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.

Leo Gullotta (Catania, 9 gennaio 1946) è un attore e doppiatore italiano. Ha una carriera lunga e ricca che abbraccia il teatro, il cinema e la televisione. In teatro, ha recitato in numerosi spettacoli, dimostrando la sua versatilità e la sua profonda preparazione. Nel cinema, ha interpretato una vasta gamma di ruoli, sia comici che drammatici. Tra le sue interpretazioni più celebri si ricordano i film con Giuseppe Tornatore, come "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso" (1988), per il quale ha vinto il Nastro d'Argento come miglior attore non protagonista, e "L'uomo delle stelle" (1995). Ha lavorato anche con Ricky Tognazzi in "La scorta" (1993) e con Nanni Moretti in "Palombella rossa" (1989). È stato inoltre un volto ricorrente nei film di Ficarra e Picone, come in "L'ora legale" (2017). Gullotta è anche uno dei più noti doppiatori italiani, avendo prestato la voce a numerosi attori stranieri e personaggi animati, tra cui i celebri "Pumbaa" ne Il re leone e "Red" ne La Sirenetta. In televisione, ha partecipato a diverse fiction e serie TV, consolidando la sua immagine di attore poliedrico e amato dal pubblico.