Gigi Proietti
- Acting
- November 2, 1940 · Rome, Lazio, Italy
- November 2, 2020
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
Filmography
- Luigi Proietti detto Gigi · Self
- Viaggio senza ritorno
- We Are Cinema · Self
- I Am Santa Claus · Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale
- Fellini of the Spirits · Self
- TV Story Superstar · Self
- Pinocchio · Mangiafuoco
- Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia · Self
- Wonders - The Peninsula of Treasures
- Il premio · Giovanni Passamonte
- Warhorses · Self, Creator
- Gigi Proietti in Edmund Kean · Director
- Uberto degli specchi
- Playback - Il caso Malien
- A qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi · Sé stesso
- Ma tu di che segno 6? · Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis
- Una pallottola nel cuore · Bruno Plamieri
- Indovina chi viene a Natale? · Leonardo Sereni
- Istintobrass · Self
- L'ultimo Papa Re · cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno
- Alberto il grande · Self
- L'Aquila - Cultura rinascente · Sé stesso
- Il signore della truffa
- The Lord of the Scam · Federico Sinacori/Nicola Persico
- Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films · Professor Silenzio
- Voi siete qui · Self
- All at Sea · Smemorato
- Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven · San Filippo Neri
- Saint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven · San Filippo Neri
- Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore · Self
- Life Is a Wonderful Thing · Claudio
- A Summer in the Caribbean · Alberto
- A summer at the sea · Giulio / Narrator
- Il Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia · Giovanni Rocca
- The Cesaronis · Se stesso
- Serata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti
- Mai storie d'amore in cucina
- The Jokes · il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra
- Horse Fever: The Mandrake Sting · Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti
- Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery · Self
- Monster Mash · Yorik (Voice)
- Gigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000
- Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan? · Ospite
- Dirty Linen · Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri
- Un nero per casa · Lorenzo Paradisi, Director
- L'avvocato Porta · Antonio Porta
- The Marshal Rocca · Maresciallo Giovanni Rocca
- Italian Restaurant · Giulio Broccoli, Idea
- D'Artagnan's Daughter · Giulio Mazarino
- Mille bolle blu · Narratore
- Villa Arzilla · Il giardiniere, Director
- Club 92
- 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
- Sue Me · Luigi Marchetti
- Sogni e bisogni · Pompeo
- FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?' · Curtatone
- Gigi Proietti - La canzone del cane Milù
- American Playhouse · Ferguson
- Attore, amore mio · Conduttore, Writer
- Di padre in figlio · Self
- I Don't Understand You Anymore · Alberto Spinelli
- Two Pieces of Bread · Albergatore
- A Wedding · Dino Corelli I
- Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? · Ravello
- Edipo Re
- Beach House · Gigi
- Languidi baci... perfide carezze · Orfeo Scardamazzi
- Horse Fever · Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti
- The Inheritance · Pippo Ferramonti
- Chi dice donna, dice donna · Sonia / Filippo
- House of Pleasure for Women · Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)
- The Sex Machine · Prof. Enrico Coppola
- Bambina · Saverio Mazzacolli
- Sabato sera dalle nove alle dieci · Conduttore / protagonista
- Property Is No Longer a Theft · Paco
- La Tosca · Mario Cavaradossi
- Meo Patacca · Meo Patacca
- Orders are Orders · Mario Pasini
- Lady Liberty · Michel Bruni
- Bubu · Giulio - the Thief