Calogero Buttà was born in Capo d'Orlando (ME) on 11/03/1951, he graduated from the scientific high school of Acireale, and without too much enthusiasm enrolled in the faculty of letters of the University of Catania, while for some time now he was interested of theater.

He enrolled in Rome at Alessandro Fersen's actor studio, gradually abandoning the faculty of letters. He works in theater with the major Italian directors such as Antonio Calenda, Aldo Trionfo, Luigi Squarzina, Alessandro Fersen, Roberto de Simone etc. at the cinema with Florestano Vancini, Dino Risi, Marco Risi etc.

Participate in some TV dramas. Attracted as a child by drawing and painting, he has always been self-taught, perhaps discontinuously but gradually elaborating personal themes intimately linked to his experiences and existential paths.