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Salvatore Leopoldo "Leo" Gullotta (born 9 January 1946) is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian and writer.[1]

Leo Gullotta
Gullotta in 1979
Born	Salvatore Leopoldo Gullotta (1946-01-09) 9 January 1946 (age 76) Catania, Italy
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, comedian, impressionist, writer
Years active	1964–present

Biography

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[3] 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.[3]

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.[4] He celebrated fifty years of activity that same year.[5]

Gullotta is also a well known voice actor, among others.[6] 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.[7] He also became the new Italian voice of Woody Allen after the death of Oreste Lionello in 2009.[8]

In 1998 Gullotta debuted as writer with the book Mille fili d'erba (Di Renzo Editore, ISBN 88-86044-87-9).

Personal life

Gullotta is openly gay. He did not reveal his sexuality to the public until 1995.[9] In 2019, he married his partner of 32 years.[10] Gullotta is discreet about the details of his husband.[11]

Selected filmography

Dubbing roles

Animation

• Manny in Ice Age[12]
• Manny in Ice Age: The Meltdown[13]
• Manny in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs[14]
• Manny in The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
• Mr. Big in Zootopia[15]
• Tiger in An American Tail
• Hans Blix in Team America: World Police
• Yattaran in Space Pirate Captain Harlock

Live action

• Frankie Minaldi in Once Upon a Time in America[16]
• Frankie Lideo in Moonwalker[17]
• Vinny Gambini in My Cousin Vinny[18]
• Russell Bufalino in The Irishman[19]
• Jerry in To Rome with Love[20]
• Murray Schwartz in Fading Gigolo
• Sidney Munsinger in Crisis in Six Scenes
• Jacquasse la Crasse / Jacques-Henri Jacquard in The Visitors
• Asterix in Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
• Paulie Pennino in Rocky[21]
• Sergeant Royko in Blood Bath
• Malcolm Stinnett in The Sentinel
• Zed McGlunk in Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment[22]
• Zed McGlunk in Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol[23]
• Nighthob in The NeverEnding Story[24]
• Johnny 5 in Short Circuit[25]
• Nick in The Inglorious Bastards
• Lou Friedlander in Slow Dancing in the Big City
• Medical Examiner in Tightrope
• Christian Reall in Drums Along the Mohawk (1970 redub)
• Sandman Williams in The Cotton Club
• Eddie's Bodyguard in The Big Sleep
• Mac in Local Hero
• Salieri's Valet in Amadeus
• It-Psammead in Five Children and It
• Francis Reggio in Le Boulet
• Limbo in Planet of the Apes
• Archie in Dr. Dolittle 2
• Prophet Jack in Life or Something Like It
• Judge in Kiss of Death
• Boy Mulcaster in Brideshead Revisited
• Inspector in A Pure Formality
• Michou in La Crise

References

External links

Media related to Leo Gullotta at Wikimedia Commons

• Leo Gullotta at IMDb
• Leo Gullotta at AllMovie
• Leo Gullotta at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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