Leo Gullotta

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Leo Gullotta
Gullotta in 1979
Born	Salvatore Leopoldo Gullotta (1946-01-09) 9 January 1946 (age 78) Catania, Kingdom of Italy
Occupations	Actor voice actor comedian impressionist writer
Years active	1964–present
Spouse	Fabio Grossi ​ (m. 2019)​

Salvatore Leopoldo "Leo" Gullotta (born 9 January 1946) is an Italian actor, voice actor,^[1] comedian and writer. He became known for his role in Café Express (1980), and has won several David di Donatello awards, the first one being for his role in Giuseppe Tornatore's The Professor (1986).

Salvatore Leopoldo Gullotta^[2] was born on 9 January 1946 in Catania, Sicily. Gullotta started his career as an extra in Teatro Massimo Bellini. In his long career as an actor, Gullotta has starred in about 100 films and has participated in numerous shows and drama series for television.^[2]

He became widely known for his role in Nanni Loy's Café Express, a Commedia all'italiana hit in 1980.^[3] He has worked with director and screenwriter Giuseppe Tornatore at least five times.^[4] Gullotta has also starred in many theatrical plays and dramas, and was part of the Il Bagaglino theater company.^[3][5][6]

Gullotta is also a well-known voice actor;^[7] as a voice dubber, he provided the Italian voice of Manny in the first three films of the Ice Age film series, reprising 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.^[8] He also became the new Italian voice of Woody Allen after the death of Oreste Lionello in 2009.^[9]

In 2010, Gullotta celebrated fifty years of his career.^[10]

In 1998, Gullotta debuted as writer with the book Mille fili d'erba (Di Renzo Editore, ISBN 88-86044-87-9).^[11]

In 2020, along with Francesco Calogero, Gullero was artistic director of Taormina Film Fest.^[12]

In 1987, Gullotta won his first David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Professor by Giuseppe Tornatore.^[4]

In 1997 and 2000, respectively, he won two more David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor, for the Maurizio Zaccaro films Il carniere and Un uomo perbene.^[4]

Gullotta has also won two Silver Ribbons for Best supporting Actor, in 1984 for Mi manda Picone by Nanni Loy and in 2001 for Vajont by Renzo Martinelli.^[4]

In 2010, he won the Flaiano Prize as stage actor of the year.^[6]

Gullotta is openly gay. He did not reveal his sexuality to the public until 1995.^[13] In 2019, he married the actor and playwright Fabio Grossi, who was his partner of 32 years.^[14][15][16]

• Manny in Ice Age,^[25] Ice Age: The Meltdown,^[26] Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,^[27] The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
• Mr. Big in Zootopia^[28]
• Tiger in An American Tail
• Hans Blix in Team America: World Police
• Yattaran in Space Pirate Captain Harlock

• Frankie Minaldi in Once Upon a Time in America^[29]
• Frankie Lideo in Moonwalker^[30]
• Vinny Gambini in My Cousin Vinny^[31]
• Russell Bufalino in The Irishman^[32]
• Jerry in To Rome with Love^[33]
• 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^[34]
• Sergeant Royko in Blood Bath
• Malcolm Stinnett in The Sentinel
• Zed McGlunk in Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment,^[35] Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol^[36]
• Nighthob in The NeverEnding Story^[37]
• Johnny 5 in Short Circuit^[38]
• 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

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