Gigi Proietti

Acting

Luigi "Gigi" Proietti (2 November 1940 – 2 November 2020) was an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, musician, singer and television presenter.

After several stage works, in 1966 Proietti debuted both in cinema, in Pleasant Nights, and on television, in the TV series I grandi camaleonti. His first personal success came in 1971, when he replaced Domenico Modugno in the stage musical Alleluja brava gente by Garinei & Giovannini, starring alongside Renato Rascel. In 1974, after playing the role of Neri Chiaramantesi in the drama La cena delle beffe, alongside Carmelo Bene and Vittorio Gassman, in 1976 started a fruitful collaboration with playwright Roberto Lerici, with whom he wrote and directed his stage plays, starting with the one-man show A me gli occhi, please (Give me your eyes, please, 1976, reported on the scene in 1993, 1996 and 2000, in a memorable performance at the Olympic Stadium in his hometown). Initially planned to be performed 6 times, the show exceeded 300 performances, with an average audience of 2,000 per performance.

He took part in several international movies, including The Appointment (1969), directed by Sidney Lumet, A Wedding (1978), directed by Robert Altman, and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), directed by Ted Kotcheff.

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Fullname:

Gigi Proietti

Date of Birth:

1940-11-02

Country:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Media of

Gigi Proietti

Photos (21)

Filmography of

Gigi Proietti

Found 66 movies in total

... 2022

I Am Santa Claus

Nicola/Babbo Natale

... 2021

... 2020

Pinocchio

Mangiafuoco

... 2019

Il premio

Giovanni Passamonte

... 2017

Ma tu di che segno 6?

Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis

... 2014

... 2013

... 2013

... 2013

... 2011

... 2011

All at Sea

Smemorato

... 2011

... 2010

... 2010

... 2009

A summer at the sea

Giulio / Narrator

... 2008

Il veterinario

Gigi Garulli

... 2005

The Jokes

il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra

... 2004

Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting

Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti

... 2002

Dirty Linen

Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri

... 1999

Un nero per casa

Lorenzo Paradisi

... 1998

D’Artagnan’s Daughter

Giulio Mazarino

... 1994

Mille bolle blu

Narratore

... 1993

I 7 Re di Roma

Tiberino, Enea, Fauno Luperco, Romolo, Numa Pompilio, Tullo Ostilio, padre degli Orazi, Anco Marzio, Tarquinio Prisco, Servio Tullio, Tarquinio il Superbo, Bruto

... 1989

Sue Me

Luigi Marchetti

... 1984

Di padre in figlio

Se stesso

... 1982

... 1980

Two Pieces of Bread

Albergatore

... 1979

A Wedding

Dino Corelli

... 1978

... 1977

... 1976

Horse Fever

Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti

... 1976

The Inheritance

Pippo Ferramonti

... 1976

Chi dice donna, dice donna

Sonia / Filippo

... 1976

House of Pleasure for Women

Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)

... 1976

The Sex Machine

Prof. Enrico Coppola

... 1975

Bambina

Saverio Mazzacolli

... 1974

La Tosca

Mario Cavaradossi

... 1973

Meo Patacca

Meo Patacca

... 1972

Orders are Orders

Mario Pasini

... 1972

Lady Liberty

Michel Bruni

... 1971

Bubu

Giulio - the Thief

... 1971

Brancaleone at the Crusades

Pattume; Colombino; la Morte

... 1970

Dropout

Cieco

... 1970

The Howl

Carlo detto 'Coso'

... 1970

... 1969

The Libertine

Sandro Maldini

... 1968

Catch As Catch Can

Truccatore

... 1967

Soldier's Girl

Cesare Bottazzi

... 1967

... 1967

Pleasant Nights

Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti)

... 1966

Let's Talk About Women

Omero (uncredited)

... 1964