Cast & creator
Leo Gullotta
Best known for Cinema Paradiso, Ciao Darwin, Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery
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.
Also known as: Leo, Salvatore Leopoldo Gullotta
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television credits
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1964–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (97)
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Cinema Paradiso
Ignazio, usher
1988
Ciao Darwin
Capitano Meridionali
1998
Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery
il Procuratore Nicolosi
2022
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
Police Commissioner Iervolino
2025
C'è posta per te
2000
A che punto è la notte
Priotti
1994
Catturandi - Nel Nome del Padre
Ruggero Mazzamuto
2016
The Professor
Police Commissioner Iervolino
1986
Baaria
Liborio
2009
Italiani
Se stesso
The Star Maker
Vito
1995
The Swindle
Tarcisio Pollaroli "Er Fibbia"
1977
Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna
Il cieco
1998
Scarlet Diva
Dr. Vessi
2000
The Heart in the Well
Don Bruno
2005
Vajont
Mario Pancini
2001
Domani è un'altra truffa
2005
Everybody's Fine
L'homme armé sur le toit d'un immeuble de Naples
1990
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
Nadir
1989
The Nurse on a Military Tour
Captain Lopez - doctor
1977
The Honorable with His Lover under the Bed
Secretary Sgarbozzi / Honorable Sgarbozzi
1981
It’s the Law
Don Raffaele
2017
Leo the Lion
Cobo (voice)
2005
In This World of Thieves
Leonardo
2004
Spaghetti House
Salvatore Manzilla
1982
Department Store
Simoni, agente teatrale
1986
The Escort
Polizzi
1993
I Carabbinieri
Salvatore Caruso
1981
The Paramedic
Sostituto Procuratore
1982
Per il mio bene
Luciano
2024
Stormtroopers II
Recluta
1982
Carogne - Ciro and Me
Prandstaller
1995
Café Express
Vincenzo Imbastaro
1980
Package, Double Package and Counterpackage
Michele Bellezza
1993
Ride bene... chi ride ultimo
"Ifigenia", domestico omossessuale
1977Il ricatto
Carla
1989
L'insegnante di violoncello
Leo
1989
La stella dei re
Melkhior
2007
The Father and the Foreigner
Santini
2011
Miss Right
Benito
1982
I futurieri
Voce narrante
2019
In The Rose Garden
Armando
1990
Di che peccato sei?
Antonio Bertolacci
2007
Half Right Half Left - 2 Footballers Without a Ball
allenatore Juan Carlos Fulgencio
1985
Mastro Don Gesualdo
cameriere
1964
Un uomo perbene
Giovanni Pandico
1999
Il Bi e il Ba
Gaetano
1986
So tutto di te
Aldo Lipari
2023
Quel posto nel tempo
Mario
2022
L'esercito più pazzo del mondo
trasformista
1981
Oltremare - Non è l'America
1998
Snowball
Sidik
1995
Savages
Luigi Pinardi
1995
Bruno aspetta in macchina
Ziino
1996
The Prince of the Dinosaurs
Sluggard (voice)
2003
La missione di 3P
Padre Pino Puglisi (voice)
2014
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
Walter
1982
Scugnizzi
Fortunato
1989
Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale
Don Anselmo
1999
Sono solo fantasmi
Signore distinto
2019
Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi
Salvatore (voice) / Lisca (voice)
2010
Ladri si nasce
il professore
1997
Il delitto Mattarella
Rosario Nicoletti
2020
Where's Picone?
Sgueglia
1984
I carabbimatti
Ceci
1981
Teste di quoio
Carrisi
1981
In arte Lilia Silvi
Producer
2011
Fatti della banda della Magliana
Il giudice
2005
Men Men Men
Tony
1995
Guardians of the Clouds
La Rocca
2004
Rock 'n Roll
Il vigile
1978
Gli Inaffidabili
Bostik
1997
In arte Nino
Prof. Giuffrida
2016
Territori d'ombra
Antonio
2001
Villa Ada
1999
Simpatici & antipatici
Gigetto
1998
Operazione Odissea
Michele Sinatra
2000
Italo
Italo (Voce)
2015
Blue Tango
Fior da Fiore
1987
Gole Ruggenti
Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
1992
La stella di Andra e Tati
Giovanni Bucci (voice)
2018
Stark System
Schioppa
1980
Leo e Beo
Beo (voice)
1998
Sad Letters
Mario
2016
The Great Wave
2020
3
Vescovo di Pisa
1996
The Game Bag
Carlo Gabbiadini
1997
Italiani a Rio
1987L'ultimo metro di pellicola
Self
2014
La missione
1998
Incidenti
giornalista
2005
Ottavio Mario Mai
Self
2002
I siciliani
2016
Ladri si diventa
Perini
1998
Raqmar
Cliente
2025
Vecchio
Vecchio
2022
The Red Tree
Narrator
2018