- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 2, 1940
- Place of Birth
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Died
- November 2, 2020
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 S…
Filmography
movieLuigi Proietti detto Gigi
2022 · Self
movieViaggio senza ritorno
2022
movieWe Are Cinema
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieI Am Santa Claus
2021 · Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale
movieFellini of the Spirits
2020 · Self
tvTV Story Superstar
2020 · Self (archive footage)
moviePinocchio
2019 · Mangiafuoco
movieSono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
2018 · Self
tvWonders - The Peninsula of Treasures
2018
movieIl premio
2017 · Giovanni Passamonte
tvWarhorses
2017 · Self, Creator
movieGigi Proietti in Edmund Kean
2017 · , Director
Uberto degli specchi
movieUberto degli specchi
2016
moviePlayback - Il caso Malien
2016
movieA qualcuno piacerà - Storia e storie di Elio Pandolfi
2015 · Sé stesso
movieMa tu di che segno 6?
2014 · Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis
tvUna pallottola nel cuore
2014 · Bruno Plamieri
movieIndovina chi viene a Natale?
2013 · Leonardo Sereni
movieIstintobrass
2013 · Self
tvL'ultimo Papa Re
2013 · cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno
movieAlberto il grande
2013 · Self
movieIl signore della truffa
2011
tvThe Lord of the Scam
2011 · Federico Sinacori/Nicola Persico
movieBox Office 3D: The Filmest of Films
2011 · Professor Silenzio
movieVoi siete qui
2011 · Self
movieAll at Sea
2011 · Smemorato
movieSaint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven
2010 · San Filippo Neri
tvSaint Philip Neri: I Prefer Heaven
2010 · San Filippo Neri
movieVittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
2010 · Self
movieLife Is a Wonderful Thing
2010 · Claudio
movieA Summer In The Caribbean
2009 · Alberto
movieA summer at the sea
2008 · Giulio / Narrator
movieIl Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia
2008 · Giovanni Rocca
Il Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia
tvIl Maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia
2008 · Giovanni Rocca
tvThe Cesaronis
2006 · Se stesso
movieIl veterinario
2005 · Gigi Garulli
movieSerata d'Onore: Gigi Proietti
2005
movieMai storie d'amore in cucina
2004
movieThe Jokes
2004 · il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra
movieHorse Fever: The Mandrake Sting
2002 · Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti
tvUlisse - The Pleasure of Discovery
2001 · Self
movieMonster Mash
2000 · Yorik (voice)
movieGigi Proietti Show - A me gli occhi 2000
2000
tvChi ha incastrato Peter Pan?
1999 · Ospite
movieDirty Linen
1999 · Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri
movieUn nero per casa
1998 · Lorenzo Paradisi, Director, Writer
tvL'avvocato Porta
1997 · Antonio Porta
tvThe Marshal Rocca
1996 · Maresciallo Giovanni Rocca
tvItalian Restaurant
1994 · Giulio Broccoli, Idea, Creator
movieD'Artagnan's Daughter
1994 · Giulio Mazarino
movieMille bolle blu
1993 · Narratore
tvVilla Arzilla
1990 · Il giardiniere, Director, Creator
Club 92
tvClub 92
1990
movieI 7 Re di Roma
1989 · Tiberino, Enea, Fauno Luperco, Romolo, Numa Pompilio, Tullo Ostilio, padre degli Orazi, Anco Marzio, Tarquinio Prisco, Servio Tullio, Tarquinio il Superbo, Bruto
movieSue Me
1985 · Luigi Marchetti
tvSogni e bisogni
1985 · Pompeo
movieFF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
1983 · Curtatone
Gigi Proietti - La canzone del cane Milù
movieGigi Proietti - La canzone del cane Milù
1983
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Ferguson
tvAttore, amore mio
1982 · Conduttore, Writer
movieDi padre in figlio
1982 · Self
movieI Don't Understand You Anymore
1980 · Alberto Spinelli
movieTwo Pieces of Bread
1979 · Albergatore
movieWho Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978 · Ravello
movieA Wedding
1978 · Dino Corelli I
movieEdipo Re
1977
movieBeach House
1977 · Gigi
movieLanguidi baci... perfide carezze
1976 · Orfeo Scardamazzi
movieHorse Fever
1976 · Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti
movieThe Inheritance
1976 · Pippo Ferramonti
movieChi dice donna, dice donna
1976 · Sonia / Filippo
movieHouse of Pleasure for Women
1976 · Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)
movieThe Sex Machine
1975 · Prof. Enrico Coppola
movieBambina
1974 · Saverio Mazzacolli
tvSabato sera dalle nove alle dieci
1974 · Conduttore / protagonista
movieProperty Is No Longer a Theft
1973 · Paco
movieLa Tosca
1973 · Mario Cavaradossi
movieMeo Patacca
1972 · Meo Patacca
movieOrders are Orders
1972 · Mario Pasini
movieLady Liberty
1971 · Michel Bruni
movieBubu
1971 · Giulio - the Thief
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Ferguson
movieBrancaleone at the Crusades
1970 · Pattume; Colombino; la Morte
movieDropout
1970 · Cieco
movieLa fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia
1970 · Don Chisciotte della Mancia
tvLa fantastica storia di Don Chisciotte della Mancia
1970 · Don Chisciotte
movieThe Howl
1970 · Carlo detto 'Coso', Dialogue
movieThe Appointment
1969
movieA Rather Complicated Girl
1969 · Pietro
movieThe Libertine
1968 · Sandro Maldini
moviePiccoli borghesi
1968 · Nil
tvTartarino sulle Alpi
1968
tvIl Circolo Pickwick
1968 · Jingle
movieCatch As Catch Can
1967 · Truccatore
movieSoldier's Girl
1967 · Cesare Bottazzi
The Misanthrope
movieThe Misanthrope
1967 · Acasto
movieVietnam guerra senza fronte
1967 · Voce
moviePleasant Nights
1966 · Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti)
tvI grandi camaleonti
1964 · generale Moureau
movieLet's Talk About Women
1964 · Omero (uncredited)
movieIl nostro campione
1955