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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 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.
He became widely known for his role in Nanni Loy's Café Express, a Commedia all'italiana hit in 1980. He has worked with director and screenwriter Giuseppe Tornatore at least five times. Gullotta has also starred in many theatrical plays and dramas, and was part of the Il Bagaglino theater company.
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, ISBN 88-86044-87-9).
In 2020, along with Francesco Calogero, Gullero 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 Il carniere and Un uomo perbene.
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.
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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Animation

Manny in Ice Age, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
Mr. Big in Zootopia
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
Frankie Lideo in Moonwalker
Vinny Gambini in My Cousin Vinny
Russell Bufalino in The Irishman
Jerry in To Rome with Love
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
Sergeant Royko in Blood Bath
Malcolm Stinnett in The Sentinel
Zed McGlunk in Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Nighthob in The NeverEnding Story
Johnny 5 in Short Circuit
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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