Gigi Proietti

Biography

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

Great Performances

The Cesaronis

Beach House

Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery

TV Story Superstar

The Marshal Rocca

The Howl

Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan?

All Movies (76)

• Luigi Proietti detto Gigi2022 · as Self
• Viaggio senza ritorno2022
• We Are Cinema2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• I Am Santa Claus2021 · as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale
• Fellini of the Spirits2020 · as Self
• Pinocchio2019 · as Mangiafuoco
• Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia2018 · as Self
• Il premio2017 · as Giovanni Passamonte
• Gigi Proietti in Edmund Kean2017
• Uberto degli specchi2016
• Playback - Il caso Malien2016
• A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi2015 · as Sé stesso
• Ma tu di che segno 6?2014 · as Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis
• Indovina chi viene a Natale?2013 · as Leonardo Sereni
• Istintobrass2013 · as Self
• Alberto il grande2013 · as Self
• Il signore della truffa2011
• Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films2011 · as Professor Silenzio
• Voi siete qui2011 · as Self
• All at Sea2011 · as Smemorato
• Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven2010 · as San Filippo Neri
• Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore2010 · as Self
• Life Is a Wonderful Thing2010 · as Claudio
• A Summer In The Caribbean2009 · as Alberto
• A summer at the sea2008 · as Giulio / Narrator
• Il Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia2008 · as Giovanni Rocca
• Il veterinario2005 · as Gigi Garulli
• Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti2005
• Mai storie d'amore in cucina2004
• The Jokes2004 · as il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra
• Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting2002 · as Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti
• Monster Mash2000 · as Yorik (voice)
• Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 20002000
• Dirty Linen1999 · as Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri
• Un nero per casa1998 · as Lorenzo Paradisi
• D'Artagnan's Daughter1994 · as Giulio Mazarino
• Mille bolle blu1993 · as Narratore
• I 7 Re di Roma1989 · as Tiberino, Enea, Fauno Luperco, Romolo, Numa Pompilio, Tullo Ostilio, padre degli Orazi, Anco Marzio, Tarquinio Prisco, Servio Tullio, Tarquinio il Superbo, Bruto
• Sue Me1985 · as Luigi Marchetti
• FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'1983 · as Curtatone
• Gigi Proietti - La canzone del cane Milù1983
• Di padre in figlio1982 · as Self
• I Don't Understand You Anymore1980 · as Alberto Spinelli
• Two Pieces of Bread1979 · as Albergatore
• Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?1978 · as Ravello
• A Wedding1978 · as Dino Corelli I
• Edipo Re1977
• Beach House1977 · as Gigi
• Languidi baci... perfide carezze1976 · as Orfeo Scardamazzi
• Horse Fever1976 · as Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti
• The Inheritance1976 · as Pippo Ferramonti
• Chi dice donna, dice donna1976 · as Sonia / Filippo
• House of Pleasure for Women1976 · as Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)
• The Sex Machine1975 · as Prof. Enrico Coppola
• Bambina1974 · as Saverio Mazzacolli
• Property Is No Longer a Theft1973 · as Paco
• La Tosca1973 · as Mario Cavaradossi
• Meo Patacca1972 · as Meo Patacca
• Orders are Orders1972 · as Mario Pasini
• Lady Liberty1971 · as Michel Bruni
• Bubu1971 · as Giulio - the Thief
• Brancaleone at the Crusades1970 · as Pattume; Colombino; la Morte
• Dropout1970 · as Cieco
• La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia1970 · as Don Chisciotte della Mancia
• The Howl1970 · as Carlo detto 'Coso'
• The Appointment1969
• A Rather Complicated Girl1969 · as Pietro
• The Libertine1968 · as Sandro Maldini
• Piccoli borghesi1968 · as Nil
• Catch As Catch Can1967 · as Truccatore
• Soldier's Girl1967 · as Cesare Bottazzi
• The Misanthrope1967 · as Acasto
• Vietnam guerra senza fronte1967 · as Voce
• Pleasant Nights1966 · as Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti)
• Let's Talk About Women1964 · as Omero (uncredited)
• Il nostro campione1955

All TV Shows (22)

• TV Story Superstar2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Wonders - The Peninsula of Treasures2018
• Warhorses2017 · as Self
• Una pallottola nel cuore2014 · as Bruno Plamieri
• L'ultimo Papa Re2013 · as cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno
• The Lord of the Scam2011 · as Federico Sinacori/Nicola Persico
• Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven2010 · as San Filippo Neri
• The Cesaronis2006 · as Se stesso
• Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery2001 · as Self
• Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan?1999 · as Ospite
• L'avvocato Porta1997 · as Antonio Porta
• The Marshal Rocca1996 · as Maresciallo Giovanni Rocca
• Italian Restaurant1994 · as Giulio Broccoli
• Villa Arzilla1990 · as Il giardiniere
• Club 921990
• Sogni e bisogni1985 · as Pompeo
• Attore, amore mio1982 · as Conduttore
• Sabato sera dalle nove alle dieci1974 · as Conduttore / protagonista
• Great Performances1971 · as Ferguson
• La fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia1970 · as Don Chisciotte
• Tartarino sulle Alpi1968
• Il Circolo Pickwick1968 · as Jingle