Gigi Proietti

Acting

🎂 1940-11-02

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.

Cast credits(91)

Ferguson

1971

Gigi

1977

Se stesso

2006

Self

2001

Alberto

2009

Giulio / Narrator

2008

Ravello

1978

2018

2016

Mangiafuoco

2019

Dino Corelli I

1978

Giovanni Passamonte

2017

Maresciallo Giovanni Rocca

1996

Saverio Mazzacolli

1974

Professor Silenzio

2011

Alberto Spinelli

1980

Self (archive footage)

2020

Michel Bruni

1971

Self

2013

2011

Giulio - the Thief

1971

Self (archive footage)

2021

Ospite

1999

il Padreterno/cameriere/portantino ospedaliero/cantante messicano/contadino/avvocato e cliente/direttore d'orchestra

2004

Claudio

2010

Pippo Ferramonti

1976

Lorenzo Paradisi

1998

Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti)

1966

Pompeo

1985

Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis

2014

Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri

1999

2004

Omero (uncredited)

1964

Bruno Plamieri

2014

Prof. Enrico Coppola

1975

Pattume; Colombino; la Morte

1970

Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale

2021

Sonia / Filippo

1976

San Filippo Neri

2010

Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti

2002

Carlo detto 'Coso'

1970

Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti

1976

Giulio Mazarino

1994

Nil

1968

Self

2022

Self

2010

Antonio Porta

1997

Sandro Maldini

1968

Self

2011

2016

Luigi Marchetti

1985

Curtatone

1983

Truccatore

1967

Albergatore

1979

1969

Self

2018

cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno

2013

Smemorato

2011

Giulio Broccoli

1994

Self

2020

Self

2017

Cieco

1970

1968

Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)

1976

Cesare Bottazzi

1967

San Filippo Neri

2010

Mario Pasini

1972

Self

1982

Jingle

1968

Mario Cavaradossi

1973

Paco

1973

Il giardiniere

1990

Don Chisciotte della Mancia

1970

Federico Sinacori/Nicola Persico

2011

Meo Patacca

1972

Gigi Garulli

2005

Tiberino, Enea, Fauno Luperco, Romolo, Numa Pompilio, Tullo Ostilio, padre degli Orazi, Anco Marzio, Tarquinio Prisco, Servio Tullio, Tarquinio il Superbo, Bruto

1989