Leo Gullotta

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Italian actor

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Salvatore Leopoldo "Leo" Gullotta (born 9 January 1946) is an Italian actor, voice actor, 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).

Biography

Salvatore Leopoldo Gullotta

He became widely known for his role in Nanni Loy's Café Express, a Commedia all'italiana hit in 1980.

Gullotta is also a well-known voice actor; 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. He also became the new Italian voice of Woody Allen after the death of Oreste Lionello in 2009.

In 2010, Gullotta celebrated fifty years of his career.

Other activities

In 1998, Gullotta debuted as writer with the book Mille fili d'erba (Di Renzo Editore, ).

In 2020, along with Francesco Calogero, Gullotta was artistic director of Taormina Film Fest.

Awards

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

In 1997 and 2000, respectively, he won two more David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor, for the Maurizio Zaccaro films The Game Bag and A Respectable Man.

Gullotta has also won two Silver Ribbons for Best supporting Actor, in 1984 for Where's Picone? by Nanni Loy and in 2001 for Vajont by Renzo Martinelli.

In 2010, he won the Flaiano Prize as stage actor of the year.

Personal life

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

Selected filmography

Voice work

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YearTitleRoleNotes
2002**SluggardAnimated film
2004Leo the LionCoboAnimated film
2010Ma che storia...Voice-overDocumentary
2012La missione di 3PPino PuglisiAnimated film
2014Sul VulcanoVoice-overDocumentary
ItaloNarratorurl=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/voci/vocilgul.htmtitle=Leo Gullotta's voice acting and dubbing contributions
Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupiSalvatore, LiscaAnimated film
2016DonneNarratorTV miniseries
2018**Andra's FatherAnimated film
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Dubbing

Animation

Live action

References

References

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  7. (14 March 2012). "Leo Gullotta è la nuova voce di Woody Allen". newscinema.it.
  8. (29 October 2010). "Leo Gullotta: 50 anni di carriera, passando dalla Costituzione Italiana a 30 chili sulle spalle...". Musical News.
  9. Gullotta, L.. (1998). "Mille fili d'erba". Di Renzo Editore.
  10. (2020-07-10). "Taormina FilmFest makes its return with 11 independent European productions".
  11. Enrico Lancia. (1998). "I premi del cinema". Gremese Editore, 1998.
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  13. (9 January 2024). "Leo Gullotta e Fabio Grossi: amore a prova di palcoscenico".
  14. (30 August 2019). "Leo Gullotta ha sposato il compagno dopo 32 anni d'amore: "I diritti sono diritti"". today.it.
  15. (March 27, 2021). "Leo Gullotta, chi è il marito: si sono sposati dopo 30 anni d'amore". Viaggi News.com.
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  18. "Ma Che Storia... (2010), di Gianfranco Pannone".
  19. (16 September 2012). "Un cartoon su padre Puglisi con le voci di Gullotta e Gioè".
  20. "Sul Vulcano (2014), di Gianfranco Pannone".
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  24. "La Stella di Andra e Tati di Rosalba Vitellaro e Alessandro Belli".
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  35. "Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net.
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