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 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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Baaria
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The Nurse on a Military Tour
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The Professor
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The Paramedic
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Scarlet Diva
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It’s the Law
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Vajont
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The Escort
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The Star Maker
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Department Store
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Savages
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The Swindle
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In arte Nino
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Cafè Express
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Stormtroopers II
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Mezzo destro mezzo sinistro - 2 calciatori senza pallone
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Sono solo fantasmi
as Signore distintoThree brothers pretend they're ghost hunters to inherit from their father.
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Sinbad of the Seven Seas
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Package, Double Package and Counterpackage
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Spaghetti House
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Blue Tango
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Miss Right
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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
as WalterTwo back-to-back stories that deals with two "taboo" themes, the celibacy of the clergy in the...
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Un uomo perbene
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Snowball
as SidikSnowball, a dolphin, gets into trouble when it swallows a bottle with the records of pension...
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The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed
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Teste di quoio
as CarrisiA group of clumsy terrorists hold a strange group of inhabitants of a compartment block hostage.
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I carabbimatti
as CeciTwo fools eventually become Carabinieri, and jump from a trash situation to another.
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Il Bi e il Ba
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Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
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Men Men Men
as TonyFour homosexual men in their 40s have issues and no small degree of self hatred. Yet, can laugh...
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Il delitto Mattarella
as Rosario NicolettiJanuary 6, 1980. President of the Sicily Piersanti Mattarella is going to Mass with his family...
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Leo the Lion
as Cobo (voice)It’s a hard life for young Leo: his family just doesn’t understand why he’s a vegetarian lion....
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Italiani a Rio
as uncreditedA bank sends three prize-winning employees on a vacation to Rio.
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In The Rose Garden
as ArmandoA successful businessman is haunted by the memories of his mother.
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Stark System
as SchioppaArmenia Balducci's film, featuring Gian Maria Volontè as Stark, a cop-movie actor that falls...
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Domani è un'altra truffa
as uncreditedThe plot focuses on the classic "Italian scams", where those who deceive are in turn duped by...
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L'esercito più pazzo del mondo
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Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi
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The Prince of the Dinosaurs
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Vecchio
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Rock 'n Roll
as Il vigilePassionate rock'n roll dancer, Rodolfo has his partner Ornella as a partner. Frozen by the...
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L'insegnante di violoncello
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Sad Letters
as FatherA father writes down in a letter to his daughter how he feels about his Alzheimer's disease.
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The Great Wave
as uncreditedThe entrepreneurial turning point of one of the most heinous and powerful criminal organizations...
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The Red Tree
as NarratorA powerful and poetic short film that tells the little known history of Italian gay men being...
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Ciao Darwin
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Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery
as il Procuratore NicolosiAfter two hapless TV technicians stumble upon a murder scene, every step they take to avoid...
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A che punto è la notte
as PriottiIn Turin, a priest is killed by the explosion of a candle and Commissioner Santamaria has to...
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