Leo Gullotta

Salvatore Leopoldo Leo Gullotta born 9 January 1946 is an Italian actor voice actor comedian and writer Born in Catania and the last of six children 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 In 1987 he won his first David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Il Camorrista by Giuseppe Tornatore and later worked with Tornatore four more times In 1997 and 2000 he won two more David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for the Maurizio Zaccaro films Il carniere and Un uomo perbene He has also won two Silver Ribbon for Best supporting Actor in 1984 for Mi manda Picone by Nanni Loy and in 2001 for Vajont by Renzo Martinelli Gullotta has starred in many theatrical plays and dramas and was part of the theater company Il Bagaglino He won the Flaiano Prize as stage actor of the year in 2010 He celebrated fifty years of activity that same year Gullotta is also a well known voice actor among others He was the Italian voice of 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 He also became the new Italian voice of Woody Allen after the death of Oreste Lionello in 2009 In 1998 Gullotta debuted as writer with the book Mille fili derba Di Renzo Editore ISBN 8886044879 Gullotta is openly gay He did not reveal his sexuality to the public until 1995 In 2019 he married his partner of 32 years Gullotta is discreet about the details of his husband Source Article Leo Gullotta from Wikipedia in english licensed under CCBYSA 30