Gigi Proietti
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gigi Proietti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Luigi Proietti detto Gigi as Self
- 2022 · Speciale Ulisse: Viaggio senza ritorno as
- 2021 · We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · I Am Santa Claus as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale
- 2020 · Fellini of the Spirits as Self
- 2020 · TV Story Superstar as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Pinocchio as Mangiafuoco
- 2018 · Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia as Self
- 2018 · Meraviglie. La penisola dei tesori as
- 2017 · Il premio as Giovanni Passamonte
- 2017 · Cavalli di battaglia as Self
- 2016 · Uberto degli specchi as
- 2016 · Playback - Il caso Malien as
- 2015 · A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi as Sé stesso
- 2014 · Ma tu di che segno 6? as Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis
- 2014 · Una pallottola nel cuore as Bruno Plamieri
- 2013 · Indovina chi viene a Natale? as Leonardo Sereni
- 2013 · Istintobrass as Self
- 2013 · L'ultimo Papa Re as cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno
- 2013 · Alberto il grande as Self
- 2011 · Il signore della truffa as
- 2011 · Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films as Professor Silenzio
- 2011 · Voi siete qui as Self
- 2011 · All at Sea as Smemorato
- 2010 · Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven as San Filippo Neri
- 2010 · Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore as Self
- 2010 · Life Is a Wonderful Thing as Claudio
- 2009 · A Summer in the Caribbean as Alberto
- 2008 · A summer at the sea as Giulio / Narrator
- 2006 · I Cesaroni as Se stesso
- 2005 · Il veterinario as Gigi Garulli
- 2005 · Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti as
- 2004 · Mai storie d'amore in cucina as
- 2004 · The Jokes as il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra
- 2002 · Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting as Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti
- 2001 · Ulisse. Il piacere della scoperta as Self
- 2000 · Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000 as
- 1999 · Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan? as Ospite
- 1999 · Dirty Linen as Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri
- 1998 · Un nero per casa as Lorenzo Paradisi
- 1997 · L'avvocato Porta as Antonio Porta
- 1996 · Il maresciallo Rocca as Maresciallo Giovanni Rocca
- 1994 · Italian Restaurant as Giulio Broccoli
- 1994 · D'Artagnan's Daughter as Giulio Mazarino
- 1993 · Mille bolle blu as Narratore
- 1990 · Villa Arzilla as Il giardiniere
- 1989 · I 7 Re di Roma as Tiberino, Enea, Fauno Luperco, Romolo, Numa Pompilio, Tullo Ostilio, padre degli Orazi, Anco Marzio, Tarquinio Prisco, Servio Tullio, Tarquinio il Superbo, Bruto
- 1985 · Sue Me as Luigi Marchetti
- 1983 · FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?' as Curtatone
- 1983 · Gigi Proietti - La canzone del cane Milù as
- 1982 · The Sex Machine as Prof. Enrico Coppola
- 1982 · Di padre in figlio as Self
- 1980 · I Don't Understand You Anymore as Alberto Spinelli
- 1979 · Two Pieces of Bread as Albergatore
- 1978 · Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? as Ravello
- 1978 · A Wedding as Dino Corelli I
- 1977 · Edipo Re as
- 1977 · Beach House as Gigi
- 1976 · Languidi baci... perfide carezze as Orfeo Scardamazzi
- 1976 · Horse Fever as Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti
- 1976 · The Inheritance as Pippo Ferramonti
- 1976 · Chi dice donna, dice donna as Sonia / Filippo
- 1976 · House of Pleasure for Women as Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)
- 1974 · Bambina as Saverio Mazzacolli
- 1973 · Property Is No Longer a Theft as Paco
- 1973 · La Tosca as Mario Cavaradossi
- 1972 · Meo Patacca as Meo Patacca
- 1972 · Orders are Orders as Mario Pasini
- 1971 · Lady Liberty as Michel Bruni
- 1971 · Bubu as Giulio - the Thief
- 1971 · Great Performances as Ferguson
- 1970 · Brancaleone at the Crusades as Pattume; Colombino; la Morte
- 1970 · Dropout as Cieco
- 1970 · La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia as Don Chisciotte della Mancia
- 1970 · The Howl as Carlo detto 'Coso'
- 1969 · The Appointment as
- 1969 · A Rather Complicated Girl as Pietro
- 1968 · The Libertine as Sandro Maldini
- 1968 · Piccoli borghesi as Nil
- 1968 · Tartarino sulle Alpi as
- 1968 · Il Circolo Pickwick as Jingle
- 1967 · Catch As Catch Can as Truccatore
- 1967 · Soldier's Girl as Cesare Bottazzi
- 1967 · The Misanthrope as Acasto
- 1967 · Vietnam guerra senza fronte as Voce
- 1966 · Pleasant Nights as Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti)
- 1964 · Let's Talk About Women as Omero (uncredited)