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

2021
We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

2021
I Am Santa Claus

as Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale

2020
TV Story Superstar

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Pinocchio

as Mangiafuoco

2017
Il premio

as Giovanni Passamonte

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
2013
L'ultimo Papa Re

as cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno

2011
2011
2011
All at Sea

as Smemorato

2010
2008
A summer at the sea

as Giulio / Narrator

2006
I Cesaroni

as Se stesso

2005
Il veterinario

as Gigi Garulli

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

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
D'Artagnan's Daughter

as Giulio Mazarino

1994
Italian Restaurant

as Giulio Broccoli

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

1982
The Sex Machine

as Prof. Enrico Coppola

1982
1980
I Don't Understand You Anymore

as Alberto Spinelli

1979
Two Pieces of Bread

as Albergatore

1978
A Wedding

as Dino Corelli I

1977
Beach House

as Gigi

1976
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
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
1970
The Howl

as Carlo detto 'Coso'

1968
The Libertine

as Sandro Maldini

1968
1968
1967
Catch As Catch Can

as Truccatore

1967
Soldier's Girl

as Cesare Bottazzi

1967
The Misanthrope

as Acasto

1966
Pleasant Nights

as Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti)

1964
Let's Talk About Women

as Omero (uncredited)

Creator

2017
1994
1990
Villa Arzilla

as Creator

Director

1998
Un nero per casa

as Director

1990
Villa Arzilla

as Director

Writer

1998
1970
The Howl

as Dialogue