Gigi Proietti
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1940-11-02
Deathday 2020-11-02 (80 years old)
Place of Birth Rome, Lazio, Italy
Also Known As Luigi Proietti
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
Actor
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Mangiafuoco
as Giovanni Passamonte
as Self
as Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis
as Bruno Plamieri
as Leonardo Sereni
as Self
as Self
as cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno
as Professor Silenzio
as Self
as Smemorato
as San Filippo Neri
as Claudio
as Alberto
as Giulio / Narrator
as Se stesso
as Gigi Garulli
as il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra
as Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti
as Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri
as Ospite
as Lorenzo Paradisi
as Antonio Porta
as Maresciallo Giovanni Rocca
as Giulio Mazarino
as Giulio Broccoli
as Narratore
as Il giardiniere
as Tiberino, Enea, Fauno Luperco, Romolo, Numa Pompilio, Tullo Ostilio, padre degli Orazi, Anco Marzio, Tarquinio Prisco, Servio Tullio, Tarquinio il Superbo, Bruto
as Luigi Marchetti
as Prof. Enrico Coppola
as Self
as Alberto Spinelli
as Albergatore
as Ravello
as Dino Corelli I
as Gigi
as Orfeo Scardamazzi
as Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti
as Pippo Ferramonti
as Sonia / Filippo
as Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)
as Saverio Mazzacolli
as Paco
as Mario Cavaradossi
as Meo Patacca
as Mario Pasini
as Michel Bruni
as Giulio - the Thief
as Ferguson
as Pattume; Colombino; la Morte
as Cieco
as Don Chisciotte della Mancia
as Carlo detto 'Coso'
as Pietro
as Sandro Maldini
as Nil
as Jingle
as Truccatore
as Cesare Bottazzi
as Acasto
as Voce
as Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti)
as Omero (uncredited)
Creator
Director
as Director
as Director
Writer
as Writer
as Dialogue