Personal Info
Birth date
1946-01-09 (79 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Catania, Sicily, Italy
Also known as
Leo
Salvatore Leopoldo Gullotta
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. Source: Article "Leo Gullotta" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
Ciao Darwin
7.731
Overview:
Ciao Darwin is a variety game show format from Italy sold under licence to several countries, including Romania, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Canada, USA, China and Greece. There are two competing teams of about 50 people each, usually made up of people who fit certain opposing stereotypes. In each game two members of the audience are selected at random, one from each team, indicated by a light in front of them which remains illuminated when all the other team members' lights have gone off. The games involve contestants competing in acts of bravery, style and talent, some of which are designed to humiliate the contestants, especially an assault course which was introduced with the Italian version in 2010, and the Finale which is a water tank game.Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery
7
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After two hapless TV technicians stumble upon a murder scene, every step they take to avoid becoming suspects lands them in deeper trouble.The Nurse on a Military Tour
4.797
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Army Doctor Eva Marini wants to join a regiment to secure equal rights for women. So her commanding officer sends her off to a boot camp led by Renzo Montagnani, where only the most unruly soldiers end up.Cinema Paradiso
8.437
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A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.A che punto è la notte
NYR
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In Turin, a priest is killed by the explosion of a candle and Commissioner Santamaria has to unravel the problem.Baaria
7.233
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Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.The Paramedic
4.182
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At work, Mario Millio is the only male nurse not on strike. At home, his wife is more interested in calling the hot-line of a local TV-doctor. When Mario wins 15 million Lire in the lottery, he buys himself a new car and starts to live out his dreams in secret. All goes well until a criminal steals the car and Mario is blamed for the car thief's crimesScarlet Diva
4.8
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A young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while doing some soul searching to find the path for redemption.The Star Maker
7.1
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The adventures and deceptions of a photographer who travels through small villages of 1950s Sicily pretending to work for the big film studios in Rome.Vajont
6.6
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On October 9th, 1963, at 10:39 pm, 260 million cubic meters of rock fell down from Mount Toc to the artificial lake formed by the Vajont dam, the higher dam in the world. The landslide formed a 250-meters wave and 50 million cubic meters of water completely destroied all the below towns, killing more than 2000 people. Planned by engineer Semenza, Vajont dam (263 meters) had to carry the electricity in all the houses of the country. Tina Merlin, a journalist from 'L'Unitá', tried for years to denounce the danger to build a dam near the Mount Toc and expecially to denounce all the omissions by the corrupted politicians and workers in charge of the dam construction. They preferred to trust in old geologist Dal Piaz instead to hear engineer Semenza young son's alarming analysis. No one seemed to understand the high danger until that October fatal night.Everybody's Fine
7.261
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Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.Department Store
5.818
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A series of skits involving customers and store personnel from several departments of the big department store.The Professor
7.14
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An imprisoned murderer carries out a violent bid for control of Naples' underworld crime syndicate.Sinbad of the Seven Seas
4.06
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Sinbad returns from the sea to find his country subjected to the will of two unscrupulous sorcerers.Sono solo fantasmi
5.203
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Three brothers pretend they're ghost hunters to inherit from their father.It’s the Law
6.556
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A small Sicilian town elects a new, honest major but quickly learns that playing by the rules is not as easy as it seems.L'insegnante di violoncello
4.2
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Leo is a street vendor who, always accompanied by his dog Cagliostro, he entertains shoppers on the beach telling stories more or less agreeable to a group of guys who are really too busy to look for adventures chasing the tourists. Meanwhile Mario, a boy on vacation with his father, falls in love with his beautiful cello teacher but this, of course, prefers the father.The Swindle
