
2002
as Self
Where's Picone?
1984
as Sgueglia
Bruno aspetta in macchina
1996
as Ziino
The Red Tree
2018
as Narrator
La stella dei re
2007
as Melkhior
I futurieri
2019
as Voce narrante
Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi
2010
as Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)
Carogne - Ciro and Me
1995
as Prandstaller
I siciliani
2016
The Great Wave
2020
Raqmar
2025
as Cliente
L'ultimo metro di pellicola
2014
as Self
Sad Letters
2016
as Mario
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 94 credits spanning from 1977 to 2025, Leo Gullotta has appeared in 85 films and 9 TV shows.
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Most Popular Leo Gullotta Movies
- Cinema Paradiso (1988) — as Ignazio, usher
- The Nurse on a Military Tour (1977) — as Captain Lopez - doctor
- Scarlet Diva (2000) — as Dr. Vessi
- I Carabbinieri (1981) — as Salvatore Caruso
- Baaria (2009) — as Liborio
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