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Leo Gullotta
Catania, Sicily, Italy
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…
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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.
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2025
Raqmar
Movie Cliente
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2025
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
TV show Police Commissioner Iervolino
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2024
Per il mio bene
Movie Luciano
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2023
So tutto di te
Movie Aldo Lipari
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2022
Quel posto nel tempo
Movie Mario
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2022
Vecchio
Movie Vecchio
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2022
Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery
TV show il Procuratore Nicolosi
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2020
The Great Wave
Movie
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2020
Il delitto Mattarella
Movie Rosario Nicoletti
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2019
Sono solo fantasmi
Movie Signore distinto
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2019
I futurieri
Movie Voce narrante
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2018
La stella di Andra e Tati
Movie Giovanni Bucci (voice)
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2018
The Red Tree
Movie Narrator
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2017
It’s the Law
Movie Don Raffaele
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2016
In arte Nino
Movie Prof. Giuffrida
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2016
I siciliani
Movie
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2016
Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre
TV show Ruggero Mazzamuto
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2016
Sad Letters
Movie Mario
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2015
Italo
Movie Italo (Voce)
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2014
L'ultimo metro di pellicola
Movie Self
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2014
La missione di 3P
Movie Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
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2011
In arte Lilia Silvi
Movie Producer
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2011
The Father and the Foreigner
Movie Santini
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2010
Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi
Movie Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)
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2009
Baaria
Movie Liborio
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2007
Di che peccato sei?
Movie Antonio Bertolacci
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2007
La stella dei re
Movie Melkhior
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2005
Leo the Lion
Movie Cobo (voice)
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2005
Fatti della banda della Magliana
Movie Il giudice
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2005
Incidenti
Movie giornalista
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2005
The Heart in the Well
TV show Don Bruno
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2005
Domani è un'altra truffa
Movie
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2004
In This World of Thieves
Movie Leonardo
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2004
Guardians of the Clouds
Movie La Rocca
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2003
The Prince of the Dinosaurs
Movie Sluggard (voice)
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2002
Ottavio Mario Mai
Movie Self
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2001
Vajont
Movie Mario Pancini
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2001
Territori d'ombra
Movie Antonio
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2000
Scarlet Diva
Movie Dr. Vessi
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2000
Operazione Odissea
Movie Michele Sinatra