6.4
Overview:
A rude Roman policeman Nico Giraldi and an English detective team up in search of a gang that has carried out an enormous fraud against the Lloyd's of London.The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed
5.8
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An unemployed teacher asks for help from her lover, an MP, and finds out that he is married.Leo the Lion
3.184
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It’s a hard life for young Leo: his family just doesn’t understand why he’s a vegetarian lion. His solitude ends when he meets Avoria, the elephant queen, who has recently given birth to two calves with braided tails. Mysteriously widowed, Avoria is courted by dapper Zanco. By a series of misfortunes she is separated from her young. Leo steps in to take care of them: thus begins his search for legendary Milk Lake, during which he experiences all sorts of incredible adventures. This fable with a happy ending handles the themes of diversity and racism with engaging originality.Acting
TBASad Letters as Father
2025Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore (5 Episodes) as Police Commissioner Iervolino
2024Per il mio bene as Unknown
2023So tutto di te as Unknown
2022Quel posto nel tempo as Mario
2022Vecchio as Vecchio
2022Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery (6 Episodes) as il Procuratore Nicolosi
2020The Great Wave as Unknown
2020Il delitto Mattarella as Rosario Nicoletti
2019Sono solo fantasmi as Signore distinto
2019I futurieri as Voce narrante
2018La stella di Andra e Tati as Giovanni Bucci (voice)
2018The Red Tree as Narrator
2017It’s the Law as Don Raffaele
2016In arte Nino as Prof. Giuffrida
2016I siciliani as Unknown
2016Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre (12 Episodes) as Ruggero Mazzamuto
2015Italo as Italo (voce)
2014L'ultimo metro di pellicola as Self
2014La missione di 3P as Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
2011The Father and the Foreigner as Santini
2010Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi as Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)
2009Baaria as Liborio
2007Di Che Peccato Sei? as Antonio Bertolacci
2007La stella dei re as Melkhior
2005Leo the Lion as Cobo (voice)
2005Fatti della banda della Magliana as Il giudice
2005Incidenti as giornalista
2005The Heart in the Well (2 Episodes) as Don Bruno
2005Domani è un'altra truffa as Unknown
2004In This World of Thieves as Leonardo
2004Guardiani delle nuvole as La Rocca
2003The Prince of the Dinosaurs as Sluggard (voice)
2001Vajont as Mario Pancini
2001Territori d'ombra as Unknown
2000Scarlet Diva as Dr. Vessi
2000Operazione Odissea as Michele Sinatra
2000C'è posta per te (1 Episode) as Unknown
1999Villa Ada as Unknown
1999Un uomo perbene as Giovanni Pandico
1999Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale as Don Anselmo
1998Ciao Darwin (1 Episode) as Capitano Meridionali
1998Ladri si diventa as Perini
1998Simpatici & antipatici as Gigetto
1998Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna (6 Episodes) as Il cieco
1998La missione as Unknown
1998Oltremare - Non è l'America as Unknown
1997The Game Bag as Carlo Gabbiadini
1997Ladri si nasce as il professore
1997Gli Inaffidabili as Bostik
19963 as Vescovo di Pisa
1996Bruno aspetta in macchina as Ziino
1995Snowball as Sidik
1995Savages as Luigi Pinardi
1995The Star Maker as Vito
1995Men Men Men as Tony
1994A che punto è la notte (2 Episodes) as Priotti
1993The Escort as Polizzi
1993Package, Double Package and Counterpackage as Michele Bellezza
1992Gole ruggenti as Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
1990Everybody's Fine as L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
1990In The Rose Garden as Armando
1989L'insegnante di violoncello as Leo
1989Scugnizzi as Fortunato
1989Il ricatto (1 Episode) as Carla
1989Sinbad of the Seven Seas as Nadir
1988Cinema Paradiso as Ignazio, usher
1987Italiani a Rio as Unknown
1987Blue Tango as Fior da Fiore
1986The Professor as Police Commissioner Iervolino
1986Department Store as Simoni, agente teatrale
1986Il Bi e il Ba as Gaetano
1985Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball as allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio
1984Where's Picone? as Sgueglia
1982Heads I Win, Tails You Lose as Walter
1982Stormtroopers II as Recluta
1982Spaghetti House as Salvatore Manzilla
1982The Paramedic as Sostituto Procuratore
1982Miss Right as Benito
1981L'esercito più pazzo del mondo as trasformista
1981I carabbimatti as Ceci
1981The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed as Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi
1981I Carabbinieri as Salvatore Caruso
1981Teste di quoio as Carrisi
1980Stark System as Schioppa
1980Cafè Express as Vincenzo Imbastaro
1978Rock 'n Roll as Il vigile
1977The Swindle as Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia"
1977The Nurse on a Military Tour as Captain Lopez - doctor
1977Ride bene... chi ride ultimo as "Ifigenia", domestico omossessuale
Production
2011In arte Lilia Silvi ... Producer