Leo Gullotta
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| Born | Salvatore Leopoldo Gullotta 9 January 1946 Catania, Italy |
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| Years active | 1964–present |
Salvatore Leopoldo "Leo" Gullotta (born 9 January 1946) is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian and writer. He became known for his role in Il Camorrista (1986).
Early life
Salvatore Leopoldo Gullotta[1] was born on 9 January 1946 in Catania, Sicily.[2]
Acting career
In 2010, Gullotta celebrated fifty years of his career.[3]
Film and television
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.[1]
He became widely known after his role in Nanni Loy's Café Express, a Commedia all'italiana hit in 1980.[4]
He has worked with director and screenwriter Giuseppe Tornatore at least five times.[5]
Gullotta is also a well-known voice actor, among others.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]
Stage
Gullotta has starred in many theatrical plays and dramas, and was part of the
Other activities
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]
Awards
In 1987, Gullotta won his first
Il Camorrista by Giuseppe Tornatore.[5]
In 1997 and 2000, respectively, he won two more
Un uomo perbene.[5]
Gullotta has also won two
In 2010, he won the
Flaiano Prize as stage actor of the year.[10]
Personal life
Gullotta is openly gay. He did not reveal his sexuality to the public until 1995.[13] In 2019, he married his partner of 32 years.[14] Gullotta is discreet about the details of his husband.[15]
Selected filmography
- Lo voglio maschio (1971)
- La soldatessa alla visita militare (1977) - Captain Lopez - doctor
- Squadra antitruffa (1977) - Tarcisio Pollaroli - aka Er Fibbia
- Ride bene... chi ride ultimo (1977) - Ifigenia' (segment "Sedotto e violentato)
- Rock 'n' Roll (1978) - Il vigile
- Café Express (1980) - Imbastaro
- Stark System (1980) - Schioppa
- I carabbinieri (1981) - Salvatore Caruso
- L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto (1981) - Segretaria Sgarbozzi / Onorevole Sgarbozzi
- L'esercito più pazzo del mondo (1981) - Trasformista
- Teste di quoio (1981) - Carrisi - l'interprete
- I carabbimatti (1981) - Carabiniere Pasta
- Il paramedico (1982) - Attorney
- Spaghetti House (1982) - Salvatore Manzilla
- Sturmtruppen 2 (tutti al fronte) (1982) - Recluta
- Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (1982) - Walter
- Miss Right (1982) - Benito
- Where's Picone? (1984) - Sgueglia
- Giuseppe Fava: Siciliano come me (1984)
- Mezzo destro mezzo sinistro - 2 calciatori senza pallone (1985) - Juan Carlos Fulgencio
- Il Bi e il Ba (1986) - Gaetano
- The Professor(1986) - Comissario Iervolino
- Grandi magazzini (1986) - Simoni
- Italiani a Rio (1987) - Salvatore Giuffrida
- Tango blu (1987) - Fior da Fiore
- Animali metropolitani (1987) - Don Michele Amitrano
- Cinema Paradiso (1988) - Usher
- Operazione pappagallo (1988)
- Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989) - Nadir
- Scugnizzi (1989) - Fortunato Assante
- L'insegnante di violoncello (1989) - Leo
- Everybody's Fine (1990) - Uomo armato sul tetto
- Nel giardino delle rose (1990) - Armando
- Gole ruggenti (1992) - Edoardo Lasagnetta - scriptwriter
- Agnieszka (1992) - Franco
- Pacco, doppio pacco e contropaccotto (1993) - Il frodatore fiscale conto terzi
- The Escort (1993) - Policeman
- Sì!... Ma vogliamo un maschio (1994)
- Men Men Men (1995) - Tony
- The Star Maker (1995) - Vito
- Selvaggi (1995) - Luigi
- Snowball (1995) - Sidik
- Carogne (1995) - Prandstaller
- Bruno Is Waiting on the Car (1996) - Ziino
- 3 (1996) - Bishop of Pisa
- The Game Bag (1997) - Carlo Gabbiadini
- Io, tu e tua sorella (1997) - Dr. Fabietti
- I corti italiani (1997)
- Gli inaffidabili (1997) - Bostik
- Simpatici & antipatici (1998) - Gigetto
- A Respectable Man (1999) - Giovanni Pandico
- Oltremare (1999)
- Scarlet Diva (2000) - Dr. Vessi
- Territori d'ombra (2001) - Antonio
- Vajont (2001) - Mario Pancini
- In questo mondo di ladri (2004) - Leonardo
- Guardians of the Clouds (2004) - La Rocca
- Il cuore nel pozzo(2005, TV movie) - Don Bruno
- Incidenti (2005) - Giornalista
- Fatti della banda della Magliana (2005) - Il giudice
- Monógamo sucesivo (2006)
- Baarìa (2009) - Liborio
- The Father and the Foreigner (2010) - Santini
- Fantasmi al Valle (2012) - Luigi Pirandello
- Italo (2014) - Narrator (voice)
- It's the Law (2017) - Padre Raffaele
- Sono solo fantasmi (2019)
- Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery (2022-)
Dubbing roles
Animation
- Manny in Ice Age[16]
- Manny in Ice Age: The Meltdown[17]
- Manny in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs[18]
- Manny in The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
- Mr. Big in Zootopia[19]
- 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[20]
- Frankie Lideo in Moonwalker[21]
- Vinny Gambini in My Cousin Vinny[22]
- Russell Bufalino in The Irishman[23]
- Jerry in To Rome with Love[24]
- 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
- Sergeant Royko in Blood Bath
- Malcolm Stinnett in The Sentinel
- Zed McGlunk in Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment[26]
- Zed McGlunk in Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol[27]
- Nighthob in The NeverEnding Story[28]
- Johnny 5 in Short Circuit[29]
- 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
- ^ a b "Leo Gullotta". MYmovies. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "La pagina di LEO GULLOTTA". Il Mondon dei Doppiatore. Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "Leo Gullotta: 50 anni di carriera, passando dalla Costituzione Italiana a 30 chili sulle spalle..." Musical News. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Leo Gullotta". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ ISBN 8877422211.
- ^ LEO GULLOTTA e il doppiaggio (2013) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
- ^ "The Irishman doppiaggio italiano: Netflix arruola Giancarlo Giannini, Leo Gullotta e Stefano De Sando" (in Italian). madmass.it. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Leo Gullotta è la nuova voce di Woody Allen" (in Italian). newscinema.it. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- YouTube
- ^ a b Carmen Gigante (5 July 2010). "Il Premio Flaiano a Roberto Saviano". Il Corriere d'Abruzzo. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2011. [dead link] Archived page not valid.
- ISBN 978-88-86044-87-5. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Taormina FilmFest makes its return with 11 independent European productions". Cineuropa. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ La Repubblica - Leo Gullotta: sono gay
- ^ "Leo Gullotta ha sposato il compagno dopo 32 anni d'amore: "I diritti sono diritti"" (in Italian). today.it. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Leo Gullotta, chi è il marito: si sono sposati dopo 30 anni d'amore" (in Italian). Viaggi News.com. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Ice Age Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Ice Age: The Meltdown Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Zootopia Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Once Upon a Time in America Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Moonwalker Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "My Cousin Vinny Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "The Irishman Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "To Rome With Love Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Rocky Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "The NeverEnding Story Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Short Circuit Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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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