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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 active1964–present
Spouse
Fabio Grossi
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(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).

Biography

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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]

Other activities

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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

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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]

Personal life

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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]

Selected filmography

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Voice work

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Il principe dei dinosauri [it] Sluggard Animated film[17]
2004 La storia di Leo Cobo Animated film[18]
2010 Ma che storia... Voice-over Documentary[19]
2012 La missione di 3P Pino Puglisi Animated film[20]
2014 Sul Vulcano Voice-over Documentary[21]
Italo Narrator Comedy[1][22]
Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi Salvatore, Lisca Animated film[23]
2016 Donne Narrator TV miniseries[1]
2018 La stella di Andra e Tati [it] Andra's Father Animated film[24]

Dubbing

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Animation

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Live action

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Leo Gullotta's voice acting and dubbing contributions". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Leo Gullotta". MYmovies. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Leo Gullotta". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
  5. ^ Gullotta al bagaglino (personaggi vari) Video on YouTube
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ LEO GULLOTTA e il doppiaggio (2013) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Leo Gullotta è la nuova voce di Woody Allen" (in Italian). newscinema.it. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ Gullotta, L. (1998). Mille fili d'erba. I dialoghi (in French). Di Renzo Editore. ISBN 978-88-86044-87-5. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Taormina FilmFest makes its return with 11 independent European productions". Cineuropa. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  13. ^ La Repubblica - Leo Gullotta: sono gay
  14. ^ "Leo Gullotta e Fabio Grossi: amore a prova di palcoscenico". Torino Cronaca (in Italian). 9 January 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "Leo Gullotta, chi è il marito: si sono sposati dopo 30 anni d'amore" (in Italian). Viaggi News.com. 27 March 2021. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Il principe dei dinosauri". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian).
  18. ^ "La Storia di Leo (2004), di Mario Cambi" (in Italian).
  19. ^ "Ma Che Storia... (2010), di Gianfranco Pannone" (in Italian).
  20. ^ "Un cartoon su padre Puglisi con le voci di Gullotta e Gioè" (in Italian). 16 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Sul Vulcano (2014), di Gianfranco Pannone" (in Italian).
  22. ^ "Italo" (in Italian).
  23. ^ "Giovanni e Paolo e il mistero dei pupi" (in Italian).
  24. ^ "La Stella di Andra e Tati di Rosalba Vitellaro e Alessandro Belli" (in Italian). ""La Stella di Andra e Tati (2018), di Rosalba Vitellaro e Alessandro Belli" (in Italian).
  25. ^ "Ice Age Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  26. ^ "Ice Age: The Meltdown Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  27. ^ "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  28. ^ "Zootopia Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  29. ^ "Once Upon a Time in America Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  30. ^ "Moonwalker Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  31. ^ "My Cousin Vinny Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  32. ^ "The Irishman Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  33. ^ "To Rome With Love Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  34. ^ "Rocky Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  35. ^ "Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  36. ^ "Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  37. ^ "The NeverEnding Story Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  38. ^ "Short Circuit Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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