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

Se stesso

2006

Antonio Porta

1997

Giulio Broccoli

1994

Bruno Plamieri

2014

cardinal Romeo Colombo da Priverno

2013

1990

Self (archive footage)

2020

Self

2001

Jingle

1968

Maresciallo Giovanni Rocca

1996

Gigi

1977

Federico Sinacori/Nicola Persico

2011

2018

Mangiafuoco

2019

Ospite

1999

San Filippo Neri

2010

Self

2013

Pippo Ferramonti

1976

Dino Corelli I

1978

Self

2017

Ravello

1978

Saverio Mazzacolli

1974

Alberto Spinelli

1980

Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti

1976

Sandro Maldini

1968

Prof. Enrico Coppola

1975

San Filippo Neri

2010

Carlo detto 'Coso'

1970

Pattume; Colombino; la Morte

1970

Giulio Mazarino

1994

Il giardiniere

1990

Pompeo

1985

Michel Bruni

1971

Truccatore

1967

Cieco

1970

Professor Silenzio

2011

Mandrake/Bruno Fioretti

2002

Giulio - the Thief

1971

1968

Alberto

2009

Mario Cavaradossi

1973

Avvocato Giuliano De Marchis

2014

Claudio

2010

Sonia / Filippo

1976

Giulio / Narrator

2008

Self (archive footage)

2021

Maresciallo (as Luigi Proietti)

1966

Ivanoe (as Luigi Proietti)

1976

Self

2020

Omero (uncredited)

1964

Orfeo Scardamazzi

1976

Nicola Natalizzi/Babbo Natale

2021

Pietro

1969

Luigi Marchetti

1985

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

2004

Smemorato

2011

Paco

1973

Prof. Rodolfo Melchiorri

1999

Giovanni Passamonte

2017

Meo Patacca

1972

Cesare Bottazzi

1967

Narratore

1993

1969

Self

2013

Curtatone

1983

Self

2011

Gigi Garulli

2005

Self

2010

Don Chisciotte della Mancia

1970

1977

Leonardo Sereni

2013

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

1989