[1] Born in Rome and the youngest son of the actors Antonio Nicotra and Mariannina Libassi, Nicotra began his career as a child actor with short roles in the 1952 film Genoese Dragnet and the 1953 film Good Folk's Sunday.
He continued acting on screen as an adult portraying the protagonist's colleague in the 1982 film The Haunted House.
[2] Nicotra was best known as a voice actor, dubbing films, television shows and video games into the Italian language.
He also dubbed over the voices of Danny Glover, Forest Whitaker, Jeffrey Tambor, Brendan Gleeson, Paul Guilfoyle, John Goodman, Richard Jenkins and other actors in much of their content.
Additionally, Nicotra replaced Massimo Corvo as the Italian voice of Pete from 2011 until 2021 when Paolo Marchese took on the role.